What a pleasant weekend! Thank you all for you BD wishes...and again, Jenn was great meeting you and your friends at the Art Walk on Saturday night, I’m glad you sold a lot of art! :)
After cruising around to a few of the galleries Sat. night Kip and I went out to dinner to a place we hadn't been to before called P.F. Changs. It's fairly new, open less than a year and is located in the heart of downtown Sac.
So anyway...this P.F.C place is known as a China Bistro. Wha? According to the dictionary, Bistro means: a small informal restaurant that serves wine. Well this place was HUGIE!! I’m thinkin’ it must just be the “trendy” thing to call a restaurant these days?
So here we are waiting for our table (1-1/2 hour wait) ya, that's a long time, but I knew every place downtown at 7:30pm on a Sat. night would be the same. So we camped out standing at the bar, talking about the past week, enjoying a nice glass of vino and watched everyone eat :) I noticed it was a great place for large groups and families...and now that I think about it, we probably had to wait a little longer because there was just the two of us. :(
I loved the arched mirror and these really big lantern lamps were so cool. My pics aren’t the best, because I wasn’t using the flash...(yes, being polite and incognito as well) But you can see it’s a big place inside, and even has a large central staircase that leads up to more dinner seating.
They gave us this cool thing ---red lights flash when your table is available instead of hearing them scream your name over an intercom.
What’d we eat? Thank you for asking...Let’s see, I ordered the Mongolian Beef (quickly cooked steak with scallions and garlic) and Kip ordered Cantonese Scallops (Stir-fried with garlic, yellow chives and snow peas)...both were **yummie** The waiter makes a sauce at the table for you. It was: Chili paste, super hot chinese mustard, soy sauce and hot peanut chili oil. WhooWee!
Oh and the best part was the bathrooms! (and guess who forgot the camera back at the table? :(---Darn it all!
Anyway, the sink in the bathroom was this big slanted piece of slate stone (not a counter and not an actual sink. It had no faucets (just that hand motion sensor thing) that kinda worked as you held your hands under the mirror. The mirror only went so far down into the slanted sink trench (sorry I don't explain things well do I?) K...trying...
But what was cool about it was that you could see the water and sometimes fingers of the guys washing their hands too!-yep, just on the other side of the mirror was the guys bathroom, so you shared the sink. You know? I was thinking though...I wonder if you can hear each other talking? and I wonder if anyone ever reaches under the miror quick to grab someones fingers? Gawd, what shock that would be!
While I was doing a search for the restaurant, I saw that they are opening up a P.F.C. in Lynnwood, WA! That’s where we will be for Thanksgiving!! Maybe instead of smoking a turkey for Thanksgiving, we can have strir fried something or other at the local P.F. Chang Hugie House? lol!
Well, all this food talk has made me hungry for lunch. So Bye 4Now all,
Nice lips! (big smack back to you!)
I'll have to check that place out. I think I'll go there just to see the bathroom.
BTW...Have you ever been to the Madonna Inn bathroom? Off of Interstate 5 or freeway 99 (?)near Southern California? The Madonna has been known for their electric eye / flowing water fall sink for ages. It was high tech stuff in the 60s/70s era.
As kids, on our summer vacation to Santa Barbara to see our Grand Parents, my Mom would always stop at the Madonna Inn to gas up the car and to let us go pee pee just so we could all check out the amazing bathrooms.
Thanks again, for showing my show. (Air kiss back to you)
-Jennifer
Posted by: liljiffy on October 11, 2004 01:53 PMHi girls! I love the Madonna Inn Jennifer! They also have a huge hardwood dancefloor and cool big band music! I bet your Dad has played there already Lololita.
We have a few PF Changs here too. I learned something new, all along I thought PFC was one of Wolfgang Puck's restaurants! Lo if you like eggplants, try their spicy chicken eggplant with scallions YUM!!! It's not something I'd normally order but I'm inlove! I usually get their crispy honey shrimp UMMM! I don't know....PF Changs vs. Lolo's smoked turkey... I'll have to go with the smoked bird ;)
Posted by: erikie parikie on October 11, 2004 02:23 PMHey, Jenn (and others <g>) the Madonna Inn is located on Highway 101 just outside San Luis Obispo (south of Morro Bay, north of Pismo Beach as the central coast lies). ...and it's still there; we pass by on our Summer travels most years.
I've never been there, but it's supposed to have some pretty snazzy rooms too!
Posted by: dan on October 11, 2004 08:36 PMhey, Lo - I know how you are about pics and all - and have been asked not to take pics sometimes - so, I just saw this link over at Big Pink Cookie and thought of you - and any of the rest of us who like to take pics:
your rights as a photographer
http://www.krages.com/phoright.htm
it is Tuesday morning - I am at work early so NOT AT WORK - heh - went to a local church this morning that offered two hours of walking - got in an hour and then cleaned up in their very nice shower - and am now just waiting to go to work.
woot for endorphins!!!!
>..<
Hi Lolo and all... That was fun to see a pic of the whole Lolo and Jenn! I bet it was interesting and fun to finally meet a fellow blogger. That mini art van is a brilliant idea. talk about bringing your art TO the people. Who's idea was it? It's a great one.
I love the D of the D sugar skulls and cookies Jenn. How much do you charge for each and would you be willing to ship them to Michigan? I tried clicking on your signature, liljiff, but only got a sign that said I couldn't access you that way. Do you have a web page?
Lo, it was nice to see Frenchie Dude again on your "about me" page on Ebay! I missed him - did you make a greeting card out of him?
Peace, Don't forget to VOTE,
Annie from Mich
P.S. Lo - our whole clan went to a Chinese restaurant one Thanksgiving and it was one of our favorite Thanksgivings ever. They weren't that busy so we got the royal treatment and wonderful food!
Hi Lo: Oops, forgot to invite you and everyone over to my blog to ready my spooky true Halloween story ;) Come on over - don't forget to scroll down the blog for pics of my black cat collection.
HAPPY HALLOWEEN ALL!
annie from Mich
Posted by: annie from Mich on October 12, 2004 02:24 PMWe got our first PF Chang's here last year. Did you see their dessert called "Wall of Chocolate"? It's about as big as the Great Wall of China - it's probably for about 4 people, at least. Fun place.
Posted by: Stefani on October 12, 2004 05:26 PM~happy le sigh~
Posted by: Lili on October 16, 2004 04:53 PM
