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Lobstah Dinnah

IMG_5100On Saturday evening, we met up with Jason and Jia at New England Lobster Market & Eatery.  It’s in Burlingame and just south of the airport.  I had heard about it and then saw it featured in Sunset Magazine, which made me want it even more.  IMG_5097We ordered the dressed lobster roll, lobster and corn chowdah, and crab nachos (made with potato chips instead of tortilla chips!).  IMG_5101All were pretty tasty but the chowdah was my favorite.  They have lots of seating inside and outside and you can buy seafood to take home and cook yourself.  There’s also a “Tank House” in the back where they have all their live lobster, crab, and bivalves.  It’s a cool place and worth a visit.

Back to Work

IMG_5036It’s been 17 days since my surgery and I went back to work today.  It was a gloomy morning, which made going to work a little easier knowing it wasn’t going to be as sunny and gorgeous outside as it has been these past two weeks.

IMG_5015On Monday, I tried to make the most of my last day off.  Mirian came in the morning to keep Kumquat occupied while I purged my closet, went to the bank, did some grocery shopping, had a nice solo lunch with a magazine, and went to see the surgeon for my post-op follow-up appointment.

IMG_5019There’s something so satisfying about holding an actual magazine in my hand.  I have all the digital copies of Sunset on my Kindle but somehow I still enjoy flipping through real pages.

By the way, at my post-op appointment, the doctor showed me what he cut out of my body.  He said that there were little lumps of fat that were poking through the hole in my abdominal wall, which was causing the sharp pain and a funny lump at the top of my belly button.  When he went in, he cut them out and snapped a photo of it for his report.  He also emailed me the photo!  What a cool doctor!  I’ll spare you all the lovely photo of my fat blobs but let me know if you want to see and I’ll show it to you.  I thought it was a fun little souvenir from my first open surgery. 😉  He also said that the hole was small enough that he was able to just suture it back instead of placing a mesh patch.  Yay!  No foreign object in my body!!

So, I’m back to work with a 30-lb lifting restriction for the next two weeks.  It was nice to see everyone again but the work was just “meh”.  Oh I wish I could have had a few more weeks off…

Happy 38th!

IMG_4933Yesterday was Jes’ birthday so Kumquat took him out for a nice steak dinner at Hillstone after work.

IMG_4937Cheers!!

IMG_8333Today, Jason picked us up and we went to Sonoma for the day.  (Thanks for driving, DiDi!)  Our first stop was Sebastiani and we shared a tasting while Kumquat wandered the tasting room with her snack.

IMG_4967For lunch, we went to the girl and the fig, which features rustic French food.

IMG_8336Apparently I made the right choice for lunch because he wanted to order almost everything on the menu.

IMG_8340Here are the profiteroles that we ordered for dessert.

IMG_8344After lunch, it was too hot to stop at Train Town for Kumquat so we went straight to a second winery called Cline Cellars.  It was 98 degrees out in the sun so we spent the afternoon on the porch in the shade sipping wine.  Kumquat’s looking extra sweaty in this photo.

Happy Birthday, Jes!  We love you!

Wandering the City

Mirian had to take Karla to the doctor so I had Kumquat all to myself for the day.  It was a very sunny day and perfect for a stroll through the city with my little girl.  After I finished my errands, I went to Sai’s Vietnamese Restaurant and got a table for 2.

IMG_4914Here’s my lunch.  Yum.  It was pork with vermicelli noodles, veggies, and imperial rolls.

IMG_4915And here’s my lunch date.  I didn’t bother getting a highchair for her since she had already eaten and she had a very comfortable time kickin’ back with her feet up on the stroller tray.

IMG_4924On our walk back home, it got very warm so I pulled the shade for Kumquat.  She was supposed to be napping but instead she laid back with her feet up again.  Aaaah…she’s got a good life.

Lunching with the Ladies

IMG_8289Since I was off this week, Ranee off was today, and Stephanie is still on maternity leave, we all met up in Walnut Creek after I took Kumquat to the dentist.  We had lunch at Tender Greens in preparation for our tasty treat at CREAM, which just opened last month.

IMG_8291Vivian was a good little baby and slept long enough for Stephanie to have lunch.

IMG_4879Unfortunately, she woke up as soon as she got her ice cream sammich.  Here’s a photo of mine.  Just like last time at the Berkeley store, I got double chocolate chip cookies with coffee ice cream.

IMG_4881Sophie wanted a taste of Ranee’s sammich.  I don’t blame her.  They’re delicious.

IMG_8298I wish I had more days off like this.

IMG_4875Oh and I didn’t realize this until Dr. Chang pointed it out at the dental visit but Kumquat and I were matching today.

Slowest. 5K. EVER.

IMG_8126But it was so fun!!!!  On Saturday morning, I got up at 3:45 am and Brother and Joy picked me up at 4:30 to get to the start line. We wore our race tees, which were 1) not very flattering and 2) not very breathable in the heat.  At 5:00 am, it was already 72 degrees and humid.

IMG_4735The beginning of the race took us backstage where we were running in darkness.

IMG_8134Then the race course entered from Carsland at Disney’s California Adventure.IMG_8139Here we are at the boardwalk and they even turned on the World of Color fountains for us!

IMG_8143Next was across the courtyard to Disneyland!  IMG_8147There were Cast Members ready to snap photos for us at each photo op location.  What fun!IMG_8151Sleeping Beauty’s Castle is so pretty at dawn.

IMG_8154The Dumbo ride was running as we passed through Fantasyland.  Kumquat would love this ride!

IMG_8157In Frontierland, we found the chipmunks!!!

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The last part of the park route was through Critter Country.

IMG_8169Here we are with our medals at the finish line.  IMG_8170It’s a rubber medal with the Alice in Wonderland and the White Rabbit on it.

IMG_4750As a special treat after the run, we picked up some coffee and freshly fried beignets.  Yum.

IMG_4753We also had some time to kill before the Diaper Dash so we hung out inside the Grand California Hotel to watch some cartoons.

IMG_4749The course was super fun and I’m kinda glad that Joy couldn’t run.  It gave us an excuse to just take it easy and enjoy the unique experience of wandering the parks at dawn.  IMG_8167I also bumped into Michelle, my good friend from high school and college.  I think she might be running the half on Sunday.

IMG_6616Kumquat also ran in her first fun run – a 100 meter dash!  For a recap of that part of the morning, click here.