Something wonderful happened at mixed doubles. A magnificent breech of etiquette that I lovingly attibute to Swine Flu.
No one shook hands.
Typically after a tennis match you walk to the net, shake hands with your partner and then with each of the other players. Most often I’ll stand off and wave, sometimes I’ll whisper “OCD” and though people look at me a little funny, it’s worth it.
Shaking hands with a sweaty stranger is just about the most disgusting thing you could ask me to do.
This evening two other folks suggested we not shake hands due to Swine Flu.
Yesterday Tony Hawk invited a group of us to his offices in San Diego to check out his new game peripheral. Here’s my takeaway from the day.
The peripheral is well thought out, according to Kevin Staab it was designed by the same folks as the iPod. I believe that, it’s stunning. It looks just like a skateboard deck but it has sensors everywhere.
You can do tricks with said board, unfortunately I do not know the name of the tricks, an ollie is basic, I suck at ollies.
You can grip the sides of the board and it will sense it, the rider will appear to be gripping the board as well.
Moms who grip the sides of the board (deck… whatever) sometimes lose their balance and fall off the deck
There are many levels of this, although it was clearly a press day, and everyone was on their best behavior the 40+ year old skaters were having a lot of fun too
The game will be released November 17th, I have a suspicion that they’ll sell out before X-Mas. I’d recommend moving fast, your kids will want this. I’m willing to bet that this will be the sell out toy of the Holiday Gift Season
It’s good on all platforms: Wii (you can play as Tony, his friends, or a Mii), Playstation 3, and XBox360
I’m thrilled to share with you my first Momversation. I think you’ll see that in spite of the husband harassing I managed to not get the lighting not quite right. There is clearly a vlogging learning curve and I’m on the newbie end of it.
Regardless, it’s a compelling discussion. Do your kids get too many trophies? Did they earn them?
Not really, but it seems that way. Alexander and my husband are having a boys night tonight at the Dodger game (is that Dodger or Dodgers?). Alexander is thrilled, he gets to see Pujols play. Simply discussing Pujols (pronounced Poo-Holes) at the dinner table brings about giggles. Yes, poo holes are funny. The playoff game should be terrific, more so because I get to stay home spend special time with Jane.
Tomorrow the kids will leave school a little early so we can check out Tony Hawk’s new video game thingie. Shaddup, it’s totally a thingie. We’ll leave LA at noon (school is out at 12.45 so I’m not the worst parent in the world) get to San Diego by three and then trek back to LA after dinner so that we can get up bright and early for two soccer games and a baseball practice on Saturday.
I am absolutely mortified thrilled with my life as a mother.
Last week my friend Erin won a $1,000 gift card from Vons. Yep, $1,000 just for running through the store and preparing (not cooking) dinner for four, for $25 or less. You can read about it in today’s Daily News.
I don’t have a thousand dollars for anyone, but I do have a hundred. Here are the rules:
Create a family dinner for $25 or less
Post your recipe and the ingredients on Whrrl
Handmade LA will be judging, that means my friends can enter (except you Jeff Rago, cuz you shop there too)
The contest closes next Wednesday promptly at noon pacific time
Use the hashtag #Vons in your story (preferably in the title so it can be found)
And here are some tips for you
The yellow tags are everyday low prices, look for them, they make it easy
O Organics brand is another show stopper
Buy produce in season and it will be less expensive (anyone for pumpkin soup?)
It’s easiest to sign into Whrrl using facebook connect
To start a Whrrl story you can click the green button at the top of the page on Whrrl or download it to your iPhone.
Here in Los Angeles we’re mostly Vons, but this is a national competition, if you are in any part of the USA I’d love to have you participate, other stores include:
Safeway
Vons (CA)
Pavilions (CA)
Genuardi’s (Delaware Valley—PA, NJ)
Dominick’s (Chicago Metro)
Carrs (Alaska)
Randalls (TX)
Tom Thumb (TX)
You can enter from anywhere in the US, but this is where your $100 gift card will work.
UPDATE: you can leave your recipe right here in the comments if you prefer.
