Toni discovered these english muffins at Fresh & Easy recently. They are not your ordinary English muffins. They're extra thick and the flavor is fantastic! I like to fork split them, toast to a golden brown and add real butter, then lightly top with honey. Do yourself a favor. Try these English muffins. You'll be glad you did.

Taffy was featured on The Pioneer Woman blog! Ree Drummond, the Pioneer Woman, said, "Oh, I love this." Taffy is honored to have been chosen and would like to thank Toni and me, Ree and the academy for this great honor!

I was excited to hear Captain EO, a 3-D movie starring Michael Jackson and Angelica Huston was returning to Disneyland where it debuted in the 1980's. The film was directed by Francis Ford Coppola and produced by George Lucas. The return of Captain EO to Disneyland started on February 23, 2010.

For me, it brought back memories of seeing the film as a young adult. I had always wanted to see Michael Jackson perform live, but unfortunately never will due to his untimely death. At the D23 Expo, I saw the actual Captain EO outfit Michael Jackson wore for this film. I was amazed at how slim he must have been to fit into that costume.

As for the film, the sound and image quality is better than what I remember in the past. They used the original 70mm master for the Captain EO Tribute. The audience applauded during the viewing, I believe reminscing about viewing it during it's first Disneyland run.

My friend Ingrid was in town for business and pleasure, so I made it a point to get together with her while she was here. Ingrid moved to Virginia fron San Diego a while back because her husband is Naval officer. Although I haven't met up with Ingrid many times, I miss her being on the West Coast.

I had the pleasure of meeting ingrid's best friend Miki. It's funny. I had never met Miki before, but I felt I knew her because of all the pictures I have seen of her on Ingrid's photostream at Flickr. :)

Since Ingrid and I are both half Korean, it seemed fitting to meet at a Korean restaurant, Min Sok Chon in San Diego for dinner. We had a great time catching up and eating. Ingrid ordered a large Raspberry Soju, a Korean rice wine, not knowing it would be a huge carafe!

We ordered BBQ Beef, Spicy Broiled Pork Ribs and Kimchi Fried Rice.

Toni and I met with some friends for lunch today. We had a great time sharing stories and catching up with Susan, Judy and Hillary, a few of Toni's middle school teacher colleagues. We were entirely too loud and boisterous, but we had fun. We talked for so long, I was thinking the restaurant might charge us rent.

Taffy turns 5 years old today. I can't believe she's that old already. Her diminuitive form makes her still look like a puppy. Toni and I love her so much. Happy birthday Taffy! :)

On a recent trip to Hoover Dam with the Los Angeles Flickr Group, I discovered this delicious Snapple Apple Plum White Tea. It had a yummy flavor and was so refreshing after exploring Hoover Dam on a warm Spring day.

The thing is, why do I find these really cool foods, or in this case, drink, during my travels, but then am not able to find it when I get back home? This happened to me before with Snapple Kiwi Tea in Hawaii. I guess it's just one of life's mysteries! Hehe

This Friday I'm going on my first out of state Flickr meet. A small group of photographer friends I know from Flickr will be going with me to Las Vegas for a weekend of shooting and fun.

The group organizer has a full itinerary for the weekend. During our stay, we will be taking photographs of Hoover Dam, the Boneyard, the Strip at night and Red Rock Canyon. I'm sure I'll get in some photos of my friends and the food we eat.

I'm going with my friend Judy and her daughter Sandra to Disneyland tomorrow! I'm really excited to show them a good time at my favorite place. Judy and her daughter share the same birthday, so they both get in free tomorrow. Yay!

I'll be sure to take them to City Hall to get their personalized birthday buttons so they can get special attention from everyone. It's been a while since I've been to Disneyland, so it will be fun to enjoy the time there with my friends. The weather is scheduled to be sunny and cool. It's gonna be great! :)

I recently tried a restaurant in Palm Springs, California called Cheeky's. Cheeky's is open for breakfast and lunch. They have a menu which changes weekly with an array of freshly prepared breakfast and lunch items including the Grass-fed Burger and Pesto Fries on a Brioche Bun shown above. The burger was delicious!

Cheeky's has a way of spicing up ordinary food items like adding pesto to their fries or using jalapeno bacon for their BLT sandwich. They have innovative sandwiches with yams and persimmons as ingredients. Their salads are nicely presented. I'll have to take a photograph of one next time I go. They also serve buttermilk corn pancakes and wonderful looking eggs benedict.

Next time you're in Palm Springs, give Cheeky's a try. Just makes sure it's any day other than Tuesday, because that's the one day they're closed.

I'll be at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week. I'm scheduled to arrive late Thursday night and am staying until Monday. I'll be lodging at the Venetian resort during my stay. CES will be informative and fun and grueling and tiring at the same time.

Of course it would be a lot easier if I left my camera at home, however I'm a glutton for punishment, so I'll have my camera and at least one lens and flash in tow.

I really don't like the drive to and from Las Vegas, especially when I do it alone. Therefore, I'm not looking forward to the the trip there and back, but looking forward to the being there. I'll also miss Toni, Erin and Taffy very much.

Last night, Toni and my friend from work, Martin, went to Citizens Business Bank Arena in Ontario, California to see Neil Diamond in concert. We have all been fans of his music for some time, so we were very excited to see him in concert.

We ate at the Hat at Victoria Gardens before the concert. The Hat has been famous for their pastrami sandwiches for over fifty years. Toni and I shared a pastrami sandwich slathered with lots of mustard and pickles and a monstrous order of onion rings. Martin had pastrami and a small order of french fries. This was the largest order of onion rings I have ever seen! Everything was quite yummy.

Then we rode together to the concert in my car. I was pleasantly surprised that there was no parking fee at Citizens Business Bank Arena. I can't remember the last venue that had free parking.

Well, as for the concert, I can say Neil Diamond is a wonderful performer and singer. He sounded and looked fantastic. What a showman! I love his unique voice. His vocals were deep and clear, a true joy to hear in person. We had a great time and have gained a renewed respect for this classic singer.

I love my current desktop background. It's a graphic from the good folks at Vladstudio. This is a Christmas themed graphic, but they have many others as well.

They have a bunch of screen resolutions to choose from for each background; most likely one that will work great for your monitor. What's really cool is you can download lower resolution samples with their logo for free to try out. If you love them like I do, you can pay a modest fee to have access to their library of great backgrounds.

If you want the high resolution ones with no logo, you can buy a 3, 6, 12 month subscription or until December 31st, you can buy the lifetime subscription for $19.99 like I did. Whether you get the free backgrounds or buy a subscription, I'm sure your desktop will be changed for the better!

The really cool part is the $50 gift card can be applied to upgrading to a Premium Annual Passport or adding parking to your Deluxe Passport. If you add parking, it's normally $50, so you effectively get parking for a year for free. Or you can upgrade to a Premium Passport which includes parking for an additional $70 making the net cost $339 instead of the normal $389.

Another tip is if you upgrade either way to include parking, take your parking slip to the ticket window and they will refund the price of parking for the day!

Many people swear they get the flu when they get a flu shot. Medical experts say that's not possible. I haven't experienced flu symptoms after a flu shot. I'm not sure who is right, but I suspect the symptoms are coincidental.