I Had Quite The Exciting Weekend: Dinner, Pool, And Birthday Cake
One quick-hitter:
- For (quite possibly) the first time in the history of my residence here in this condo, a non-UPS delivery person did not leave a package on my front door on Saturday!
Thank goodness the shipper required a signature on delivery on the package. Otherwise, a $100+ webcam would probably have joined the ranks of my 19″ LCD, my welcome mat, and the damaged tuba that was being sent away for repairs by a neighbor of mine on behalf of his/her kid.
I love this place, about as much as I love Buy.com (more on that another time).
- Saturday was my oldest sister’s birthday!
(Happy Birthday, Nancy!)
My sister and I had planned to give Nancy a birthday dinner at Saladang, a somewhat high-scale Thai restaurant in (South?) Pasadena. I’d like to once again thank my mom for ruining the surprise…
The food at Saladang was a heck of a lot better than any Thai restaurant I’ve ever tried. For starters, we had an appetizer plate full of various fare: egg rolls, fried won ton, shrimp on skewers, etc.. We also had this very interesting green apple salad with chicken and a peanut dressing. Good stuff! We also had a hot and spicy seafood soup, which was only pretty good.
The main course consisted of a bunch of typical Thai restaurant dishes: Pad Thai, Pad See Ew, two different curries, and a typical fried rice. Everything was ordered with chicken, even though I wanted the Pad See Ew with beef. Oh well.
(Note to self: Never, EVER, order yellow curry again. Saladang’s yellow curry was ridiculously sweet; I wasn’t sure if I was eating a soup or a dessert.)
All in all, the food was quite excellent, and the bill was quite reasonable.
- After dinner, my cousins came up with the great idea of playing pool. After a bit of deliberation, and a trip back home to drop off the *ahem* baggage, we went to Cue Ball(’s?) on Valley Blvd. I thoroughly dominated; granted, I played my sister three times, and a pairing of my sister and a cousin (clearly, the pro of the group) once.
(I’ll admit it; I got damn lucky on a couple of matches, including a late scratch by my cousin, and a fluke shot that led to a perfect shot on the 8-ball).
I can’t believe that it had been over a year since the last time I played pool, until Saturday.
- After a couple hours of pool, we came home, and the birthday girl found a cake dropped off by her friend last night.
I never knew sugar-free (Splenda) cakes were so damn good! The cake had sugar-free icing topped with shredded coconut, and the cake itself was a yellow cake with pineapple. Honestly, I couldn’t taste the difference between that cake and a regular birthday cake.
I wish I had some of that cake right now.
Next time: my first thoughts regarding the Dance, as well as how Buy.com nearly shot up “The List.”
Happy blogging!