On Saturday, Karen and I celebrated my daughter's first birthday. Happy birthday Bridget! Unfortunately, I suck at celebrating my daughter's birthday.
Originally, the party was scheduled for Sunday but with the upcoming snow storm this weekend, we opted to move the date a day earlier. As it turns out, having the party today probably would have been okay. Weather forecasters (shake fist). Just kidding. And interestingly enough, we lost power for over an hour on Saturday during the party. So Sunday may have actually been the better day. Oh well.
Anyway, I think my daughter enjoyed the party. She practically inhaled her birthday cake. Surprisingly, Bridget ate her cake much neater than her sister (Briana) did when Briana turned one. And for anyone curious, there was a heart theme for the party. The cake was decorated with hearts. Karen and Briana made a "Happy Birthday" streamer of hearts. My favorite sister-in-law (Janine) cut bread into heart shapes for sandwiches. We made heart shaped ice cubes. It was nice.
Most importantly, Bridget had fun. And what's not to like about constant attention from both sets of grandparents, an aunt (Janine), cousins (PJ and Kaleigh), godparents (Karlene and Tommy), a great grandmother, and Karen's aunt and uncle (Denise and Paul)? And of course, I got to rib Karlene, the self proclaimed "fuddy-duddy". So that was always fun.
Incidentally, Saturday also happened to be Janine's actual birthday. Happy birthday Janine! Thus, following Bridget's birthday party, we immediately headed to the Villa Rosa in Quincy to celebrate Janine's birthday. For anyone curious, I think the Villa Rosa has the best eggplant pizza. I'm not sure what they do to their eggplant pizza, but it's always so good.
All in all, Saturday turned out to be a birthday celebration day. Hopefully everyone enjoyed it.
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Saturday, October 17, 2009
I Suck At Hanging Out With Hot Amy
On Friday, Karen and I met up with my friend (Jen) for dinner. As Karen was craving the eggplant parmesan, we ended up eating at the Villa Rosa in Quincy. Karen, obviously had the eggplant parmesan, while I had the eggplant pizza.
I must say, the Villa Rosa does have delicious eggplant. (Cue Rachael Ray's "Yum-O" sound.) Anyway, it was fun having dinner with Jen. I don't think I have had dinner with just Jen in quite some time. In fact, this weekend was going to be a Jen weekend as we had plans to see Jen every day of the weekend. (There's more to come on that.)
After dinner, the three of us headed over to the mean streets of Hough's Neck in Quincy to hang out with my other friend (Hot Amy). Now, I suck at hanging out with Hot Amy. Truth be told, I don't remember the last time I just hung out with Hot Amy. (I just looked back at my old blog posts and apparently the last time I hung out with Hot Amy was September 13th for the Endless Summer Waterfront Festival which is over a month ago.)
Hot Amy has been busy with things... like her budding Quincy public access television career. And apparently, this weekend she was going to Denver for a conference. (As a side note, I have always wanted to go to Denver, just to see how the mile high altitude would affect me.) Needless to say, Karen wanted to hang out with Hot Amy before she left for Denver.
Anyway, it was an interesting time. I got to see my favorite dogs: Ben and Jerry, both of whom look like they lost a little weight. I also had the pleasure of watching Hot Amy make hot chocolate. It is an interesting sight. After microwaving cups of hot water, Hot Amy pours in the chocolate powder mix from the pouch... and then practically wrings the pouch. It was bizarre, but I should not be surprised because it seems like something Hot Amy would do.
Among the other Hot Amy oddities for the night was the fact that she did not notice the huge sign on her house that was supporting one of Quincy's candidates for mayor. The sign was big... and located right by the front door. Yes, she is very observant. And for anyone curious, I still think my friend, Cass, would be a great mayor of Quincy. So this November... vote Cass for mayor!
Oh, and another thing that was slightly peculiar about Hot Amy was that she was bundled up like crazy. Did I mention it was rather warm in the house? I didn't think anyone else could be colder than Karen. I was apparently mistaken. And yet, Hot Amy still wonders why I had once referred to her as an oddball friend.
Needless to say, it was good catching up with Hot Amy again.
I must say, the Villa Rosa does have delicious eggplant. (Cue Rachael Ray's "Yum-O" sound.) Anyway, it was fun having dinner with Jen. I don't think I have had dinner with just Jen in quite some time. In fact, this weekend was going to be a Jen weekend as we had plans to see Jen every day of the weekend. (There's more to come on that.)
After dinner, the three of us headed over to the mean streets of Hough's Neck in Quincy to hang out with my other friend (Hot Amy). Now, I suck at hanging out with Hot Amy. Truth be told, I don't remember the last time I just hung out with Hot Amy. (I just looked back at my old blog posts and apparently the last time I hung out with Hot Amy was September 13th for the Endless Summer Waterfront Festival which is over a month ago.)
Hot Amy has been busy with things... like her budding Quincy public access television career. And apparently, this weekend she was going to Denver for a conference. (As a side note, I have always wanted to go to Denver, just to see how the mile high altitude would affect me.) Needless to say, Karen wanted to hang out with Hot Amy before she left for Denver.
