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Our Day Today
Posted on January 5, 2008 by Ching under Family, Food and Drink, Games, Life.
We decided to take the day off from working on the office. I was supposed to wake Brian up at eight or nine, but he was sound asleep so I didn’t get him up until eleven or noon or so. Anyway, that pretty much killed our morning.
We got up, showered together and decided that lunch at Olive Garden was in order. We were both really good during the week, bringing lunches to work and making dinner instead of eating out so we figured that we deserved a nice lunch date. I had recently watched Alton Brown making meatballs on the Food Channel so I was craving some spaghetti and meatballs (except I had to substitute spaghetti with capellini because I like the skinny noodles better). Brian decided to be adventurous. He tried the lasagna rollatini with chicken, a new special menu item. It was delicious! I think we will have to go again and just split that next time. The serving he received was enough to feed two people.
After our late lunch, we went to visit grandma and grandpa at Cherry Creek. We are donating some stuff from the office: our old dresser, TV, and VCR. The activities director was really thrilled to find out that we didn’t want any money for it. They’d been wanting a new TV for the activities room because the one they have is ancient. This one isn’t exactly new but if you’ve seen the one they currently have in there, it’s a huge improvement. Brian was scoping out where we would put the stuff. We are delivering the items tomorrow.
Anyway, we brought grandma and grandpa a tin of Godiva chocolate and toffee covered caramel popcorn and a case of Ferrero Rocher, grandma’s favorite chocolate candy. At Christmas we promised them that we would swing by and bring them some special munchies and finally had the opportunity. Grandma, grandpa, and their friend John were playing Phase 10 in the activity room when we got there.
We spent the rest of the afternoon at Tim’s where we met some of Tim’s coworkers: Errick (who is in the MBA program also), Chase and his wife Tiffany (who made this excellent chocolate cake), and Tim’s other coworker who is a transplant from California. She didn’t stay very long, though, so we didn’t have the opportunity to get to know her very well.
Chase and Tiffany brought their two-month old baby Titus. They were the next to leave and Errick left shortly after. Don, Sarah, and her husband Tony came too. The five of us were the last to leave. We left at the same time Sarah and Tony did. Don was still there and contemplating eating again as we were leaving.
It was an interesting afternoon/evening. Tim’s house is really nice. I think it is big for a single guy but it is in a great neighborhood (Chestnut Ridge, where Everett and a few of Brian’s other coworkers live also) so he could very easily raise a family in his new house. If anything, he can probably sell it in a few years for a very nice profit.
I tried several times to bring up playing a game. I wanted to play Catchphrase but Brian wouldn’t let me. Everyone was busy chatting and visiting, though, so maybe it wasn’t the right time. Once we get the house all sorted out (or after we move to the new place, wherever that might be) maybe we can have people over. Then they will have to play by my rules and we’ll play Catchphrase. LOL.
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Pictures from Christmas Day
Posted on December 29, 2007 by Ching under Family.
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Dinner at Tokyo on Thurdsay
Posted on December 29, 2007 by Ching under Family, Food and Drink, Life, Reviews.
The last time we were in Derby (Christmas eve) I noticed a new resto — Tokyo Steakhouse. Brian and I both like Sumo and Kobe so we figured we would give this place a try. We managed to talk Jen into going with us. Here is her colorful account of the evening:
Arriving at Tokyo, and realizing that my sister had not made reservations, I started making a mental calculations of how long we would be waiting based on how many people were sitting and eating, how far along they were at eating, and how many people were standing around waiting for a table.
As we waited I noticed I really pissy looking hostess. She was short and thick, and had those faces you just immediately want to slap. No clue why. Then beside her, another hostess, this one super tall and super skinny, and her mannerism kinda made you feel like she’d been picked on for most of her life. I couldn’t help but watch them really, because as the people piled in at the waiting area their attitudes started really showing. The skinny one kept looking at the seating chart, looking around, looking back at the seating chart and periodically she kept putting her elbows up on the table and burrying her face in her hands. I think she was trying not to make eye contact with the patrons, now growing impatient, and all watching both of them to see who was going to be seated next and when. The pudgy one kept walking from the back of the restaurant and back to the hostess table, and she was carrying this air of importance that you could tell didn’t belong to her. I guess, Brian overheard an argument between the two of them on whether to seat people on the empty tables or wait for thsoe that actually made reservations. In the long run, skinny chick won.
When we got seated, Ching started getting really concerned about whether they served sushi or not. I’m not sure why, because she didn’t want to order sushi, but she was really concerned. And she also started jotting bits of information about the night, I think for her review. Like she would have a really hard time recollecting the night or the food if she decided to sleep before writing about it. So she sat there looking around for a sushi bar, and jotting things down on an Inspector Gadget looking notepad. And then when the hibachi chef came by, the show really started. Not because he was anything different than all the other hibachi chefs we’ve seen, but because Ching was really into interacting with him. In a fairly somber table, she was trying to out-joke the guy whose job it was to make jokes. I think this happens because she rarely drinks, and my theory is that your body has to expel weirdness and absurdity. Usually people that drink have an outlet, but with Ching you just get it randomly, whenever her body feels it has to expel these things to make more room.
Either way it was a great meal, but for my money, I still prefer Kobe’s.
I haven’t written my review for Foodies yet, but that is coming. First, I need to find my “inspector gadget-looking notepad” and get some “weirdness and absurdity” out of my system.
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Christmas Eve Celebration
Posted on December 28, 2007 by Ching under Family.
Here are some of my favorite pictures from Christmas eve..
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NORAD Tracks Santa 2007
Posted on December 24, 2007 by Ching under Family, Web.
I can’t wait until Logan gets here so I can show him the Santa tracker web site by NORAD. It’s pretty nifty! They’ve got a map marked with all of the places that Santa has already visited. As of the last time I checked, he was in Congo. He’s pretty fast, too. He’s already been to the Philippines and Australia and part of Europe. He should make it to the US in good time.
Brian says that NORAD has been tracking Santa since he was a little kid. I didn’t believe him until I checked their web site. They’ve got over 50 years of historical data. Amazing! Other features of the web site include video footage and the ability to track Santa in 3D via Google Earth. I bet they didn’t have this when Brian was a little boy!
Anyway, I’m really excited to show this to Logan. I think he will love it!
P.S. To speak to a NORAD Santa tracker in person, you can call 1-877-HI-NORAD or 1-877-446-6723. The call is free within the United Sates.
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