Family Fun
This past weekend, we drove down to Cerritos for the weekend. We arrived around 12:30 am on Saturday and went straight to Dayantha’s house to wish him a “Happy Birthday”. Krissy and his mom threw him a surprise party and I guess we were part of the surprise. 🙂
The next morning, I woke up relatively early and Brother took us all to Downtown Disney for beignets. 
It was a fun way to start the birthday celebration for Daddy.
After our tasty breakfast, we did some window shopping.
This is the family photo we took at the Sanuk store.
We also walked around and went to check out the area between Disneyland and California Adventure. They changed the front of CA and boy are ticket prices STEEP.
For lunch, Jes and I met up with his parents. I had a yummy Greek salad and we got do some catching up. After lunch, I took a good nap until it was time for dinner. This was becoming a very glutinous and lazy day. Aaaah…
We went to Newport Seafood for a delicious lobster dinner. It was like a competition to see who could make the biggest mess on the table.
When you have all the Chimmys together for a hands-on meal, that’s what always happens.
Koa came along for a weekend in the sun. He got to enjoy lots of time in the backyard and the front yard. Also, because it was so warm, he got a deadly bath out on the driveway. Heh heh. Here’s a video of him playing with a leaf:
Here are the rest of the photos from the weekend.
On Sunday (6/12), the day after the wedding, we wandered downtown and found Canada Place and the cruise ship that Jes’ parents were going to board that afternoon. The sun was out with some residual clouds hanging over, which made my photos much more interesting.
Later in the afternoon, Amy and Jay picked us up from the hotel and took us to Gastown before Jason’s flight back to California. It’s a cute little street with some boutiques and streetside bars.
Dinner was at Guu with Garlic and they managed to cram all 15 of us in a tiny sit-on-the-floor room that was super stuffy and hot. Somehow we managed to have a good meal and a lot of fun hanging out.
On Monday (6/13), I got up early and went for a run. It was fun to explore the area on foot and in the rain. Yep, it was raining. I ran past Rogers Arena where the Canucks were playing a couple days ago.
I ran along Quebec St. and got a nice view of BC Place where the Winter Olympics were held last year. I found False Creek and the Olympic Village, which is now a very nice but empty cluster of brand-new condos. To get back, I ran across Cambie St. Bridge for a total of 3 miles completed.
Later that morning, we took the bus to Stanley Park. It was a short walk to the aquarium and we made use of the umbrellas that we packed.
The aquarium itself was worth the trip. It also helped that Eric hooked us up with free tickets. This aquarium had lots to see including marine mammals such as dolphins and beluga whales.
There were maple trees everywhere and I got some pretty cool shots of the leaves in the rain.
Afterward, Amy and Elaine picked us up and took us around Stanley Park. There were famous statues in the park and they were all dressed in Canucks gear for the weekend. Canadians are funny.
We saw the totem poles and the Lions Gate Bridge from Prospect Point. That’s the bridge that we would take to Whistler. Ah Whistler…we will meet one day.
Before dinner, we stopped at Queen Elizabeth Park. It’s at the top of a hill and there’s a beautiful garden to explore.
The last stop after dinner was the beach park near the University of British Columbia. The view was really pretty and the sun was just setting at 8:30 pm! Vancouver has some really long summer days.
This past weekend was bachelorette party weekend for Krissy in LA while the boys were in Vegas for Dayantha’s bachelor party. On Friday after work, Susie, Jen, and I drove down to LA together. It was a long but uneventful drive and I was in bed by 3 am.
The next morning I woke up early go visit Pish for a check on a chipped tooth that I had and also got a cleaning. Afterward, I met up with Brother and Joy who then called the Wangs to join us for brunch at King’s Hawaiian in Torrance. Yum yum!
Later in the afternoon, I got ready and picked up the girls from Susie’s house. My parents agreed to drive us to West Hollywood to meet up with the rest of the girls who had already started some of the festivities. There was pizza and games at the apartment and then we all loaded up into a limo for a night on the town.
