Virginia Beach And Shout Out To Lisa & Gary!

Virginia Beach!

Sitting at my patio table at Mahi Mahs on the beach!

Above is my cell phone's attempt at a panoramic.

I left my digital camera at home so all photos are taken with my cell.

Not as good but memories all the same!

More photos down the post, but wanted to do my Shout Out to Lisa and Gary!  When you travel with your job, you meet people along the way.  And from time to time I meet persons I want to be friends with long past my visit.  This is one of those times.  Gary is actually on my team and this is the first time we met in person, lots of meetings on the phone, but have never met until now.  We had a great time in Virginia Beach!  Chances we will end up in the same place in the future is good!  See you somewhere else Gary!!  I am soooo glad we finally got to meet, you are a fun person and can't wait to meet up at another site!

Now Lisa on the other hand works at the site that I traveled to and she had the burden of escorting me in her building!  She and I hit it off instantly and I like her and her personality - Lisa, you rock!  Yes I am positive she got aggravated in a funny way at having to wait on me so she could leave - great trainer sitter she is!  No wandering the halls!  Whatever!

So, going to cities I have never been to was made enjoyable with these two.  We went to Rudee's for Lobster tail and my second bunch of oysters, so mad I didn't take a pic.  It was fun and if I go back we will repeat!

All of this good stuff was brought to an abrupt end once I got to the airport to come home!  Another story another time, can we all say tarmac??

Virginia Beach, mark another destination off my to do list - good visit.  When I first got there I drove past my hotel exit and headed straight to the beach.  Did not find walking in the sand and seeing the ocean, no.  There was a big event and I saw a million people I think and could barely drive down Atlantic, much less park anywhere.  So I looked around a bit, and then headed back to hotel.  It wasn't until the next day I ate at Mahi Mah's and sat where I could see the beach and the water.  But I got some pics on that attempt to see the ocean...  (you don't see too many people in these pics - cause I had to pay attention and not hit any pedestrians!)

Let me also say I wish I could have seen and spent time with Whit and her angels while I was in her town!  So close....

So Be Happy People - find and have an adventure you've never had before and take pics for the memories!

Cowboys & Aliens, Finally!

I don't care what role Harrison Ford plays - he rocks!  His facial expressions are priceless.  I finally watched Cowboys & Aliens.  Harrison plays a dodgy, crotchety old bad man and he is great at it.  He has facial quirks like no other.  Bad stuff is happening and I am smiling at him.

Daniel Craig is the serious, tortured, dramatic, eye candy guy in this and of course he rocks it too.  Most men look great as cowboys, not all, but most if they do it up right!  :)

I am afraid if I watch movies at home I have gotten into the habit of multi-tasking and it irritates me.  But I tried real hard with this one, wish I had seen it in the theater.

I like the characters in this western, they look right, they speak correctly for the era and good job with the details of fusing the old west and the alien possibilities.

Kudos for all the westerns they are making these days, love it.  Making them is one thing, making them look real is yet another, good job.  Cinematography - 1/2 and 1/2, some scenes it is great, others, eh.

I kept wondering about the character called Doc, so familiar, it took me a bit and then I looked it up to confirm, he is the crazy guy on green mile, Wild Bill, yuck!!!  But wow what a great actor.  He looks too normal in this movie so I couldn't figure it out.

 

Far fetched concept? Or is it?  Yeah, but isn't that our new normal!!!

Also, Olivia Wilde is a very good actress, surprise twist here.

One more, love this person, the Native American in tons of films, and I like him a lot... Adam Beach.  I saw him recently, again, in Flags Of Our Fathers.



So it took me awhile to get back to you on this one, even though I raved about how I could not wait for it to come out.  I liked it, it was good.  Was it outstanding like True Grit, no, but good none the less.  Who doesn't love cowboys, no matter what they are fighting!

See a western/alien film and Be Happy People!