I have this theory that you are officially "old" when you have a certain era of music you keep going back to. Sure, I listen to the Top 40 stations still but if you want to get me out on a dance floor, putting on hits from the 90s is the best way to get me to start boppin'! So, when I heard New Kids on the Block was touring with Boyz II Men AND Paula Abdul, I couldn't resist getting tickets to the concert. I was able to convince my old buddies to go too and we made a girls night out of it by meeting up in San Jose for the night! It was the perfect middle point for our group that was coming from LA, SF and Seattle.
The concert was, no surprise, oh-so-fun! Boyz II Men sang all their hits and the concert ended up being a massive sing-a-long fest. Paula Abdul might've been lip synching, but she's still got the moves and could energize the crowd. And, NKOTB was super entertaining - I didn't know a lot of their songs but they sure know how to work the crowd (of mostly middle aged women! haha).
Bonus was that I was able to extend the trip so that I could visit my cute nephews and hang out with Way for a bit!
Thanks, Scott, for watching the girls over the weekend!
Cutie pie Owen.
He was a happy guy that was super smiley!
These two boys make me happy!
Celebrating Erica's birthday!
NKOTB workin' it on stage.
Girls reliving their teenage years!
Just one of the many videos we took. The entire crowd was singing along!
I had to do a quick trip to LA towards the end of July to say goodbye to my Uncle Pang, who passed away a few weeks earlier. I have fond memories of fun cousin time at his house in Palos Verdes and Uncle Pang taking us to the beach when we were younger. I remember how he delighted in making us kids squeal with laughter by pretending the car ride was a rolleroaster - we'd take sharp turns and all of us kids would slide to one side of his Volvo station wagon or he'd slow the car down to a roll and we'd all chant that we couldn't let the car stop and it would inch slowly forward at a stoplight. Although it was a sad reason to get together, I think he would be happy to know that the weekend was also a wonderful get together with family. Because it was fairly last minute, none of the kids flew over which meant us "adult cousins" were able to have long talks and linger over food. Kin and Meredith were able to host a summertime bbq at their house and we had a nice t...
Goodness, it's already 2025! It's been a really long time since we posted! We had a very lazy new year. We flew back from LA on the evening of the 31st so spent the last remaining hours of 2024 cozying up on the couch and then fell asleep before it even hit midnight! On New Years day, we slept in, cleaned up the house and then did a quick hike the next day. All in all, a good start to the year! Nora's new blanket hoodie. Cold and muddy trails. We're not in LA anymore! We hiked the Primrose trail that follows Coal Creek.
Just 2 weeks ago I was in the beautiful town of Banff enjoying girl time with my cousins and taking in the picturesque landscape and now I'm holed up in front of my computer doing work. Oh how I wish I could go back! This was my second trip to Banff (first time was back in 2019 on a roadtrip with the family ) and I got to check out other parts of this beautiful National Park while laughing it up with these girls to celebrate Frances' big birthday.. We all met up at Calgary airport on Friday morning and after a quick lunch at Calan Noodles for hand-made beef noodle soup (yum!), we hopped in our rental car and drove the 90 minutes to Banff. I was surprised and impressed at how easy the drive was - even easier than driving to Whistler because of the wide and well maintained freeway. That first afternoon in Banff we walked around town and did some shopping before making our way to Brazen, a bistro serving "Modern Canadian" fare. What's Modern Canadian you ask? We di...
It was such a fun weekend for me too! Thanks for spearheading the planning!
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