wHeird house, yummy food

Saturday was spent looking at houses... umm... JUST looking. =) But we came across this one. I don't know how the neighborhood allows it and wonder how much it brings down the value of other homes.

Saturday evening we had dinner with Ben, Antonio, and their friend Cindy at George's Greek Deli in Long Beach. They have the best lamb chops!! Atlantis, the belly dancer, also made an appearance. See her having fun with Dave and Antonio here.

Willow Springs Race

Dave and his THR-W team had a race up at Willow Springs on Saturday. They took two cars and one of them placed 3rd in Class. Yaaay! It was also Sam's (he's the guy in the middle) last race with them for a while since he's moving out to Ohio for the next couple of years. Bye, Sammy! To check out more pics, click on their purrrdy car below.

Independence Day - 2007

Summer is my favorite time of year. Well, in So Cal, that means that my favorite time of year is all year round. =P But for me Summer means a bit less traffic, summer birthday parties, and my second favorite holiday the 4th of July. My first favorite is Thanksgiving because of all the yummy food I get to eat with my family. Independence Day is my second favorite because... of all the yummy food I get to eat with my family AND of course the fireworks! It seems like I should like the 4th better than Thanksgiving, but you just can't beat the contented feeling you get after engorging on turkey, prime rib, and all the other tasty Thanksgiving food.
Every year on Independence Day, we have a block party at my Aunt's house in Rosemead. All the food is set out in the middle of street on tables and each family sets up their own eating area in front of their respective houses. The food is awesome because there's such a variety. Everything from fried chicken, to enchiladas, to curry! Once it gets dark, we bust out the fireworks and all the pyros on the block come out. You can see more pictures here.

Relaxing weekend

I love having weekends with nothing to do... Friday night was spent with Mark, Tina and several others rockin' at REd. I had a bit of a hangover on Saturday morning because I broke my "no cheap alchol" rule and actually drank Apple Smirnoff (Grrrrooooss!). It was tough getting up at 7am to let in the cleaning lady and then go to Antonio's to have my hair cut at 9. Needless to say, Antonio took wonderful care of me. Like it? I donated 10 in. of it to Locks of Love. Yay! Saturday nightl, Lisa and I went to see "Live Free or Die Hard." I loooove Bruce Willis and all the Die Hard movies. We had some time before the movie started so we met Tina for Pho, followed by a caramel sundae for Lisa and a vanilla black cherry shake for me. Btw... that's supposed to be Ruby's TINY sundae. Dave and I finished the weekend off with a BBQ at Sir's house. He and Annie made Kahlua pork, creamed corn, salad, mac n cheese, ice cream sandwich cake, tres leches with green tea... and a bunch of other stuff that I know I ate, but can't remember. Yes... it was good weekend.