July 11, 2012

  • Cousins Road Trip 2012

    Wed, July 4

    • In-N-Out for lunch in Kettleman City. At least 39 Chinese kids, they were everywhere. We like to think that they were mathletes or something.
    • Phil’s BBQ for dinner. The plan was to eat there, then watch the fireworks afterwards. But the wait was hella long, so we just took it to-go and ate in the room, so we missed the fireworks. Fortunately, it worked out for us because they screwed up the fireworks show that we were supposed to watch. It was supposed to be a 15 minutes show, it only lasted 15 seconds because somehow they ignited all the fireworks at the same time. Sucks for the people who waited hours & hours for that clustf@ck of a fireworks show.
    • Met up with Mikey. Delivered some stuff from home.

    Thur, July 5

    • Rigoberto’s Taco Shop for lunch. Adobado ftw!
    • San Diego Zoo – PANDAS!! and NO parking, had to park a couple miles away & take a free shuttle. and PANDAS!!

    Giant Pandas!!

    The "baby" om-nom-nom-ing on some bamboo.

    • Pizza Port – hella good pizza & beer. hella good!
    • Bonfire @ Ocean Beach

    • Jasmine arrives

    Fri, July 6

    • Stone Brewery tour - free beer, good beer!
    • Stayed at the Embassy Suites in Downey. They had a koi pond. With turtles!

    • The Americana at Brand in Glendale - girls shop for 3 hours, guys wait for 3 hours :(
    • Umami Burger - good, but kinda over-hyped, imho. Father's Office burger waaay better
    • Robby & Robin arrive

    Sat, July 7

    • Universal Studios - Transformers 3D was dope, but The Mummy messed me up. Couldn't ride anything after that.

    • Road to Seoul - omg, hella good, way better than I remember, but due to a "failure to communicate" and time restraints, not everyone got to experience the yummy awesomeness.
    • Turning card games into drinking games: Survivor Dos, BS, Spoons - hella fun, killed the vodka & Nuvo hella fast.

    Sun, July 8

    • Porto’s Bakery - pretty good stuff. i see what all the fuss is about.
    • Magnolia Bakery - pretty good banana pudding, it's like a Nation's banana cream pie, with bits of bread, stuffed in a pint ice cream container.
    • Beverly Center - ate lunch at the food court & more shopping for the girls.
    • Stupid traffic on I-5 - they closed 1 lane on a 2 lane highway, which caused roughly 2 hours of extended driving time.

    Our last cousins road trip to SoCal was in 2008. We definitely need to go back again sooner, maybe spend more time in San Diego. There's a couple of free museums to check out, and the beaches are always nice.