the zoo

yesterday, cj left the studio early and we drove down to the zoo to renew our annual passes. i was lots of fun, the weather was nice and we got the bonus of seeing the baby hippo! it was really really cute, and well worth the visit. it looks big in the photos, but compared to 2 other hippos in there (the baby's grandparents) she is so tiny. i guess she is here until easter, then she will be sent back to quebec were she is from (they are building a new habitat there, so that is why she is visiting here until the construction is done). it was so worth seeing her.

afterward, in our quest to hit some new restaurants this year, we made reservations at the Sukiyaki House on 10th. We had heard rave reviews..... the atmosphere was kind of fun, but the food we ordered was disgusting. I ordered Teriyaki Chicken, CJ ordered Teriyaki Steak. We were kind of expecting something benihana-ish.... but i got a plate with a flattened-out cross section of chicken on it, i am not even sure what section it was, the skin was still on it and it was still kind of pinkish uncooked, the other form of food on the plate was a bagged salad with dressing on it, i could hardly eat the salad because i had to look at the weird form of chicken that was touching the salad on the plate. CJ's meal came, a fatty steak, boiled carrots and FRENCH FRIES??? are we in a japanese restaurant??? IS this the place aaron almost died in??? did we order the wrong items??? it was such a bummer, we complained but it fell on deaf ears, needless to say, we will never go back.

We left there unsatisfied if not semi-nauseated and decided to go find The Three Amigos (the movie). we have been talking about it for awhile and cj could never find it to rent. so we went to Best Buy and found it, drove home, watched a little, then hit the sack.

All in all it was a fun evening, go see the hippo before she is gone. by the way, the hippo in the giraffe picture is the grandma to the baby, the baby is hiding behind the grandma in the picture.