December 4, 2021: Dining in Leon

https://youtu.be/D5V5D89f_KI

Saturday. We went into Leon today for food. Did some testing with Filmic DoubleTake and a neat idea but ultimately, useless.

Today was Sasha’s 12th birthday party and my first ever time going to Coco Calala the vegetarian restaurant in Leon, Nicaragua. The kids went swimming today, they don’t get to a swimming pool very often.

Tonight was our big night out with Allen, Ana, Ivonne, Paul, Dominica and I at Jalisco in Reparto Fatima north of downtown Leon. We like the food from there, but they had slow service, all food was wrong, they were out of nearly everything. A very disappointing experience.

We tried going out dancing tonight for a rumored 80s night, but it was not.

December 3, 2021: Breakfast in Nicaragua

https://youtu.be/M-DIAaoN3BU

Puesta del Sol opens a new restaurant and cocktail bar today, and a pool just for guests. Looks interesting.

Our “new” security gate has been installed at the Simple Beach Lodge. The old one just fell down. Not very secure.

Dominica made advent calendars for the girls. Ciana is enjoying opening hers.

Allen is back from his trip abroad. He’s been in Costa Rica and came up by bus.

Big work day for me overall.

I’m really wanting a Fuji XT-4, but an Olympus EM1 MK2 would make more financial sense. Trying to decide what professional camera to get for the future of my filming.

Liesl and I have been binging Brooklyn Nine Nine.

December 2, 2021: Time for Xmas Decorations

Really starting to love using Final Cut Pro X. I’m learning it quickly and it runs so well on my M1 Mac desktop in the office at the hotel. It really makes my editing life so easy.

I’m taking a break from GoPro videos to play with my iPhone 13 with the DJI Osmo Mobile 3 gimbal, which is awesome. But I am not thinking that it is great as a vlogging solution so much as for filming more generally.