Weekend Recap

Can you believe the weekend is already coming to and end? It's Sunday night and I'm waiting for the pizza delivery man to show up. We usually order pizza and wings from this pizza place across from our community but I wanted to try something different. I found a place called Beach Pizza that had some good reviews....we'll see how good it really is.

It was a busy weekend for us but I feel like we spent some really good quality time together. Saturday we went to Lexus Santa Monica to pick up Mark's new car that had to be redone with a few things. The car looks really good now with the new window tinting and the spoiler. We did notice a couple of bubbles on the front window tint and may take the car back tomorrow to get them to redo it. They're minor things but come on...it's Lexus....they can do a better job than that. After going to the dealership, we took Sasha to have breakfast with us at Bread and Porridge. They have outside seating so we were able to take her with us. I had the CA omelette and was a bit disappointed with it....think I'll stick with the pancakes next time.

We took Sasha to 3rd Street Promenade after breakfast and as usual, she loved it. She gets so much attention at the Promenade. People keep coming up to her to pet her and take photos with her. Sometimes I think she gets annoyed with all these people wanting to pet her. After the Promenade, we took her to Venice beach to Cold Stone's for some ice cream. Mark got her a vanilla ice cream and boy...did she love it. We didn't give her the whole thing but she loved what she had.

Mark took me to dinner Saturday night because it was our 9 month anniversary. We went to Ivy by the Shore and I had their special Linguini with Lobster. It was delicious! I highly recommend getting that dish if you are ever there and they have that special again. Here's a few pictures from Saturday.

Today we went to dim sum with my mom and sister. My mom took us to a new dim sum place where they don't wheel the carts around for you. They give you a menu and check list and you mark down what you want and they bring it out for you. I still like the place where they wheel the carts around. It's just not the same without the carts. This place was very popular though...we had to wait a good 40 minutes before sitting down to eat. After dim sum, we went to 99 Ranch market for some much needed shopping of good old Chinese snacks and food. I told Mark I was shrinking inside from the lack of Chinese food I've been getting lately. I actually wanted to buy a rice cooker while I was there but couldn't find one I really like. Maybe I'll check out the Japanese market.

Mark was getting really tired by the afternoon but he was a good sport about driving my mom to open houses around the neighborhood. He's a good guy.....can't ask for a better boyfriend. He's also a talented musician so if you're looking for new music...check this out.

Ok...off to do some laundry. Here's a few pictures from our morning walk with Sasha. It was such a nice day today. When we walked her again in the afternoon, Mark let her off her leash. She did quite well. She wandered off on her own but always came back to us or stayed close when we called out to her. I'm always afraid she'll run off when she sees other dogs but I think she enjoys the freedom. We'll have to let her off the leash more often and see how she does.