There’s a TV show on NatGeo, the National Geographic channel, called Locked Up Abroad. Recently, the did a show on to girls who tried to smuggle marijuana out of Jamaica. They shot on location and hired some local talent. One of those local people was my brother JP!!
JP plays an American Embassy representative visiting the two locked up girls. Here are his scenes:
Saturday was one of the best summer days i’ve had in a looooong time.
The original plan was to go and checkout The Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival Lisa has always wanted to go shoot it. I was up for it until we found out that there were going to be some pain in the ass parking restrictions. We decided to go to the Riis park beach instead.
The day started out with a cloudless sky and cool temperatures. We packed up the truck and left the house at 9 ish. The beach is 15minutes away so it didn’t take long to get there. We decided to park and enter the beach at another spot.
Just arrived
I like the new spot. It’s closer to the actual beach and there are showers for after we’re done.
The beach was almost deserted. The only others there were other parents of toddlers.
Sienna was so excited
playing with Mom
yellow bucket
I love how happy Sienna is to be at the beach. She always has such a great time. I only wish we could actually swim more. The water didn’t seem as cold as last time.
too cute
After the beach, we headed home and i barbecued up some hot dogs and burgers. Sienna then took a long nap. She was really really tired.
Later that day, Lisa made pizzas for dinner using her new pizza stone. We’re getting better at rolling the dough and figuring out the toppings. I’m sure Lisa will have more pictures.
I hope we have more days like this.
Saturday was a beautiful day!! We decided to revisit the Aquarium in Coney island . The last time we were there, was about a year ago and Sienna was a bit underwhelmed by the experience. This time however, she was all over the place! it was so much fun to watch her get excited at all the fish. She would point and ask “what dat?” or her favorite question, “what ____ doonin?”
a little blurry but you get the idea
Sienna also got to check out the “petting” zoo. it’s more like touch the funny looking thing zoo. Here she touches a kind of crab.
petting zoo
While Sienna and Lisa were in the ladies rm, i spotted this group of people all excited about the scuba diver cleaning the large tank. He was getting into it too, by posing for pictures with the kids.
scuba exhibit
After the Aquarium, we stopped by Nathans for a hot dog.
Sienna at Nathans
Sienna is up to something here..
so tired
Once we got home, it was nap time for Sienna then out to the pool..
little pool
I attempted a burger from scratch. I was all excited to give it a try. I picked a recipe that i thought i could pull off. This is called “Dad’s Burgers”. It is a burger stuffed with bacon bits and blue cheese.
As soon as i put them on the grill, i realized my mistake. They were WAAY too big!! I screwed up the size of the patties. I couldn’t stop so i plowed ahead. I did the 10min pre heat, the salting of the patties and the 4minute flip for a total of 8min. That wasn’t long enough. UGH!!
my burgers
The other thing that happened was that the patties started to separate from each other!! It wasn’t all bad, the burger actually tasted good. it had potential. I am more motivated than ever to do it again. All we need are more nice weekends..
my first burger