# mountain view (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover mountain view. Page: Feed: --- ## [Hotel Life](https://www.fascinationplace.org/2026/06/25/hotel-life/) _2026-06-26 · Michael Rawdon · Fascination Place_ The other big development other than all the cat news from my last entry is that the time arrived this spring for me to take over my Dad s finances, much as I did for my Mom 14 years ago. So I spent a week and a half in the Boston area at the Continue reading "Hotel Life" ## [Cat Digest](https://www.fascinationplace.org/2026/06/13/cat-digest/) _2026-06-14 · Michael Rawdon · Fascination Place_ Well, it s been a while since I ve written much here, hasn t it? But it s been a busy year, so I ll try to write a bit about what s been going on. Let s start with the cats. Last November we noticed Edison was licking his nether regions and looking pretty uncomfortable. A trip to the vet later Continue reading "Cat Digest" ## [Barbie Day at the Shark Tank](https://www.fascinationplace.org/2026/03/22/barbie-day-at-the-shark-tank/) _2026-03-23 · Michael Rawdon · Fascination Place_ My sister Katy and her son Ivan came out to visit for the last half a week. They are big fans of the Philadelphia Flyers hockey team, and their main goal was to see them play the San Jose Sharks here on Saturday. Katy says she s only flown once since COVID, and Ivan not at Continue reading "Barbie Day at the Shark Tank" ## [Superman](https://www.fascinationplace.org/2025/07/25/superman/) _2025-07-26 · Michael Rawdon · Fascination Place_ Last weekend we went to see the new Superman film, and, well, it s the Superman I ve been waiting my whole life to see. I thought every Superman film before this was disappointing in some way, with Superman II being the best of the bunch. I remember seeing Superman: The Movie in the theater and being Continue reading "Superman" ## [Goodbye, Magic the Gathering](https://www.fascinationplace.org/2025/07/18/goodbye-magic-the-gathering/) _2025-07-19 · Michael Rawdon · Fascination Place_ I haven t played Magic the Gathering since last year, and I haven t played my favorite form of Magic, booster draft, since December 2023, during Lost Caverns of Ixalan. This month, I m admitting that I have left the game behind. I got back into Magic in 2006 through an Ice Age draft my friend Subrata put Continue reading "Goodbye, Magic the Gathering" ## [Memorial in Florida](https://www.fascinationplace.org/2025/03/29/memorial-in-florida/) _2025-03-30 · Michael Rawdon · Fascination Place_ Debbi and I are back from a trip to Florida for her father s interment and memorial. Her father Jerry was diagnosed with cancer back in 2013. She went back to help out him and her stepmother back then, which I vaguely mentioned at the time. Then in late 2015 we went out to visit them, Continue reading "Memorial in Florida" ## [Fifty-Six](https://www.fascinationplace.org/2025/01/17/fifty-six/) _2025-01-18 · Michael Rawdon · Fascination Place_ A day late posting this. I had a pretty quiet day yesterday. Decided not to take the day off from work and save the vacation day for the future. I got to go to coffee with a long-time colleague whom I haven t seen much in recent years, so that was nice. Catching up on the Continue reading "Fifty-Six" ## [RIP FJL](https://www.fascinationplace.org/2025/01/05/rip-fjl/) _2025-01-05 · Michael Rawdon · Fascination Place_ When I first moved here in 1999, one of the restaurants everyone loved was Frankie Johnny and Luigi Too! They were a traditional Italian restaurant which at the time had a few different locations, but their oldest and primary location was in a cute old building in Mountain View. They had three dining rooms plus Continue reading "RIP FJL" ## [2024 was Certainly a Year](https://www.fascinationplace.org/2025/01/01/2024-was-certainly-a-year/) _2025-01-01 · Michael Rawdon · Fascination Place_ I haven t been writing much here lately. So much so that I wonder what percentage of my posts lead off with some version of I haven t been writing much here lately . So my 2024, such as it was, has largely been chronicled on social media, mainly Mastodon and Bluesky. We did a little more traveling Continue reading "2024 was Certainly a Year"