Cafe Sevilla, San Diego

Cafe Sevilla
San Diego, CA
February 14, 2018
Valentine's Dinner

For Valentine's Day each year, if we are together and I am not out to sea or working, we try to do something different for Valentine's Day. In this crazy military life, there are so many times when it is an important holiday and yet we can't be together.

For Valentine's Day, we decided to check out a place that we have been wanting to try. Cafe Sevilla is in downtown San Diego. It is probably the best authentic Spanish Experience that you can get in San Diego. For Valentine's day, it was a set menu, and a special show.  The food was excellent and we both definitely enjoyed the Flamenco Show. We both have been to Spain, but it has been a long time. We both would love to go back. Cafe Sevilla was a great "mini trip" to Spain for both of us.  It made an Excellent Valentine's Day!

Las Vegas for my sister's birthday, January 2018

My sister had always wanted to have a weekend in Vegas. At one point before our dad passed away she was discussing it with some of her friends, flying and meeting in Vegas for a few days. Since my husband and I moved to California, we have gone to Vegas at least once a month. With my husband playing in the casinos, he gets frequent deals or freebies. Basically, we can go to Vegas whenever we want.

The death of my father brought my sister and I together for 2 weeks. We hadn't seen each other since she moved from Virginia to Missouri. The military life had put us in Virginia at the same time for several years. We really enjoyed the opportunity to be together, see each other and spend the time with our parents. By the time that our father passed, we have both realized that we are never going to live in the same city again. Her husband and family love Missouri, my husband and I love California. We will probably move back to Virginia due to the fact that we own a home there. 

I was missing my sister, and I randomly just texted her and asked her what she was doing for her birthday. We ended up planning for her to fly to Vegas for a couple of days.  We drove on Thursday, and then my sister flew in on Friday. 

After we left the airport, we went to the Welcome to Las Vegas sign, and then we decided to go to Freemont Street. Within a couple hours of being in Vegas for the first time, my sister talked in me into getting on the Slotzilla Zip Line. 

While my sister was in Vegas, we stayed at Planet Hollywood, we ate at Whalburgers and Mesa Grill, and we saw Jabawockeez and The Tenors of Rock. I will do separate posts for all of the things we did. 

Get Over It

We all make our own choices in life. The best thing you can do in life is make the choices that work for you and what you want out of life. We have chosen to not have children so that we can be free to travel and enjoy our free time. We wanted a life without constraints. 

Jennifer Lopez, All I Have

Jennifer Lopez

All I Have

Planet Hollywood

Las Vegas, NV

We waited until we had been to Vegas many times before we finally saw JLo. My advice, DO NOT WAIT. From what I understand her show is ending soon. The show was very good. We went the full spectrum of her career.

Even if you are not a huge fan of pop music, go see her show before it leaves Planet Hollywood. It is definitely a great show and worth the ticket price.

Knott's Berry Farm, Buena Park, California, December 2017

Knott's Berry Farm

Buena Park, California

December 7, 2017

We love Knott's Berry Farm!

This was our second year in a row taking advantage of the free military days from Knott's Berry Farm.  When we lived back in Virginia, Cedar Fair had the theme park Kings Dominion. Cedar Fair operates Knott's Berry Farm, so the rides are very similar. 

The best part of going to Knott's Berry Farm during the free military days is that the park is decorated for Christmas. We really enjoyed the day. We changed it up and saw some different shows, and tried some different food.

The roller coasters will always be my favorite. My favorite coaster at Knott's is the Silver Bullet! It reminds me of the Dominator at Kings Dominion.

Reasons to be Childfree

Marvel Universe Live!

Marvel Universe Live!
August 26, 2017

Valley View Arena, San Diego

Since I was a child, I can remember being interested in comic books. I can remember as a kid, we would go camping as our vacations. Usually every Memorial Day week and every Labor Day week at least. Sometimes, July 4th also. I have fond memories of some of the campgrounds, as some were more fun than others. One thing that always sticks in my mind is the little "country stores" where my parents would take us for a treat. I can't always remember getting a Nehi Grape soda in the bottle, paper dolls to play with, and a comic book to read. As we got older, my parents kind of stuck with one campground and my purchases of comic books reduced. However, I was still always a fangirl. 

Years later, movie technology starting catching up with the fantasies in the comic books and now comic book superheroes come to life on the big screen, as well as in theme parks on a daily basis. For years, there have been touring groups of Disney Characters. I can always remember hearing of "Disney on Ice" shows and others coming to town. When I heard about the Marvel Universe Live, I was EXCITED! Marvel, LIVE? I am in IN!  

The best part of the show was that it really encompassed charcaters from all over!  Avengers, Guardians of the Galaxy, Dr Strange, Iron Fist, etc. I feel like the show and the story line of the show could have been better, it kind of seemed like a theme park show. It was mostly just a stunt show with motorcycles and fight scenes. I feel like it could have been a little better more special effects. 

The other thing to note is that it was in town for several days, we went on a Saturday night and it was NO where near sold out. I really feel like there wasn't enough advertisement. Anyone that I had talked to about it had not heard of it before. I haven't heard of it coming back to San Diego, I imagine it is going to be like the Disney shows and have a new one each year go on a tour. If it comes back, Will we go? Probably. Especially if the tickets are on Groupon. 

I would love to see the live show expanded and adding in Black Panther and Captain Marvel.