Thursday, November 26, 2009

Travel Journal

10:29 AM - mypalal: At the Las Vegas children's museum. (t) http://myloc.me/1Hybp - (Twitter)

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Travel Journal

1:06 PM - mypalal: I love that I can access the internet on the way to Vegas! (t) - (Twitter)

1:08 PM - mypalal: So the plan for lunch is to stop off in Baker and eat at Big Boys. (t) Knowing my luck this will not happen. - (Twitter)

1:11 PM - mypalal: The Hooters Hotel in Vegas is offering great rates (t) - (Twitter)

Saturday, October 10, 2009

Travel Journal

11:50 PM - Lucille's Smokehouse BBQ (4/5) on Yelp

Lucille's is a great place to go for tasty BBQ. The meat is always juicy and perfectly cooked. I've had a chance to taste all meats and they can do now wrong. The food is a little expensive but well… (Yelp)

12:00 AM - 5 & Diner (4/5) on Yelp

This quaint little diner is a delight at a great price. I had their burgers which are large and their breakfast which is great. It's a good size meal of a moderate price. Just don't put money in the… (Yelp)

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Travel Journal for 9/22/09

Travel Journal

1:20 PM - mypalal: Hoping to spend a little time in Catalina. I'll pay myself to take me on a tour. (t) - (Twitter)

1:41 PM - mypalal: Strolling through downtown Avalon (t) http://myloc.me/JvFI - (Twitter)

2:02 PM - mypalal: At the Avalon Casino. I feel fat and old. (t) http://myloc.me/Jw41 - (Twitter)

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Travel Journal for 9/21/09

Travel Journal

3:49 PM - mypalal: Attending the Cruise orientation. Talking about a lot of stuff I won't do. (t) - (Twitter)

4:32 PM - mypalal: I'm so lost on this ship (t) - (Twitter)

5:06 PM - mypalal: Getting ready for the ship's fire drill. then I'll probably be on radio silence. They want $60 an hour from me for internet. (t) - (Twitter)

5:46 PM - mypalal: Just finished the Lifeboat drill. Now let the fun begin. (t) - (Twitter)

5:47 PM - mypalal: Dinner at 6:00. I'm going for the lobster. How much weight will I gain on this trip. (t) - (Twitter)

5:49 PM - mypalal: There's a chance that I might have internet while I'm still in the states. (t) - (Twitter)

6:54 PM - mypalal: Thank you duck for giving your life. (t) - (Twitter)

6:55 PM - mypalal: Thank you duck for giving your life. (t) you did not die in vain. - (Twitter)

7:51 PM - mypalal: I feel like I'm drunk. Not easy walking on the ship. (t) Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry - (Twitter)

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Phoenix Trip Recap - Planning

It’s been a week and now I have a little time to recap my trip to Phoenix. The worst part of the trip was forgetting my laptop at home. I wasn’t able to get any work or updates done because I had to do everything on my BlackBerry and it’s just not worth the effort.

Planning

Once we decided to go to Phoenix for our mini-vacation, I realized, “Crap, it’s going to be hot.” Checking the weather reports I knew it was going to be blazing hot. My reports were saying 115 degree.

The first thing I did was look for things to do in the heat, basically anything indoors. I went to www.bing.com and searched “things to do in Phoenix”. Then I modified my search for “indoor things” and “things for toddlers”.

During my research I realized that there’s not a lot of stuff to do in Phoenix. Most of the phone things are outdoors and there just is not an abundance of amusement activities. So basically we had to manufacture fun and we did.

Here are the results of our survey: Science museum, Zoo, BBQ Restaurants, Indoor amusement parks, Shopping Malls.

We found that the Phoenix Zoo had an evening event called Starry Safari with lots of stuff for toddlers to do and see. Friday night, bingo, booked.

I then went to Restaurant.com and started looking for dining opportunities. I found a few, but had to pass it by the wife and then forgetting my laptop meant that I couldn’t do it. We did wind up dining at one of the places I found.

Finally we needed a room. I went to good old reliable www.HotWire.com and found a great resort for only $39 a night. I think the resort was offering the great rate because no one visits golf course resorts. We wound up staying at the Millennium Resort Scottsdale McCormick Ranch. 4 Star Resort for basically $90. Great deal.

I will continue my trip report in my next blog.