success
The initial outlook for all my weekend plans seemed grim but everything worked out. We had a family dinner The Dead Fish on Friday night. It didn't seem like we'd get to dinner because of all the traffic on Hwy 80 but the dinner sure did make up for it. I cannot recommed this restaurant enough....even better prime rib than House of Prime Rib and THE BEST crab ever. We even made it just in time to meet everyone at HiFi in San Francisco afterwards... early enough to get in without cover. We found great parking and had some stories to walk away for the evening. I was so happy that exbf came out and danced! The best part was that we were with Angelica (Don's lil' sister), who unfortunately had to return to Iraq today. On Satruday, I made latiya for my company picnic, only to have 94% of it untouched. This was because I arrived towards the end of it and there was just too much food. We attempted to go to Dolce on Saturday night. But after a much-too-lengthy wait in line, especially for Ryan and Bong, we headed to EZ5 - our new safe spot courtesy of Ryan. Everyone went home happy and that's always a good thing. This morning, I made it to a 3-hr sale at loehmann's and bought a top for $6.97! That's not all I bought and yes I've broken my vow to wait for H&M. I heard that the space won't be ready until January. However, a temporary space will be opened for the Holidays, with a limited selection of items. This, I imagine, will add even more chaos to its opening I'm sure. My proudest moment was getting to watch the Blue Angels not just on time....but without getting caught in traffic, and with a great parking spot and viewing locale. Talk about luck! We were in the city at exactly 3pm and was back to Union City by 515. Even better, we had a bbq feast waiting for us at the Carpos. Success all the way around! See all the pics on the my flickr sidebar.