Browse Month: September 2013

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.

on the water

IMG_5060On Wednesday, he scored a free ticket to watch the America’s Cup races from a Hornblower Cruise boat.  So, on Thursday, he took the day off and headed out with my camera.  He said that it turned out to be more of a social event with lots of real estate professionals networking together and drinking.

DSC_3415It sounded like Jes was the only one actually interested in the race but he didn’t care since he got a good vantage point of the race, he was on the water, and had access to unlimited wine.  DSC_3419That makes me a little queasy just thinking of this but he LOVED it.  He also got a good view of the other sailboats and the bay that day.  Here are more photos that he got that day.

DSC_3428What a beautiful day!

DSC_3401Nice work on the photos, Jes!

DSC_3389And if you’re interested, Team Oracle USA is getting their butts kicked by the Kiwis.  We’ll be heading out on Sunday to see if they take the whole thing.

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…

Dragon Party!

DSC_3308We went to Zoe’s 1st Birthday Party on Sunday afternoon in Alameda.  There was a dragon theme and there were lots of dragons (including Kumquat) at the party!

DSC_3283DSC_3299Eleen and Jimmy worked very hard to make this party decked out in dragon stuff.

DSC_3348Kumquat scored some crayons and lots of other goodies that day.

DSC_3286Oh and we can’t forget about the Zoe cookies they had made for the party.  Hilarious.

DSC_3323When it was time to sing “Happy Birthday”, Zoe really enjoyed herself.DSC_3328She soaked in all the extra attention and hammed-it-up for the crowd.  So cute.

DSC_3353Here is Zoe and her happy parents.

DSC_3351Jimmy’s mom also flew up from Cerritos and it was nice to see her again.

DSC_3344The cake was a rich red velvet with super sweet frosting.  Kumquat and I got a couple bites and then we had to call it quits.

DSC_3304Keenan was there and giving his dad (flying solo that day) a hard time during lunch.  Funny kid.DSC_3302The Bangs came too and Isla was NOT a fan of Uncle Jimmy that day.  She literally cried every time she saw him.DSC_3314This is little Athena, Aylang and Dave’s 12-month-old.  Look at those curls!

DSC_3361What a fun birthday party!  I’m sure this is just the beginning of these kid-infested parties.  It seemed like there was almost one child per adult at the party.  We’ll wait for Kumquat to grow up a little more before she can have her face painted.  Until then, balloons and crayons will do.

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.