Unfortunately, what I hoped would be a free weekend, turned out to be a busy weekend.
Friday Night... post work, the boy and I had no plans but to chill out at home and be vegetables. That was the plan. But in actuallity, we ended up going to the softball park to catch the end of our friends' softball game. They lost again. Post game defeat, we all headed out to one of the greatest hole in the wall mom and pop food places in Monterey Park. It's called Pearl's Place on Garvey. I recommend the fried dumplings and the pork chops and rice. Simple but good food. My friend J has been going there since she was a wee kid with her family. She took me and boy the there once and I've been a big fan since. After that it was post coffee drinks at Starbucks. Unfortunately, they don't have a Coffee Bean out in the Alhambra/Monterey Park area, only because all the boba places dominate all the streets. It was a great night of conversation, laughter and friends.
Saturday... again no plans for the day but it turned out to be a busy one. The boy and I started the day with brunch at Pat and Lorraines in Eagle Rock. It's across the way from my mother in law's shop. We swung by the shop and mom reminded us of the birthday party of our friends two children was later that afternoon. Ugh... sure enough the reminder message popped up on the Curve just moments later. I completely forgot about it even though their mom handed me the invitation at a housewarming just a couple of weeks ago. So there went the free afternoon. Pat and Lorraines' is fabulous. I love food but I especially love breakfast. The boy and I both had omelettes. Unfortunately, I didn't take pictures of how big the portions are. He had the fajitas omelette and I had Jose's Omelette Special. Yumm-mmie! It's more like a scramble rather than a traditional omelette served with a side of home fries and your choice of toast, biscuit or fruit. Took home enough for breakfast in the morning again.
After breakfast, we headed home to pick up the invitation and then off to Target for birthday gifts for both kids. The parentals made specific requests for no toys and indicate clothing sizes. I love that. Takes the work out of guessing sizes. Gifts in hand, it was off to the party. A roadblock on the major street made us take the sideroute but we eventually made it to the party. Filipino parties are just an excuse for people to stuff their faces with lots of fried this and fried that. But seeing as brunch was still settling in our stomachs, the boy and I shook our heads politely and said we'd grab a bite to eat later. See, there was still 4 more hours of party left. The kids had a bouncer which was great. It was not only just a bouncer but it also had one of those slides in the back attached to it. It was a super bouncer. Even though it was made for kids, the bigger kids couldn't resist taking a few jumps and slides of their own. It was comedy in person. The pinatas, yes there were two, were broken and candy and money gathered, cake was cut, good times had by all. I took tons of pictures that day as I had just purchased a new camera lense for the nikon. It's sooo purty. Here's a couple of shots that I can post...
The above is a picture from the park, a level down from where the party was happening. It was quite peaceful. Reminds me of the poem by Robert Frost called "The Road Not Taken." It's currently my desktop picture. I love being able to play around with photography. Still trying to figure out how all the features work on this camera but as you can see, I'm loving some of the results.
We're both so ready to have kids! The boy with one of my friends' new babies. He's gonna make a great daddy!
After the party, we headed out to dinner at Briganti's in South Pasadena. It's light Italian food. Yes, there is such a thing as light Italian. We were able to meet the owner/chef of Briganti's. My boss is actually his next door neighbor. He was fabulous and ended up sending us 2 desserts. I recommend this place highly. I've been there a few times and have yet to have a bad meal or experience bad service there. Reservations are recommended especially on a weekend night.
Sunday, thankfully, ended up being mellow. I'm rather said that I missed out on a blog party gathering. It looked like so much fun from the pictures. We stayed home and vegged, cruised the internet and read for a bit before heading to the softball park for his men's championship game. They ended up winning in the bottom of the 7th by 1. We celebrated by heading out to Applebee's for dinner with the team.
So for a weekend filled with no plans, it turned out to be a crazy busy but fun filled weekend. How was yours?
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