{"id":535,"date":"2010-07-14T00:15:18","date_gmt":"2010-07-14T07:15:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lisaandtony.com\/?p=535"},"modified":"2010-07-14T00:15:18","modified_gmt":"2010-07-14T07:15:18","slug":"san-diego-in-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lisaandtony.com\/travelblog\/2010\/07\/14\/san-diego-in-july\/","title":{"rendered":"San Diego in July"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Del Mar July 4th Fireworks by T. Chen, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/tony-chen\/4765259933\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4120\/4765259933_de68ddd799_z.jpg\" alt=\"Del Mar July 4th Fireworks\" width=\"640\" height=\"429\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Total Miles Traveled:<\/strong> 21,655<\/p>\n<p>After a few weeks in Houston, we visited Ommy and Dudley, Lisa&#8217;s parents, in Encinitas, north of San Diego, just in time for several birthdays &#8211; Ommy and Dudley both have July birthdays and then of course, there was July 4th.  Here&#8217;s Ommy with her birthday cake!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Ommy's Birthday by T. Chen, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/tony-chen\/4767008358\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4095\/4767008358_566796b357_z.jpg\" alt=\"Ommy's Birthday\" width=\"428\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We went to the Del Mar Fair to see the fireworks (above) where I got a chance to use my new camera remote control. \u00a0It lets you capture interesting images (some call it painting with light) &#8211; the one below is a bungee ride, where a pod goes up and down between the two poles and rotates. \u00a0You can&#8217;t see the pod here, only the lights on the pod itself at various times in the ride.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Del Mar July 4th Fireworks by T. Chen, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/tony-chen\/4765256243\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4116\/4765256243_2abd654690_z.jpg\" alt=\"Del Mar July 4th Fireworks\" width=\"429\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We also celebrated with Kim, Kraig and their kids, where we tried out the Argentine empanadas recipe we learned in Buenos Aires. \u00a0Here&#8217;s the filling&#8230; mmmm&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Making Argentine Empanadas by T. Chen, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/tony-chen\/4765860336\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4137\/4765860336_0d017eba43_z.jpg\" alt=\"Making Argentine Empanadas\" width=\"640\" height=\"428\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here are the kids rolling out the dough:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Making Argentine Empanadas by T. Chen, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/tony-chen\/4765861582\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4101\/4765861582_98dea2e62a_z.jpg\" alt=\"Making Argentine Empanadas\" width=\"640\" height=\"428\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And after they wrapped up the filling, here&#8217;s the final product. \u00a0They actually tasted pretty good despite removing a lot of fat from the recipe. \u00a0Makes us kind of wonder how bad the empanadas we had in Argentina were. \u00a0heh heh.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Making Argentine Empanadas by T. Chen, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/tony-chen\/4765873610\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4142\/4765873610_6a7b92475f_z.jpg\" alt=\"Making Argentine Empanadas\" width=\"640\" height=\"428\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">And the trip to San Diego would not be complete without the requisite puppy photos. \u00a0Mambo&#8217;s tearing up a sing-a-long birthday card for Ommy &#8211; one of his favorite activities.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Ommy's Birthday by T. Chen, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/tony-chen\/4767009996\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4101\/4767009996_92be7e5aa4_z.jpg\" alt=\"Ommy's Birthday\" width=\"640\" height=\"429\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">And here&#8217;s Cha Cha posing for a pic<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Cha Cha by T. 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