Feeding Kumquat
On Thursday morning (11/3), I had my 3rd prenatal check-up. It was pretty routine. We heard Kumquat’s heartbeat with the Doppler and it was a strong 150 bpm. The interesting part of the visit was when I told her that I had gained 3 pounds so far. Doctor informed me that I should have gained more than that by now (at 16 weeks) so she advised me to eat more calorie-dense foods (peanut butter, ice cream, etc.) and not to worry as much about eating all my veggies and stuff. In other words, she looked at Jes and implied that he needed to help fatten me up. Haha. It’s like a girl’s dream but I felt kinda sick thinking about it. How ironic.
Luckily, that same evening, I had McWino Night planned with the girls. It’s our spin on Happy Hour that started one night when Teresa and I ended up on the roof of my building with wine and junk food. It later evolved to a night on the roof with McDonald’s and bottles of wine. For this go-around, we had to move it indoors since it had rained earlier in the day.
We also added nachos to the menu this time in order to celebrate the end our hospital audit.
While I was telling the girls about how I had to fatten up, I found a baby McNugget. Isn’t it cute? I thought so…and it was delicious. At the end of the night, we used FaceTime to hangout with Ranee too. Good times…
On Friday night (9/2), Dayantha and Krissy flew up for the weekend and we all met up for drinks, then dinner, and then more drinks. We were out pretty late but it was fun having everyone together again.
The Suminos were also in town for the weekend so we met up with them at the Farmer’s Market on Saturday morning (9/3). It was so fun to see them all again and the boys are getting so big. We took them to Roli Roti and had the Porchetta Sammich.
It was so fun to see Brandon hold it with just one hand and stuff his face. That’s my boy!
Cole was insatiable and even got his own cone of meat from the salumeria inside the Ferry Building. No wonder he’s getting so tall.
Later that afternoon, we drove to Alameda. I dropped Jes off at Jimmy and Eleen’s where Dayantha and Krissy were staying. I then went down the street to KM’s house to see Mai (in town from LA) and Ranee (in town from NYC). We were supposed to go to Zachary’s for pizza but ended up having an impromptu potluck with Stephanie’s buffalo chicken dip and Mai had bought two containers of ja jang myun. Tasty.
Afterward, I went back to the Agustin House where I got to make my very own elephant necklace thanks to Eleen’s help and supplies.
Krissy made a pair of fancy earrings too. I’m so inspired! Might have to start making my own stuff again.
My job can be hard sometimes but I’m lucky enough to have such an awesome group of girls to keep me sane and grounded. With Jes in Salt Lake City this week for a conference, I had these ladies to keep me busy.
On Monday, we went to the Giants game and lucked out on a pleasant evening and a beautiful view of the bay.
They all came over after work for some of the usual hi-jinks and then we headed across the street to enjoy some garlic fries and dogs.
This evening, we went on our Wednesday run and finished 6 miles! Afterward, we had an early celebration of Stephanie’s birthday with Indian food and Ici Ice Cream.
I had a scrumptious meyer lemon ice cream sammich with ginger snaps. Mmm…
On Sunday, we met up for a special brunch at Mission Beach Cafe. We happen to know the Executive Pastry Chef who happens to live just upstairs from the restaurant. While the restaurant was filled and there were lots of people waiting outside for a table, Ryan escorted us upstairs to the apartment and we got to hang out in Alan’s kitchen where lots of the desserts are created. We ordered pretty much everything on the menu and they delivered the tasty dishes upstairs for us to enjoy family style.
This place is famous for their brunch and desserts and boy did we stuff ourselves silly with pancakes and bourbon syrup, short rib hash and eggs, and crab eggs benedict to name just a few. It was quite a treat and we had a fun time hanging out.
I had Thursday off but had a photography gig from 6-10 for a Project by Project fundraising event. So I got a little taste of what it’s like to work a night shift. I used to do this all the time at Disneyland but it’s been a while.
I spent most of the day running errands but took some time to have a tasty Chinese breakfast with my pal Matt from work. We were talking about Chinatown the day before and decided to meet up for porridge and fried dough since he had the day off too.
In the afternoon, I tidied up the house and then headed out to 111 Minna for the PbP event. The event had a slow start but picked up by 8.
They sold discounted tickets to their annual Plate by Plate event and took some donations for their sponsored organization.
Unfortunately, I didn’t think it was necessary to eat before the event so I was pretty hungry by the end of the night. I didn’t actually eat “dinner” until afterward at the bar across the street. What an amateur move. Luckily, I didn’t have too many of their $5 punch drinks because that microwaved corn dog was not very good and not very satisfying.
On Tuesday at lunch I got an email from Dot that said that she had some free Giants tickets for that night. I called Jes to see if was interested and he said, “Sure.” So, I emailed her back and found out that she actually had 4. So, at 3:30, I asked Steph if she wanted to join us since her husband works right by the ballpark too and they were in.
We continued our pre-game snacks upstairs while we waited for Steph’s husband to arrive. We eventually went to the game with a good happy buzz and enjoyed the last 5 innings. Not bad for a Tuesday night. Being spontaneous totally rules.
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