the pan that can search
30 December 2009
Tooth - molar
22 December 2009
Target Anaheim, California
14 December 2009
Target on Beach - Westminster, California
29 November 2009
16 November 2009
Supercar Life - driving at a racetrack in Las Vegas
When we arrived at the track at 8am, all of the cars were lined up and ready to go. One of our drivers walked us through all of the models and told us how to start them and set them in automatic or manual. Then we got to try them out in the parking lot. First we accelerated as fast as we could in a straight line and broke really hard. Second, we wove around four or five cones as fast as we could then got back in line to try out the next car.
During the second part of the session, we started by sitting with a driver for two laps so they could show us what the car could do. For the third and fourth laps, we got to drive the same model and try to follow the driver ahead of us. Here's Daniel with a driver in the Mercedes.
15 November 2009
06 November 2009
03 November 2009
Singapore Airlines Review - Los Angeles to Tokyo
I got my picture taken with one of the stewardesses because I liked her uniform. I later read in the magazine in the pocket in front of my seat that French Courtier, Pierre Balmain designed the uniforms in 1968. The collar changed a little in 1974, but the Malay sarong-kebaya inspired outfits have remained exactly the same. The different colored patterns of the uniforms denote rank. The male crewmembers wear different patterned ties. Each crewmember receives 4 new uniforms. Singapore Airlines’ in-house tailors fit each uniform at least twice.
Each seat had on demand movies, tv channels and video games. The corded remote could be turned sideways to function as a video game controller. I played Mario Brothers, but since the A and B buttons were at a diagonal, I fell into a lot of holes.
29 October 2009
Tokyo Fish Market - Tuna Auction
The Tokyo Fish Market auctions are only open from 5am - 615am. Since we were jetlagged, we woke up and 4 am and went. This is an auction as viewed from the tiny visitors area. It was awesome. Before the auction started, this guy rang a bell for about three minutes.
28 October 2009
Hilton Shinjuku - Tokyo Japan
Daniel had emailed ahead to ask for a non-smoking room and if possible, one with a view. Our flight arrived late that evening around 8PM and they ran out of non-smoking rooms, so they upgraded us to a suite. The suite was amazing and almost as big as the suite we had for our honeymoon, but in a city! On the last day, the haze cleared and we even got to see Mt. Fuji.
The lobby of the hotel.
As you walk in, to the right are a little refrigerator, green tea and water.
Opposite the door is a desk.
The living room area.
The bedroom with a king sized bed. The dressers contained pajamas and robes.
There were slippers and an iron in the closet.
The bathroom.
Turn down service included a little mat…
and a paper crane.