makes you stronger, or something corny like that. Well as you now know, New Years Eve punched me in the face. And New Years Day started off a little slow (if you count crawling on your hands and knees to the bathroom in a sweaty shaky panic). I should preface this by saying I don't normally drink champagne. Nor do I do it on an empty stomach. So that combined with the flat tires and stress were a lethal combo.
New Years morning therefore involved a lot of crackers and ginger-ale. It also involved a trip with Taylor to Sephora. Who goes to the mall in this condition? Who watches their friend get a lengthy makeover (involving a rad makeup artist who made her have that J.Lo dewy complexion) May I add that I still had makeup running down my face and my fake eyelashes on from the night before.
After receiving loads of samples and love from the counter staff, we ended up at Continental Burger in Glendale. This place was going off! Serious eaters only at this joint. Huge buffet regulars who were eating like it was their last day before the New Year's Resolution kicked in. There was a retro/bingo/texas chainsaw family vibe in there that was a tad unsettling.
(photos by taylor Brittenham pictured below: who also ate this exact cardiac arrest on a plate)
this next one is the face of a girl who mere hours earlier was face down in a pillow (this is also the face of 10+ year vegetarian who is suffering a NYears day relapse):
After this meal, we ventured out later that night with Cynthia to our favorite spicy joint in Monterey Park. Chung King is sort of a hallucinatory magic punch in the face. Where else can you find Fish Hot pot adorned with cilantro ready to rip open your tastebuds. If you eat enough of their food, eventually your whole face goes numb and the B E E R sign in the back hummms and vibrates you into a psychedelic zone out.
This time we noticed a table of locals (Chinese) who were imitating how "crazy inept" Americans hold the chopsticks. They were laughing and trying to figure out how we held them so inappropriately. They seriously kept eyeing our table and then trying to duplicate the way we held them while rolling their eyes. So we decided to act like we really had no idea how to eat with them.
taylor demonstrating her chopsticks savvy
cynthia is getting the hang of it
I prefer to scoop with one hand and stab with the other
Guess who else had a rough introduction to 2009? That's right Georgio stayed up late and slept all day. Oh wait, that's like every other day. That guy exerts the least amount of energy on any given day. He has successfully mastered the art of doing nothing. I am going to apprentice soon.