Even though we’re both a bit neutral on the Beatles as a band, we couldn’t resist getting the Lego Yellow Submarine. It was one of those things that lent itself to Lego so obviously well that it just looked like it would…
LEGO Creator Expert 10243 Parisian Restaurant
Chris has carried on building large LEGO creator buildings as part of his project to create a LEGO city. One of his most recent was LEGO Creator Expert 10243 Parisian Restaurant. I think this is probably my favorite of the…
Our First Year in Arizona: Part 2
On this day last year, we properly moved into our apartment where we still live now. In the last post we talked about what we had known we wanted and whether we got it. This one will deal with the…
Our First Year in Arizona: Part 1
One year ago today, we touched down in Arizona with the intention of living here. We are still very pleased with the city of Chandler. Having had more time to look at the cities around us, I think it was…
Christmas Day
The weather Christmas Day was cold by Arizona standards, but fairly clear. We did the British version of Christmas this time, doing what Americans would very much think of as Thanksgiving food: turkey, stuffing, potatoes (roasted and mashed), parsnips, carrots, green…
Wesołych Świąt! (Happy Christmas! (Merry Christmas! (Feliz Navidad!)))
Chris grew up celebrating a British Christmas day, but also celebrating Wigilia, which is the traditional Polish Christmas Eve, as his maternal grandparents were from Poland. This was our first attempt at doing Wigilia on our own. The word comes from…
Christmas Party!
Our apartment community has done parties for many major holidays and Christmas was no exception. As it was a bit colder, this was not a pool party, but rather took place in the club house and the outside areas around…
Christmastime in Arizona
December is the coldest month in Arizona, so the Christmas season hasn’t quite been like being in the Southern Hemisphere during the Christmas period. That said, other than São Paulo, Brazil, this is the warmest place I’ve been during the…
Nature Connects: Lego at the Phoenix Zoo
A very cool, traveling Lego display happened to be in town the week Chris’s parents were here. Nature Connects was doing a stint at the Phoenix Zoo. It primarily involved large Lego models of animals: Like all zoos, it also had plenty of real…
Giving 3-D Another Go
Due to wearing glasses, I have never been that comfortable with 3-D in cinemas. The last time I tried was when Avatar came out. I have actually never seen all of Avatar because I felt horribly sick in the first…