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I think this week has been the longest that we all haven't seen each other - 6 days!! We got together at Zip Fusion downtown and as usual I was the last one to arrive as Joy, Tracy, Nhi and Doris were already there enjoying Soju and edamame! I was happy to have seen Doris before she left for a home cooked meal at her best friend's house!! I laughed so hard watching Joy chase Doris out the door as Doris dropped WAY too much money before leaving!We had a blast as normal, but also got down to bu...

Well, it's another day at the Studios and who is here today? Seth Rogan! One of Rob's favorite actors from SuperBad and the new movie coming out Pineapple Express; we also had the band Third Day as the musical guest. Rob decided to come over to visit and stay for the Tonight Show's taping and he was one of the lucky few that sat front row for the show! Later that night when it aired on TV; we actually saw Rob on TV. Go figure! I haven't even had the opportunity to see the ...

Well, we decided to have another dinner out, since Ragnar was leaving the infamous LA Core Crew - how could we not send him off without a great send off?Ragnar we completely enJOYed your company! I can't believe how well you've just blended into our CORE!!!! It was GREAT having you here and I hope that you enJOYed yourself as much as we did! You are the new HONORARY member of the LA Core Crew!We hope that you return to us soon and party again with us at the LA TB HQ!!! You are always wel...

YEAH...it's road trip time! Tracy and Will are on their way and it's time for us to head out ourselves.  Unfortunately, despite what Old School Bill (OSB) preaches about NPP, sometimes plans and schedules are good!!! LOL.  Our mini detour ended up taking us on a 16 hour road trip versus the 6 hour drive home originally planned.  But there is always a bright side to the "No Plan Plans".....you end up seeing things you would've never experienced and might've missed something...

Every man knows a way to a woman's heart (or at least mine) is great Korean food!! =)I get a call from John yesterday - seems he's in town for 1 day to go to the Korean embassy before heading back to LV and then off to Korea. This is the LAST TIME I'll John for a long long while. It is only appropriate that we share our love of the establishment Shik Do Rak together. John used to drive to LA from SAN FRANCISCO just to eat here. He is truly a man after my own heart.When I got to the restaurant...

After Joy and Jillian dropped me off my mum’s house in Glendale, I charged up my laptop, my phone and digi camera battery.  I repacked my luggage. I had a a bunch of stuff that I did not bring home.  Geez I think i am taking more stuff home. I hope Melissa doesn’t kill me.   I took a nap before she picked me up. She picked me up at 4pm. we were getting gas then I txted Jillian and Jenn that we are on our way. Then Jillian replied with “here?”, which means jo...

The next morning, my accomplice, Joy, was suppose to transfer Goldfishflosser a.k.a. Ragnar over to my custody in Los Feliz but bumper-to-bumper traffic foiled our meetup time.  Instead, Rob kept a watchful eye on Ragnar at the Silverlake safe house until I got there to take control of the situation.  After concurring with Rob on our rendezvous time later that afternoon, I dragged Goldfishflosser outside and quickly shoved him into my beat up old Toyota Corolla (a common car so as n...

During a summer back about 25 or 30 years ago we decided to take in Disneyland. We, is our family of five. Myself, my wife, and three children, ages 13, 11 and nearly 3. We had never taken on a large amusement part before. This was a first for us. We planned to arrive at about 10 a.m. and stay until closing at 10 or 11 p.m. One of the first things we did on our way in was to stop at the rental shop. Strollers and wheelchairs were available for a nominal charge. We rented two wheelchairs. ...

For the last time I moaningly woke up in my luxurious Paradise Inn & Suites Motel. A cold shower, a tooth brush and some packing later I was ready for a day of adventure and the unexpected. When I threw my suitcase into Tracy’s car the first thing I didn’t expect (nor realise) was, that I left my beloved S’Oliver jacket behind. Shite!Jenn, Tracy and me went for brunch at the Figaro Café. These guys were like professional holiday managers, constantly making plans and phone calls and...

Hard to believe it but another TravBuddy meet up weekend is upon us! My drive down Thursday night was rather uneventful. I worked all day and got on the road around 6pm and to my parent's house around 12:30am.  A couple hours of sleep and I was back up, ready to finish some work and a stressful conference call.  The original plan was to hang out with Jamie for a couple hours prior to heading down to Angel's to drop off all the luggage and pick Julz up at the airport.  3pm ...

Home at last! Just can’t wait to get back home again. Back in my own bed, Eating my wife’s good home cooking. Shucks even she made the comment that she was getting tired of having to eat out every meal. After being on the road for 37 days, it feels so good to get back home. Now we have to go through all the mail, unpack, wash, and get back to normal. No small task.

Today it was back to the daily grind of endless chores, emails, paperwork and stress.  I was definitely missing my TB's today and got random emails/texts/calls throughout the day letting me know that I'm missed and thought of.  Plus the endless smiles from this blog.  I'm glad I'm able to share my weekend w/ silly and wild tb's and endless activities.Sometime in the afternoon, right before I headed to do the rest of my errands there was a knock on the door.  I looked throu...

This is the beginning of the unbelievable f**king GREAT time I had this weekend with fellow TBer's!!!!!!!Love It!OK, so it's 5pm, Friday May 16, 2008! What happens? My Northern CA girls call me and tell me they are in town already! Whoo-hoo!!! "mzjulz85" (Julz), "poohstanggt" (Erin) and "Jillianj" (Jillian)!!!! We are ready for tonight!!! We are going to party HARD!!!!Can you believe how amazing they are? They decided to do a Travbuddy ROAD TRIP for this meet-up! They all drove down from...

  SAN FRANCISCO TRAVBUDDY MEETUP –   I LEFT MY HEART IN SAN FRANCISCO!   Saturday evening, January 12, was a special night in the Bay area. Over 40 friends left their hearts in San Francisco, but took back warm memories of the largest TravBuddy Meetup so far.    There are now at least a dozen writings and/or photo galleries about the fabulous get-together. Please make sure to also check out ALL of the other wonderful blogs! These include:   Aries...

For those that don't really know Melanie or I, we are Food Network fans.  Melanie is quite the celebrity chef fan all the way around but I am kinda partial to Guy Fieri who became known through his start on the Next Food Network Star. I watched every episode, voted when I could, and really enjoyed his personality and his unique approach to cooking and hosting. I was thrilled to see him win and love watching his subsequent successes through Guy's Big Bite and now Diners, Drive Ins, and Di...