Magic Mountain

I took Scott to Magic Mountain for his birthday. It happened to be a record setting hot day, but we had a blast despite the heat and the three hours it took us to drive the 90 miles up to Valencia. We rode Tatsu first thing and got front row seats which was intense and incredibly fun! I had purchased Flash passes so we got to skip the line and went right to the front. We loved it and planned to go on it again. We went on Goliath with our second Flash pass and then a bunch of others including Riddler's Revenge and Scream. We decided to end the day on Tatsu again, but we were out of Flash passes, so we waited for about 1 hour and did it again. This time it was dark and I was laughing and screaming the whole time. That is definitely the best ride we've ever been on! Too bad it is so far up there or we'd be there again in a heart beat.

Dodger Game

We went to a Dodger game for Scott's birthday. We had great seats thanks to Jay who won the tickets. Dodger's won in the bottom of the ninth. It was the perfect night for a game - no traffic getting there and the weather was beautiful. We ate Dodger dogs and nachos and had a blast. We also saw Larry King who was sitting in some VIP section right in front of us.

Alaska Cruise

We just booked a 7 day cruise to Alaska in June! We're super excited about it. We've been dreaming about a cruise for a while now and Alaska just happened to fill the bill. I hope we see a lot of beautiful scenery and wildlife.

BBQ Pulled Pork Sandwiches

Scott and I love watching Tyler's Ultimate on the Food Network. Scott Tivo's every episode. And I have to admit that we wish we could taste all of his dishes via TV somehow. Well, Saturday we decided to make Tyler's BBQ Pulled Pork Sandwiches. We went shopping at the local Pavillion's and bought all the ingredients. Everything seemed to be swell. We watched the episode that we had recorded and tried to ballpark amounts as we watched Tyler dump a little of this and a little of that into the food processor for the spice rub. I mean, cooking isn't an exact science, right?

Into the oven the spice rubbed pork shoulder went for 3.5 hours. Whala - it looked and smelled fabulous! We made the sandwiches and packed a picnic basket and headed to Laguna Beach. We went to the Montage and found the cutest little picnic table right on the oceanfront and sat down. I had one bite of the sandwich and I said "Kinda salty". That was an understatement. It was a salt bomb. I had a feeling when we were adding 1/8 cup of salt that it was too much!! Oops! I choked down 1/2 sandwich and Scott got about 3/4 through his. We ended up tossing the rest. I guess we learned the hard way...always follow a recipe. We both thought we died and went to the Mojave desert. I couldn't drink enough water after that! Ah, the joys of being a newlywed and learning to cook! We went home and ended up eating crepes filled with fresh strawberries and bananas topped with whipped cream. I knew how to make those.