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Still in the throes of post-accident stress and frustration. Still experiencing occasional soreness in my back, especially by my left shoulder blade. Had a really crappy rental experience with Enterprise -- until last year I had no problems with them whatsoever -- and am now with Hertz. I will be writing them a letter that I will share with all you fine folks so I don't have to write about the specifics multiple times. :D
I really, really, really miss my car. I didn't realize how accustomed I'd become to all the little amenities until they were gone, from big things like my in-dash navigation to little things like being able to raise and lower the passenger-side window with one click. I am considering replacing my car with a hybrid (though one with many of the amenities I've mentioned) and am planning to test drive a couple this weekend.
Had the best dinner withcorianderstem the other night at the Dahlia Lounge. We were going for the 3-for-$30, but ended up doing something slightly different instead. My cousin had left me a voicemail that I got right before entering the restaurant to say that it's Dahlia's 20th Anniversary, so if you walk in and say, "Happy 20th anniversary, Dahlia!" the first 20 people get that day's prize free (they do something different every day, for a month). The day we went happened to be "Tom's favorite duck dinner free." (Tom being Tom Douglas, famous Seattle chef and owner of the Dahlia Lounge.) This was lucky because originally we were going to go on Thursday, and Thursday's prize was 50% off the wine tab, which would have been useless to me personally as I'm not a wine drinker. Anyway, the 5-spiced duck was FANTASTIC, so good. It was served over a bed of spicy chopped Brussels sprouts with acorn squash and pear. (My vegetarian friend J. had wanted to try Dahlia also, but I had already made plans with A., and it's probably a good thing since she wouldn't have eaten the duck!) We both started with their grilled bread salad, which was also out of this world. For dessert I had the famous triple-cream coconut pie (excellent but for the coconut shavings, which I'm not fond of in general) and A. had the creme caramel, which was also really good. As we were leaving they gave us a package of 2 big chocolate chip cookies for the road (probably left over from when the Dahlia Bakery, right next door, closed for the day) -- and the cookies were delish also!! I'm really fussy about cookies, so it's actually amazing to me how much I liked it. I ate half and gave the other half to S., who also isn't a big fan of chocolate chip cookies, but said, when he was done, "That cookie wasn't big enough."
Anyway, they're still doing giveaways for the month of November, as well as the 3-for-$30, so I would go back in a heartbeat! Only disappointing thing was that the Golden Ticket prize that night (brunch for 4 at Lola, Tom's mediterranean-themed restaurant) was not won by me or A. LOL. But after the great experience we had, getting to win that might have been too much.
Wow that the UC Regents are hiking tuition fees 35%. Not that I actually think it's a bad or unfair idea. But thank goodness when I went to UCLA it wasn't as high as that!
Edit: Oops, also meant to say -- A., you were right, Lady Gaga's vid for "Bad Romance" is awesome.
Also, music related ... I think "Backspacer" might be Pearl Jam's best album since "Ten." I loooooooooove "Just Breathe."
I really, really, really miss my car. I didn't realize how accustomed I'd become to all the little amenities until they were gone, from big things like my in-dash navigation to little things like being able to raise and lower the passenger-side window with one click. I am considering replacing my car with a hybrid (though one with many of the amenities I've mentioned) and am planning to test drive a couple this weekend.
Had the best dinner with
corianderstem the other night at the Dahlia Lounge. We were going for the 3-for-$30, but ended up doing something slightly different instead. My cousin had left me a voicemail that I got right before entering the restaurant to say that it's Dahlia's 20th Anniversary, so if you walk in and say, "Happy 20th anniversary, Dahlia!" the first 20 people get that day's prize free (they do something different every day, for a month). The day we went happened to be "Tom's favorite duck dinner free." (Tom being Tom Douglas, famous Seattle chef and owner of the Dahlia Lounge.) This was lucky because originally we were going to go on Thursday, and Thursday's prize was 50% off the wine tab, which would have been useless to me personally as I'm not a wine drinker. Anyway, the 5-spiced duck was FANTASTIC, so good. It was served over a bed of spicy chopped Brussels sprouts with acorn squash and pear. (My vegetarian friend J. had wanted to try Dahlia also, but I had already made plans with A., and it's probably a good thing since she wouldn't have eaten the duck!) We both started with their grilled bread salad, which was also out of this world. For dessert I had the famous triple-cream coconut pie (excellent but for the coconut shavings, which I'm not fond of in general) and A. had the creme caramel, which was also really good. As we were leaving they gave us a package of 2 big chocolate chip cookies for the road (probably left over from when the Dahlia Bakery, right next door, closed for the day) -- and the cookies were delish also!! I'm really fussy about cookies, so it's actually amazing to me how much I liked it. I ate half and gave the other half to S., who also isn't a big fan of chocolate chip cookies, but said, when he was done, "That cookie wasn't big enough."Anyway, they're still doing giveaways for the month of November, as well as the 3-for-$30, so I would go back in a heartbeat! Only disappointing thing was that the Golden Ticket prize that night (brunch for 4 at Lola, Tom's mediterranean-themed restaurant) was not won by me or A. LOL. But after the great experience we had, getting to win that might have been too much.
Wow that the UC Regents are hiking tuition fees 35%. Not that I actually think it's a bad or unfair idea. But thank goodness when I went to UCLA it wasn't as high as that!
Edit: Oops, also meant to say -- A., you were right, Lady Gaga's vid for "Bad Romance" is awesome.
Also, music related ... I think "Backspacer" might be Pearl Jam's best album since "Ten." I loooooooooove "Just Breathe."
