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Claire + SoCal in Three Days

July 20, 2015

Claire + SoCal in Three Days

My friend Claire arrived really late on Thursday night, rushing into town for a long weekend visit to California before we move away in two weeks. Her long day of travel was complete only after we lost couldn’t find each other in LAX (with a dead cell phone, no less) followed by a long 2am trip…

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Tagged: CA Life, California, Claire, Hollywood, Huntington Beach, Laguna Beach, Los Angeles, Olvera Street, Santa Monica

Vans US Open of Surfing

August 13, 2014

Vans US Open of Surfing

This year’s US Open took place during the week when Chelsea was in Virginia and our friend Caleb was here. We tried to avoid the entire Huntington Beach area during that time in general, because Caleb had sat in enough traffic already, thank you very much. He and Dan are also much more laid back,…

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Tagged: CA Life, California, Chelsea, Huntington Beach, Vans US Open of Surfing

Catching Up

July 16, 2014

Catching Up

Wow… May 26th (the date of my last post) is quite a ways behind me! A lot has happened in the last seven weeks, and I’ve been too busy to even keep up with all of it. I’m actually taking a “sick day” away from work, and it’s amazing how many things I’m crossing off…

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Tagged: Birthday, CA Life, Chelsea, Home Sweet Home, Huntington Beach, Moving

Pizza on the Beach

August 3, 2013

Pizza on the Beach

Sometimes you just want to order a pizza, pick it up, and have a picnic in the sand on a Friday night.

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Tagged: CA Life, Chelsea, Huntington Beach

Chelsea and the US Open of Surfing

July 30, 2013

Chelsea and the US Open of Surfing

First things first… Chelsea is here!!! We picked her up from the airport here in Irvine on Saturday afternoon and excitedly helped her get her bags into her new room. We followed that by an evening trip to Laguna Beach, where I finally watched the sun set over the ocean.    Sunday morning we woke…

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Tagged: CA Life, Chelsea, Huntington Beach, James & Laura, Vans US Open of Surfing

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