Three Days in a Row

How many days in a row does one normally have a meal with their relatives (unless you're all on vacation or living together)? Not often... Beginning Thursday, John and I dined with my parents and my aunt for three days straight. Weird, huh?

It began with Korean BBQ on Thursday night, then FND (Friday Night Dinner) and ended with Dim Sum (hosted by Aurora) in Wheaton on Saturday.

After dinner on Friday, John and I went to downtown Silver Spring to meet up with William, Mike, Nate, Freddy and Lynn (in town visiting from Los Angeles) at McGinty's. It was really nice to see Lynn as it's been a long time. I think we missed her last visit in town, as John could only recall the day Freddy moved into his house (5 years ago???) as the last time he saw her. She's lovin' LA and looks really good. Her hair is all long and curly now and she had the coolest eyeglasses (frames purchased on Melrose Ave!). McGinty's was pretty cool. They have live bands playing in an upstairs bar area ($5 cover) but we stayed at the downstairs bar. We sampled the Andouille Chips and fries that had been ordered before we arrived. The Andouille sausage reminded me of the fried pepperoni we used to get at Clank's when I worked in DE.

Saturday, we met up with my parents, my aunt, Aurura and Pom at China Chef in Wheaton for Dim Sum. It was yummy, but there must have been a change in the kitchen staff as the food wasn't coming out on the carts as quickly as it normally does. And we didn't see the variety of dishes as in past visits until we were leaving. Here's John showing off his newly acquired chopstick skillz:

Sunday, John and I headed to Savage Mill for brunch at Ram's Head Tavern and it was a glorious day to sit out on their patio for brunch. I had the Eiffel Egg Sandwich (egg and bacon, hold the cheese, on a croissant) and it was served with really yummy "brunch spuds" and melon. John had a Mac Melt (grilled chicken, bacon and cheese sandwich) served with fries.

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Afterwards, we walked around the shops and I spotted a couple of items for X-mas present ideas. We stopped into a new optical shop and I tried on some new frames. I really liked a pair by Vera Wang, but they were jeweled on the sides. Not sure how I feel about that yet. But they fit really nicely and were properly centered on my eyeball, which is rare. Most frames tend to sit low so my eyeball is almost at the top of the frame.

I finally got to check out the stamping store, The Queen's Ink, which was closed the last time we were at Savage Mill (for Jake's BD). Lots of cool stuff, but not a lot of paper. It seemed like they specialized in supplies to create more than cards and scrapbook pages. There were a few products I wanted to try, but they didn't have any colors I liked, so I just got some embossing powder and a dark brown stamp pad.

The rest of the weekend was mostly sitting around the house, knitting or stamping and watching TV. I should have done some laundry. Hope everyone had a nice weekend!