Dinner was so much fun, but you’ll have to wait to hear my carding story!
I kind of threw breakfast together on the fly – 1 egg, 1 slice of bacon, 4 ounces strawberries, and 1.5 ounces of Michelle’s cashew banana bread! I toasted it and put a shmear of Smart Balance butter – yum!
And while this was delicious, I was starving by 11:00 am! I dove into 1/4 cup of almonds (still kicking myself I didn’t get the smoked salted almonds!)
For lunch I just tossed in 4 ounces of taco chicken meat with lettuce (all I had in the house), carrots, red pepper, radish and an ounce of mozzarella cheese and light ranch dressing. I really missed my baby spinach!
So we planned to meet Joe at our favorite Chinese place: Heng Wing. Imagine our disappointment when we saw this!
So it was on to plan B! We went to another Chinese place and had the funniest waiter – he was cracking us up the whole time (not on purpose!) and there were several times we just openly laughed out loud at the table! He asked for our drink orders and I ordered a Miller Lite. He looks at me, then asks Hannah what she wants. She’s fine with water, then looks back at me and back at Hannah and I was like, WTF? Then he asked for my i.d.! I will happily show my i.d. to drink beer at age 41! As we were leaving the restaurant, the waiter asks Hannah “Is she your mother?!” That made my day!
I had about 750 calories to spend, so I don’t exactly know how much I actually ate – close enough! For my entree – spicy chicken in garlic sauce – I still had to kick it up a notch though! Hannah had this sauce with her potstickers – tasted like soy sauce with crushed red pepper. I asked the waiter what it was and he says “potsticker sauce!” He did kindly give me a small container to bring home though! 😀
Shrimp toast, wonton soup, potstickers, egg rolls and my entree – I had a little bit of everything! So there were a couple tables when we got there around 7:15. Music was playing. As we were opening up our fortune cookies, we noticed that the music was turned off and we were the only table left – at 8:30 at night!
So the food was much better than our last Chinese outing which was good! And I have my new favorite picture of Joe and Hannah!
It is still so weird to me how much they look like biological siblings! And then I had to get a new muscle shot for good measure!
So Happy 20th Joe – and thanks to everyone who left birthday wishes in my earlier post! 😀
See you tomorrow!
That is so awesome that you were ID’d! I freak out when people don’t ask for my ID. I feel that at 24, I should basically be carded all the time, but it shocks me that sometimes I am not! (Especially in England where the drinking age is 18).)
You know I LOVE the Chinese photos! Of course I had to click through to the album. Looks soooo good.
Ha, it must be because we’re twins, because I get carded too!! I love the look on their faces, when they see the year we were born…too funny!
I LOVE that picture of Joe and Hannah, you should make that your x-mas card!
Joe looks so grown up!! Wow – how fast time flies.
But he is one good looking young man!!
Great pics! Happy Birthday to Joe!
My hubby got carded the other day, and it made him very happy! 😉
I just realized that I haven’t had Chinese food in a loooong time… My brother-in-law is visiting, so I see some Chinese food in our future!
Happy Birthday Joe!
Don’t know what it is about this town but I hardly ever get carded and I look like I’m 12!
You are definitely young looking and they should card you everywhere!
I love all that food, especially the bread!
Yum to that banana bread!! Looks like a great celebration dinner! I’m basically an echo but Joe and Hannah do look biologically related!
I never get carded anymore…but my husband, he gets carded. And he’s 44! People just laugh when they see on his card how old he is. Me? I’m just chopped liver.
They do look like biological siblings! Wow! I would love to still get carded but my years have gained on me! Biz you eat so healthily all the time. It is inspiring!
Doesn’t getting carded just MAKE YOUR WEEK?!? How fun is that – the waiter must have thought you and Hannah were sisters!!!
Dinner sounds great, and I agree, Joe and Hannah do look like they have the same mom and dad!
happy birthday joe!!!!!!!! he and hannah totally could be bio siblings in that photo 🙂 i cant believe the restaurant was totally deserted by 830 haha. thats usually when i am arriving!
Mmm you’re making me hungry! I might have to use the leftover veggie tray veggies for a big stir fry tomorrow! Chinese sounds so good right about now!
Happy Birthday to Joe!