MOSI, Switch 2 & Ulele

As Friday arrived I had the day off work for Juneteenth, so had the opportunity to watch the USA World Cup game at home while yelling at the TV in celebration. Afterwards Alyson and I would attend MOSI (Museum of Science & Innovation) for an "after dark" event.

The soccer game was amazing with the United States scoring multiple goals and winning again! We had 2 wins so far which which was far more successful than our previous pool play history.

If we look purely at pool play (3 games) we can see the records going back till I was no longer alive.

• 2026 (so far) - 2 wins.
• 2022 - 1 win, 2 draws.
• 2018 - did not qualify.
• 2014 - 1 win, 1 draw, 1 loss.
• 2010 - 1 win, 2 draws.
• 2006 - 1 draw, 2 losses.
• 2002 - 1 win, 1 draw, 1 loss.
• 1998 - 3 losses.
• 1994 - 1 win, 1 draw, 1 loss.

Now the pessimist may look at the teams in the bracket of 2026 vs other years, but either way we are moving onto the elimination bracket. Winning & on home soil is such a great difference in our history of competing on the world's stage.

With that shared energy of winning it was off to an "after dark" MOSI event. No kids, alcohol and a chance to experience a museum that is normally overloaded with kids and field trips.

It was cool to experience some of the demos or experiments without kids, but as we entered the food trucks outside the excitement kinda faded. The samples were great, but temperature of items didn't match the expectation. Lukewarm sushi, cold chicken and pizza on the edge of room temperature was just not hitting the spot.

So we figured we'd grab a drink and walk around some more. The cider station was only pouring tiny samples and the real bar had a line so long we gave up waiting in it. I felt sad watching one person run the bar doing payments, drink pouring and bar maintenance with a crowd waiting in line. So we scouted out the ice cream area, but that was also temporary closed for production (they had to make the ice cream with dry ice).

So we decided to head to the light show at 6:45pm in the MOSI dome. Which started with this amazing trailer of a high fidelity video of the sun. I felt like I was in the solar system with how good the 360 dome made the video feel. I was excited for the light show to arrive. The dome made it feel like you were in the scene of the video.

However, the light show degraded the visual quality by a lot and I was itching to leave during the first song. However, we pushed through and listened to the 25 minute segment of songs to experience the full thing. It wasn't anything we'd probably do again, but it was fun to support the museum regardless.

The next day we decided to buy a Nintendo Switch 2 to buy Animal Crossing. It had been so long since I bought a game console I forgot the joy and stress of rolling into a Gamestop to buy a physical console. Wiring up a console to your TV and setting up an account reminded me of the early days of setting up the original Xbox. Such a fun time and now Alyson and I can play some of the party games like Mario Party, Mario Kart and PlateUp together on the couch.

As Sunday arrived it was Father's day and time to visit a brunch at Ulele like hundreds of others.

To my surprise after even blogging about the salad at this restaurant - the item was no longer on the menu. I was sad that my favorite dish, even with conflicted results, was gone thus forcing me to order something different.

So of course I went straight for the closest thing to a seared ahi tuna dish, which was a tuna steak. It was cooked much like the salad iteration of the dish, just instead with some other sides. It was an excellent meal, but I'm still slightly sad the one thing I consistently ordered was gone. Especially since its just salad and tuna - both ingredients which I'm positive are still in the kitchen.

The weekend came to an end and thus so did this blog.