“Half and Half” Torrance, 2016
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“Half and Half” Torrance, 2016
“Half and Half” Torrance, 2016
Bucket List Item – Pedal Boats
“Pedal Boat Adventure” Redondo Beach 2016
こんばんは！How’s it going?
Today we visited the Redondo Beach Pier again, this time to cross an item off of my son’t bucket list. When he was little, he wanted to go on the pedal boats, but it was too cold. In subsequent years have visited the pier (it’s one of our kids’ favorite things to do) but there has always been some reason why we didn’t do the pedal boats. So, not going on the pedal boats has become kind of a tradition.
Well, today the weather was beautiful and the pedal boats were available (they were closed a few days ago) so we finally got to take Bay out on the water. It was pretty fun, but it was also a big workout – our legs were burning! But the water was calm, the sun was bright, and it was cool to pedal out to the small barge which was packed with lounging sea lions.
“Sea Lions” Redondo Beach, 2016
You can rent pedal boats at the International Boardwalk, and the price for an hour rental is $10 for adults, and $5 for kids. Cash only.
I hope you had a great day!
おやすみなさい！
– B 
Trip to Dodger Stadium
“Visiting the Dodgers Museum” Los Angeles, 2016
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Today we made a trip up to Dodger Stadium to visit the new museum. There are lots of really cool things to see for Dodger fans. We enjoyed it a lot. We got to see a bunch of historical jerseys that were worn during no-hitters and other memorable games, plus a cool Vin Scully exhibit with the headset he wore for the final game, the game notes, line-up sheets, and scorecard. They also had a few broken game bats which were cool to pick up and see just what a real MLB player’s bat is like. I loved it!
“Giant Bobblehead” Los Angeles, 2016
“Brooklyn Dodgers Jacket” Los Angeles, 2016
Later in the day we had a bite to eat at Mercado La Paloma. It was great to get some delicious Mexican food and hang out with my family. I highly recommend the Chichen Itza restaurant. Yum!!
“Lunch at Mercado La Paloma” Los Angeles, 2016
“Tacos” Los Angeles, 2016
I hope you had a nice day!
おやすみなさい！
– B
Christmas Day
“Cards” Torrance, 2016
こんばんは！How’s it going?
Merry Christmas everyone! 🎅 Today the entire immediate family was together to celebrate Christmas, open presents, eat our traditional meals, and enjoy each other’s company. It began with the handing out of the stockings and then we dug into our brunch, which is always bagels, lox, roast beef, pastrami, corned beef, potato/mac salad. In addition, we had a few Jamaican patties. 🍴😃
“Christmas Breakfast” Torrance, 2016
After we stuffed ourselves, it was time to open presents! 🎁 I think everyone received some nice gifts this year, and our suitcases will be full of goodies for the return trip home.
The rest of the day was spent relaxing, hanging out, a little street football, and then our traditional Christmas dinner – the Hawaiian feast! 🌴 It was delicious as usual. Lomi salmon, kalua pig, chicken and pork lau-lau, two types of poke, chicken long rice, spare ribs, and macaroni salad. Once again we were stuffed with good food. One of the highlights every year!
“Hawaiian Dinner” Torrance, 2016
I hope you had a nice Christmas! 🎄
おやすみなさい！
– B
By the Sea
“Windy Day” Redondo Beach, 2016
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Today we visited the Redondo Beach Pier, and while there wasn’t any rain, the wind was blowing like crazy.🌬 It was a beautiful day, though as you can see from the photo above. ☀️
The kids were excited to go on the Tilt-a-Whirl ride and play games in the arcade there. Us parents didn’t go on the ride. I think we all would get sick on that kind of ride now. A couple years ago, Mariko went on the Tilt-a-Whirl and didn’t feel good for the next couple days! 😵
“Whirl” Redondo Beach, 2016
“Clowns” Redondo Beach, 2016
We also enjoyed some of the fresh seafood at the market there – oyster-shooters, poke, fried squid, and fried clams. It was yummy! I didn’t take any photos of the food we ate, but you can see some of the other food in the photo below.
“Oysters” Redondo Beach, 2016
“Fried Seafood” Redondo Beach, 2016
“Lunch Spot” Redondo Beach, 2016
I hope you had a nice Christmas Eve day!
おやすみなさい！
– B
