daily slice-of-life photo blog of a Gen-X dad
When we visit my parents’ house, we often will trim their olive trees. My dad used to do it, but now that he’s older, my mom doesn’t want him climbing up on the ladders. So us kids and grandkids take care of it for them. It actually goes pretty quickly with so many hands to help, and we have a lot of fun getting together to do it. 😄
When we visit Torrance, there are a few places we have to go to. It used to be Daiso and Kinokinuya, but now we have those in Austin, so there’s no need to visit those over the holidays. But we still don’t have a UNIQLO, so now the Torrance Uniqlo store is our must-visit store.
This year, I got a t-shirt and Bay got a jacket. But I really wanted to grab a couple N-95 masks that they were giving out last time I was here in November. Unfortunately they only had surgical masks… bummer. Oh well, I’ll just have to be happy with my shirt. 😊
I enjoyed another relaxing vacation day with my family doing family stuff. Specifically bowling at Gable House Bowl (my brother bested me by a single point!) and lunch at Mi Burrito.
I had never eaten at Mi Burrito before, so I was excited to try it. My Al Pastor Burrito and Cadillac Margarita hit the spot! The burrito was a little on the salty side, but still delicious and there are so many things on the menu that I’d love to go back and try some different dishes.
The outdoor seating was nice (especially during COVID-times) and we even had a view of the water! It was a little chilly today, but I was happy the sun was shining. A nice lunch for sure. 😀
I hope you had a great day! またね〜
Our second signature family holiday meal is a Hawaiian feast. This year we enjoyed kalua pig, lau lau, lomi salmon, chicken long rice (not pictured), musubi, and poi. New this year were some sweet bread rolls, and Chinese greens with spicy tofu. So good!
Will definitely need to run a few extra miles to burn off some of these calories! 😝
As usual, we enjoyed a huge Jamaican feast for our Christmas Eve dinner. My mom cooks up a storm for us, with jerk pork and chicken, stew peas, rice and peas, stew chicken, callaloo, plantain, shrimp rundown, oxtail, curry goat, and patties. It was awesome! The only problem is that the food doesn’t photograph well since the colors are mostly all muted. But the taste was off-the-charts.
Thanks, Mom!
