Back in February Jenn and I purchased a parking pass for the State Parks which allows us to park at the state beaches and parks as much as we want for the next year. Our go-to Saturday morning activity since picking up the pass has been hiking Crystal Cove. For us its less about the hiking and more about just spending time together outside and taking advantage of where we live. However since the first hike we promised each other that we would complete treacherous nine mile perimeter hike; the most difficult trail available at Crystal Cove. 

Last season I was successful in picking the winning team of Season 23 of The Amazing Race. Season 24 of The Amazing Race was an All-Stars edition which meant racers from past seasons got a chance to come back and try to do better then the last time they were on the race. 

I'm coming to find that maybe I'm growing out of the doomsday movie genre. Either that or I just haven't watched a good one in a while. On Friday (5/16) we went to go see Godzilla at the Big Newport Cinema in Fashion Island after having happy hour at Yard House. Both Jenn and i were super excited to see the movie but both of us came out of the movie scratching our heads wondering what we just wasted our time seeing.

Last summer John Oliver took the reigns for Jon Stewart on The Daily Show, while Jon went away and filmed a movie. I guess HBO was watching because Oliver really did a phenomenal job and as such was offered a weekend gig on HBO. John Oliver's new show, called Last Week Tonight launched a few weeks back and so far Jenn and I are hooked.

I've mentioned a few times how big fans Jenn and I are off The Daily Show. Its a staple in the Szerlip household and we still have not stopped laughing from the #McConnelling craze of a month ago. For some reason we started talking about it on a walk a few nights back and I just cannot stop watching these videos. So a little context. Republican Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky put together a new ad for his senate race. 

First and foremost I cannot believe I got Jenn to go see this with me. But somehow the stars aligned just right and we went to go see The Amazing Spider-Man 2 this past Friday night (opening night for the movie) and I for one am glad we did. We walked over to Big Newport Cinemas after eating some El Ranchito Takeout. When we got to the theater it was buzzing with people and not one but two guys in Spider-Man costumes taking pictures with kids and getting them pumped for the movie.