Country Western Bee-day

For my birthday this year, we had a FEAST at the house! Unfortunately, the chosen day was a dreary and overcast setting for a BBQ. Fortunately, it didn't rain the entire time. :) 

I got to wear my awesome Stetson all day, with my denim overalls!! I actually wasn't planning to dress up, until Gavin and Lisa arrived in their country attire. And then Mike showed up dressed like a cowboy... so then I went upstairs to change, and it was immediately more fun.

My faves of the day:

• Dinuguan
• Chili and cornbread
• Crawfish
• Poke 
• Ginger molasses cookies  
• Pistachio and taro froyo
• Chicken pasta salad 

And there were a LOT of other dishes. We ate so much that we could barely drink! That was probably a good thing.. 

I'm really sad that I didn't get any pictures with my strawberry cheesecake, which JR made from scratch!! Hopefully by next year I can train Matt to take my birthday pics. I'm incredibly thankful to have so many friends in Seattle, and I was delighted to help others find friends here. Nick and Steph just moved up, and I was so excited to introduce them to everyone - especially to Wilson because he's also from the Bay. 

Looking back at my previous birthdays, I sure have simmered down over the past few years. I'm happy to be where I am now, though, and am an even more firm believer that everything happens for a reason. 

My 26th Birthday - Part 1

This year, I had my first birthday in Seattle! And 26 just so happens to be one of my lucky roulette numbers.

It started off just after midnight, when Alex and Andy called me to sing the happy birthday song. I seriously love them, so so sweet. The first person though, to wish me a happy birthday at 12:00AM on the dot was Victor! And then Albert, and then my beautiful serenade from my Al Pals. I went to sleep a happy girl.

And consequently, I woke up a happy girl! Heard Like a G6 on the radio on my way to work. THAT'S MY SONG!!!! The day went by without a hitch, probably because I was in such a good mood. It was also the first day of summer, and BOY WAS THE WEATHER GORGEOUS. After work I felt like getting crawfish - ended up texting people last minute to see who was free.

When I got home from work, I found a box of Trophy cupcakes on the stove. I got really excited, and immediately thought "IS THAT FOR ME??" -- thankfully it was. Otherwise I would have been waaaay disappointed, haha. Matt got me cupcakes <3 a="" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp4t_ozaOi_Y1pBb1B8h7IdlCLaXQCAxCYC6hAa66LEsgvebxUcRiKSHxXi3DhJIE0ShxHB2L_7uODbqzTepfvkn0XggI7CSdJXdkbXDfOqsaNH5NQPlAgNYA4DC-vd0Qa6FPsFGflyLI/s1600/194819_10101382274677273_1721487280_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;">



Had dinner at The Cajun Crawfish and people actually showed up! Paul, Dang, Theresa, David, David, Matt, and Victor were there - I totally thought it was just going to be me Matt and Victor (the obligateds, haha). Even though it wasn't a Red Crawfish kind of experience, it was still good. No garlic noodles unfortunately, but they had deep fried frog legs that were amazing.

After dinner Victor gave me the Game of Thrones book set (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) which I am SO VERY EXCITED to start reading, if you can't tell? Haha. This birthday was really low-key, but I enjoyed it so much. This year was about the little things, and quality not quantity. But as per usual, the partying must go on... this weekend, I just picked up tickets for Paradiso on Saturday..... TO BE CONTINUED!!!!

I Eated the Crawfishes

Spectacular weather today!! I headed to the gym when I woke up, but decided to drive around because it was so sunny =) I went to Serramonte and did some shopping, and then went to Hillsdale for more shopping! I bought my mama some See's candies and she was SO delighted when she got them, I felt fantastic.

I only bought a few things from today but when I was at Hillsdale I hung out with Joe on his lunch break and we got to catch up.

Then I headed back to SF to workout. After my usual cardio fix I picked up Julian and we ate THE CRAWFISH!!!! I've never had crawfish, and it was a lot of work for a spicy reward. We were talking about how much of a waste eating crawfish is, because there's so little meat. IT WAS GOOD THOUGH, and quite the experience! I likes me some crawdaddies ;]