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Taste of the Good Life

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On Sunday, Kev and Karrie came to SF for the day. Jes picked them up from the airport in the morning and then we were off to the Four Seasons. The brother of a very wealthy Las Vegas tycoon lives in one of the Penthouses there and I got to check it out.

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It’s 4500 square feet of ridiculousness complete with a 270-degree view of the city (including OUR home), steam room, guest suite with separate entrance from the hallway, and MAID’S QUARTERS with an amazing view of its own.  Can you spot our building in the photo?!

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This is the view from the Maid’s Quarters…crazy, right?!

For lunch, we had dim sum at Mayflower, which appearently isn’t as good as it used to be the last time Kev was in SF but Jes and I still enjoyed it.

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For dinner, we went to Ozumo for the craziest omakase meal of dish after dish after dish. Everything was oh so tasty and I even tried uni (sea urchin) for the first time and enjoyed it!!

After all this indulgence and seeing what the “best of the best” looked like, I realized that I didn’t really need 4500 square feet. The view is amazing but it might not be worth the extra 8 million it would cost to live there. I went home and truly appreciated what I already had. Sure, I don’t have a million-dollar view of the city but I really like where we live and how much space we have for now. Come to think of it,  I don’t know how I maintained our 3-bedroom house in Irvine.

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karrie and beak

Anyway, it was great to see Kevin and Karrie again. I just realized that it had been about 2 years since I last saw them and I’m looking forward to our next trip to Vegas to visit them. Their twins are adorable and I can’t wait to finally meet them.

Sugar

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Check out these cute little individually wrapped sugar cubes!  I found them at the little French bistro down the street.  Makes me want a hot cup of coffee about now.

It was a happy Friday.

Happy Chevy's

At work, our Happy Hours are usually on the East Bay but this time it was going to be across the bridge in my neck of the woods.  It’s been a while since we’ve had a Happy Hour so we were happy all day long in anticipation of $3 margaritas. With a quick drive through the carpool lane, we were extra happy at Chevy’s by 5:30.  They’re special margarita was pineapple coconut this time around and it was tasty.

Here are the photos.

Taylor's

Afterward, I met up with Jes down the street and we had dinner at Taylor’s Automatic Refresher.  I snacked on the chili cheese fries while Jes inhaled his bacon cheeseburger.  Doesn’t it look tasty?

Warm Nights

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The weather has been unseasonally warm here and it’s bummin’ me out.  We need cold!  We need rain!  We need snow!  Not sure I’ll be making it to Tahoe this season afterall.  That is, unless it starts to pour for days and days in the next few weeks.

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The only silver lining to it all is that it makes for very pleasant evenings outside.  So, we made reservations for a place in the Financial District that has outdoor seating.  It’s unusual for us to be able to sit outside without shiverring or defending the napkins from the wind.

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We had dinner at plouf, which ended up being a fun dinner of seafood and wine.  Yum.  Isn’t it cute?!  It’s in a little alley with lights hanging above.  Ah…is this what Europe is like?

Second Slice

We went to House of Prime Rib last night and it was pretty fun.  I had always heard about the place but never went because I always had Lawry’s back home.   Jason loves this place so we made reservations to go.  I swear it was JUST like Lawry’s complete with lots of Asians in the waiting area, a spinning salad, and even creamed corn (off the menu).

However, there were differences that made me wish I was at Lawry’s.  The redeeming part of the night was their “second slice”…so greedy.  At the end of the meal, the server came by and asked if we would like a second slice and a little more of the sides.  So, in just a couple minutes, I had another plate of meat on the table in front of me.  I was a little disappointed with my cut of Medium so I asked for Medium Rare and it was perfect.

Overall, it’s a good place to go if I’m in the mood for prime rib but then again, I could just wait for my next trip down to LA for the real deal.

Lotsa Pie

The Sokol-Juns hosted another Pie Party this afternoon and there were some pretty tasty ones this year.  I made an apple pie again this year and got to experiment with my new decorative pie crust cutters (photos coming soon).  The winners for me this year were Vyl’s Chicken Pot Pie and Michelle’s Lemon Chess.  Vyl ended up winning the contest and was well-deserved.  Even Jes was surprisingly impressed. 😉

Here are the photos.