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Several years back my mom's good friend Alice got remarried. I remember one day after I moved out, my mom was talking about how she was bored now with an empty house. I told her she should call Alice to hang out. She said that Alice can't hang out in the evenings or weekends because that's when her husband is home and "she can't just go out when her husband is home". Years later, this conversation still makes me stop dead in my tracks and say "What......?". I never liked the mentality that once someone gets married, they have to sit...

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Weekend Recap!

So, lately I've been kinda down in the dumps. Rawnie decided to come check on me yesterday to make sure I wasn't on the verge of suicide* (*cutting my hair and/or going on a diet) and we ended up making a day of it like old bestie times.We ended up going to downtown Ventura so I could relive my youth in the thrift stores. After grabbing a torta and liquado at the always delicious Taqueria Vallarta (go with the Vallarta Special, TRUST.ME.ON.THIS), we headed to the Coalition Thrift Store. This is where we spent most of our day.It's been...

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You Like-a-de Parmasaaaaan?

Me too!I took this picture of tonight's dinner avec mother. There were other items to the meal- Italian sausseeg and broccoli- but this mountain of parmasan is really where the money's at.One day I'll figure out where my bad eating habits come from... for now, I'll just eat my dinne...

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I Stole This.

My friend Junks just posted this on her page and I was moved enough to steal it.Watching this video made me think... I'm half Mexican, half Colombian*, my bebehs BETTER have moves like this or else I'm gonna be pissssssssed.It also made me think... That baby needs a diaper change.*Throw in half Ajin for good measur...

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I Got a Lot on My Plate

So here's a quick story from last night.Our doorbell rang. There were two young guys. The convo went like this:TILTE: "hi."Guy: "hi- is your mom or dad home?"TILTE: :::silence:::(did I mention I'm thirty...?)Aaaaaaaaaand CUT.I got a lot on my plate and I'm having a shitty day, so you'll have to deal with music videos for the time bein...

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Weekend Recap!

Friday night my good mate* Michael came up from San Diego. I made my world famous Nascar-crockpot-chicken-n-potatoes (Side note: I doubled the spices and Italian dressing- it was much better). Unfortunately, I got a liiiiiiiittle bit of a late start on it, so dinner was actually served at 10pm. (That's how I roll- take it or leave it.) We each had a margarita with our dinner and ended up wizzasted before we'd even put our dishes in the sink. This may have been a recipe for disaster until my two canine monsters went all Michael Vick on...

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Ponchos Restaurant

I'll admit, I've kinda strayed from the food part of this blog. To make it up to you, this post will be about food and only food.Yesterday for lunch, I was feeling like a liquado, aka Mexican smoothie time. I'd recently discovered an old menu for a Mexican restaurant that had been left on the doorstep a while back. I knew exactly where it was located- right in between a run down muffler shop and the corner where all the day laborers shoot the shit. This place wins on location alone.I studied the menu thoroughly before I left the house...

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Time for a Weekend Recap!

Saturday night I had plans to meet up with Kim and Melody, for a totally caj dinner at Dargan's.Kim and I split the fish and ships because they are The.Bomb and they come in huge portions. If you're in the Santa Barbara/ Ventura area, I strongly suggest ordering them here. The deep-fryness is superb and not heavy or greasy. It's seriously my faaav thing to order here, although I did try a bite of Mel's corned beef and cabbage and have since added it to my To-Do list.(The pic is kind of dark because the lighting in there is on the dim...

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God Save the Queen.

Is everyone ready for the big match this weekend...? (Note: Keith nearly spat in my face when I made the mistake of mentioning hanging the United Kingdom flag)GO-O-O-O-O-OD SAVE THE QUE-E-E-E-E-E-EN!!...

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I Practically DIED Last Night.

I've had this shit awful sinus headache or migraine or brain worm for the past four days and last night it almost killed me. For serious, friends. I was reduced to TEEEEARS, it was so bad. To make matters worse, I have a lying bastard of a thermometer who lied to my face and said my temperature was 98.5 when it was clearly at least 126.I was also sick to my stomach, which I assumed was from my brain worm.At first, my stomach was just a little upset. And then all of a sudden it started to RAAAAAGE. And I don't mean like when I say I'm...

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The Pool is Officially Open

(This is Justin's splash and totally not mine. Despite taking years of summer swim lessons, I never learned how to dive because it scares the diarrhea out of me.)This weekend, we kicked off the beginning of summer by inviting a few friends over to enjoy the finer things in life (swimming pool and Rock Band).Despite it seeming like it was 1,000 degrees, it was actually just perfect for taking a dip.Biscuit and Kosmo made a special guest appearance, Kanye West style, when jBusch accidentally let them out of the laundry room. They cleaned...

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