San Diego
March 26 - March 30, 2011
This week I was down in San Diego with my parents for the annual ASCRS meeting. That’s an acronym that stands for something, that has something to do with what Dr. P. does. I was in attendance to see some blue sky and family and friends that live in the SD area.
Saturday night we got to see my cousin and her family. We were fortunate that all four boys were actually in town. Eric, her husband, who is often overseas for business was home and their oldest son Geir was home from his freshman year of college for Spring Break. The boys are now 19, 17 and 14 and all over 6’ 3’’. One of the strangest things about getting older is when kids you remember being born go to college. It also weird when said kid’s youngest brother stands EIGHT INCHES taller than you.
Saturday night was also fun because Joyce’s sister Jessie joined us for dinner. Regular blog readers will remember the last time I was in SD was with Jess while she attended her physical therapy school interview. Need less to say Jess got in to the school and is now getting her doctorate in physical therapy in San Marcos. Conveniently her apartment is only 10 minutes from our cousins house. Another fun part of dinner was discussing my upcoming China trip with Eric. Eric will be in Asia for the month this spring and I am going to go and visit him in Shanghai. Surely that will lead to some regular blogging beginning on April 27th.
The rest of the week mom and I had fun meeting up with dad and the office folk for good meals in the evening time. We also met up with Jess again for lunch one day and dinner on another. We had some really good Italian food and desserts in little Italy. We also had a decent meal on Coronado Island at Peohe's. Fun parts of the meal were: the company (mom, dad, dad’s new associate, his wife, and three of the ladies from the office), the restaurant printed our name on the menu; my mahi mahi was really good; and the view was phenomenal. The service, however, was waaaaaay subpar, especially for what the meal cost.
On our final day mom, dad and I visited the USS Midway, a retired aircraft carrier that has been turned into a museum. When they say aircraft carriers are like floating cities, they aren’t kidding. At one point in time 4000 were sailers were living aboard the Midway. Seeing the 25 aircrafts on board was neat. My favorite was probably the Tom Cat, simply because of its prominent roll in the movie Top Gun. The highlight of the Midway visit was going in a flight simulator with my dad. As previous posts have mentioned, prior to his medical career, my dad was a pilot. He was like a kid in a candy store while flying the simulator. The grin on his face while executing “slow rolls” was priceless. Mom and I are off to Philly next week. I’ll post again then.
Until the next adventure,
Katy
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Alaska is Awesome
Anchorage, AK
February 25 - March 1, 2011
This weekend I went on an Alaskan adventure. My first trip up north was fantastic. The trip was planned around a festival called Fur Rendevous or Fur Rondy. This Alaskan festival is something that has to be experienced to be truly understood. It’s not often that I have trouble coming up with words to describe an experience. However, I’m really not sure how to pontificate what it is like to hang out in 0 degree temperatures, watching teams of people race custom built outhouses down a frozen downtown street. Snowshoes softball, sled-dog races and competitive snowball fights are also as glorious as they sound.
One of the highlights of the trip was going to watch the fur trade auction. The Fur Rondy festival started as a trading expo for fur trappers in the 1930s. Watching the auction itself was interesting but watching people bidding at the auction was a once in a lifetime experience. My two favorite characters were a pair of brothers dressed in full on taxidermied animal hats. One guy was wearing a wolf carcass (head and all) and the other was wearing a lynx. Their gloves were awesome too. Each seemed to be wearing hollowed out bear arms. And no, I’m not kidding.
The food in Alaska was surprisingly good. I had potentially the best halibut of my life at the Glacier Brewhouse. It wasn’t cheap but it was delicious. A friend took me to eat some of the best sushi I’ve ever had at a place that can only be described as a sketchy hotel. The location really was surprising. It was the type of restaurant you would never go to unless someone with local knowledge took you there. In this case, I’m glad he did.
I expected my trip to Alaska to be exciting, cold and fun. It surpassed my expectations on all levels. If Alaska isn’t on your bucket list, it should be.
Until the next adventure,
Katy
February 25 - March 1, 2011
This weekend I went on an Alaskan adventure. My first trip up north was fantastic. The trip was planned around a festival called Fur Rendevous or Fur Rondy. This Alaskan festival is something that has to be experienced to be truly understood. It’s not often that I have trouble coming up with words to describe an experience. However, I’m really not sure how to pontificate what it is like to hang out in 0 degree temperatures, watching teams of people race custom built outhouses down a frozen downtown street. Snowshoes softball, sled-dog races and competitive snowball fights are also as glorious as they sound.
One of the highlights of the trip was going to watch the fur trade auction. The Fur Rondy festival started as a trading expo for fur trappers in the 1930s. Watching the auction itself was interesting but watching people bidding at the auction was a once in a lifetime experience. My two favorite characters were a pair of brothers dressed in full on taxidermied animal hats. One guy was wearing a wolf carcass (head and all) and the other was wearing a lynx. Their gloves were awesome too. Each seemed to be wearing hollowed out bear arms. And no, I’m not kidding.
The food in Alaska was surprisingly good. I had potentially the best halibut of my life at the Glacier Brewhouse. It wasn’t cheap but it was delicious. A friend took me to eat some of the best sushi I’ve ever had at a place that can only be described as a sketchy hotel. The location really was surprising. It was the type of restaurant you would never go to unless someone with local knowledge took you there. In this case, I’m glad he did.
I expected my trip to Alaska to be exciting, cold and fun. It surpassed my expectations on all levels. If Alaska isn’t on your bucket list, it should be.
Until the next adventure,
Katy
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