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Mall Tuesday

Nov 24, 2009 | ,

Went to the mall today, had a wander around, feeling out the ambiance. Sears, JC Penny, wig shop, pet store, knife outlet… the usual.
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This is Kimberlee. You may have seen her before. I love her, and it’s very upsetting to leave her. That’s why I’ll be coming back in a few months to see her again. My last day with her hasn’t been anything spectacular, nor has it been thrilling… but it was nice. We had meatloaf for dinner. We made koolaid.

I love you Kimberlee, and I’ll be back in a couple of months.

I’ll be travelling tomorrow, and most likely lasting into Thursday. Keep an eye out for updates mentioning @themadcarpenter on twitter. I’ll try and get someone to update for me. See you all on the other side.

Little Moments in America #11

Nov 23, 2009 |

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500 – 1,000 dollars a piece… We decided to go down the street and get some 5 dollar malts. For pictures of my malt, and some antique and vintage stuff, click the link.
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Antiques Monday

Nov 23, 2009 |

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Kimberlee and I went for a walk in the centre of Orange today. Wandered around the antiques stores, of which there were a lot. Many of them were closed seeing that it’s Monday, which is fair I guess seeing that most of them are open Saturdays. The places were bleedin’ huge though. Most had basements, and back rooms… massive.

Had a strawberry malt in the oldest business that’s still open in the City of Orange – Watson Drug and Soda Fountain. They’re a drugstore and they have a soda fountain; they don’t have a drug fountain.

Some of the reviewers on that site are really picky. But Watson’s doesn’t have their own site, which is too bad. I really liked the food.

Beach Sunday

Nov 22, 2009 |

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That right there behind me, is the Pacific Ocean. It doesn’t smell as salty as the Atlantic, it’s actually colder and it has a faint smell of boiled cabbage. Different seaweed I guess.

Had a slice of pizza next to PCH and then headed to pick up Kimberlee’s son. Watched a bit of Wall-e, then had delicious fried chicken, biscuits and sausage gravy. With a 1554 beer from the New Belgium Brewing Company. Best dinner I’ve had in a long time.

Balloon Saturday

Nov 21, 2009 |

After a little back and forth with weather conditions this morning Kimberlee and I were able to get on the balloon in Irvine. One of only 17 of this type of balloon in the world apparently.
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400 feet above California suspended beneath a helium balloon.