tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28002457412131227002024-03-18T20:24:03.206-07:00Bucket ListThings to do before I die...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2800245741213122700.post-76568612158307460072013-10-17T17:51:00.002-07:002013-10-17T17:51:23.151-07:00Chocolate Factory<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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cross off another item from my bucket list. CHOCOLATE FACTORY...Yay!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; font-size: 15.0pt;">However, I’ve been lazy
this year. I started the year with the
intention that I was going to cross off as many items as possible. At
the beginning of the year I created charts, lists, and calendars of how I would get it all done but then somehow I let life get in the way, especially laziness. With that said, I went to this chocolate
factory last year (2012) in November. I just
hadn’t made time to write the post, but all that stops today! From now on I’m
on it!! You’ll be hearing from me more
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span style="font-size: 15pt;">So let’s begin. It's Thanksgiving and my friend Rosy from Mexico was in Los Angeles on vacation, and my family invited her for Thanksgiving
dinner. She brought her boyfriend with
her, who we met for the first time.
After dinner we sat around talking and catching up. I don’t recall who said it first but I
think it was my brother in law. He said,
since we have these next couple of days off why we don’t go to Las Vegas? We were all like yeaaaaaa!! So the next
morning my friend Rosy, her boyfriend, my sister, her husband, and my god
daughter made the 4 hour drive to Las Vegas. While checking in at the hotel I start browsing </span><span style="font-size: 20px;">through</span><span style="font-size: 15pt;"> all the brochure fliers in the lobby. That’s when I see it, a brochure to the </span></span><i style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'; font-size: 15pt;"><a href="http://www.ethelm.com/about_us/factory_tour.aspx" target="_blank">Ethal M. Chocolate</a> </i><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span style="font-size: 15pt;">factory in
Henderson!!! Henderson is a neighboring
city to Las Vegas. It’s so close that
you’ll think its Vegas. I thought to my
self this is my opportunity to go to a chocolate factory. Woo Hoo! In Los Angeles there aren’t many chocolate
factories. I had attempted to contact
one in Los Angeles twice with no success, plus they charge for the tour. Back at the hotel lobby I’m going
through the flier and I like what I’m reading.
It’s a free self guided tour with a cactus garden. I talk about it with my family and they’re all
in. This made me super happy! We decide to go on Sunday right before we
head back to Los Angeles. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; font-size: 15.0pt;">We arrive early. Actually we’re the first ones there. It’s open but as we walk in it’s empty. There are no workers on the line. Makes me wonder if they're close for tours or are we too early. It’s a long corridor and when we were
reaching the end that’s when we saw them! The workers on the line. Phew! There is a window that divides, so you can't to them. We
stood there for a while watching and taking pictures. At the end of the corridor you
get a chance to pick out a free chocolate.
I don’t remember what I picked. </span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">L</span><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span style="font-size: 15pt;"> After that you step
in to store. We browsed for a
while. I bought some chocolates with
peanut butter. OMG!!! To die foooor!!! Soooo goooood. No complaints about the chocolate. I don’t know if it’s because they are made
with no preservatives, but they were soooo delicious. Is it a little pricey? Kind of, but totally
worth it. I also purchased a tote bag,
which I still have. Once out of the
store we toured the cactus garden. They
have tons of different </span><span style="font-size: 20px;">cactus's</span><span style="font-size: 15pt;">. I don’t
know if it’s because I’m Mexican and we love to eat cactus, but the garden was
super cool. We took some pictures and
left. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; font-size: 15.0pt;">All in all I’m happy with the experience. It was free so you can’t beat that and as a
bonus they had a lovely garden. The
chocolates are superb. I would’ve liked
to see more action on the chocolate line but you can’t win them all. If you're in the Las Vegas area I
highly recommend stopping by and checking out the chocolates and the
garden. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sad face because at first I didn't see any workers on the chocolate line. Were we too early?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The workers! Look at them go!!</td></tr>
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this is something you would be interested in doing I highly recommend it.
