Date Night with the Dills
Posted on May 4, 2011 by Ching under Date Ideas.
We were supposed to see Fast Five at the IMAX on Sunday, but the show was completely sold out by the time we got there. Since we were already out West, and we’re rarely ever in the area, we decided to stop by Under the Cork (FREE wine tastings; Need I say more?) and Borders and hang out for a while before heading over to Jay and Becca’s (armed with a few bottles of wine) to drown our sorrows away. I think Jay was most disappointed about missing out on Fast Five out of all of us. Sorry, Jay!
We made the most of the evening by watching Life as We Know It (I know, it’s no comparison) instead. Not a bad movie, but it’s no Fast Five.
P.S. Jay’s chicken quesadillas were awesome as always!
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James Taylor
Posted on May 1, 2011 by Ching under Events.
Brian and I had fun on Saturday. We started the day out by working out for a couple of hours. I did my regular step class at Andover YMCA and then Gina Ann’s Zumba class at East Central Genesis. Misty did the class with me. After Zumba, Misty, Brian and I went to the Artichoke. Brian’s ex-girlfriend Danielle joined us.
Misty had a pedicure appointment that she had to make so she had to eat and run, pretty much. Danielle came over and hung out for a bit after lunch. It gave her and Brian a chance to catch up. It also helped so that now she knows how to get to our place for fight night on Saturday.
After she left Brian and I got ready for the concert. We were meeting Doug and Tammy at River City Brewery for dinner before the show so we wanted to get to the restaurant by 6 pm. I’m glad we decided to have dinner early because downtown was still packed. The Cinco de Mayo celebration that started on Friday night continued through Saturday so parking was still very scarce. The fact that several schools were holding prom night only exacerbated the situation.
Dinner was not bad and pretty cheap, since Brian and I decided to just split chicken tenders. The cheap dinner made up for the mix up at the Artichoke earlier that day (the waitress was out of it and accidentally ran Danielle’s bill on our card; we didn’t want to hassle with having her fix it and we figured that, since we were the ones who invited her to lunch, we might as well pick up the tab). And since we split our dinner, we had just the right amount of food. We were both stuffed and didn’t have any leftovers. It worked out perfect. Anyway, I’m sure you are eager to see some of the photos we took at the concert. Here’s a slideshow…
P.S. There are some videos posted on my YouTube. Feel free to check them out. 🙂
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Final Friday and Suede Pics
Posted on May 1, 2011 by Ching under Things to Do.
It was complete mayhem in Old Town this weekend. Everyone was out for Final Friday and they had some sort of Cinco de Mayo celebration going on. The open area in front of the Museum of World Treasures was closed off for the celebration, which severely diminished the already scarce parking.
This is a view of the space I’m taking about early in the evening, before people actually started piling in. I took this photo from IMG/Tangent Lab’s new rooftop patio.
We were at Tangent Lab for the Scion Art Tour. We went last year and got some neat goodies (the FREE Scion socks Brian got are still his favorite — when he’s not wearing his Injinjis for his Vibram Five Fingers) so we wanted to make sure and stop by again this year. Brian even RSVP’d.
The goodie bags were slightly better this year because they used reusable gift bags. Brian got two new pairs of the Scion socks because he got the one from my goodie bag also. They threw in gray ones this time. There was the usual stuff in there: CDs, brochures, earphones.
The only other place we visited was Shopkeeper’s Gallery because we wanted to say hi to Mark and check out his new toy. It’s some kind of musical oscillator gadget. I found out later from Darcy that one of the galleries on Commerce Street had some Cocoa Dolce. I wish we would have gone there too. We’ll have to check out those out next month.
Here are some pictures from our evening at Suede…
Suede was pretty dead the other night because of all the things going on downtown (Final Friday and Cinco de Mayo), but we still had a lot of fun. I think we’ll be back again on Friday. Anyone want to join us?
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Brian at Beau Monde
Posted on May 1, 2011 by Ching under Food and Drink.
Brian took me to my waxing appointment at Beau Monde the other day. It worked out because then we were able to eat lunch at Five Guys.
