Aloha bitches

Time for a little R&R in Hawaii! I freaking love Hawaii...it forces me to relax because there is nothing to do and things move at a more leisurely pace. It's perfect for the kiddos because all we need to do us get our collective butts out to the pool or breach an Donut is happy. Usually by the end of a week here I am rested, rejuvenated and thoroughly bored that I am sprinting back to silicon valley craziness until he next vacation.

More things should be served on a stick

While in Vegas...I "splurged" by sneaking off to the mall across the street from my hotel to get myself a corndog and lemonade. I freaking LOVE hot dog on a stick...and their modern addition...cheese on a stick - especially the jalepeno cheese variety. My favorite part is the fried batter at the base of the dog that's stuck to the stick...crispy goodness. Mustard for the crispy bits and ketchup for the hot dog part...

Happy year of the dragon!

My family are Christian Koreans so they don't really follow a lot of the lunar calendar traditions. That said, I am aware that Nacho will be a dragon baby! Apparently Asians around the world are going nuts trying to conceive children within this lunar year. Fertility treatments are up 50% and some people even pre-froze embryos years ago in preparation for this year...craziness! Just like how we go married on 7-7-7...the busiest wedding day in recent years by chance, we need to have a baby during the busiest birthing year = awesome. Onward to many years of overcrowded school admissions!

Regional "cuisine"

Traveling for work has it's pros and cons... Cons include all that time away from family and friends, missing shared life experiences. Pros include airline status that bleeds over into personal travel and well getting to eat things that we don't have in California. I freaking love Dunkin Donuts and Chicago style hot dogs - and I really like that I can't get it at home...it keeps it special

Dinner at Oenotri

Service was deplorable but the food was heavenly. That is the chocolate budino with olive oil ice cream...I had no idea olive oil could be so amazing as ice cream!!!! Wow eyes fully opened now.

Onto service - I have never been more insulted at a restaurant before in my entire life! A large party was waiting for a table and we three of us were sitting for about an hour and a half enjoying our dinner... And while we were still waiting for a dessert to be delivered, the hostess comes up, offers to comp our desserts and give us a gift certificate if we'd move.

I could see the group waiting and I felt bad for them so I was happy to accommodate....BUT they didn't have another place set up for us - and she aggressively pushed comps/gift cert as if I am purely motivated by a discount. I responded "I don't need your money, I want the dessert I ordered..." the rest of the experience was a train wreck leaving us standing around in the bar area finishing our meal standing up - appalling. I wanted to write the GM to complain but getting that idiot fired means she will show up at another place I want to eat at...so instead I'll just vent here and be done with it. In he end she tried to buy us off for $20 - I don't need your discount. What I want is the enjoyable experience I paid for with my hard earned money you idiot.