It's nothing to be afraid or nervous about. In my opinion it is a
very low risk adventure. On Saturday May 11th 2013 we made the one hour
drive to<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i><a href="http://www.skullcanyon.com/" target="_blank">Skull Canyon</a></i><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>located in Corona about 47 miles away
from Los Angeles. Two wonderful coworkers joined me on this adventure
Patty & Azeron. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the arrangements. He scheduled our appointment for 11:00 am. We met
up at our job site at 7:30 am grabbed some breakfast and then off we were to
Corona. Once we arrived we signed some
paperwork and then we put on our head gear.
I was glad to see that we were a small group of five the three of us and
a young couple. They drove us up the
canyon and then we took a small 10 minute hike up to the starting point. We go down the zip line one at a time down 7
lines. Like I said before it’s nothing
to be afraid of its all fun. The three
of us all enjoyed zip lining down all the lines. It took about an hour and a half to do the 7
lines. For an additional <br />
$20.00 we were able to zip line down a long line with a partner side by
side. Patty and I went down side by side. In total we spent $100.00<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13.5pt;">If there was any down side to all of this it was the weather. It was a little too hot and not a lot of shade a side from that we all enjoyed the experience. Also, the staff was super nice and friendly. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face'; font-size: 15pt;">The cover photo was taken at the actual Morrison Hotel located at </span><st1:street style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face'; font-size: 15pt;" w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">1246 South Hope Street</st1:address></st1:street><span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face'; font-size: 15pt;">in </span><st1:city style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face'; font-size: 15pt;" w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Los Angeles</st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face'; font-size: 15pt;">. The band asked the owners if they could photograph the hotel and they declined, so the band went inside when nobody was looking and took the photograph. The rear cover features a photograph of the Hard Rock Café on </span><st1:address style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face'; font-size: 15pt;" w:st="on"><st1:street w:st="on">300 East 5th Street</st1:street>, <st1:city w:st="on">Los Angeles</st1:city></st1:address><span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face'; font-size: 15pt;">.</span><sup style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face';"> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></sup><span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face'; font-size: 15pt;">The founders of the later and otherwise unrelate Hard Rock Cafe chain used the name, having seen iton the Doors' album. The original cafe is no longer open for business.</span></div>
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Seeing that I live in <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Los Angeles</st1:place></st1:city>, it just made sense to go visit these "landmarks." First, I went looking for the album on vinyl. Somehow having thealbum on vinyl made this more real and exciting. It wasn't easy finding the album. I went to a local swap meet 2 times, going around asking if anyone had the album. No! No one had it. Grrrr!!! I then went to a local record store and they also did not have it. My brother has tons of vinyl albums and I asked him if he knew of any place I would be able to find it. He suggested Amoeba records in <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Hollywood</st1:place></st1:city>. On a nice Sunday afternoon I drove to Amoeba records and FOUND IT! :) Total excitement. I was ready for my visit.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face'; font-size: 15pt;">Two weeks later on Saturday 02/04/12 my two best friends and I drove to what was once The Morrison Hotel. Not far at all from my home in <st1:place w:st="on">East Los Angeles</st1:place>. We mapquest the address and off we went. We arrived at about 10:00AM. It's located not far from the Convention Center. We stayed there for about 20 minutes. Took pictures but of course right when we started taking pictures the memory cardwas full. I totally forgot to check the memory on the card before leaving. Ugh! I hate when I do things like that. We had to use our phones to take pictures. The building is now closed. There is really nothing to see but the outside of the building. Once we were done, we headed to the Hard RockCafe. The bar is located in skid row, not far from The Morrison Hotel. However, unfortunately there were too many homeless people around. First we couldn't find parking and second we felt uncomfortable getting off and taking pictures of what seemed to be a liquor store surrounded by homeless people. It was skid row; I don'tknow what I was expecting. So we drove away. Despite not being ableto get off we had a great time exploring these “landmarks.” Even though this was my “thing” to do, I’m glad that both my best friends enjoyed it as much as I did. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face'; font-size: 15pt;">It was a little adventure, and so close to home. As I stood there posing for pictures I thought of The Doors and of Jim. Imaging how they were once there and what had become of the hotel.</span><span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face'; font-size: 15pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face'; font-size: 15pt;">But above all I thought of all the people who love The Doors and pass “The Morrison Hotel” day in and day out and not even know it. </span></div>
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<br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2800245741213122700.post-63277953050321630122011-12-29T21:12:00.000-08:002014-10-30T17:24:58.562-07:00Bucket List<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif";">IHey
Ya’ll,<o:p></o:p></span><br>
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<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif";">Follow
me in my bucket list adventures! I’ve created a list of things I would like to
do or places I would like to visit before I die. Some easy, some difficult. I’m
excited to start on my list, so follow me as I take life by the horns. I’ve
already been able to cross out some stuff out. That will be on a different
post. Check out my current list, it is in no particular order nor will it be
completed in any particular order.</span></div><ul>
<li>