They’ve had the location at Comotara for a while now. We’ve never been until recently because Brian and I don’t really go out of our way to eat burgers. Well, unless Brian decides that he has a Freddy’s craving which I will cave into on occasion. So it worked out that Five Guys is conveniently located next to Beau Monde. We got to try it finally.
I have to say, this was better than the burger we had at the Five Guys at the Galleria Mall in Dallas. I’m not sure if we thought it was better because we were starving or they just don’t make good food at malls. LOL.
The staff at this Five Guys are the best, too. I think the highlight of the day was when they let me video tape them singing along to Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody. Except, I’m a dingbat and didn’t get it saved. I thought I hit the button, but it didn’t register my touch so the whole performance didn’t get recorded. It’s a shame because I think it would have gone viral, too. LOL. I guess we’ll just have to try again next time.
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My Favorite White Dress
Posted on April 24, 2011 by Ching under Free Stuff, Health.
I have to thank my mom for giving me back my favorite white, eyelet dress. I brought it to the Philippines when we went in 2009. I think it was the dress I wore to the sementeryo. Oddly enough, I can’t find any picture of me in it. Probably because I was always the one behind the camera, taking all the pictures. We need to change that. Anyway, I had given it to mom after the trip.
A couple of months ago, while I was over at their house, she said I could have it back. I was so happy too because it’s my favorite white dress. I like it because it makes me look wholesome. LOL.
I have several things that I wish I never would have gotten rid of… Not that I can fit in them again, because I’m a long ways away from fitting in XS or 0-2 stuff. I mostly just regret getting rid of them because there are some things that you just can’t buy (much less find) any more. I had this orange A&F tennis skirt that I wish I still had because they match my orange and white Nike IDs. I think they were XS, though, so even if I kept them, it wouldn’t have done me any good.
I guess you can’t really keep things forever. I mean, there’s only so much closet space. You have to get rid of stuff to make room for other stuff. Unless, of course, you’re my mom and you have an entire bodega. It’s hard for me to believe that she still has all of these things even after several boxes of giveaways to the Philippines and making several donations to Goodwill.
I really shouldn’t pick on my mom too much. I actually like giving her the clothes that I’ve outgrown because then there’s a 50-50 chance that I might actually get them back. My closet consolidation/reduction strategy has always been to give all the things that I don’t want and can’t fit in anymore to charity; and then all the things that I can’t fit in anymore but still want go to mom and Jenni (depending on the size and style). If I still want it, there’s a good chance that they might like it.
Speaking of dresses… I hope that the dress on the right found a good home. It was my most favorite dress — out of all of the ones that I’d worn to all the Filipino balls. I hung on to it for a long, long time hoping that I could squeeze back into the Jessica McClintock size 3, but when I finally started wearing size 10 dresses, I realized that it was time to give up the dream. Oh, to be young and skinny again!
I have a plan, though. It might take a couple of years to achieve, but I’m on a mission and I know I can do it. Step one is to switch gyms. Also, my hobbies need to be conducive to a healthy, active lifestyle (e.g. dancing, racquetball and frisbee golf are good hobbies to have; poker not so much). I need to figure out what to do about my eating habits because that’s something that has been really difficult for me to change. I cannot diet at all to save my life.
Anyway, let’s mark this day on the blog as the day I make a commitment that by the time I’m 35, I’ll be in the best shape of my life. Not to count my chickens before the eggs hatch but… Dear future self — Congrats! Using a little bit of The Secret because sometimes exercise just doesn’t cut it. Jay knows what I’m talking about. It works. (It’s available on Netflix’ Instant Watch, by the way.)
Wow… I got totally sidetracked. What was I talking about? Oh, yeah. The white dress. Thanks for keeping it safe and giving it back, mom. There’s actually another white dress that I will soon fit back into (when I achieve my goal in a couple of years). It would be great if, when Brian and I renew our vows for our tenth wedding anniversary, I could fit back into my size 4 wedding gown and look even better in it this time around.
I can totally do this! Wish me luck!
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