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Celebrating with Our Dads

Posted on June 17, 2012 by Ching under Family, Food and Drink.

We had a lot to celebrate today. We were celebrating Brian’s 38th birthday, Grandma’s 90th birthday, David and Donna’s wedding anniversary, and Father’s Day.

We picked AVI Seabar and Chophouse because we like their food and we figured it wouldn’t be busy.

We had a nice leisurely lunch and plenty of time to take photos and exchange gifts before our food arrived. Speaking of food, here are some photos…

Brian, his mom and dad, and Grandma all got free dessert for celebrating their special days. Brian picked chocolate cake, pictured above. It’s pretty good but I would recommend getting the cheesecake, which is what his mom and dad got. I’m not a huge cheesecake fan, but they have great cheesecake at AVI. I would actually eat it. Brian’s Grandma picked the banana nut cake, but asked for hers to go so I didn’t get to try it. I’m sure it’s equally delicious.

Anyway, if you want to avoid the hassle of long waits and crowded restaurants I highly recommend checking out AVI. The food prices are quite reasonable and the quality of the food is quite good. At least, the things I’ve tried. I had the shrimp and fish tacos today, which were delicious. Brian always gets the same thing every time. He loves their croque madame with a side of the hand cut fries with truffle oil. I have to agree with him on the fries. The fries at AVI are awesome.

Before I end this blog entry, let me share a couple more photos…

Thank you to Mom, Dad, David, Donna, Jenni, and Grandma for celebrating with us today! Happy Father’s Day to David and Dad!

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Pool Time with the Dills

Posted on June 17, 2012 by Ching under Life, Movies.

Jay and Becca hung out at the pool with us on Saturday night. There’s never anyone at our pool on Friday and Saturday nights so we pretty much had the pool to ourselves.

We had a good ol’ time frolicking in and out of the water.

Afterwards it was time for flaming quesaDILLas.

Okay, so they weren’t really flaming. But they were delicious. Good job, Jay and Brian. We all agreed this was the best batch of quesadillas the boys ever made.

Then it was time for The Vow, which made me cry but that doesn’t really say much. Almost every movie makes me cry. It starts out really rough and hokey. I mean, what was up with Rachel McAdams’ hair in the beginning of the movie? She looked like she was wearing a wig. The movie does get better towards the end. About the same time that Rachel’s hair starts looking normal. LOL. I don’t know if you guys saw Serendipity with Kate Beckinsdale and John Cusack a few years back, but how The Vow ends kind of reminds me of that movie.

Anyway, Becca is completely enamored with Channing Tatum. He’s got a nice body and everything, but he just doesn’t seem that attractive to me. It could be that he’s too young. I mean, if I had a choice between Jason Statham and Channing Tatum, I’d pick JS every time. Now, that’s one sexy man.

Speaking of, Brian and I hung out at the pool again today and saw a guy who resembled a young JS. I think it might have been the shaved head and the aviator glasses he was wearing. I told Brian we needed to get him some of those. LOL. Although, I think Brian will look more like Bruce Willis than JS when the time comes. Either way works for me. I think BW is sexy too.

Who wants to go swimming with us next weekend?

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Congrats to Don Sherman!

Posted on June 16, 2012 by Ching under Events, Food and Drink.

Congratulations to my idol Don Sherman for being recognized as Father of the Year by the American Diabetes Association! His beautiful daughter Bethany gave an eloquent introduction, which was sweet and witty. He must be very proud of her, and she of him for being named one of ADA’s Fathers of the Year.

The other honorees were Chad Tharp of B&B Airparts and David E. Wells, President of Key Construction. Congratulations to all three Fathers of the Year!

The food at the ADA Father of the Year Awards dinner last night was quite colorful. Brian wasn’t a fan, but I thought it was quite good. I’m not a huge fan of salmon, but this was delicious (after you get past the strange red sauce). Actually, the red sauce had great flavor. The color is just really shocking. Besides, it’s ADA approved, so how can you go wrong? LOL. The chicken was served with a peanut sauce. I like peanut sauce so the first bite was a pleasant surprise.

Anyway, whether or not Brian and I enjoyed the food really doesn’t matter. It was awesome to witness Don receive is award. I’m glad we could be there.

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Khao Lad Nha Kai

Posted on June 13, 2012 by Ching under Food and Drink.

I finally got to try #17 Khao Lad Nha Kai. Yep, we had Thai House again last Friday. Their food is so yummy. It’s hard to resist. I will spare you the photo of Brian’s food, though. He got the Thai fried rice with chicken, again. How predictable, right?

Anyway, the #17 is really good. It’s probably one of my favorites at Thai House. Though, the #15 and the #11 are both really delicious also. If you’re apprehensive about trying Thai food because of the spiciness of the dishes, then the #17 is a great place to start. It’s not spicy at all. If I had to compare it to another dish, I would say that it’s a lot like Moo Goo Gai Pan. That’s what it reminds me of, anyway.

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Birthday Munchies

Posted on June 13, 2012 by Ching under Food and Drink.

We had munchies at the movie theater on Sunday, but that was pretty much late lunch. I think I ate a little bit before going to the gym, but that was it. We were starving by the time we got to the theater. Of course, I always feel famished after working out with Amie on Sundays.

I was good and only had water. Brian had a Stella. He realized that he liked it when we were at Sabor celebrating with Marielkis on Friday night. They didn’t have Sam Adams, which is his usual beer. He ordered a Stella instead and found that he actually likes it better. I actually liked it too. Now we’ve found beer that we can both drink.

After the movie we went to Abuelo’s for drinks and munchies. Brian and I ended up getting the chocolate cake thing because they were out of tres leches. I know. How lame, right? Anyway, it was all for the best. Their tres leches probably wouldn’t have been as good as the one we had at Sabor the other night, anyway. LOL.