I joined Steph and her martial arts group at BJ’s. The dinner wasn’t that good, but the dessert was great. We had a big cookie with ice cream on top of it. It was delicious. Steph’s martial arts group are enjoyable to be around, and I might want to go to one of their lessons.
We met Nima and Caryn at Skyline and Alpine roads. There was a really great hiking area up there, but the day was really really nasty. We were protected near the parking lot, so it was only wet. When we crested the ridge at the start of the trail we got the full blast of the wind, which made the hike completely undesirable. We decided to head back to Mountain View and go to Esther’s Bakery. We had a decent lunch there, but not a great one. We probably should have gone to Pho Vi Hoa since it was just across the street, but we wanted to try something new.
Jeremy, Steph, and I went to Shezan for dinner, and it was delicious as always. We got the typical Tikka Masala, and it was the highlight of the meal as always.
We went to dinner with the Lee’s on Saturday and had a really tasty dinner at Da Sichuan Bistro. I had taken Steph there the week before, and she liked it a lot since it had a full vegetarian menu. The food was really good, and I had the steamed dumplings this time. The steamed dumplings were pretty nice, but I still much prefer the dumplings from dumpling kingdom.
We tested out the games again with some friends at Beachhead. There was a lot of positive feedback and a lot of good information we got out of it. Steph and I cooked a good bit of Tom Yom, as well as Curry. Both dishes turned out really well. We had a crowd of about 10 people come and test, which is just about the right number. We broke out the cider and a good bit of it got drunk.
For a valentines dinner Steph and I went to a well rated place that we hadn’t been to before, Da Sichuan Bistro. They had a separate vegetarian menu that was pretty expansive. Their dumplings were very different from the ones we got in SF, but still really good. I enjoyed it and wouldn’t mind going back.
Steph and I cooked some tasty Tom Yom for lunch, and made a ton extra for eating later. This time we used the spice bags I bought, and it worked quite well. We also put in some cauliflower and corn to try out those new veggies.
Steph and I joined Lindsay for yoga at Yoga Belly and signed up for a 1 month trial membership. The class we did was 1.5 hours and was at about 95F. I was sweating so badly since I overheat very easily. It was a lot of hard yoga poses held for a long time as well. I wasn’t able to keep up all the way through, and I realized my balance has gotten pretty bad. I plan to go back and take a few more classes, since I like yoga and since it will be good for me.
After yoga we went to get pho at Pho Vi Hoa for the salt and liquid. It was the perfect meal for post yoga. We met Andrew and Jeremy there.
Steph and I went to brunch at Palo Alto Breakfast House. It was really tasty and large portions. I was able to save enough of my chorizo and egg for a second meal. We met Lindsay and Jeremy there. After brunch Jeremy, Steph, and I went back to Beachhead and played some Mario 3D. We ended up beating the game, but found out there was a whole bonus world and decided to leave that for later. It was really fun, but some levels we were bad enough that the game gave us the golden tanuki leaves at the start of the level.
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