Vince's Birthday at Kobe Steaks

The table was split into two sides, the family side and the friend side. Our kobe chef sucked. While the family side got an 8-ring tall volcano, we got this 4-ring hot spring.

Irene Is Sweet

She must be super sweet to end up with a bitter (or maybe it's sour) guy like Michael... (note birthday boy Vince always looking jovial in the background)

Welcome Aboard, Pauly!

We went to Carraba's to welcome Pauly to permanent indentured servitude. Wait a second, this isn't Pauly. No, it isn't... this is Boat trying to wrap his mouth around this hamburger. Perhaps if Pauly had ordered something interesting such as that, then his picture would be here instead.

Extra Crispy or Original Recipe?

This is what you get for going to an independent shop for repairs: half ass job and no re-course. The AC compressor clutch got stuck and the bearings ended up seizing. Gee, I wonder how that happened? Faulty mechanical wiring perhaps...

What is Jeff looking at???

When Elmo had to go, there was a line of toddlers following him to the door. What I didn't expect was Jeff following him right out the door and to Elmo's car.

We are from France

If it wasn't for the orange balloon, I would never be able to find Nick in this picture.

Elmo in the Hizzouse

Nick and Yetyet hired the balloon artist at Gatti town to be Elmo at Nick Jr's birthday soirée. I've never seen so many toddlers swoon over a guy wearing a red fuzzy costume in my life. I could have sworn a couple of toddlers were on the verge of fainting.

O-R-E-O

Wen-Jen wanted to go to Bistro B for his last day here before heading back to Seattle. Vince tells me that, apparently, Bistro B has been known to give gifts to every table during special celebrations or the holidays. For this holiday, they gave every table a tin of assorted cookies, including this fine Oreo knock-off called Stereo. After eating one of these horribly bland cookies with a thin layer of cream in the middle, I can understand why they give them out for free.