On April 29, 1992, the riots erupted in Los Angeles, and I was working at the Disneyland Hotel in the Monorail Cafe. I remember hearing about what was happening and watching it in the cast member lunch room. Like everyone around me, I was glued to the TV all day and all night. As the… Read More Rick and the LA Riots
We both had the day off and tackled a project we had discussed for weeks. Should we remove the large blue spruce tree from the front yard? Yes, we should. We started around noon. Once Cas started cutting the branches, I removed them and loaded the truck. Once it was full, I would go to… Read More The big tree project
Last week, I saw that Barry Manilow was heading to Spokane for a one-night concert, his last in Spokane. I called Deb and asked if she wanted to get tickets for the three of us to see him as a Mother’s Day gift for Mom; she was all in. The last time we saw him… Read More Looks like we made it
Over the past two weeks, we had the opportunity to sell merchandise for the touring production of Hamilton, and we both loved it. It all started when I received an email asking if we wanted to help with the show heading to Spokane. My first thought was how they even knew who I was. And… Read More And me? I’m the damn fool who shot him
For the past few months, Costco has only had beef patties available, so as Cas shopped with the Mexicans, I headed over to grab some items for us. Like I have done each week, I checked to see what type of patties they had; we liked the sirloin patties the best. As I got closer,… Read More Where’s the beef
Yesterday afternoon, I dusted off the drone we have not used in years and took it out for a quick spin. It’s a DJI Spark that we bought years ago to use while traveling. However, in most of the places we visit, including National Parks, drones are prohibited. So we have not had a chance… Read More Drone view
In the early 90s, while living in Santa Ana, I traveled by train twice, once to see Mom and another time to visit Grandma Bob’s brother in New York. The trip to visit Uncle Joe in New York was exciting. It would take three days to get there, and I could relax, listen to music,… Read More All aboard
We saw a chance for snow in the forecast, but like most forecasts these days, we said it wouldn’t snow. We are both off today, so we planned on playing some pickleball and maybe working in the yard, but that changed when we got up. We walked downstairs to see a layer of snow around… Read More It’s still winter
It was May 25, 2002, and I was not feeling all that well. I thought I was getting sick. I worked at Nordstrom’s and worked a shift on Saturday, but I was exhausted, sweaty, and had stomach pain. On Sunday, I went to work, but I could hardly move my stomach pain way too much,… Read More You need to go to the ER, now
In September of 1991, I was lead at the Monorail Cafe at the Disneyland Hotel, and I read in the cast newspaper that they were closing the Rivers of America and Tom Sawyer Island to refurbish it for a new show. That winter, I thought it would be fun to see what the Rivers of… Read More I met a Disney Legend
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