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I am so freaking excited I cannot wait the 7 months until I actually rock up to LAX at 6.30 in the morning bleary eyed but super super super excited once I get through the scaryness that is now US customs. Then I get to meet my husband (who would of been skiing for the past two weeks in Tahoe) and we get to start our la/vegas/san diego adventure. I'm gonna be a total rube. But I don't actually care - this is like my dream come true. Is it ridiculous that I am excited about white castle, taco bell, applebees, wal mart, ben and jerrys - should I keep going??? omg omg omg. hahah |
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Even Andrew keeps saying I can't believe its booked and paid for - although his is more about the skiing... Now to sort out the internal shit. |
PS. it is ridiculous that you are excited about Applebee's and Walmart. Maybe talk to Patrick about things to hit up in LA? |
Castle's on the west coast.You can buy some frozen ones at the grocery store though. |
Now when it comes to Applebee's I'd be more interested in Grizzlebee's, but that's just me. Dinner please. |
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Then six nights in vegas, then probably three or four in san diego, then back to LA... |
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first, thank you for all the goodies, moonie. i hope to be able to make some balls this weekend. i really do need to check on the availability status of the ingredients, since i've caught YOU KNOW WHO digging around in the candy. second, OMG THAT SOUNDS SO FUN! wal-mart is scary. not sure you need to see it. plenty of photos on the internets i'm sure. if you do go, don't stay more than 30 minutes or you'll acquire a nasty headache. don't ask me how i know this. don't know anywhere to stay in LA. you should email patrick, he'll know. and you really must let me know what days you'll be in vegas, because i've been scoping out some day spas that look awesome! |
Vegas 7th to 13th of march i think :) |
as San Francisco? Inquiring minds need to know! |
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the jet planes i know for a fact are long gone. the first thing he dove into, shamelessly and excitedly. he loved them, except for the purple ones he didn't like. |
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essentially the same pattern repeated over and over: casino, buffet, mall, glitzy attractions. San Francisco would be a good addition. |
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i agree. six nights is two too many. 3 whole days and four whole nights of vegas is a lot of vegas. go to SF if you can! |
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The downunders like lvnv. Fact. Also will check w friend felicia where to stay in laca. |
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well and also you are going to the grand canyon, which is a day trip from vegas. so that day doesn't count. |
Saw a bunch of them on Monday at a little thing up here. Fun folks. |
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I think you should check out San Diego,the zoo is awesome and so is the aquarium.It won't be as cold as Frisco when your here and Sea world is pretty entertaining! |
It's true it won't be warm in the city though. |
ass. But there's reasonably good public transit so you're all good. And I can take you to my favourite doughnut shop! |
cheap hotels with free parking, and is home to Budweiser and Daniel. |
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i want to crash your whole vacation. |
I really don't want to waste my first actual day in LA - but have no idea what to do and will probably be a zombie as I find it hard to sleep on planes... |
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think that turn signals should not be used under any circumstances, which adds a note of excitement to urban driving here. |
andrew is from the other side of the island where it rains a lot - and him and his other coaster mates joke about how in Christchurch when it rains, we all drive faster and closer together and its totally true. two hundred and something more days to go... |
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i once won $500 on a single bet in roulette at paris. so. stay there. |
I'm trying to decide if we should see a Lakers game while we are there, there's one on. |
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OMG i'm so excited! what are your updated travel plans? |
updated plans are: Arrive LAX 6th of March, Andrew flies in from Reno so we'll meet up. Then heading to Anaheim and staying for two nights, so we can do disneyland. 8th of March we head to Vegas. Staying at the Luxor - and we'll do a trip to the Canyon and Red Rocks and shopping and shoot guns and see some shows and go to the outlet malls (seriously, 2 pairs of converses for $40 - we pay like $90 + a pair here. I am bringing an empty suitcase!) 14th of March we're driving to San Diego. Andrew wants to visit the USS Midway and Legoland, and I want to go to seaworld. I'd also like to go to the zoo but I don't know if we have enough time. 17 March we are driving to Santa Monica and we'll stay there until we fly home on the 20th. (boo). It really doesn't seem long enough - I'm going to see if I can get tickets to a taping of something, because that would be fun. And we'll have to do a couple of tours, plus muscle beach and there is too much I want to see - like the museum of death, and I have a list somewhere of other stuff. I freaked myself out looking at google maps. Its so fucking big (LA). I can't fathom it. But I can't wait to see it for myself. I have lost 10.6 kilos so far or 23 pounds. I have a bit longer to go to get to my goal, but think I should get there by the time we leave. |
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so a week in vegas. do you still have time for a day at the spa? i wouldn't mind some gambling and drinks too. i'm infamous for crashing honeymoons, btw. i say i'm broke, but by then i'll have spending cash. what do you say? spa day we meet up at noon. nails and hair and mimosas. any other day we don't meet up til 5 p.m. happy hour. i expect the day hours to be fucked away, but night hours are all mine. btw, 23 lbs? jeeeezis. good for you, girl. that's a lot of weight. i bet you feel amazing. |
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I feel better than I did, but I still have a long way to go, I just focus on 10 kilos at at time. I am nearly at my 10% weight loss target. This has been a long time coming :) |
Sarah, we still on for spa? I think Ged is crashing part of our honeymoon so they are going to head off to skiing... |
Mel. Sarah. |
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backyard, and it costs about $80 round trip to get there by plane. but mostly: OH MY GOD MOONIT IS COMING TO THE STATES! what i'm thinking is that this likely may be the only time i can ever meet you in person. however, due to being $15k in the hold from dead mother in law with no life insurance, i likely will be staying at the airport hotel, and may not be able to afford a spa day, maybe just a spa service. dual pedis? |
