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18000 Von Karman Avenue Irvine, Orange County, California, 92612, United States
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Day 1: Heading Out
Today is the day that we finally embark on our tour of California's Motherlode! We are getting the minivan all packed up and ready for our first leg of the journey, which will take us to Oakhurst, CA right on the outskirts of Yosemite National Park.
We headed out from Irvine around 5:00pm and braved the clogged arteries of the 5 fwy before stopping for a bite at the In-N-Out Burger near Magic Mountain in Valencia. Burger in the belly is a sure fire way to get ...
I'm a big kid!!
... Jambalaya looked good) and I drank like a crazy person. Two massive beers followed by a BOTTLE of Zinfandel. Yes. A bottle. It was little wonder when we started having a go at the bartender...!! I bought a massive cookbook for Adam signed by the chef (who I hadn't met, but decided we HAD to introduce some creole into our lives!!), then we headed to the House of Blues for some drinks.
I woke up early again and decided to get going...I must admit I felt a tad ...
L'inizio del MIO viaggio
... help! Prima telefonata per le case va malissimo: NON VOGLIO STRANIERI..QUESTA NON è LA SOLUZIONE MIGLIORE PER TE!sigh....
Primo we...prima gita a Malibu alla villa Getty..famiglia ultramega miliardaria (a LA downtown c'è anche il museo). Mi sembra di essere a casa: tutti pezzi da Pompei, magna grecia...pezzi bellissimi ma per noi italici...un pò già visti. Al contempo però la villa è wonderful! Immersa nelle colline di malibu...poco più in là ...
Locked, Loaded and Ready to Roll
... french fries... knowing way ahead of time that I would ask for a bite or two (or five). I even got super excited while I was ordering and asked for one of their paper hats as a going away souvenir. We had a nice lunch back at the apartment and Babs even got to try out Sean's homemade beer, which she loved.
Slowly we were making progress and after a lot of organizing, wrapping and taping, the boxes were ready to go. (Side note: Babs is ...
Babs has arrived in SoCal and no more Mary Poppins
... by Katie Perry and he knows if not all most of the words) Spencer is on a Lady Gage kick. Mark my words, Josh is going to be a famous singer/dancer which he already knows and says "I am going to be a singer and a firefighter and a police guy and make my own schedule and sing when I want."
Finding Spencer asleep inside his book shelf (see picture)
Josh waking me up in the middle of the night and telling ...



