City of Angels (Los Angeles, CA)

Lynn and I took a five day getaway to Los Angeles all because I wanted an Ohtani bobblehead. Well, that's how it all started... when I bought Dodgers tickets before buying our plane tickets or booking a hotel.  

I've vowed to never come back to LA but I keep coming back. It's mainly due to the horrific traffic but I serendipitously booked a hotel close to the Metro, saving myself from driving in congestion and the headache of hunting for parking spots. 

The Metro is like the best kept secret. I knew it existed but never thought to actually use it. It was never crowded, even during rush hour times.  

Our hotel was in downtown LA, walking distance to Little Tokyo, but also a block away from Skid Row (IYKYK). Just pay no mind to those mentally unstable bums and you should be fine.

July 4th weekend

Traditional picture of the kids but with our new fur babies.

"Free" 72 oz steak (Amarillo, TX)

What did I get myself into?

Fourth of July

Happy Fourth of July! It kinda sucks that it's on a random Tuesday but hey, what are you gonna do? Anyway, I've been eating clean lately but today was my "cheat day" and boy did I cheat. There was too much good food. And I didn't even touch the brisket I spent all day smoking... I was overly stuffed. :(

The forgetful eater

I eat a lot. I'm always down to trying new places. But my problem is that I have terrible memory. I'll forget which places are worth going to again or what specific dish I already had so that I could try something else. So I decided to make another half-ass'ed blog to document my eats. Unfortunately, I'll be one of those people taking cell phone pictures of their food. I know, ugh. But this will help when Lynn asks, "Where do you want to eat?" Hmmm, I don't know. Let me check out the blog. It's called The Forgetful Eater.

I eat, sometimes

It's funny how when something is restricted or off-limits, I want it that much more. In this case, I'm talking about my diet. Last week (or was it two weeks ago) I decided to be serious again about my diet and start counting calories so that I can calculate my caloric deficient (or surplus). So the beginning of what was supposed to be my hardcore diet was actually the start of my bad eating habits. Tell me I can't have something and I will continue to think about it until I get it. But tell me I can eat as many donuts as I want and I will probably stop at one two. So a new month starts tomorrow and maybe I'll restart this diet. Maybe. We'll see. Bleh.

40 days and 40 nights

It's that time again. It's time to abstain from eating meat on Fridays, better known as Lent. Why do so many Catholics freak out on Fridays because of this dietary limitation? I don't know but it's easy to go meatless. Besides, it's only for one day a week.

The Texans are making me fat

Papa John's has a local deal on Monday where you get 50% off of your entire purchase if the Texans win on Sunday. Promo code: TEXANS (duh). So for the past couple of weeks, pizza was what's for dinner. Go Texans! Being that it's such a good deal, we're not ordering just one measly medium pizza. We're going big. So with leftovers, I can say that I've eaten pizza at least four times in the past two weeks. Needless to say, my diet as of late has been quite unhealthy. I'm almost glad the Texans lost yesterday because if they won again, I would have been forced to order more pizza since I simply cannot pass up a deal.

McD's English pub burger

I am a sucker for new things, especially if it's only available for a limited time. Something about the phrase "limited time offer" always get me. My response to that is "I must get it." So when I saw a giant billboard for McDonald's new English Pub Burger, I knew I had to try it, even though McD's is the last place I would go for a burger.

Lent begins

It officially began a couple days ago on Ash Wednesday and will go on for 40 days. During that time, you usually make a sacrifice. One year during college I gave up donuts and that was pretty rough. I'm not sure if you have to give something up, it's good if you can, but for sure you're suppose to abstain from eating meat on Fridays.

I love to play the spoiler. One time in high school my friend had a huge plate of cafeteria spaghetti, topped with their meat sauce, and I reminded her right before she took her first bite that we couldn't eat meat today. Denied. I was doing her a favor anyway as no one should be eating cafeteria spaghetti in the first place.

It's hypocritical but I ask that you don't play the spoiler on me. If you see me with a burger or some fried chicken, don't remind me that I can't eat it. Let me finish my meal first and then you can come tell me, at least I won't knowingly consume meat. Because once you tell me, I can't knowingly do it. Ignorance is bliss.



My sacrifice is giving up eating quality food, as seen here with my Filet-O-Fish. Lent is the only reason anyone would order this... unless your name happens to be Lynn. :) Am I the only one who thinks it's weird to eat a fish sandwich with cheese? So gross.

Fun fact: Name three times during the year you would expect to find the most people going to church.

Christmas, Easter and Ash Wednesday

I didn't know the last answer. I recently learn this tidbit this week at baptismal class. Yes, it's time to be a godparent once again. Maybe I should start going to church more often than those three days. Just kidding if you happen to be translating this for my mom or aunt, who I'm pretty sure don't know how to access a computer yet and assume the internet is 90% porn.