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ha! and i just found a room for $40 the first night and $30 the next night at the stratosphere, with free spa services special. |
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jet lagged. |
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I'm trying to decide if I should just go wandering on Saturday or maybe see a show on my own that Mr Grumpy doesn't want to go to. I should warn you that I laugh like mutley, have a bad habit of swearing to much and saying 'yeah nah' when answering a question which is no answer at all. It's a kiwi thing. |
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Have a great time in Nevada and California, but I'll have to stay a few hundred miles north. |
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starting to think of staying at Luxor so we can be close to you. really really wanting to stay at bellagio. agatha, if you can get to vegas, i'll pay for the hotel. |
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room schmoom. this is the real appeal of the luxor: Savile Row. it's not like i'm planning for adventure or opening my front door to sin city encounters, but it's just a little bit fun to consider the nearly infinite possibilities. i'll likely be in bed crashed out by midnight both nights. |
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thing: SATAN is now on earth. sounds like a good time to go to vegas. |
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ha! |
a WalMart, but don't underestimate the mystery of finally seeing something you've only heard about (both positively and negatively) for years and years... I begged to go to Target. Just to see it. |
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that's kinda how i feel about dollywood. i wouldn't seek it out, but if i ever come within a 50 mile radius of it, i'd have to go check it out. |
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i'm an ass. i can't go to vegas. i failed to realize that my kids' spring break is the same week you're going to be there, and senor has to work. the week prior to your arrival in vegas, i just found out my dad and his wife are coming to visit from honolulu. i feel foolish, and really disappointed. |
We're thinking Hawaii 2013 :) |
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oh, yay! and that's a no brainer! :) |
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yay! can't wait to hear stories of your adventures and observations. |
I'm gonna go into that reLAX lounge while I wait for Andrew - his flight got changed so now I get there super early and he turns up about three hours later. |
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no shit. maybe more. |
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no too excited. I haven't seen my husband in two weeks... |
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go there and make sure to order a cherry limeade. For me. |
get that cherry limeade for half price! The weather is going to be perfect for you. |
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long flight! |
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to know why I was alone so I had to say I let my husband go skiing do then i got asked why I didn't go. (don't ski too fat) and the lines were amazingly long. I'm used to Aussie customs where the just go 'kiwi? Way you go' not a million questions. |
me it's massssssive |
you vomit into it? I would be afraid of splash back. |
back experience, especially when all twelve beers you drank come sailing out of you all at once like you're a fire hydrant somebody just opened. post pictures. |
ones give u a fridge, minibar and tea / coffee making stuff. Most give you robes too. It's a little weird. My feet hurt from walking, but I'm really enjoying it! |
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keeping with my margarita a day theme, I went for an apple one - it was pretty yum. We're just waiting for our friend Ged to show up and then we're off to shoot guns! The other thing that I'm finding weird is that at mcdonalds you order, get a number, and then you wait. In NZ you order, they give you the food and then you're good to go. I get why they do it - ie the long lines, and making you pay so you don't go somewhere else, but it just seems incredibly slow. I feel a bit like I'm being herded around with all the lines; and where you have to wait. Its different... |
1980's, but i notice that a texas chain - whataburger - has ads where people get these triangular cards with numbers to put on the table while they wait for their order. when i was young it was just like in NZ. but there's no wait to shoot guns in texas. especially if you're shooting at feral pigs, apparently. a herd of feral pigs is called a "sound". don't know why. vive le difference, moonit |
Missed. Of course it was 1 am with half a moon and the pig was 200 feet away. |
A long day today yield some blister in my toes. Got to have my oil to be changed tomorrow. Hated to be followed by a stalker tonight, got too tired of their craps. moonit: hoped you have a great time visiting the states! |
The pepper has a stalker? |
we were down two people tonight and I did entire of jobs that being done tonight. Bought a new wireless adapter which boost signal, and went in for oil change as for now. Heather: a lady who used to work for my dentist followed me on my way home from work last night. I don't know what is her problem, she a personality problem. |
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square. i had just crossed main street with a some other people i didn't know. once i got to the other side of main, three guys sitting on a park bench - they were the scruffiest bunch of dudes i've ever seen and looked like they'd been wallowing in a mud puddle - started to sing/chant: we've got big balls! and she's got big balls! but HE'S GOT THE BIGGEST BALLS OF THEM ALL! at the last line they were pointing at someone ahead of me on the sidewalk. the object of their devotion waved as he was walking away from the bench bums, not looking at them. then i noticed that he had two roundish duffel bags over his shoulder, the straps crossed at his neck and hanging down on either side by his hips. they indeed did look like two enormous testicles. i'm so glad moonit is here to enjoy america. |
Andrew sneezed yesterday and someone said bless you. That would hardly ever happen at home. And I accidently bumped into someone and they apologised to me and said it was their fault when it was clearly mine. I am going to be sad to leave, but I do miss my dogs and my friends.... |
Yeah, most of you are still here! Number five is here with us this week. His name is Jas with red hair and blue eyes, and yes an attitude. Take care and enjoy the journey. |
America, I want to come back! |
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i miss you already, moonit. it was so fun following you around your honeymoon via FB. |
I need a kick in the pants.... |
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