80s flashback

This video is for anyone who is a Rick Astley fan. Remember him from the 80s? This clip is from a recent concert in Manila which was loaded onto YouTube by someone who attended the concert. He is seen singing with the Filipino version of himself!!!  I <3 Rick Astley!!!

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Wine tasting and cruise in San Pedro, CA

This post is for Michael and Alison at Off the Vine Wines in San Pedro. Their store is awesome and we have gone wine tasting a few times there.  Last Labor day e also went on the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach cruise and it was a blast. So if you are in [...]

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Soccer rocks!

One of my students my favorite student, the wonderful-awesome-funny-nutty-kind CS, gave me a wonderful gift for Xmas: tickets to see the LA Galaxy on their season opener game against the San Jose Earthquakes. When DB was brought to play with the Galaxy there was, and there still is, such a huge hype about it. [...]

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Chahar Shanbeh Sury (the eve of the last Wednesday of winter)

Today is the evening of Chahar Shanbeh Sury. In Iran people gather around bonfires and jump over the flames while reciting a phrase which loosely translated means “give me your red complexion or coloring and take my yellow or sickly coloring.” This is an old ritual which always takes place on the eve of [...]

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Maria De Barros

A couple of weekends ago we went to a concert at the Getty Center. I am always happy to go to the Getty center because I love going to museum and this one happens to have an amazing garden and view of LA as a bonus. I have been to a few concerts [...]

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