Yes, I'm going to shave later...

[gridlore]

I have found a new barber shop. Well, it's a hair place, run by the ubiquitous nice Asian ladies. Why I'm going back is that after I asked for an all over cut with the #1 guide, she made very sure I understood just how short this was going to be. I could also understand her despite her accent, which helps. Shave, trim the bear, and I'll look and feel more human.

We had gone out to make use of a Chili's coupon for free queso, and ended up being the first customers of the day. This had advantages and drawbacks. The skillet queso was great, but some of the chips had spent not quite enough time in the firer and were still soft and nearly translucent with oil that hadn't boiled out. When my fajitas came, the tortillas had the exact opposite problem. The top few on the stack had dried out and had become stiff. Not big problems, there were enough good chips for Kiri and me to devour the cheesey, tomatoy goodness, and our server quickly replaced my tortillas with fresher ones from deeper in the stack. I was making Kitchen Nightmares jokes as I dissected my food. One nice surprise was seeing collie13 at the restaurant. She just had time to say hi and give quick hugs, but nice seeing her again.

Enough excitement for the day.

Comments

[murphymom.livejournal.com]

Is that the Chili's on El Camino just south of Lawrence Expwy? I was there last night.

[gridlore.livejournal.com]

That's the one!

[caraig.livejournal.com]

Is that a Hayden Planetarium shirt? Hee, I went there a lot back in New York! Their Passport to the Universe show, after they got the new spherical planetarium, was excellent!

[gridlore.livejournal.com]

Yup. Back in 2004 fimbrethil was kind enough to fly me out for her wedding, and allowed me to stay at her place to explore the city for a few days. Saturday was mainly taken up with subway geekery, the Museum of Natural History, and a pilgrimage to the Complete Strategist (http://gridlore.livejournal.com/586593.html). The next day I trained, bused, floated and walked in my quest to hit all five boroughs in one day (http://gridlore.livejournal.com/587311.html).

I could spend days in the Museum of Natural History, and then spend another week at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

[collie13.livejournal.com]

Aww, you're sweet, Doug -- thanks for the shout-out! It was a pleasure to see you and your sweetie too. Apologies for my brain-deadness, as I forgot to introduce you both to Lou, one of my very nice housemates. We were celebrating a bit, and also had a coupon for the free cheesy wonderfulness! :)

[gridlore.livejournal.com]

Hi Lou!

[psychoticdreams.livejournal.com]

Gotta say you look a bit like a villain in that picture :D

[gridlore.livejournal.com]

You should see me brooding in the Command Papasan