Anthony Turns 21
June 13, 2010 / Tags: Anthony, Beer, Birthday, Cheesecake Factory
My little brother turned 21 this month, so I took him out for his "first" drink.
As you can see, he's grown up to be very mature.
Oddly enough, both Kathy and my mom have the same birthday. We usually celebrate separately, but with the new decade comes new traditions — we celebrated together this year. Happy birthday, mom!
We celebrated Michael's birthday at the Lucille's in Chino Hills Brea. Happy birthday Michael!
August Birthdays
August 29, 2009 / Tags: Amanda, Bailey, Beer, Birthday, Brad, Bryan, César, Cuban Bistro, Food, Heather, Jon, Kathy, Michael, Moles la Tía, Pete
For my birthday, Kathy arranged for a bunch of us to have dinner at Cuban Bistro in Alhambra. At first, I was thinking: Alhambra isn't really known for lively nightlife, is it? I hadn't been there in years, but I was pleasantly surprised. And the food was really good -- we need to go back soon.
They're apparently known for their mojitos, so of course we had to try them. ;-)
For Pete's birthday, we went to the Stone Brewery Beer Festival. And bonus -- Brad was in town!
Despite beer not really being my thing, I had a great time. Even Kathy had fun, and she really doesn't like beer! ;-)
For Bailey's birthday, Ambassador César took Bailey, his friend Isako, Kathy, and me to his favorite Mole restaurant in LA, Moles la Tía. And if César likes the food, it would be an exercise in redundancy for me to try and describe how good it was.
Jon's Birthday
Pete's Birthday
Bailey's Birthday
Observation Balloon at the Great Park
July 3, 2009 / Tags: Birthday, Great Park, Jon, Kathy
For Kathy's birthday we drove down to Irvine to ride the big orange balloon in the Great Park. Only a few people can go up at a time, and the conditions were kind of windy (further limiting the number of people who can ride at once), so we were lucky to get a spot. We had to wait a while, but as you can see, we found ways to amuse ourselves.
The view from the air was worth the wait.
