Friday night found me craving for crepe’s from Todai’s. Oh yes, of all places in the Bay area to crave for crepes, eh? Because we wanted to squeeze in a matinee movie (I think you all can agree with me that going to the movies can really wipe out your wallets), we settled for the Todai’s in Daly City the next day (the Century 20 theaters are right next to it so it was perfect). I so was not looking forward to that Todai branch as we’ve been there before and the food was hardly enticing, let alone fresh-looking. Something about dry food and not having the variety I wanted got me vowing I wouldn’t go back to that Daly City buffet — but the maarte-ness in me kept quiet to keep the peace beautifully alive (craving for crepes at an Asian buffet wasn’t E’s idea of practicality hehe). But holy cows, people. The presentation was way better, food was fresh and everybody’s mama and their ten brothers and sisters were seriously there. Daly City Todai’s had it going on! Naturally, I was happy to be there. But just my luck; when I went up to get my crepe, it took almost 10 minutes for the Salma Hayek-slash-Tatum O’neal lookalike to get her groove on. She kept messing up and/or the crepe cooker/stove/grill/whatever wasn’t hot enough. 3 little girls in front of me gave up and settled for ice cream. Oh heeellll no, not I. After trekking all the way from San Mateo and paying well over $15 for these babies, you can bet I waited. But you know how crepes usually take but practically a few seconds? Well, my crepe took like 5 mins (thus was almost rubbery). And I could totally see Salma Hayek/Tatum O’neal swearing — I think she was so desperate she asked a dishwasher/food preparer to help her out (but he didn’t succeed either and since I totally need to brush up on my Spanish, who knows if they were talking about the fat cow in front of them who’s so desperate to wait for a 5-minute crepe HAHAHA). Patience pays off as I was finally able to return to our table (right in front of the action, I might add — best seat in the house!). I was almost thankful Erynne insisted she have my crepe because I made E go back and get me another one when he ordered his own. Apparently, the crepe maker was finally working correctly and let me tell you, h-e-a-v-e-n. It was cooked just right — I had the blueberry crepes, in case you’re wondering. The whole experience at Todai’s, because of those crepes, was well worth the travel. I am no longer scared of Daly City’s Todai.
From there, we proceeded on to the movies to watch Transformers — with Erynne. I think it was a bit too much to take a 2yo to, what with all the action and all, but knowing how much she loves going to the movies, there was no way I was going to leave her with my mom. She did well though I was distracted a few times, but no worries as the movie is soooo action-packed, you really don’t miss much. Transformers was good! My only negative comment is that the sounds were a bit louder than I’m used to — I can’t imagine what it would have felt like had we been in the really front row seats. Also, I really do not appreciate the Daly City Century 20 theaters. That said, I will never go back there. Bathroom was dirty and it was just too big for them to keep clean on all floors. Plus, the auditorium we were at was a lot smaller. Don’t know if all of them are that small. In any case, it wouldn’t matter as again, E and I both agreed we’d never watch there again. Dirty! And not that I’m anti-Asian, but wow, there were a ton of Asian people. But duh, we were in Daly City
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On a different subject, all weekend I’ve been studying cruise itineraries, different ports to pick up a ship, and cruise ship reviews for our Labor Day getaway. Our choices were a 3-night Mexican cruise (out of San Diego and visits only Cabo San Lucas) or a 3-night Bahamas cruise (out of Miami and visits Coco Cay and Nassau). E has requested for us to go on a Bahamas cruise. I don’t mind even though I’ve already been to the Bahamas twice. What’ll be different this time is that E will be with me and we’ll experience it together. That said, I guess it’ll still be a first for me. Nassau is nothing spectacular, quite dirty if you ask me, but seeing the Atlantis resort again won’t be so bad. The last time I was there, it was the month of April and as gorgeous as the waters were (we snuck onto the beach!), it was somehow colder than we expected (even though weather was perfect). Just as I told myself I’d book and pay our cruise tomorrow, I finally received a notice from my bank saying I get to avail of my free companion ticket that I had posted about a few months ago. So it wasn’t a scam
. This works out perfectly and hopefully, when I call into their travel agency, the dates I want will be available and we’ll have saved ourselves a whooping $388.
And if that’s not good enough news for me, remember that free Las Vegas trip E availed of on the radio? I said something about free $200 playing money once we booked our hotel. Well, I was able to sucker them for $600 slot machine money, a $100 gas card, 2 tickets to a Riviera something show, 4 buffet tickets at Monte Carlo, and a room at the Monte Carlo (there’s normally a $79 upgrade fee to get into a strip hotel but I was able to get out of that too yaaaayyy!). The location of the hotel works out perfect as I’ll be giving the accomodations to my parents and they can do their own thing and gamble their hearts out when we head to Vegas for my sister’s graduation next month. And I’ve already asked my mom to reimburse me for the $600 in cash and she can have my slot machine card — she said fine. And seeing as how E and I aren’t gambling fanatics, we’re $600 richer for our cruise a few days after Vegas. I don’t know what I’ve done to deserve all this but I’m pretty thankful and I’m very happy. Yes, still happy even though I have to attend some silly timeshare meeting for 2 hours. In the grand scheme of things, what is 2 hours in terms of all those freebies?
And last but not least, remember this post? O is 100% cancer-free today. Just beautiful.
God is good. Life is good.
PS. I lost a pound at Saturday’s weigh-in
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