LA - June 22-24. So going to LA seems to be a roughly once a month kinda thing for me these days. Half out of boredom, and half cuz it's the only place that comes to mind that I can (semi-) conveniently drive to without a whole lot of planning. And the fact that I can stay for free with my brother and Michael doesn't hurt either. So yea, since I get every other Friday off from work, that makes for convenient 3-day weekends to head out of town (cuz I STILL have like no friends outside of work here in Vegas, hah =/).
On Friday, I had Korean BBQ for lunch at Tahoe with Johnny and Vivian- we ate for like a solid 2 hours or so, hah. After that, I went over to Johnny's place, and we played videogames all afternoon, hahaha. Had dinner at some Thai place with Michael & Ken.
On Saturday, we met up with Michael's sister & Carol for lunch at Din Tai Fung- was really good, but still not as good as I remember Taiwan's was; maybe my memory's playing tricks on me, hah. Grabbed some delicious mochi from JJ Bakery, then me & Mike met up with Allen, Daisy, and Linda and went to the shooting range. I forgot what kinda gun I shot, but I asked the guy at the counter to give me whatever the cops use; it was some kinda .40. I wasn't clustering very well cuz my goggles kept fogging up, but one of my rounds hit squarely on the bullseye, like through the little tiny X in the middle of the circle- I was thoroughly amused, hah.
After that, we headed over to Koji's Sushi & Shabu Shabu in Orange and met up with some of Linda's friends for Linda's birthday party. I was quite disappointed at myself that I couldn't tell kobe, angus, and regular meat apart. =/ I like to consider myself something of an expert on meat eating, but the shabu shabu just kinda cooked away most of the flavor I think. Failure. After dinner, we went bowling at Lucky Strike. I broke a nail bowling (don't laugh! >=O), and I think I wound up last place, but other than that, I had a good time, hah (the booze helped =P).
Sunday was pretty uneventful. Watched Tristram Shandy on dvd; it was really weird, but I liked it- I should check out the book one of these days. Most ppl were busy, so I went out to Santa Monica by myself and just walked around for awhile. Had some seafood for lunch out on the pier, then shopped around the 3rd Street Promenade but didn't buy anything. Had a lot of time to myself to think, which tends not to wind up so well. =/ Went and had dinner at Tasty Garden in Alhambra with Allen & Michael; was the best Chinese food I'd had in a long time, and you get free refills on milk tea while you eat. Left to go back to Vegas pretty late, but I was so hopped up on the caffeine from the milk teas that I couldn't sleep, even when I got back, hah.
On Friday, I had Korean BBQ for lunch at Tahoe with Johnny and Vivian- we ate for like a solid 2 hours or so, hah. After that, I went over to Johnny's place, and we played videogames all afternoon, hahaha. Had dinner at some Thai place with Michael & Ken.
On Saturday, we met up with Michael's sister & Carol for lunch at Din Tai Fung- was really good, but still not as good as I remember Taiwan's was; maybe my memory's playing tricks on me, hah. Grabbed some delicious mochi from JJ Bakery, then me & Mike met up with Allen, Daisy, and Linda and went to the shooting range. I forgot what kinda gun I shot, but I asked the guy at the counter to give me whatever the cops use; it was some kinda .40. I wasn't clustering very well cuz my goggles kept fogging up, but one of my rounds hit squarely on the bullseye, like through the little tiny X in the middle of the circle- I was thoroughly amused, hah.
After that, we headed over to Koji's Sushi & Shabu Shabu in Orange and met up with some of Linda's friends for Linda's birthday party. I was quite disappointed at myself that I couldn't tell kobe, angus, and regular meat apart. =/ I like to consider myself something of an expert on meat eating, but the shabu shabu just kinda cooked away most of the flavor I think. Failure. After dinner, we went bowling at Lucky Strike. I broke a nail bowling (don't laugh! >=O), and I think I wound up last place, but other than that, I had a good time, hah (the booze helped =P).
Sunday was pretty uneventful. Watched Tristram Shandy on dvd; it was really weird, but I liked it- I should check out the book one of these days. Most ppl were busy, so I went out to Santa Monica by myself and just walked around for awhile. Had some seafood for lunch out on the pier, then shopped around the 3rd Street Promenade but didn't buy anything. Had a lot of time to myself to think, which tends not to wind up so well. =/ Went and had dinner at Tasty Garden in Alhambra with Allen & Michael; was the best Chinese food I'd had in a long time, and you get free refills on milk tea while you eat. Left to go back to Vegas pretty late, but I was so hopped up on the caffeine from the milk teas that I couldn't sleep, even when I got back, hah.
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