<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif";">Have
Laser Eye Surgery<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif";">Learn
to Pole Dance<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif";">Perfect
a Cupcake Recipe</span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif";">Go
on a Hot Air Balloon ride<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif";">Zip
Lining<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif";">Help
end animal cruelty<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif";">Visit
a Chocolate Factory<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif";">Visit
Japan<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif";">Attend
a Masquerade Party <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif";">Learn
Sign Language<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif";">Visit
France (See Jim Morrison’s grave, The Louver, Eiffel Tower, eat a crepe)<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif";">Visit
Stonehenge<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif";">Stand
one foot on one side of the Equator and one on the other side<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif";">Take
my mom on her dream vacation<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif";">Visit
Greece<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif";">Visit
the Titanic on a submarine<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif";">Celebrate
Mardi Gras in New Orleans<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif";">Own
something from Tiffany& Co<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif";">Adopt
a child</span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif";">Visit
Spain and eat Tapas<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif";">Fly
first class<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif";">Write
a letter to myself and open in ten years<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif";">Live &
design my own dream house<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif";">Become
a Pastry Chef<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif";">Visit
all 50 states</span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif";">Be
the maid of honor in a wedding<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif";">Eat
only popcorn for an entire day</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif";">Visit Vosages Haut-Chocolate in Chicago</span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif";">Make
a perfect Thanksgiving dinner</span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif";">Milk
a cow<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif";">Volunteer
at an animal shelter<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif";">Own
a Channel handbag<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif";">Hug
a penguin<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif";">Help
the children of Africa<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif";">Ride
a horse on the beach<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif";">Watch
a meteor shower<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif";">Kiss
under the mistletoe<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif";">Be
at a healthy weight<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif";">Meet
my other half, my soul mate<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif";">Go
Snorkeling<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif";">Visit
all Hard Rock Café restaurants<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif";">Go
on a helicopter ride<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif";">Learn
how to swim<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif";">Celebrate
St Patrick ’s Day in Ireland<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif";">Have
a margarita in Margarita Island<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif";">Learn
how to play the guitar<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif";">Learn
how to speak Italian<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif";">Meet
Oprah<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif";">Stay
in an ice hotel</span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif";">Live
in a beach house<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif";">Touch
a dolphin<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif";">Find
and go on the largest roller coaster in the country<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif";">Have
the “usual” somewhere<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif";">Eat
at Hell’s Kitchen<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif";">Shop
Rodeo Drive<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif";">Have
a keen sense of fashion<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif";">Visit
Mount Rushmore<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif";">Visit
the 7 wonders of the world (Great Wall Of China, Petra, Christ The Redeemer,
Machu Picchu, Chichen Itza, Colosseum, Taj Mahal, Great Pyramid of Giza)<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif";">Read
“Letter to Myself” with the BFF Friend in 10 yrs</span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif";">Visit
the Morrison Hotel<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif";">Learn
how to sing</span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif";">Laser
hair removal<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif";">Visit
a nude beach<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif";">Watch
all the seasons of the show “How I Met Your Mother”<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif";">Walk
on fire<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif";">Learn
how to make tortillas by hand<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif";">Swim
in all 7 seas<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif";">Visit
Napa Valley<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif";">Complete
the P90X program<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif";">Visit
Bora Bora<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif";">Write
a cookbook<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif";">Go Hang Gliding</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif";">See the Grand Canyon</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif";">Learn to play poker</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif";">Try every cheesecake at the Cheesecake Factory</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif";">Visit Abbey Road and recreate The Beatles album</span></li>
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I complete an item, you’ll get to hear allllll about it. I look forward to
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