Anyway, it was an interesting time. I got to see my favorite dogs: Ben and Jerry, both of whom look like they lost a little weight. I also had the pleasure of watching Hot Amy make hot chocolate. It is an interesting sight. After microwaving cups of hot water, Hot Amy pours in the chocolate powder mix from the pouch... and then practically wrings the pouch. It was bizarre, but I should not be surprised because it seems like something Hot Amy would do.
Among the other Hot Amy oddities for the night was the fact that she did not notice the huge sign on her house that was supporting one of Quincy's candidates for mayor. The sign was big... and located right by the front door. Yes, she is very observant. And for anyone curious, I still think my friend, Cass, would be a great mayor of Quincy. So this November... vote Cass for mayor!
Oh, and another thing that was slightly peculiar about Hot Amy was that she was bundled up like crazy. Did I mention it was rather warm in the house? I didn't think anyone else could be colder than Karen. I was apparently mistaken. And yet, Hot Amy still wonders why I had once referred to her as an oddball friend.
Needless to say, it was good catching up with Hot Amy again.
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
I Suck At The Villa Rosa
tonight, i celebrated registered dietitian day. sure, the celebration was a little early. according to the american dietitic association, registered dietitian day is actually tomorrow (march 11). in fact, this quasi-real holiday will be the second annual registered dietitian day this year.
anyway, in celebration of registered dietitian day, karen and i met up with a few friends (dolores, hot amy, and tom) at the villa rosa in quincy. now, i suck at the villa rosa. i don't think i have been there since karen and i took karen's nana there for dinner last year... before her incident.
regardless, karen thoroughly enjoys the eggplant pizza from the villa rosa. she was very excited to meet up with dolores and hot amy, both of whom are also dietitians, at the villa rosa. tom... or loser tom... as i sometimes have been known to refer to him as... and i were just tagging along as eye candy. for anyone curious, tom is not a loser. when a bunch of us first met him, tom was concerned that we would think he was a loser. the name "loser tom" sort of just stuck after that.
needless to say, karen and i had the eggplant pizza. (by the way, the eggplant pizza is very good. "yum-o"!) anyway, it was a fun night. adding to the enjoyable atmosphere was the 80s music that was playing at the villa rosa. my friend (andrea) would be happy to know that the theme to st. elmo's fire was played.
(the video below is the theme from st. elmo's fire.)
there were a bunch of other classic songs from the 80s that were played too. "man in motion" just stuck out because i knew it was one of andrea's all time favorites... if not the favorite.
anyway, as usual i had a good time. dolores always cracks me up... probably because we have similar interests like being fans of the greatest television show ever: buffy the vampire slayer. plus, i can constantly pick on her... all in good fun of course.
throughout the night, we talked about things like home improvement projects; the latest show on television that karen and i are addicted to... called "renovation realities" on the diy network; the wahlbergs; the new kids on the block; sebastian bach... who dolores totally adores; and a bunch of other topics like how men do not listen to women. i would probably list more topics of our discussion... had i in fact been listening throughout the night. just kidding.
eventually, the discussion turned toward the newly smitten hot amy. primarily, curious minds were wondering how old the person was that she had been dating under the guise of "being friends". with all the other questions surrounding this mysterious fellow, it almost seemed like an inquisition for hot amy.
interestingly enough, the whole thing reminded about a picture i remember seeing of hot amy sitting in a chair. the picture was taken when karen, hot amy, and my friend (jen) went to visit my other friend (pam) in bon jovi's home state of new jersey. at the time of that visit, they were likewise interrogating hot amy about her then newfound crush... and apparently decided to take a picture of the interrogation.
it's funny how that works. you would never see, at least to my knowledge, a bunch of guys clamoring together asking another guy about the details of his new found date. and if you did, i would probably say that was odd. and even if there were details, i am guessing that most of the details would be of the sordid kind. nonetheless, the whole interrogation thing was very interesting to watch and be a part of.
needless to say, i think everyone is pretty excited to meet this mystery man.
anyway, in celebration of registered dietitian day, karen and i met up with a few friends (dolores, hot amy, and tom) at the villa rosa in quincy. now, i suck at the villa rosa. i don't think i have been there since karen and i took karen's nana there for dinner last year... before her incident.
regardless, karen thoroughly enjoys the eggplant pizza from the villa rosa. she was very excited to meet up with dolores and hot amy, both of whom are also dietitians, at the villa rosa. tom... or loser tom... as i sometimes have been known to refer to him as... and i were just tagging along as eye candy. for anyone curious, tom is not a loser. when a bunch of us first met him, tom was concerned that we would think he was a loser. the name "loser tom" sort of just stuck after that.
needless to say, karen and i had the eggplant pizza. (by the way, the eggplant pizza is very good. "yum-o"!) anyway, it was a fun night. adding to the enjoyable atmosphere was the 80s music that was playing at the villa rosa. my friend (andrea) would be happy to know that the theme to st. elmo's fire was played.
