About Joe Cummings
Aquarius. Traveler. Gamer. Writer. A New Parent.
4 of these things are easy. One is not.
But the journey is that much better for the new people in my life. A life I want to share with others, to help them, maybe, to make them feel less alone, sure, to connect with the greater world, absolutely.
After ‘The Avenger Experience’ was all over, we met up with the shopping queen at the hotel’s hot dog restaurant where The-Youngest ate 2” of a foot-long hot dog and one fry of his gigantic plate of fries. I ate the … Continue reading →
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Tagged avengers, beatles, beatles love, canada, cartoon network, cloverdale, footlong, greater vancouver, hot dogs, pants, teen titans, the mirage
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Ok, so here’s the set-up for the Avenger’s Tour at Treasure Island… The world has been attacked by robots, Loki’s goblins, creatures from another dimension, the Red Skull’s super soldiers and James Spader. Seems the Avengers need help. Seems we … Continue reading →
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Tagged agent carter, ant man, ants, avengers tour, black widow, captain american, falcon, fashion mall, hawkeye, hulk, iron man, marvel, odin, peggy carter, robert downey jr, superheroes, the avengers, thor, tony stark, treasure island, vision
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I have to have a plan. I still can’t quite play it totally “by ear.” It may be something I need to work on in therapy. Or after a bottle of wine. But today’s plan? An adventure for me, (I … Continue reading →
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Tagged cirque du soleil, fashion mall, headphones, humor, humour, las vegas, lego, lioness, mall, octopus, praying mantis, prettiest girl in the world, purses, shoes, shopping, step-dad, stepdad, stepdaddy, stepdaddying, the avengers, the oldest, the prettiest-girl-in-the-world, the youngest, travel writing, Traveling with children, Traveling with kids, treasure island, vegas
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It was likely this would be the last event of the day. – Our ride on the High Roller Ferris wheel. At a certain point, The-Prettiest-Girl-in-the-World would have to call it quits. Her migraine wasn’t going away. I worried that … Continue reading →
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Tagged 21st birthday, Caesars, high roller, humor, humour, jolly ranchers, las vegas, parenting, prettiest girl in the world, russians, step-dad, stepdad, stepdaddy, stepdaddying, the mirage, the oldest, the prettiest-girl-in-the-world, the youngest, things to do in vegas, travel writing, Traveling with kids, treasure island, treasure island pool, vegas, vegas with kids
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A pouring rain came to Vegas. And, being in a desert, Vegas has a problem with rain. 5 problems, actually. First, people don’t know what to do. I mean, in Vegas, even Vancouverites don’t have an umbrella packed away in their … Continue reading →
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Tagged cabs, candies, coke, flood, floods, high roller, humor, humour, jeep dispensers, joe's, joes lube, las vegas, lingerie, M&Ms, MGM grand, NY, NY NY, original joes, parenting, prettiest girl in the world, rain, sexy, step-dad, stepdad, stepdaddy, stepdaddying, ted nugent, the prettiest-girl-in-the-world, the youngest, Traveling with children, Traveling with kids, vegas
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The rest of the day began well enough. Most horror novels start this way. We had THE BEST lunch at NY, NY. I love this hotel, with its fake streets and fake Manhattan skyline and fake Statue of Liberty. We … Continue reading →
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Tagged candy store, coffee, hershey kisses, hershey store, howler monkey, humor, humour, jolly ranchers, kim kardassian, NY, NY NY, parenting, peanut butter cups, prettiest girl in the world, roller coaster, shot glasses, step-dad, stepdad, stepdaddy, stepdaddying, the oldest, the prettiest-girl-in-the-world, the village eatery, the youngest, travel writing, Traveling with children, Traveling with kids, vegas
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This was to be The-Youngest’s day. Down to NY NY, play some arcade games, see the candy stores, (“Joe, did you know they are 3 stories tall and all the floors have candy?”), then head to the High Roller and … Continue reading →
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Tagged arcade, candy, casino, el loco, gambling, humor, humour, new york, parenting, prettiest girl in the world, roller coaster, step-dad, stepdad, stepdaddy, stepdaddying, the oldest, the prettiest-girl-in-the-world, the youngest, Traveling with children, Traveling with kids, vegas
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Confession time. I hate everyone, and everything at 6 I hate everyone, and everything at 6 am in the morning before I’ve had coffee. I do not leap out of bed and think, wow, what a wonderful world, I’m so … Continue reading →
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Tagged amazon, beatles, beatles love, casino, cirque du soleil, coffee, early mornings, getting up, hemp, high roller, humor, humour, jolly rancher, jute, new york, NY, parenting, starbucks, step-dad, stepdad, stepdaddy, stepdaddying, the oldest, the prettiest-girl-in-the-world, the youngest, travel writing, Traveling with children, Traveling with kids, vegas
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When we come home, we have a spazadoodle that rushes from person to person trying to see everyone at once. It’s a blur of fur and barking and running around. The-Youngest was the same when we got to the Adventure … Continue reading →
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Tagged adventure dome, canyon blaster, circus circus, Disney, el loco, humor, humour, las vegas, new york, NY, NY NY, parenting, prettiest girl in the world, roller coaster, statue of liberty, step-dad, stepdad, stepdaddy, stepdaddying, the oldest, the prettiest-girl-in-the-world, the youngest, Traveling with children, Traveling with kids, vegas
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It was time, to quote The-Prettiest-Girl-in-the-World, “to let The-Youngest go Orangutan.” After weeks of research, of looking up Vegas pictures, of reading reviews and watching idiots do idiotic things in Vegas on YouTube, the day had finally arrived for The-Youngest. … Continue reading →
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Tagged adventure dome, circus circus, el loco, grand canyon, gymnast, hula hoops, humor, humour, las vegas, parenting, prettiest girl in the world, riviera, Russian, step-dad, stepdad, stepdaddy, stepdaddying, the oldest, the prettiest-girl-in-the-world, the youngest, Traveling with children, Traveling with kids, treasure island, vegas
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About A Stepdad 