I got to have a really nice lunch with Russel at Thai Spice. He also showed me around his office, which looks really nice. He has been there for 6 years now and is doing great. He is the technical sales guy, which means when the salesmen actually need someone who knows something he is the one who comes in to give estimates and design. We talked for at least 3 hours and it was really nice to catch up.
I didn’t have a great flight to Atlanta, but I did manage to get a good bit of sleep while on the plane. There was a really big shouldered guy sitting next to me whom I could tell was really uncomfortable, and his shoulders were pushing me into the aisle. Whenever the carts came by I got a nice knock on the shoulder from that. Once I got to Atlanta I got my rental car and drove to the first Chick-Fil-A I could find and had a chicken biscuit. I then spent the next 3 hours taking a nap in the parking lot with the windows open.
After I cleaned out my desk from the Mountain View office, Steph and I biked to Shezan for a great birthday dinner. We got Samosas, garlic naan, paneer tikka masala, biryani, and another dish that I don’t remember the name. Afterwards she took me to the airport and I set out for Atlanta.
Last night after work I went to join Steph, Jeremy W, and Amarnath. I showed up a bit late and Steph got me the classic hummus, which was delicious.
Steph and I went to Zeni after sailing to meet Jeremy there. We saw Abe and Karen when we got there and Karen is very pregnant. We didn’t get the combos like we had normally. Instead we got Yemizer Wat, Fava Beans, and Gomen Kitfo. Jeremy also got a seasoned beef. Steph got the honey wine.
Yesterday Bo and Umi were going to get a mariage liscense. They were expecting to get married, but since they need another appointment to get married with a ceremony they will have to go back.
Before going to City Hall, we enjoyed some great seafood at Swan Oyster Depot (Yelp)
We had Oysters, Salmon, and they also got some Urchin. I’ve had urchin before and don’t really care for it. It was amazing that the urchin was still moving while Bo and Umi were eating it.
It was really nice of them to invite me out for their wedding, even if it didn’t actually happen.
I really enjoyed this episode, and it made a lot of movements forward in the plots. We went over to Simon, Josh, and Trey’s. Simon’s friends were there and cooked some amazing garlic bread, giant cookie, baked brie, and pasta. I had a tasty cup of Bailey’s for watching the episode
We went to Jeremy B’s place for the afternoon. Stephanie and Jeremy spent the time painting mini’s and I spent the time updating the blog, looking up a little more Thailand info, and taking a glorious nap. Jeremy’s cats were so fluffy, especially Ash. His couch is really comphy as well, and it reminds me a lot of our couch. We had some of the cherries that we got at the farmer’s market and they were phenomenal.
After the martial arts tournament we went to a place called the Elephant Bar Restaurant. It was a really great atmosphere. The fans were big waving fans that went back and forth, and there was a wooden elephant head watching us dine. The food was decent, but I’d be willing to go back just for the atmosphere. We all got drinks since they had just finished a really tiring tournament, I got a Blue Moon which was really tasty. Dan was really happy to get his long awaited beer, since he’d been talking about it since the 3rd to last match he had. All of them were so tired. I really enjoyed meeting them all (Chris, Dan, Jason, Heidle, Diana, Michael).
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