A visit to Norfolk and our alma mater…

Another fun-filled day visiting our old jaunts! Today we made a visit to MacArthur Mall in Norfolk, which is less than 20 minutes away from my parents’ house in Virginia Beach. What I love about this area is that everything is less than 20 minutes away and there are multiple places to shop and eat…you rarely get bored here because there is so much to do! Anyway, first stop as soon as we got to the mall: lunch! We decided on California Pizza Kitchen…we don’t have one of these in FL!

We got our all-time favorite: spinach-artichoke dip.
My main course was pasta with a garlic cream sauce and chicken & mushrooms…

BD got the Meat Cravers pizza. We did a little window-shopping and ended up getting Noah some new Vans…I am a sucker for kids’ Vans! Love ’em! Mommy & BD got nothing for themselves, but isn’t it always that way??

After the mall, we decided to take a 10 minute drive down the street to our alma mater: Old Dominion University! BD & I had my younger brother with us; he recently graduated from ODU and currently works on campus so we parked the Tahoe and did some walking around the new University Village.

My oh my has the campus changed! Its been a good 8-9 years since we graduated from ODU and when BD & I went there the campus looked nothing like it does now.

Probably one of the biggest changes to the university is the fact that we now have a football team! Yes this is our first season of football in 69 years…and guess what? We are 3-0! 🙂 Here’s a picture of the new football stadium…
Here are a couple pictures of the new University Village, which houses the university apartments, bookstore and a variety of restaurants and shops…this was NOT here when BD & I were attending…
The University Bookstore was awesome and had a Starbucks attached to it. Yes, beats the Bookstore of our college days…
We came home to find the boys playing nicely with Poppy and Grams and dinner cooked! My mom cooked chicken adobo, a traditional Filipino dish…

My dad cooked steaks for my meat-lover BD…
…and we had some steamed veggies. Dinner was delish!Tonight will definitely be a low-key night…just doing some laundry and maybe heading out to get some dessert…I think I’m going to gain 10 lbs on this vacation!

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