I [heart] Davids

March 7, 2007

Will & Ele & J. Betski’s

Filed under: Meals & Food — JeniQ @ 3:12 am

Another lovely dinner with Will and Ele, this time at J. Betski’s, a new German/Polish place at Seaboard. I liked my schnitzel (think chicken-fried steak) and I loved the sauerkraut and keilbasa appetizer! Dave thought his pork shoulder was little too fatty, and he never agrees with me that more fat equals more flavor.

I think I talked Ele’s ear off, too. 🙂 We talked about food, weight, exercise, crazy parents, and lots of other good stuff. I really like them. They’re nice, genuine people.

I also learned a trick from Will about how Ele always gets these nice pictures in restaurants. They put a white napkin over the flash – it lowers the brightness but still allows you to get a crisp shot. We had yellowish napkins so all our shots came out with a bit of a funny color.
With this picture, Dave used a white cocktail napkin – much better results!

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March 5, 2007

Rollerskating

Filed under: Roller Skating — JeniQ @ 1:32 pm

Sunday night is Adult Skate at the Skate Ranch. I went early for a meeting with the Carolina Cruisers. I can’t remember belonging to a club where I had to pay monthly dues – it’s weird. I don’t think I’ll do it forever, but I did order a shirt (hot pink!) so I guess I’m kinda committed.

After the meeting we started skating. I decided I was tired of paying for skate rental, and the rental skates sorta suck anyway, so I brought my inline skates. I was one of two people on inline skates – it’s so not cool. But, it was $5 cheaper.

Inline skates are really different than roller skates. It would be impossible to do the tricks and stunts that they do on quad skates on inline skates.

I found out that you can get pretty much any shoes made into skates! Lots of people have boots (like combat boots) made into skates. They leave them untied, with the tongue hanging out and the sides of the boots folded down. I have no idea how they do it, but I think they must rig the inside to tie tight around their foot, otherwise the skate would come flying off! I am inspired – I want to be the first person on the rink with a pair of Dansko’s made into skates!! We’ll have to see how cheap I can get some Dansko’s. Before I go down that road, however, I want to see if I can still wear my combat boots – they have a slick, dress sole so they are dangerous to walk in. I never got much use from them other than looking cute in short skirts. If they fit well enough, I might just have them made. I don’t know how much it costs to have skates drilled on, but skate rental is $5 a night so it should even out fairly quickly.

Anyway, I had a really nice time and skated until just past 10. I really like the people, they’re very nice and genuine. I’m going to stick around!

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March 4, 2007

New Hummingbird Feeder

Filed under: Birds,Granma — JeniQ @ 9:03 pm

Granma knows how much we love the birds, so she got us this amazing hummingbird feeder for Christmas. She loves to spoil Dave!

You can’t imagine how heavy this sucker is, really. We hung it on the front porch because we were worried about wind in the backyard. Now, we just need some hummers to show up!

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Goofy Kitties

Filed under: Cats — JeniQ @ 5:30 pm

My cat Cayce loves to hunt mice in boxes.

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Colombian Scrapbook – Finished!

Filed under: Crafty — JeniQ @ 4:37 pm

I feel like Ele. It’s been just over 12 months and I finally finished my scrapbook from my trip to Colombia in February 2006.

It’s so strange. I can remember it like it was yesterday, but it also feels years away. It’s hard to believe it’s only been 12 months. I’m so sad I haven’t been able to see my friend Alba since then. I wish she could move to the states. We have such a good time together. I wish I could go back to Colombia and explore more of the country with her, and I wish I could take Dave and show him everything I saw while I was there. *Sigh*

At least I have these great pictures to look back on!

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March 2, 2007

Yoga at Work

Filed under: Exercise — JeniQ @ 6:25 pm

On Friday, I hosted an hour-long stretching session for the employees at my company. I had four people show up and we focuesed on back and shoulder stretches primarily. It was really nice. They really enjoyed it and they clapped at the end! 🙂

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Cafe Kado

Filed under: Restaurants — JeniQ @ 2:13 pm

A nice little coffee shop around the corner from my office. They have your standard coffee drinks plus Pocky, edamame and wakeme salad. The service is a bit slow but it’s a nice, family-owned store and I like being able to get a decent vegetable for lunch.

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Wonderful Massage!!

Filed under: Dogs — JeniQ @ 2:04 am

I had a wonderful massage tonight! I went to see Laura Landsiedel at Hands on Health because my back has been sore since our trip to Chicago in September. I like to see Meridith normally, but she wasn’t available (sorry Meri!) so I made an appointment with Laura because I know she rocks!

I had forgotten that Tuesdays and Thursdays offer a special treat at Hands on Health – Mocha accompanies Laura on all her visits! I hadn’t met Mocha before so it was great! What a sweet dog, so calm and loving and soft to pet!!

I had a great massage, a nice deep tissue, medical massage that I think really relaxed my back muscles. I am hoping I’m cured, or nearly there.

Mocha spent the entire session lying quietly at the foot of the bed, looking much like this:
If you’re looking for a massage therapist, go see Meridith or Laura!

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Dos Taquitos in Dos Semanas

Filed under: Alcohol,Meals & Food — JeniQ @ 1:57 am

Mom and I went to a seminar on Chronic Fatigue Syndrome at The Carolina Center for Integrative Medicine. It was very interesting and I think Mom might go to see him. If he could make her feel better, I just don’t know what we’d do.

We went to dinner at Dos Taquitos! Yummy!!!