July 2, 2016 - Portland and San Diego Game Recap

Elisa's Daily Scoop
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Reclining at AMC with Dory

Good day to you!

Last night was some storm here on Long Island.  The rain was coming down in buckets and the thunder was booming!

In all honesty, I LOVED IT!!!
As I sat in my bed watching some documentaries on YouTube, it was a truly mesmerizing sound, listening to the downpour and occasional crash sounds.

I get how people can be afraid of the noise of thunder, like my dear grandmother (RIP) and my mom, but to me, I find it soothing. (that is, provided I'm in the warm, dry safety of my home! lol)

Needless to say, the weather is spectacular this morning.  Dry, breezy and cool with the sun shining brightly.

I'm not sure if I mentioned it to you, but my phone has been a bit on the fritz lately.  I tried to rework the settings a bunch of time, re-started it, re-set my internet - but nothing seems to work.  

The problem is that my texts are not going through, and some of my other settings have been lost. I'll be heading over to the Apple Store this afternoon to have them take a gander.  Hopefully, it will be back to normal later on. 

Yesterday, we opted out of Adventureland as the weather began to take a turn for the worse in the late morning.  ​

Yesterday, we opted out of Adventureland as the weather began to take a turn for the worse in the late morning.  

We all agreed that a movie was a better choice and headed to see Finding Dory instead. The new AMC theatre was our destination and I will tell you, although I was bitching about the price of the tickets, there is nothing like viewing a movie from a reclined position!!

I'm not crazy about the "reserved seating" thing.  But, I guess if they are going to charge that much, people have a right to select where they want to sit.


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As far as the movie goes, of course, I cried (nothing new with that - I cry at all the G-rated movies I see with the girls).

Definitely worth seeing in my humble opinion!

I've also got to get my walking happening - been trying to do 3-5 miles daily - doesn't always happen, but I at least get in 2, which is better than nothing at all.

Following my morning exercise and hot chocolate (yes, I know it's summer, but I need my daily chocolate fix!), I'll be getting a much needed manicure and pedicure!

No plans for tonight, but I'll see what comes about and go with it.

Do not miss Tanya's first day in Portland!!!
Can't wait to hear about the eating fest!!

More tomorrow!

Have a safe holiday weekend!

-E
xoxo

Tanya's Daily Scoop
CURRENTLY TRAVELING IN:
PORTLAND, OR

Hello Portland

HAPPY SATURDAY and Greetings from Portland, Oregon - the City of Roses

Today kicks off our little mountain biking and eating getaway!
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​We left LAX early this morning and it was surprisingly a breeze - probably because most other people prefer waking up and heading out after the sun rises - unlike meeeee who enjoys getting out on the first flight of the day!
The part that I might not exactly "enjoy" all that much is when it means only getting 2hrs of sleep (which is what I got).

Somebody is apparently still sleepy! (c)travelincousins.com

It was actually kind of funny as we were driving back from San Diego late last night...

Dave had made a comment about how he was being reminded with "shades of Europe" in regards to me packing in the fun and us driving late!

Little did he know at that point... 

And then he asked "what time should we leave for the airport in the morning?"  I told him at 4:30am - needless to say he wasn't quite the happy camper!

Let's rewind a bit...

Yesterday was just insane BUSY.
I had so so so much to do and barely enough time to do it. If it weren't for going non-stop, I would've never got it all done! 
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One of the things on my schedule was taking Cosette to her Horseback riding lesson, and although it was a morning lesson - it was already super HOT! And I was only just sitting there watching. I can't imagine how hot my poor dear Cosette was.

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After her lesson, it was go go go again, and this time Cosette was right by my side helping me out.

Once we had finally finished with all the shopping, it was time to unload, prepare a home-made vegan Feta cheese (for the 4th) and then get ready for the game. 

Somehow we all managed to get out of the house in time and off we went to pick up our dinner to go and then hit the road down to San Diego.

The traffic wasn't all that bad until we exited downtown and made our way closer to the stadium, finding that our usual parking structure was now by permit only. UGH! 

So we dropped off my mom and Cosette to go find their seats as Dave, Dominic, and I went in search of parking. Luckily finding a nearby lot and not putting us too far behind schedule (10 minutes).

Well first off let me tell you we (the NYY) lost.
But it was such a fun game guys!
Yea my boys were kinda suckin it up through most of the game. The game was still exciting and between each 1/2 inning was a bunch of good jams and plenty of entertainment.

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As expected there were a ton of other diehard Yankees fans out there cheering on our team. 
The score got pretty ugly with the Padres leading 7-2. And the most of the local fans had called it quits and started leaving the stadium and going home by the 6th inning (excuse me, but wth is that all about?!)

The famed Truffle Burger from Freesoul Caffe (c)travelincousins.com

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Then nothing can quite compare to what happened when they brought ARod (Alex Rodriguez) in to pinch hit for the pitcher Matt Thornton hitting an RBI single, starting a bottom of the ninth rally and the crowd going wild. ​

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Next up was Carlos Beltran (another vet), and he continued the rally - the crowd was going nuts and if you can believe that it was even louder at this point with the remaining Yankees fans, than it was when the stadium seemed near to capacity. 

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It was a great night!
And I think my mom had fun...Hopefully she won't wait another 10 years (give or take) before coming to another game!

And now back to today - 
The flight was full, and quite pleasant. 

Poor sleepy Dave (c)travelincousins.com

Mount Shasta (c)travelincousins.com

And the first stop in Portlandia is for Breakfast - DUH food of course!

Then we will take a drive following the beautiful Columbia Gorge and to the Hood River and that is where we'll be hitting the trails (at least for today).

​Alright - time to eat some grub! 

Catch ya with the full SCOOP tomorrow,
-T