This weekend is labor day weekend. It is also the weekend of Emily’s wedding. Emily is one of the girls from Hiroko’s host family in Kansas. So we flew down and enjoyed wedding. It was really nice to finally meet the family from US that Hiroko is always talking about. Karen and Ron, mom and father of Emily, are some of the nicest people I’ve ever met. They even gave Hiroko a key to their new house in Colorado. I also met Emily’s sister Lisa. After the wedding we had some time to stroll around Lawrence and Kansas City. We stopped by the KC’s City Market on 5th and Main. On Labor Day Monday we headed down to Raging waters to use up our free tickets and headed to the Los Angeles County Fair. Unfortunately I forgot to bring my camera to the wedding.


KC’s City Market with Kansas City in the background.


The Los Angeles County Fair’s ski lift. We got tired and decide to just pay for the ride.


The Carnival Section of the Fair.


Hiroko looking for the hedge hog.

Randomly, during a drive, it occurred to me that we haven’t been to the beach this whole summer. Last summer we would go pretty often to get some surfing in. But since our decision to renounce surfing we hadn’t had the opportunity to go. So we made it a point to head down to the beach this weekend. Since we hadn’t seen Ernest in a while either we headed our way down to SD to see him and get some time at the beach. We ended up going to the Dog beach in Ocean Beach. It was short, but we did other things like hang out with Ernest and his friends. Watch Inglorious Bastards. Overall it was a great weekend. Teddy came along and stayed at Ernest’s place as well.



Ernest Quiambao


Teddy’s first ride in the bed.


The game that NO ONE! can beat.


Kenny beeing beat by the game.

Went to tramway today. Ever since Kenny’s gotten back from Singapore he’s been wanting to get some climbing in. We decided to head down to Tramway.

Kenny Hsieh climbing in Tramway. Photo by: Brandon



Brandon pulling hard on those huecos. Photo by: Kenny Hsieh

For a long a period of about a week there was a nasty stench. We couldn’t figure out where it was from and just though that teddy’s stools have been smelling ultra narly. It wasn’t until Erich came over and pointed out that there was a dead possum in our back yard that we realized what had happened. Teddy Killed it. The foul odor was so strong that I couldn’t get close without gagging. This is why you will see me wearing the gas mask.


Picking up the Dead Possum that Teddy Killed. Photo by: Erich Chen

Went to Stoney Point with Ty. Was able to get Crystal Ball... awesome!


Hiroko making opening moves on Hot Tuna.


Mark Hsieh somewhere in the middle of Hot Tuna. Photo by: Hiroko Otsuka Hsieh