One of my sisters is getting a masters degree in geography, operating ground penetrating radar on Yucatan pyramids, and designing map databases. My other sister is the assistant technical director on Odysseo, a touring Cirque du Soleil-esque show that features acrobatics and horses -- yep, horses! Trick riding, precision riding, jumping and more. And when it turned out that both of them were going to be in L.A. over the same weekend, a short 4 hour car ride away, I pretty much…

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