I swear to God I am never going to lose any weight! It seems all I do is eat out. But that is the very nature of living in a busy city and socializing.
This week I went to two dinners after work. The first was to catch up with my old roomie, Caroline and our old friend, Toby. We met at Mike and Anne's in South Pasadena. I had never been there before the but besides having good food the place had plenty of outdoor seating so Moses was able to come to dinner. I really like being able to bring my "son" with me.
In talking with Caroline, it would seem she has quite a few people in her life getting married. The two that I knew were Sarah and Cindy. Sarah, whom I know through Caroline and Cindy's game nights got engaged over the holiday and is getting married next month (her brother is going overseas) and then our friend and fellow Vegas lady, Cindy was engaged over President's Day Weekend. I refrained from asking her when she was getting married, as it's my new resolution to try and not ask people about their relationship status, frankly because I am tired of people asking me when I will have kids.
Anyhow, Caroline and her boyfriend, Minh are doing well. They seem to snowboard for months on end, having just come back from Whistler. She is also starting to take some classes on Saturday's. After dinner Caroline surprised hubby and I by giving us an anniversary present. After undoing an enormous amount of tape we unwrapped the box to find a framed picture. She had gotten us a framed picture of some Japanese Art I had saw at an exhibit I had attended with her last fall at the Norton Simon Museum (her work). I really loved the exhibit and the Japanese art. The picture featured old Japan with a huge tropical turtle. You know how I love turtles so now I need to find a spot to hang it as I am running out of walls! I couldn't believe she got me the picture as I really loved that exhibit! See, good friends, are so awesome!
Toby of course, is busy traveling the world for his photography passion and yes, he is still eating his way through the world too. The cool thing about Toby is that you never know where he might go next? He always has a good adventure tale. I am glad we were able to see him while he was in town for a gig. It was really fun to get together with the both of them as we had some really great laughs like the old days.
Last night, I went to dinner with two girlfriends I know from work: Liza and Catherine. We had some heavy talk early on. My pal, Catherine is having to deal with 4 very difficult situations in life. I really don't know how she is managing. But I think it was cathartic for us all to get all of our problems out on the table. After doing what girls do best, complain, we gossiped and toasted Lisa's promotion to Senior Vice President. One day when I grow up, I want to be like Liza. She dresses to the nine's has good hair and doesn't take shit from anyone. She told me I need to be more of a bitch and start yelling at people. Inner bitch where are you? Anyhow, I am going to work on my inner bitch and also take some of her other good advice.
Suffice to say, after two nights of dining out and lots of catered lunches this week, I am completely stuffed beyond belief. I am sure I gained about 5 pounds instead of keeping the 5 pounds I lost off.
This week I went to two dinners after work. The first was to catch up with my old roomie, Caroline and our old friend, Toby. We met at Mike and Anne's in South Pasadena. I had never been there before the but besides having good food the place had plenty of outdoor seating so Moses was able to come to dinner. I really like being able to bring my "son" with me.
In talking with Caroline, it would seem she has quite a few people in her life getting married. The two that I knew were Sarah and Cindy. Sarah, whom I know through Caroline and Cindy's game nights got engaged over the holiday and is getting married next month (her brother is going overseas) and then our friend and fellow Vegas lady, Cindy was engaged over President's Day Weekend. I refrained from asking her when she was getting married, as it's my new resolution to try and not ask people about their relationship status, frankly because I am tired of people asking me when I will have kids.
Anyhow, Caroline and her boyfriend, Minh are doing well. They seem to snowboard for months on end, having just come back from Whistler. She is also starting to take some classes on Saturday's. After dinner Caroline surprised hubby and I by giving us an anniversary present. After undoing an enormous amount of tape we unwrapped the box to find a framed picture. She had gotten us a framed picture of some Japanese Art I had saw at an exhibit I had attended with her last fall at the Norton Simon Museum (her work). I really loved the exhibit and the Japanese art. The picture featured old Japan with a huge tropical turtle. You know how I love turtles so now I need to find a spot to hang it as I am running out of walls! I couldn't believe she got me the picture as I really loved that exhibit! See, good friends, are so awesome!
Toby of course, is busy traveling the world for his photography passion and yes, he is still eating his way through the world too. The cool thing about Toby is that you never know where he might go next? He always has a good adventure tale. I am glad we were able to see him while he was in town for a gig. It was really fun to get together with the both of them as we had some really great laughs like the old days.
Last night, I went to dinner with two girlfriends I know from work: Liza and Catherine. We had some heavy talk early on. My pal, Catherine is having to deal with 4 very difficult situations in life. I really don't know how she is managing. But I think it was cathartic for us all to get all of our problems out on the table. After doing what girls do best, complain, we gossiped and toasted Lisa's promotion to Senior Vice President. One day when I grow up, I want to be like Liza. She dresses to the nine's has good hair and doesn't take shit from anyone. She told me I need to be more of a bitch and start yelling at people. Inner bitch where are you? Anyhow, I am going to work on my inner bitch and also take some of her other good advice.
Suffice to say, after two nights of dining out and lots of catered lunches this week, I am completely stuffed beyond belief. I am sure I gained about 5 pounds instead of keeping the 5 pounds I lost off.
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