This weekend I was able to catch up with Krueger, Montez, Regul, minus his lady who is in India for work (how cool!) and Toby. Friday night I caught up with Krugs and we watched RENDITION at The Grove. Overall, I liked the movie but wasn't sure what point the director was trying to make. Like Gone Baby Gone (but Affleck's movie is better) the film presented two sides to a situation but never choosing a side. I guess this is meant to get people talking but I felt dissatisfied by both, as I felt we never really got closure on any of the characters. And after everything all the characters went through in both films I wanted better closure! After the movie, Krugs and I got some food at Genghis Cohen, only the yummiest Jewish Chinese Food in LA! Brian and I went on our first date there and have been going back ever since. Krugs believe it or not, had never been there. A few blocks from CBS where she has been working forever and she had never been there! I find that hard to believe! Anyhoo, when it comes to Chinese food she is very much like Brian in that she is 1 dish only girl. Its takes a lot of convincing to get these 1-dish people to try something new. Krugs dish of choice is Sweet and Sour Chicken. It had been a decade since I last tried that dish but in order for me to get Krugs try try something new I had to agree to eat what she ordered. Thankfully, Genghis also makes the best Sweet and Sour ever! I might just have to get it again, it was so good. I think the difference is that they use fresh chicken breast and not some frozen chicken in their meals. I introduced Krugs to Chow Fun and between the two of us we gobbled up every last bite. Normally Genghis is pretty busy, but due to us not being able to figure out what we wanted to eat at the Grove we ended up at Genghis at 10:45PM. We ordered by 10:50 and got our food at 10:55. It was the fastest turn around timeever and another plus as to why you should visit right before they close!
Saturday, I went to visit the ladies at my favorite hair salon and caught up on all the latest gossip while getting my hair lightened. I had been putting it off for a while but needed to get it done for my brother's wedding which is this Saturday. I got home when Brian awoke for the day and then we headed off to my work to watch a screening of BEE MOVIE. Later that night Montz, Regul and Toby came over and we grabbed dinner at SPITZ another restaurant near our house with tasty food. We caught up on all of their lives. A lot had happened in a month. Montez is moving to New Zealand, Bosco was on a plane to India, Toby had his car towed again and Regul was explaining why he was going to wait until the LA housing market crash to buy a house. After getting some gelato and beers we headed back home and settled into SETTLERS OF CATAN, a totally fun regul game, I must say. Really any game that Regul likes tends to be fun. I could only make it through 1 game but the guys went on for a second and played the extend version and then moved onto LUNCH MONEY.
Sunday, Brian and I enjoyed the extra hour of sleep and then headed to the arboretum in arcadia to get some exercise and take photographs of trees and flowers. Brian had gotten a snazzy new camera that he uses with some old lens and he's been snapping pictures left and right. Normally he takes the camera to kickball but I think he needed a new subject to photograph so he turned to trees. We spent a few hours walking around and ran into a flock of peacocks and a wild turkey in the parking lot. I am not sure why the arboretum has wild turkeys in the parking lot but hey who am I to judge?
This week we are off to Michigan with Steve and Rosemary to go to my brother's wedding. It's going to be cold. Yikes!
Saturday, I went to visit the ladies at my favorite hair salon and caught up on all the latest gossip while getting my hair lightened. I had been putting it off for a while but needed to get it done for my brother's wedding which is this Saturday. I got home when Brian awoke for the day and then we headed off to my work to watch a screening of BEE MOVIE. Later that night Montz, Regul and Toby came over and we grabbed dinner at SPITZ another restaurant near our house with tasty food. We caught up on all of their lives. A lot had happened in a month. Montez is moving to New Zealand, Bosco was on a plane to India, Toby had his car towed again and Regul was explaining why he was going to wait until the LA housing market crash to buy a house. After getting some gelato and beers we headed back home and settled into SETTLERS OF CATAN, a totally fun regul game, I must say. Really any game that Regul likes tends to be fun. I could only make it through 1 game but the guys went on for a second and played the extend version and then moved onto LUNCH MONEY.
Sunday, Brian and I enjoyed the extra hour of sleep and then headed to the arboretum in arcadia to get some exercise and take photographs of trees and flowers. Brian had gotten a snazzy new camera that he uses with some old lens and he's been snapping pictures left and right. Normally he takes the camera to kickball but I think he needed a new subject to photograph so he turned to trees. We spent a few hours walking around and ran into a flock of peacocks and a wild turkey in the parking lot. I am not sure why the arboretum has wild turkeys in the parking lot but hey who am I to judge?
This week we are off to Michigan with Steve and Rosemary to go to my brother's wedding. It's going to be cold. Yikes!
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