No, Really

Did you all know that Girlfriends LA went out of business?  And I thought they were doing really well.  I mean they’re they only catalog I knew of that catered to fat teens.  Everyone else ignored the plus sizes.  Anyway, all that is left there now is a link to Alloy and a link to Delia’s.

Sorry, I’ve been out of commish lately.  We’ve been really busy.  On top of that, we are addicted to a new game that we learned from one of our poker-playing buddies.  It’s gin.  As in gin rummy?  I was told the two are actually similar but separate games.  I always wondered about that because I would alway hear the words together and not separate.  So we learned to play gin and it’s quite addictive.  Brian tells me it’s an old person game but I don’t care.  If it’s fun, I will play it.

By the way, we recently bought Brian a new brand of perfume to try. He used to wear EBTek a long, long time ago (I used to work for Spiegel so I got discounts on Eddie Bauer merchandise).  Then we switched him to Aqua di Gio, which I still really love. He’s also tried the AE and AF both.  His last brand was Lucky You which he used for over a year because we really liked it; and it’s fairly cheap so we continued to buy it.  But we both decided that it was time for a change so after getting a major headache from smelling almost all the men’s fragrances offered at Dillard’s we decided on Cologne by Thierry Mugler.  It came in this alien green box which was right up Brian’s alley.  The smell is fresh & citrusy and seemed to have great staying power.  But what really tickles me is that it’s called Cologne.

I imagine people asking Brian what scent he is wearing and he’ll go “Cologne” and then they’ll go, “No really. What brand?”  It cracks me up every time.

June 28, 2004 | Posted by Ching under Life

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Sarah’s 21st Birthday

Here are some pictures from Sarah’s 21st birthday celebration at PF Chang’s last Saturday..

June 17, 2004 | Posted by Ching under Life

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KC Trip Photos – Final Installment

This is the final installment of our KC trip pictures. Enjoy!

Click here for part 1, here for part 2, and here for part 3.

June 8, 2004 | Posted by Ching under Life, Travel

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KC Trip Photos – Part Three

Kansas City pictures part three.. These are a combination of pictures we took at Country Club Plaza and Westport. I’ve got one more set coming after this. Enjoy!

yuppy bikers in front of LATTéLAND the Oscar Mayer weiner mobile more yuppy bikers more yuppy bikers Valencia Place parking garage hummer at Westport Brian testing a massage chair at Sharper Image view from our table at Cheesecake Factory view from our table at Cheesecake Factory that's PF Chang's across the street, by the way Brian browsing the Cheesecake Factory menu must be a really complicated menu Brian and Ching at Cheesecake Factory the yummiest mango drink ever artsy picture of forks the most delicious chocolate mouse cake ever a Westport hat shop a Westport clothing store graffiti or wall art, your choice inside Freaks on Broadway tattoo shop inside Freaks on Broadway tattoo shop Brian looking at tattoo designs stairway leading to Freaks on Broadway tattoo shop hallway leading to Freaks on Broadway tattoo shop Brian putting on new earrings bronze sculpture at a Westport intersection random picture some kind of bistro Brian Brian Murray's Streetside Records heading back to Country Club Plaza Canyon Cafe UNO Chicago Grill Baja 600

For more pictures from our Kansas City excursion, click here for part 1 and click here for part 2.

June 7, 2004 | Posted by Ching under Life, Travel

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KC Trip Photos – Part Two

The set of pictures you are about to view were taken in our room at The Raphael. It’s a little hotel located right in Country Club Plaza. I think the main advantage we found was that we didn’t have to drive or find parking. We just walked from our hotel to everywhere we went at the plaza. The only times we really had to drive were when we went to Westport and to Union Station.

Brian unpacks our stuff the living room part of our suite mirror picture laying in bed Brian watching TV contrary to what the cordless keyboard says, it really is more like snail-speed internet access another mirror picture and another one chocolate mints they made our bed, yay view of the plaza from our window more pictures taken from room more pictures taken from our room more pictures taken from our room more pictures taken from our room

Click here for pictures taken during our first day at Country Club Plaza. Day two pictures are coming soon.

June 7, 2004 | Posted by Ching under Life

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Movie Catch Up Weekend

This was our movie catch up weekend.  Since last weekend was spent shopping, we didn’t get a chance to watch any of our movies.  So here’s a quick recap…

You Got Served (via Netflix) can be summed up in four words: great dancing, horrible acting.

Starship Troopers 2 (via Netflix) was just horrible all around.  I don’t know what Brian was thinking!

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (via Warren Theaters) was quite entertaining but not quite as good as HP2.  I thought HP2 was funnier and more exciting, anyway.

The Day After Tomorrow (via Warren Theaters) was great.  Loved it.  You should go see it.

Monster (via Netflix) had really great acting but it was very depressing.  Some of you may want to see it and some of you may not.  Charlize looks really ugly so if you’re one who watches Charlize movies to help you get off, this isn’t it.

Anyway, Brian and I are really digging Netflix.  The movie turn-around time is very quick.  We are averaging about three rentals per week (depending on our schedules), which by my calculation would be almost $50 through our local dvd/video rental chain, so we are saving quite a bit.  By the way, I’m almost done processing the rest of the pictures we took from Kansas City.  You’ll see those on my next blog posting.  In the meantime if you haven’t seen the first set, those can be found here.

June 7, 2004 | Posted by Ching under Movies

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Summer Pre-Session

Taking a summer pre-session class was the dumbest idea I’ve ever had.  A three-credit-hour course crammed into two short weeks is definitely not my idea of the best way to start summer.  But alas, it was the decision I made.  I don’t think I will ever do it again either.

I had class from 8:00 AM to 12:30 PM and then I had to work from 2:00 PM to 10:00 PM.  We were covering anywhere between two to four chapters a day and I couldn’t keep up with the reading.  It was totally horrible.  The only consolation was that the teacher was really nice and he was really enthusiastic.  I think if the class would’ve been taught by anyone else, I would’ve slept through the entire two-week period.  Also, he owns Marble Slab Creamery so he took us there for free ice cream yesterday (our last day of class).  That was really nice.

Anyway, I recall being relieved at the end of the two-week course.  I had planned on sleeping in everyday for the rest of summer.  But, lo and behold, my supervisor told me on Friday that I get to start my new nine-to-six shift (which Brian totally predicted, by the way).  That’s Mr. Murphy for you.

June 5, 2004 | Posted by Ching under School

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KC Trip Photos – Part One

Here are some pictures taken during our trip to Kansas City last week. This set of pictures were all taken on our first day there.

The Raphael Kona Grill Brian mulling over the menu Brian mulling over the menu Brian Ching Brian The Raphael Anthropologie Ching Scandia Down lamp post goofing around goofing around Brian Houston's Z Gallerie view from bridge Brian at reVerse street performers Brian at reVerse Ching at reVerse Ching one of the many fountains a corner carriage ride carriage driver

June 4, 2004 | Posted by Ching under Life, Travel

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