Month: October 2011
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The “Heather and Brian Show” Wedding
Let me tell you a little bit about my cousin Heather. Heather and I grew up wearing matching dresses that my grandmother made for us, and the only reason I REALLY loved those dresses (I hadn’t learned to appreciate that my grandmother made them or that they were darling dresses) was because it was SO…
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A Colorado Brunch
The way my cousin tells the story, my grandmother and grandfather were driving through Colorado with their kids (my dad and his 4 siblings) and their car kept breaking down, so while they were on the side of the road fixing the car my uncle Scott had plenty of time to marvel at the mountainous…
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FFF (Forced Family Fun) at Dave and Busters!!
It was Friday night before our cousin Heather’s wedding and we needed to find something low key to do since the next day would be packed with fun activities. After the rehearsal dinner, we all decided to engage in a little of what Leslie’s parents call “forced family fun” – and Andrew (also our cousin…
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Discovering Red Rocks Park
One of our must-do things in Denver was to go up to the mountains. Due to time constrains and important events already scheduled for our visit, we couldn’t take a long trip, so we had to find a place close to the city where I could see some real Colorado landscapes. We got a recommendation…
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Moonlight Diner! Denver, CO
Our adventure in Denver started with the surprise early arrival of Leslie’s brother Ian the same night that we arrived. He was working at a conference in California and the original plan was that he would arrive in Denver on Friday with his wife Andrea but he was able to change his ticket to arrive…
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Camila and Bruno – Our Brazilian Guests!
Last week one of my closest friends Camila came to visit me and Javier for a couple of days with her boyfriend Bruno. Camila is ALWAYS on vacation (she’s Brazilian and Brazilians get 30 days of paid vacation and many more holidays than we get, so this was a 20 day trip for her but…
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Doggy daycare and Dog boarding
After a wonderful trip to Denver, CO, we finally picked up our puppies from their “hotel”. Soon we will be making a series of blogs about our trip to Denver, but for this post we want to focus on the great service that the Dog Spot provides! Luego de un viaje maravilloso a Denver, Colorado,…
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Making Dumplings – Nepali style
Last Saturday our friend Bhumika had my Sociology cohort over to her apartment to make dumplings! Bhumika is from Nepal and she told us ” the Nepali idea of getting together and having fun is making and having mo:mo: or dumplings.” Last year our cohort got together all the time because we always studied statistics together…
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The great proposal! (aka Lauren and Matt’s engagement)
Last week, two of our good friends Matt and Lauren got engaged and we were there to document the whole event. Matt told Javi to set aside a particular evening in October so that we could go to the Grand Ole Opry and photograph his proposal to Lauren during one of the songs. We were…
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Hot Chicken…an acquired taste
Leslie and I have acquired a taste for different foods that we were not used to eating when we were younger. Sometimes we like to be just like kids that refuse to eat something…but then we try it and LOVE it! So recently we’ve fallen in love with hot chicken. We went from buffalo wings…
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Happy Birthday Chupete!!
Chupete turned one yesterday! This time last year he was just a tiny baby pup. We got Chupi a couple of days after Christmas last year, and it turned out he was a Christmas return! The family who adopted him originally said he was too rough for their kids (shocking – he was a puppy…
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Walkway to Los Rodriguez Mansion!
The weather is nice outside and it feels good to work outdoors. Since I didn’t have a building project, I decided to start working on our home’s “curb appeal”. I trimmed some bushes, and actually took out a couple as well. We know we need to work on our landscaping but the most annoying thing…
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OCCUPY Los Rodriguez Life!
Javi and I went to the first Occupy Nashville protest last Thursday at Legislative Plaza – go Nashville! I still wish I could go to the Occupy Wall Street protests and marches with my trusty Nikon but Occupy Nashville was a great way to show our southern support for the movement. Javi isn’t really the…
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A little update
It’s starting to feel like our posts are fewer and farther between, and I’m sure most of that feeling is a function of mid-semester blues. And while Javier is not in the middle of the semester, he’s bearing the brunt of my slacking off around the house, doing all kinds of incredible work like tearing…
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Stuffed Peppers!
My parents and gma came over on Sunday night for dinner and my mom made my dad’s favorite – stuffed red peppers!!! I was a stupidly picky eater from my childhood all the way up to my second year in college so I missed out on some of the best foods on earth, including stuffed…
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Pooch Porches Lousiana swamp style!
DOG HOUSE CRASHERS! Los Rodriguez Life style! You probably read about our dog houses (If you missed them check them out here ) and how much fun we had building them and decorating them. But believe or not the dogs still haven’t used them very much. Even when it rains Chupete won’t use his –…
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