First Time at 6S Steakhouse
Posted on February 21, 2019 by Ching under Food and Drink.
Brian and I finally had the opportunity to dine at 6S Steakhouse thanks to Rune. He hosted a recognition dinner of sorts for a successful year. Spouses were invited so dinner consisted of the six of us: Rune, Kristen, Debbie, Mike, Brian and me.
As is Rune’s lavish style, he ordered a couple of bottles of Prosecco and the drinks flowed freely. Brian, who is not a Prosecco drinker, drank a glass of beer. I stuck to the Prosecco while others also enjoyed some cocktails.
Even if someone else is picking up the dinner tab, I still try to be responsible. Although I have to admit that, after looking at the cocktail menu, I was very tempted to try one.
Here’s picture of the bread they serve with your meal. I took a picture after I’d already taken a bite from it. Oops!
Here are some pictures of the rest of our food (not in any particular order).
6S is the kind of restaurant where everything is a la carte and when you order sides they give you a large enough portion for sharing with the entire table. Anyway, Rune encouraged everyone to order sides so that we could all try the different menu items. We ended up with entirely too much food.
Despite having already had too much to eat, we still got dessert. We got almost one of each and everyone shared so we could try the different desserts as well.
Dinner was amazing — the food, the company, the service — including the napkin ninjas (inside joke, which is funnier if you were there). Anyway, we don’t always think of 6S because it’s clear out on the West side of town but it’s now definitely on our radar of great restaurants to visit for special occasions or when we’ve got something big celebrate. Until next time. GNG.
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2019 YMCA Annual Celebration
Posted on February 20, 2019 by Ching under Events.
Brian and I have been attending the YMCA Annual Celebrations a few years now. I don’t think I documented each time we’ve attended but I found a blog post from 2017 and also one from 2018.
The event was back at the Andover Farha Sport Center again this year so that was convenient. As usual, they did a great job of decorating and turning the courts into a banquet hall.
I am always so impressed with the volunteer and coach of the year nominees. These folks give so much back to the community in terms of their time, effort, and other resources. There’s always just one winner in each category but it’s a huge honor just to be nominated.
These are some very generous people.
Besides the awards, they always unveil new marketing campaign videos and it’s always fun to see your friends in them. This year we had a Joel sighting.
We also ran into Brandy, who I know from Zumba class and is also the cousin of one of my friends from work.
Speaking of sightings, we also ran into Greg and Karen Perkins. You will remember them from our dinner at Prost back in December. They do shared seating at Prost so, since they had space at their table, we ended up getting seated with them. We had a lovely visit over dinner. We finished at different times but must have had the same idea because, when Brian and I went to the Little Lion Cafe for a bit of dessert after dinner, we ran into them again.
Fast forward to the YMCA Annual Celebration last month when we ran into them again. I joked that we should probably plan on intentionally getting together next time instead of accidentally running into each other at various places.
I’m not sure it’s wise to be exchanging phone numbers and connecting with complete strangers but they seem like a lovely couple. We’ve enjoyed both of our visits with them. Anyway, if they support the YMCA then they must be good people, right? I may be wrong to assume this but that was my assessment.
That’s all for now. Until next time. GNG.
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This Year’s Valentines Gift
Posted on February 17, 2019 by Ching under Life, Toys.
We didn’t have time for a Valentine getaway this year and so we decided to buy ourselves a present instead. Brian had been wanting a new TV and, as it has been almost ten years since we bought our last one, I guess it was time. The TV we’d been looking at last year that was $4000 had just gone on sale so it was a sign.
We had musical TVs in preparation for our newest addition. Brian moved the one above the fireplace to the garage. The one in our bedroom went to replace that one and then the 55″ in the basement went into our bedroom.
I’m not really a fan of having TVs in the bedroom but what can you do?
Here are a couple of pics to show you the difference between the old TV and the new TV. It’s so big that it barely fit on our TV stand.
We should have had the GeekSquad guys mount the TV to the wall when they came to deliver and set up the new TV but we didn’t have the foresight to buy a wall mount at the same time. We thought the TV would fit on the stand. However, after a few days of it barely fitting on the stand and Brian not feeling comfortable that it wouldn’t fall off, we finally caved and went back to Best Buy to get a wall mount for it. (Incidentally, the wall mount is now on sale for $79 and our TV is on sale for $300 less than want we paid. Darn it! We should have waited! I hope we remember to wait until Presidents’ Day ten years from now when it’s time to buy another TV.)
Dad came over last Sunday to help Brian get the TV mounted. Here are a few pictures I took while they were working.
Finished product.
Brian spent the rest of the afternoon cleaning up the wires so it actually looks much better. I need to get a new pic. Anyway, that’s pretty much our Valentines gift for each other this year. (I suppose this is better than the year we got each other his and hers handguns for Valentines.) We are so unromantic! LOL.
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Happy Valentines, Baby!
Posted on February 13, 2019 by Ching under Relationship.
We’re not the most romantic people so we don’t really do anything fancy for Valentines usually. After being together for 20 years, Valentines Day is just another day really. It’s all the other days that matter. And, I must say, Brian does a great job of making me feel special and loved each and every day. Thank you for being not just the best husband ever but the best friend I could ever hope to have.
I love you, baby!
Here’s to another great Valentines together. May we have many, many more!
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Sweat in the City: Glow Up
Posted on February 13, 2019 by Ching under Zumba.
These next few pictures are from the first major Zumba event of 2019, Sweat in the City: Glow Up! It’s kind of a reprise of Joel and Sarah’s super successful Sweat in the City event last summer.
I didn’t take a lot of pictures because I didn’t want to have to keep track of my phone (or risk losing it) so most of these pics are courtesy of other people.
They did a blacklight/glow in the dark theme this time.
I think Mara (middle) had the best outfit, hands down.
Just a silly pic of me with Rose and Amanda.
Fun group photo with local ZINs. (In case you were wondering, ZINs are Zumba instructors who are members of the Zumba Instructor Network.)
I didn’t have to buy a special outfit for this event because I found I had stuff in my closet that actually glowed in the dark. It was a good thing too because I didn’t really have time to buy stuff.
Here’s a pic of me and Brynden. Her shirt was bright!
It was a sea of bright, glowing, colorful bodies!
Here’s a pic of Amanda, Charis, and me that we took while we were waiting for our tacos at the restaurant next door after the Zumba party. We worked up an appetite! Two hours of non-stop dancing will do that. LOL.
Here’s a pic of my tacos. Yum!
I earned my tacos (and my Churn and Burn — more on this in a bit) that night. Joel and Sarah know how to throw a great party! I was bummed we didn’t get commemorative shirts this year but, other than that, I thought this event was even better than the last one. We actually had a live DJ (DJ Hashtag). Sweat in the City just keeps getting better and better!
Since Amanda and I live pretty close to one another, we decided to carpool to the event. The carne asada tacos were super spicy that night so we thought, even though it was freezing, it would be a good idea to stop for ice cream on the way home. Churn and Burn is on the way home and they’re open late — and Amanda had never been there! The stars just happened to align. Anyway, I figured I burned enough calories that day between my two Zumba classes in the morning, pickleball in the afternoon, and the two hours of dancing at Sweat in the City that I could enjoy some ice cream guilt-free. Actually, what am I talking about. I never need justification to eat junk. I enjoy all my foods guilt-free. LOL.
It was such a blast! I can’t wait until we do this again. Great job, Joel and Sarah!
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