Ole Ole Ole, it’s time for World Cup and for Wednesday Hodgepodge! Thank you, Joyce.

1. June 17th, 1994 was the day of the infamous O.J. Simpson car chase. What were you doing in 1994? I’m guessing somebody is going to tell me they weren’t born yet but that’s part of the fun of the Hodgepodge. Lots of generations are represented here. 

In June of 1994 we traveled to Southern California to stay with family and take in all we could of the World Cup. I’m sure we were on the same freeways O.J. was on during our time in L.A., the Santa Ana freeway and the 405!  I know we watched it on TV.

Back to the more important reason we were in the greater LA area. Our boys and I found the USA World cup training center and met some of the players. Then we found the hotel the team was staying in and our sons worked hard to get signatures on the team poster our oldest son bought. They managed to get every signature of the people in the poster except for one trainer/coach who wasn’t in Southern California.

If I remember correctly Josh got a 3 or 4 game package deal and Dan got 1. The prices were very reasonable compared to today.

2. What’s your favorite summer salad that isn’t the traditional tossed green lettuce kind of salad? 

Click below to see the recipe.

A Russian Beet/Potato salad 

Do you like fresh fruit in a salad (other than in a fruit salad of course)?

I enjoy strawberries or pears in a green salad with the right dressing and cheese to compliment and roasted walnuts or shaved almonds…

3. Is chivalry dead? Should it be? 

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No and no. It is always a pleasure to enjoy chivalry or witness it.

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4. Would you rather spend a week of your summer vacation in Hawaii or Alaska?

I’ll say Hawaii because there are fewer bugs.

Have you ever been to either?

We have been to Hawaii but not Alaska.

Are they two places you really would like to see?

No

How do you feel about ‘Hawaiian pizza’ aka pineapple on a pizza?

Nyet, No, Nine

Have you ever eaten Baked Alaska?

I think I have but I couldn’t tell you where or when.

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 5. World Cup play is happening now…are you interested?

Very interested. And for the record I’m interested in soccer all the time not just for World Cup.

Watching any matches?

I’ve watched them all to one degree or another. Some I’ve watched every minute others I watched parts of .

Did you or your children play soccer/futbol?

All three of our children played. Our sons played for their school varsity teams and on traveling teams, too. Our sons also worked as referees for our community leagues and for indoor games, too.

And now, our Grands are playing soccer.

There are eleven US cities hosting matches-

–Atlanta, Boston, Dallas, Houston, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Miami, New York with the stadium in NJ, Philadelphia, San Francisco, and Seattle

 along with  three cities in Mexico (Guadalajara, Mexico City and Monterrey)

and two in Canada (Toronto and Vancouver)-

You get free tickets to one of these matches. Which city do you choose? Tell us why. 

Seattle, because it would be the easiest stadium for us to reach.

Our son and daughter-in-love are attending the USA v. Australia game this Friday in Seattle!

6. Insert your own random thought here. 

Dan’s ticket that he purchased from his soccer coach was for a game in Stanford. Dan and I traveled from the LA area up to Stanford for the game. The game was on June 24, 1994. And yes, we traveled those same freeways O.J. did. 🙂

I’m behind and the way things are going it will be a while for me to get my mojo back.

I hope to get around to see y’all.