Tania's Birthday

This weekend was Tania’s birthday. So on Saturday we went to the International Festival at Soka University of America. I have never heard of Soka University before this. It is located in the hills of Aliso Viejo. It is a non-profit liberal arts college that focuses on international studies. All students have to spend at least one semester abroad. We went to the festival just because we were looking for something to do with Tania’ parents for her birthday. The college hosts a lot of events and Dan (Tania’s father) has always wanted to see the college.

The weather was perfect, not too hot, and not too cold. They had three different stages with something always going on; either a dance performance, choir or music. They had a lot of the typical booths you see at these things, arts, crafts, etc… Tania always like checking out the different jewelry people are selling. What made this festival stand out was the food. A lot a different student groups had booths selling food from their home country. I bought a lot little snacks here and there just to try things. Lunch was a combination of Greek, India, Korean, Thai, and Turkish food. However, Dan had a hamburger (reminds me of dad).

After spending a few hours at the International Festival, we headed over to old town Orange to walk around the antique shops. The art gallery on the corner was having a show, so a few artists were there along with cheese, fruit and crackers. They had good water color paintings a lot of different types of glass art. But the best part of the whole day was that there was no traffic on the way home. We have had that hour trip turn into three many, many times.
Happy 37 years honey.