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West Coastin’: Last Call

Posted in Dasad Adventures, Wanderings, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on October 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

In those final days, our adventures kept us tethered close to Anaheim, cleaning our hotel rooms, gathering souvenirs, and worrying that the airport would not choose to jettison nearly a thousand dollars worth of wine (Mom’s frequent and incessant doubts, to be honest, worried me.  I imagined ourselves forced to drink thirty-six impounded bottles in [...]

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West Coastin’: Daring Disney

Posted in Dasad Adventures, Wanderings, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on October 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Dasad, I discovered had never experienced the beautiful chaos that is the Disney theme parks.  This realization shocked me a little, as Dad has our yearly exodus to Florida planned and booked at least a year in advance (Typically, the week after returning to Maryland, growls are heard, demanding our schedules for next summer).  Visiting [...]

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West Coastin’: Geek Out

Posted in Dasad Adventures, Wanderings, anime, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on September 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

The next morning after a breakfast of oatmeal and microwaved egg sandwiches, we emptied our rooms of bags and wine-stuffed boxes.  Now I mentioned earlier that Dasad had rented a Chrysler Sebring for our travels, a nice unimposing number with four doors, three passengers, and no retractable hood.  The little gray wisp of a car [...]

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West Coastin’: Popping Corks

Posted in Dasad Adventures, Wanderings, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on September 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Having arrived in Napa, we immediately passed out at the FairField Inn.  Just not from alcohol.  That was the second day.  The first day’s stupor resulted from the combined exhaustion of a long drive through San Francisco traffic, restless night’s sleep in a soggy Monterey motel, and irritation from discovering most hotels in Napa booked [...]

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West Coastin’: Rest Stops

Posted in Dasad Adventures, Wanderings, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on September 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Anyone who visits California must travel along Route 1, the Pacific Coast Highway, once in their life.  Frankly if you’re alive and own a car, the trip is required (the penalty is death if you refuse and own a convertible).  I associate it to a rite of passage, as sacred and necessary as [...]

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West Coastin’: From L.A. with Love

Posted in Dasad Adventures, Wanderings, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on August 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

So having arrived in California, our first task was to get lost.  For some reason the roads leading into Disney and thus the hotel had been blocked by the Anaheim police department.  We circled the block several times, analyzing the various routes, double-checking our GPS, wondering if our room had somehow exploded and left us [...]

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And Awaaaay We Go . . .

Posted in Dasad Adventures, Wanderings, tagged , , , , , , , , on August 6, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them.  — Lemony Snicket
Packing for trips always proves a stressful time for me.  Though others might become bogged by shirts, socks, and appropriate footwear, we bibliophiles must decide on the number and type of books we can possibly stuff into our carry-on’s before we’re considered [...]

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