The first stop was Hollywood Men, which was a cheesy male show for the bride-to-be. The limo then took us to Blvd3 where we danced and enjoyed the VIP table that was reserved.
Brother, Joy, and Roland also crashed the party since it was so close to Roland’s apartment. Good times…
The next morning, we drove back to SF and I was exhausted. Thankfully I had taken Monday off. Unfortunately, I found a bruise on my right knee, three bruises on my left knee and one of my left arm. To came home with a broken toe and Ti’s legs were all black and blue too. Boy, we had a goooood time.
Hello! We just spent 5 days in Vancouver and got back on Tuesday afternoon. I’ve been in catch-up mode these past two days and finally gotten to posting something about our trip. We arrived on Friday (6/10) around lunchtime and were picked up by Amy’s brother, Eric, and Jes’ parents. That photo above is what we saw as we walked from the plane to customs.
We stopped for a Shanghainese lunch in Richmond and got some tasty dumplings before taking a long drive (in traffic) into Vancouver.
Thousands of people were flocking into the city center to watch the Canucks play the Bruins in Game 5. We happened to be staying in the Westin Grand, which happened to be the center of all the activity. After checking in, Jes took a nap while I explored the closed streets and the crowds. It’s amazing how hockey-crazy this town is. Everyone was wearing a jersey…even our bellboy and concierge! They set up jumbotrons in the middle of 3 streets and fans sat in the street watching the game for free. I braved the crowds and found some interesting characters along the way.
We had dinner at Blue Water Cafe + Raw Bar and had a wonderful meal. We had 
Later that night, we met up with some friends that Jes has been playing WoW with for the past few years. They expected him to be 300 pounds since they had never seen even a photo of him and Jes had described himself to be a really obese guy that sat around eating and playing WoW all day. They were pretty shocked to see that he was a rather slim-trim guy.
Saturday was filled with family time. In the morning, I gave the dog a bath in the backyard and he was NOT happy. It was sunnier on the driveway out front so we tied him up there to dry off and I busted out my picnic blanket from the trunk to join him. I took the sunshine for granted when I lived in SoCal but now it’s like a luxury to me. So sad. I laid out while reading my Kindle and later my mom joined me with a lawnchair. Yes, it’s pretty ghetto to be hanging out on the driveway (not even the lawn) but it was awesome and I got my Vitamin D for the weekend.
Later, we all went to the Cerritos Mall and watched Kung Fu Panda 2. It was fun sneaking in my Frozen Yogurt and hanging out with my family. The movie was pretty entertaining too!
For dinner, we drove down to OC to meet up with Marie and the boys. Cole is so big now and was super grumpy from being out in the sun all day. Brandon was his usual crazy self. The sushi was awesome and it was so nice to catch up with Marie.
When I hang out with her and the boys, it makes me miss living in Irvine.
Afterward, we dropped off my mom at home and then headed over to Ti and Thilan’s condo down the street. We were supposed to go singing in Garden Grove but this was just as good.
They were having an after-party for Titus’ 1st Bday and I got to meet Dominic, Krishani’s newborn. Melanie’s little girl Makenzie was also there and took a liking to Jes.
Surprisingly, she was pretty much attached to him the whole night and used him as a chair while we were singing. We were all confused and he actually didn’t mind the company.
On Friday morning, we left the house around 9:30 am and had a pretty smooth drive with the exception of a 6-mile stretch near Buttonwillow where they closed the road to one lane. We even stopped at In-N-Out for lunch and the dog some time with his head out the window.
At 6:30, we pulled up to the restaurant and valeted the car AND the dog! Heh heh. The valet guys were super cool about it and even rolled down the windows for him in the garage. The prime rib was yummy as usual and we also kicked in the standard peanut joke for my brother.
After dinner, we gave the dog to my parents who drove home and Brother took us to MILK for some ice cream sandwiches made with large French macarons. Yum.
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