even though it’s jessi’s birthday this week, she wouldn’t let us take her out to dinner since it’s her foodie day this week. we enjoyed some french dining at rise nº1. michael was our guest for the night.
when: 7:00pm, monday
wait: around 20 minutes, due to seating whole party at once.
customer service: A-
food rating: A
rise is [...]
my week! trying some japanese at tei tei robata.
when: 8:00pm, thursday
wait: around 45 minutes for a table
customer service: A+
food rating: A+
tei tei is on n. henderson (uptown area) – right at the corner of the intersection where the road curves. across from the old monk and next to the porch. good luck finding parking on [...]
well, today was just divine. honestly. not. just one of those days. my eyes ached a bit after work. i have a horrible habit of sitting too close to my screens when i’m concentrating. starting to feel the stress of wrapping things up and trying to finish up projects before i go away for vacation. [...]
g’s been traveling to htown for the past couple of weeks, so i’m dealing with an empty house (‘cept for the 2 dogs, of course).
realized this past weekend that we only have one more weekend until we set off for asia! hard to believe, but in two week’s time – i’ll be in tokyo. i [...]
it really baffles my mind. i find myself guilty of this as well, and always seem to catch myself and ask… wait, why am i doing this?
do you ever find yourself trying to please adequate friends/acquaintances more than your closest friends or family? what justifies it in your mind? that you need to make those [...]
my weekend wrap up!
thursday – my first volunteer event! operation kindness was participating in a formal charity event at marc events (oak lawn – design district) where we brought some stuff for the silent auction and some puppies & dogs for adoption. never really handled dogs dressed formally before, and i gotta remember to bring [...]
italian night at ristorante cibus caffe
when: 6:30pm, tuesday
wait: none
customer service: A 1/2+
food rating: A
right in a nook within northpark mall and across from la duni. when you first look at cibus it’s brightly decorated with orange colors and beckons you with the tasty looking gelato and desserts in the window. past the initial sitting area [...]
one of the things i’ve learned in my short life so far is to be honest and REAL. pretty simple, but i’ve run into a few situations where that just didn’t happen – and i don’t know why. these are kind of silly examples – but two that popped into my mind recently.
1. pretty much [...]
tonight, the girls and i hit up coal vines – uptown pizza wine bar.
when: 7:15pm, tuesday
wait: 30 minutes
customer service: B
food rating: A-
when steph and i first pulled into the small parking lot (coal vines is a little hard to see as it’s right on a corner in uptown) – we got a spot right in [...]