(the video below is the theme from st. elmo's fire.)
there were a bunch of other classic songs from the 80s that were played too. "man in motion" just stuck out because i knew it was one of andrea's all time favorites... if not the favorite.
anyway, as usual i had a good time. dolores always cracks me up... probably because we have similar interests like being fans of the greatest television show ever: buffy the vampire slayer. plus, i can constantly pick on her... all in good fun of course.
throughout the night, we talked about things like home improvement projects; the latest show on television that karen and i are addicted to... called "renovation realities" on the diy network; the wahlbergs; the new kids on the block; sebastian bach... who dolores totally adores; and a bunch of other topics like how men do not listen to women. i would probably list more topics of our discussion... had i in fact been listening throughout the night. just kidding.
eventually, the discussion turned toward the newly smitten hot amy. primarily, curious minds were wondering how old the person was that she had been dating under the guise of "being friends". with all the other questions surrounding this mysterious fellow, it almost seemed like an inquisition for hot amy.
interestingly enough, the whole thing reminded about a picture i remember seeing of hot amy sitting in a chair. the picture was taken when karen, hot amy, and my friend (jen) went to visit my other friend (pam) in bon jovi's home state of new jersey. at the time of that visit, they were likewise interrogating hot amy about her then newfound crush... and apparently decided to take a picture of the interrogation.
it's funny how that works. you would never see, at least to my knowledge, a bunch of guys clamoring together asking another guy about the details of his new found date. and if you did, i would probably say that was odd. and even if there were details, i am guessing that most of the details would be of the sordid kind. nonetheless, the whole interrogation thing was very interesting to watch and be a part of.
needless to say, i think everyone is pretty excited to meet this mystery man.
Friday, May 23, 2008
I Suck At The Villa Rosa Restaurant
tonight, karen and i took nana out for dinner.
last christmas, karen and i gave nana a homemade voucher saying that we would take her out for dinner... any time... to any where. well, nana never decided on a time or a place after christmas, so karen decided for her. (it was actually quite cute because nana still had the homemade voucher that was created. she thought it was an actual coupon that we'd need.)
thus, tonight we brought nana to the villa rosa which is located in quincy. (she was really craving italian food and the villa rosa was one of the few italian places we could think of in quincy.) now, i suck at the villa rosa restaurant. whenever i go to the villa rosa, i generally end up getting the same thing... eggplant pizza. yum... eggplant... if only hot amy would wager again.
well, tonight was no different. karen and i ended up getting an eggplant pizza. nana had chicken parmigiana (which was also very good).
(pictured below is nana at the villa rosa with her chicken parmigiana.)
needless to say, the food was good. i hope nana equally enjoyed the dinner (and the possible lunch with the leftovers she didn't finish). afterwards, we went back to nana's house for some ice cream. there's always room for ice cream. we also ended up fixing her answering machine (by turning the answering machine on).
anyway, nana is too cute. unfortunately, i have never known my grandparents. to my knowledge, all of my grandparents have long since passed away. i did meet my step-grandmother (my father's step-mother) once when i was very young and my mom took me to hong kong. my step-grandmother did not speak english, so it was hard to communicate with her. that was well over 20 years ago and she was the only remaining grandparent then. i never saw or heard from her since then.
thus, nana is the closest person to a grandparent that i have... and i couldn't have asked for a better one. i'm lucky to have her.
last christmas, karen and i gave nana a homemade voucher saying that we would take her out for dinner... any time... to any where. well, nana never decided on a time or a place after christmas, so karen decided for her. (it was actually quite cute because nana still had the homemade voucher that was created. she thought it was an actual coupon that we'd need.)
thus, tonight we brought nana to the villa rosa which is located in quincy. (she was really craving italian food and the villa rosa was one of the few italian places we could think of in quincy.) now, i suck at the villa rosa restaurant. whenever i go to the villa rosa, i generally end up getting the same thing... eggplant pizza. yum... eggplant... if only hot amy would wager again.
well, tonight was no different. karen and i ended up getting an eggplant pizza. nana had chicken parmigiana (which was also very good).
(pictured below is nana at the villa rosa with her chicken parmigiana.)
needless to say, the food was good. i hope nana equally enjoyed the dinner (and the possible lunch with the leftovers she didn't finish). afterwards, we went back to nana's house for some ice cream. there's always room for ice cream. we also ended up fixing her answering machine (by turning the answering machine on).
anyway, nana is too cute. unfortunately, i have never known my grandparents. to my knowledge, all of my grandparents have long since passed away. i did meet my step-grandmother (my father's step-mother) once when i was very young and my mom took me to hong kong. my step-grandmother did not speak english, so it was hard to communicate with her. that was well over 20 years ago and she was the only remaining grandparent then. i never saw or heard from her since then.
thus, nana is the closest person to a grandparent that i have... and i couldn't have asked for a better one. i'm lucky to have her.
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