Archive for April 17th, 2008

17 Apr 2008 Speedboating on Lake Winola
Author: Gail |  Category: The Great Outdoors, USA, Videoclips  | Leave a Comment

On September 18, 2006, I’d just had a heavy meeting with the estate attorney and was feeling rather spent and sad. So I drove to Lake Winola, where David had enjoyed many a childhood summer; a place he’d talked about but we hadn’t gotten around to visiting together.

I bought a sandwich to eat by the lake shore and watched two guys prep a speedboat. We talked for a bit, I invited myself along, and for one hot September afternoon I left all the grief behind on land.

17 Apr 2008 Happy Lao New Year!
Author: Gail |  Category: Food + Drink, Out + About  | One Comment

Vanipha Lanna Restaurant

You think I’m kidding, right? Like we would make that part up so we can celebrate New Year’s yet again? Well maybe we would, but we didn’t have to:

Wikipedia: Lao New Year – April 13 to 16 (this year it’s April 15)

There are several variations of wishing people on the occasion of the Lao New Year with the most common expression being souksan van peemai or sabidee pimai which in English means “Happy New Year.”

We didn’t even have to look around for a Laotian to make this remotely legitimate, we have one in our midst: Aussie-raised Anf, who was born in Laos and shared his roots with us. He even brought handouts, like we were in a proper language class.

… and, just like in class, there was plenty of goofing off.

drop the puck!

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