Two of my favorite things.....steak and dessert, both very good.
Saturday, December 31, 2011
Friday, December 30, 2011
Kobe v. Melo
Thanks to a very generous friend of ours, we got to go see the Lakers play the Knicks tonight. I've seen the Lakers play most of the teams in the NBA at least once, but I had never gone to see a Knicks game before tonight.
The Knicks kept the game close in the first quarter, but the Lakers pulled away and held the lead for the remainder of the game. McRoberts surprised me with his athleticism, and played pretty well. Kobe showed flashes of his old self with staggering moves and fakes while making some difficult shots.
Probably the most entertaining part of the game was watching Carmelo guard Kobe. Carmelo's always held the reputation of being a poor defender, but I'm impressed that he guarded Kobe, and did a decent job.
On the Lakers, I'm quite happy with the team so far, and with the new coaching staff. Things will hopefully get better with Bynum back, and if they could maybe just find a more serviceable PG, that would make me even more confident in them. But for now, the game was a lot of fun. We saw Adam Levine of Maroon 5 and Kaley Cuoco from Big Bang Theory. Sophy even got to see the first ever Taiwanese American player in the NBA, Jeremy Lin.
Sunday, December 18, 2011
Our First Christmas Tree in Pasadena
Still building our collection of ornaments, but it's a start. So far we've got UCLA color lights, a whole bunch of balls, some mickey mouse heads, and 3 Disney ornaments haha.
Friday, December 2, 2011
Winds of Pasadena...and the aftermath
Wow, what a storm! I don't know if I can really describe what happened, but if I can't, there's pictures too haha.
Wednesday night, while watching X-Factor, our cable internet went out, then about 10 minutes later, the tv goes out, and finally, the house went dark.
THE Event
I began getting ready for bed in the dark, and all of a sudden I saw blue shades of light coming through the windows with some hints of orange. I looked in the backyard, and sure enough the transformer at the top of the utility pole literally blew up. Sparks were flying, and broken wires were dancing around with blue flickering lights.
We grabbed some items and joined our neighbors outside for a short while. We went back inside, and that's when the real winds started to come. We watched as the top layer of shingles from our roof started falling on the front lawn piece by piece. In the backyard, Sheldon and Lui's dog houses were moved from their normal places to a new location of nature's choosing.
One of the lines that go from the utility pole to our house (I think it's either cable or phone) broke and started flying around.
Aftermath
Pasadena Water and Power reported that 6,155 customers were without service. We are part of the last 330 customers who have not had power restored. They worked on the major circuit issues, but now they're tackling more complex and unique situations on a house by house basis, so who knows haha.
Perhaps I'll let pictures describe what went on the night before.
Sheldon and Lui's take on the wind
Spent most of Thursday morning piling up these roofing shingles.
I think these came from this part of the roof
The messy utility pole and some of the downed wires in our backyard.
The downed cable wire and Sheldon and Lui's new dog house locations.
Some trees down the street. Trees were down all over Pasadena, forcing us to go through all sorts of detours just to find a street without a tree blocking the road. The crazy ones are where you sent the tree uprooted with a huge section of the sidewalk with it.
Traffic signals broken in half at 3 different intersections. This was the case in alot of parts of Pasadena.
Wednesday night, while watching X-Factor, our cable internet went out, then about 10 minutes later, the tv goes out, and finally, the house went dark.
THE Event
I began getting ready for bed in the dark, and all of a sudden I saw blue shades of light coming through the windows with some hints of orange. I looked in the backyard, and sure enough the transformer at the top of the utility pole literally blew up. Sparks were flying, and broken wires were dancing around with blue flickering lights.
We grabbed some items and joined our neighbors outside for a short while. We went back inside, and that's when the real winds started to come. We watched as the top layer of shingles from our roof started falling on the front lawn piece by piece. In the backyard, Sheldon and Lui's dog houses were moved from their normal places to a new location of nature's choosing.
One of the lines that go from the utility pole to our house (I think it's either cable or phone) broke and started flying around.
Aftermath
Pasadena Water and Power reported that 6,155 customers were without service. We are part of the last 330 customers who have not had power restored. They worked on the major circuit issues, but now they're tackling more complex and unique situations on a house by house basis, so who knows haha.
Perhaps I'll let pictures describe what went on the night before.
Sheldon and Lui's take on the wind
Spent most of Thursday morning piling up these roofing shingles.
I think these came from this part of the roof
The messy utility pole and some of the downed wires in our backyard.
The downed cable wire and Sheldon and Lui's new dog house locations.
Some trees down the street. Trees were down all over Pasadena, forcing us to go through all sorts of detours just to find a street without a tree blocking the road. The crazy ones are where you sent the tree uprooted with a huge section of the sidewalk with it.
Traffic signals broken in half at 3 different intersections. This was the case in alot of parts of Pasadena.
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