Pining for the Fjords

As faithful blog readers know, I'm a Christmas baby, born on the 23rd, and it's always been my favorite holiday.  I'm always looking for fun things to do around the holidays, and thankfully, Chris generally puts up with being dragged to one light show after another, all around town.  With the move to California, we had an entirely new set of holiday experiences to discover, and we were ready to make the most of them. Since we've officially entered that phase of our lives where doing and eating things make better presents than getting more stuff, I asked Chris if my official birthday "present" this year could be a trip to the nearby Disneyland Resort in Anaheim.  Although I'm not a crazy Disney person (you all know who you are with your Mickey ears and bumper stickers and whatnot), after growing up in Florida and having grandparents that lived near the parks, I have visited all of them over the years.  I've also explored and had a great time at the Un

When last I blogged , Chris and I were heading to bed at the Los Arboles hotel in Palm Springs, after having enjoyed a great meal to celebrate his birthday.  On Monday morning, November 14th, we woke up gradually, although still not too late, as we were in bed on the early side the night before.  Since this was his actual birthday, it was time for presents, and I gave him the card I'd found for him as well as his gift - two tickets to see Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox in downtown LA the Friday after Thanksgiving.  Sidebar - everyone in the world should seriously check them out.  Here's a link to their website, so you can start.  Every member of their group is nutso talented, and we enjoyed their show more than any live event we've seen probably in the last 10 years (for reals). Anywhoo, back to Palm Springs.  We woke up hungry and decided to head to Cheeky's, a locally famous breakfast place which was reported to always be crowded due to the excellent offeri