Stayed here once with my family when we were in Orlando over spring break. My dad’s cousin met us there for dinner down on the bottom floor, which I have pretty vivid memories of. I was probably 12 or 13? His cousin T worked in production at Nickelodeon Studios at Universal and on that trip we sat in the audience of a taping of Slime Time Live where my sister and I got to pie my dad in the face (as a complete surprise to him)! He might’ve gotten slimed too hahahah my friend back home recorded the show and I still have the VHS somewhere. Really need to locate that.
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Just bought my plane ticket to Utah for my grandfather’s 80th birthday & my 25th! This is us back in the day.
We’re gonna have a big party, then drive to Idaho to go fishing and explore Yellowstone! Can’t wait.
Dad just texted me this picture of him and my sister. Ughhhhh my heart. I miss them so so much. Can’t wait to see them in just a couple months!! Already have our hotel room in Newport booked for Lind’s graduation woooo!
Came home from a long day of work and Chris’ mom had made me an amazing homemade dinner! I am the luckiest.
Today! I promise I helped in the garden too…before I started just sitting and taking pictures. But we got some strawberries, basil, & cilantro to plant once everything is cleaned up and the new soil is down!
unicornzzzzz:
Our families are very connected to their celebs. (Taken with instagram)
This.
Dad’s here!!!!!!! And he has a BEARD. for the first time in my life. And supposedly the first time in his…
Today is half blah/half awesome. I’m working, Chris has the day off (we only have one day off together in the next 2 weeks), my second phone call of the day sucked and I try not to let that set the tone but it’s hard when you want to punch a dude in the face (I gave you like 4 different options dude. Pick one. Or don’t pick one. I’m not giving you a $175 spa package for free and upgrading you to our best room at the lowest rate. Go awaaaaay), BUT! My dad just bought his tickets to come out here next week!!!!!!! He planned it perfectly so he’ll be here on my 2 days in a row off and we’ll get to adventure around and do fun things and I’m so excited cause I haven’t seen him in almost 4 months!!! Yay yay yay. Ok so I guess this makes my day like 20% blah, 80% awesome. Also, I have tonight and tomorrow off so that is nice. Just let me make it through the work day without rippin throats through da f0nE.
brittanycarr27:
I was just informed the other day that the Rosa Restaurant has closed! Hearing this news made me, as well as my dad, incredibly sad. For as long as my dad has lived in Portsmouth, he remembers going there with his father and the little Italian woman bringing him his food. He never did get the recipe for their sauce that he loved so much. I remember the bowls used for the salad were the exact same bowls we had at one point. I remember celebrating an art contest that I won there when I was younger. I remember walking across the street after a middle school dance at the Connie Bean with Sam Stellmach and her father, the manager, giving us some food to snack on. My dad and I were just talking about going back there, but now we’ll never get another chance. I’m so sad :(
Oh my goodness, I cannot believe Rosa’s is closed. I went here with my family ALL the time when I was little, the most memorable time being this one time when I was about 4 years old. After eating my spaghetti and meatballs (same thing I ordered every time), I was eating one of the standard round red & white peppermints that they give you with your check, and mine was just chilling in my mouth and I went to take a sip of my shirley temple, at the same time my mom gave me a horrified look because she knew exactly what was about to happen…as I swallowed my drink, I also swallowed my mint and it got lodged in my throat. I barely had time to grab my throat and before I knew it, my dad had stood up, grabbed me, and flipped me upside down, and whacked me on the back until that mint flew outta my throat…and I caught it in my hand. I literally remember this scenario like it was yesterday.
I did not eat those mints for a verrrry long time after that. But we continued going to Rosa’s and ordering their awesome pizzas to eat at my dad’s since they’re right across the street up until I moved! Gonna miss this place.
We got to go on a (free) private tour & tasting at Raymond Winery (being in the hospitality industry here is a great thing). Funny because it’s the name of the town these three grew up in. We got to see the Soil Room with samples of all the different soil types of vineyards of Napa, the Crystal Cellar which was oddly decorated like a Parisian nightclub, the Barrel Room, Wine Library, and more. A really neat experience.
