Walking with Dinosaurs – The Arena Spectacular

by Lorna Harris on September 2, 2010

The BBC came to Orange County last night in the form of Walking with Dinosaurs – the Arena Spectacular.   The Honda Center very kindly invited my family and I to attend opening night.  The show has been touring for three years and Anaheim and next week’s show in Los Angeles at the Staples Center will [...]

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The Gallery: Blipping one day in August

by Lorna Harris on August 31, 2010

As part of The Gallery this week, Tara encouraged everyone to take a photo on Sunday, 29th August in the style of Blipping. Blipping is taking a photo record every day and I really like that idea.  I signed up for the service at the weekend but decided to start on Wednesday [...]

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We did do some stuff this summer, honest

by Lorna Harris on August 28, 2010

My boys did learn stuff this summer.  Promise.
They’ve been quite busy with surf camp, boogie boarding, bmxing and swimming.  They’ve cycled along the rim of the Grand Canyon, hiked a river in Zion National Park and explored Angel Island in San Francisco.  They really have done stuff.
But they’ve also discovered X-Box Live this summer.  They’ve [...]

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The beautiful name

by Lorna Harris on August 9, 2010

Oh, pride does come before a fall.  As usual, my Sunday morning 9am Starbucks run was eventful.  This time there was the loveliest guy ever taking the orders.  Lovely smile, very friendly and when I told him my name?  Well, he turned to me and said it was ‘beautiful, just beautiful’ and duly wrote it [...]

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ESPN’s X Games

August 5, 2010

My kitchen was full of boys on Friday night.  Boys consuming pizza and watching the X Games.  There was much talk of tailwhips, bar-spins, X-ups and various other BMX tricks.  I was surplus to requirements apart from ordering the pizza, paying for the pizza and pouring drinks.
Watching their passion for the X Games inspired us [...]

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The Parking Guru

August 3, 2010

It’s that time of year, the time when I’ve had enough of the tourists.  Last year they were driving me crazy in the supermarket, this year it’s their parking.
We live in an area where parking is at a premium.  Thank heavens we have garage space for both our cars.  The parking on the street outside [...]

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Just a perfect day…Zion National Park

July 27, 2010

We rolled back into town on Friday night in our RV after a week long trip to the Grand Canyon and Zion National Park.  The RV trip was supposed to be a one off, a trip just for the boys so that they could experience it.  I was dreading the whole thing but I have [...]

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The calm after the storm

July 8, 2010

The chaos built slowly last week into a crescendo of complete and utter wild partying on the peninsula.  On Thursday we made sure we’d secured an extra parking space for a friend arriving at the weekend.  Food shopping was completed by Friday to ensure total avoidance of the supermarkets on the Fourth.
Then we sat and [...]

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The sea lions are returning…

June 22, 2010

The Newport Harbor sea lions have been wintering in walmer climes and are now heading back to their luxury sailboats.  Woe betide anyone who hasn’t made preparations for their return.  The sea lions are ruthless and once they’ve made a decision to set up home on your boat, there’s nothing you can do to stop [...]

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My child might be an Honor Roll student

June 22, 2010

The final week of school is here and one of the many events taking place this week is the Honor Roll.  That sounds so American, don’t you think?  It’s the sort of thing I would have rolled my eyes at when I lived in the UK and didn’t know much about the States.
Back in England [...]

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