Tuesday, May 18, 2010
May Mezze Madness!
Near instant mezze: Combine hummus on a plate with yogurt laced with chopped cucumbers and a bit of garlic, plus tomato, feta, white beans with olive oil and pita bread.
Sunday, May 16, 2010
Toilet Fail
So I visited Sushi Restaurant That Shall Remain Nameless yesterday, and had to run out of the bathroom giggling. Then I had to head back, nonchalantly, with my camera. That's normal, right? Taking a camera to the bathroom? See, I had to capture the majesty of this toilet. That's an Asahi bottle cap there (none but the finest Asian beer for our toilet!), on a string. You pull the cap, the toilet flushes. Excellent! Sadly I can only speak for the women's restroom — who knows what wonders the men's room may contain?
Monday, May 10, 2010
sushi party!
Sara and I wandered around town Thursday, critiquing other people's million-dollar houses, and headed to Mitsuwa for raw fish. And what else do you do with raw fish but have a delicious fish feast? There was spicy tuna, fatty tuna (I loves me the tuna), eel with eel sauce, yellowtail and salmon. Mm mm mm! And avocado and cucumber and nori and rice, naturally. I'm not into fish paper at all, and so wielded the nigiri press, after an ill-advised shot at shaping the rice with my hands. Do you know how sticky sushi rice is? I ended up with delicious, rice-y fingers. We allowed the boys to play too, but not the cats =^.^=
Wednesday, May 05, 2010
"You probably don't want to swim in that."
Anyway, here's a story. In pictures!
So I'm going to Lake Tahoe in June, and I'd like to go swimming. "Great idea!" you might say, thus proving you've never been to Tahoe in June. The water, if we're lucky, may get up to 60 degrees Fahrenheit! Yay! So I got a wetsuit:
Cute, eh? A little pink for my taste, but it was on sale, and I had a coupon. It arrived today, and imagine my surprise when I tore open the box and found this:
I know, right? At first I was like "Sweet! They must have upgraded me to the acrylic fur version!" But then I got it all the way out of the box and had to admit: Honey, that ain't no wetsuit.So I called, and I talked to Greg, who was just as confused as I. But to his credit, he apologized 16 times AND gave me a gift certificate AND free shipping AND put in the exchange right away so my wetsuit and Mystery Coat will be swapped like WHAM! I may even get the wetsuit before I return the coat.
And that's kind of a shame, really, because, well:
It is my size, after all.
Labels: consumer whore, customer service, vacation
