Weekend Update...

This week has had quite a few cool events that are also part of SoY*summer of yes*, RTB and my initial "beginning of the year goals." Let's recap, past and present:
1. Went to see Jack's Mannequin in concert on Tuesday at Slim's in SF as part of the "I want to go see more concerts this year RTB". Now who is JM you ask? Well I had no idea til crazeeee Mell and Mao and my old coworkers @ Santa Monica Laura and April told me all about it. Their undying love for Andrew, the lead singer who recently has been battling cancer - and he's still smokin' cute. Most it's MAO and Laura. Mao is an awesome groupie. Her and Hannah drove up to the Bay on Monday night to see 2 JM concerts in a row. Then they're driving to Utah to catch a concert, then back to LA. THEN..they'll go to Austin, TX and then ATL. Crazy. For the love of JM!!! I give her props. She is living, ALMOST FAMOUS. Cheers!
-The concert was awesome and the company was great. Rolled with Mell, Vicky, Vicky's man Steve, their friend Whitney and Dean. We kicked off the evening at Primo Patio on Townsend in SF for some, I wanna say Carribean food? But of course they ran out of what I wanted *bermuda burrito...fresh red snapper and bay shrimp with chopped tomato and cilantro*, AND the 2nd thing I wanted *the burger*. Who runs out of burgers, granted it was game day but BURGERS!?! At a Carribean joint!? Anyways, the best part of dinner were the drinks - the BULI BULI.. beer with sugar and lime. SOOOO GOOOD...I want to recreate it for a summer bbq or cocktail party. Go here for the $7.50 pitcher of BULI BULI. Otherwise everything else is great too. Our waitress seems a little loopie. Like she was smokin' a joint or crack in the waiters station or something. But moving on.....
-We arrived a little before JM went on so us shortie asians (vicky and i, since mell doesn't count) scoped out for some quality space. Too bad the tall people and the big hair'd people and the "big" peeps are somehow always infront of you. Steve even had to lift Vicky up about 6 times so she could get a peek of the stage. heehee. It was cute!
-Now I didn't know JM songs til about 4 weeks ago when Mell was generous enough to burn me their album amongst other new albums. She is my mp3 crack dealer. Adddddddicted. So after finally listening to the songs, I'm a new proud fan of Jack's Mannequin!!!

2. Finally met my boy neighbor. Our dear friend Lance comes in so handy, always. You may know him from UCLA, from Omegas, from the dancefloor as he's done his signature "karate-chop" move. Lance is one of Wei's good friends from college and Alb's pbros. Anyways, the only reason we're living here @ Marlin Cove is because he suggested it because his friend aka boy neighbor lives here. After numerous emails and IM conversations about best things around this town, how this apartments works and after moving into this lovely pad, boy neighbor and I finally met to hang out on Thursday. It was a very cool meet-n-greet so to speak. Through this meet-n-greet I was able to discover some neighborhood hotspots and introduce him to the lovely world of Hangar One Vodka. =) So all my friends who are coming to town soon to visit, boy, do I have some little places to take you!
*Thai food @ Nipa-pon (decent, not out-of-this-world, but the Panang Curry sure was yummy)
*STINGER - aweeeesome superswank dark dive bar with SF flair, free street parking, and 5 minutes from my crib. They serve Hangar One....Kaffir Lime..Yum-o. Have great music playing in the back, not a packed house but the perfect amount of people. And from what I hear/read, the drinks won't cost you an arm and a leg.
*Tapioca Express - I told the Korean boy neighbor that Boba means Boobs in Chinese and he had never heard that before. It was a hoot. For those that aren't already aware of that,
***The consistency of tapioca pearls are somewhere between jell-o and chewing gum. They are the size of a marble. They are also known as the "boba" drink in Western China because it is described as to having the same texture as the female breasts.***

At this TapExpress they have Monday through Sunday "deals". We went on Thursday and the prize was .."Order 2 drinks and get Fried Banana". I think they give out cell phone accessories on Fridays or something. This is the one behind Marina Market. It's a teeny bopper crowd filled with San Mateo's neighboring high schools' finest -- since they obviously can't get into STINGER, thankfully!

3. Spent more time with my parents this week then I have in a few years? Granted parents drive you up the wall. They love to put pressure and stress on you when you clearly cannot handle anymore (at least none of the kind that they give you), but at the end of the day, you just train your mind and your patience to realize, they're just doing what's best for you and suck it up.