Badge's 30th Bday

As always, I'm quite behind on my blog posts. Let's start with the most important: Badge's 30th birthday!


Yup, on June 17th, Badge a.k.a Mr Bunny a.k.a best hubby ever entered a new decade in his life: the 30's. Unfortunately, we couldn't do anything TOO wild since I'm incubating our child but we still squeezed in many events during this weekend of celebration.

On Thursday, we met up with our friends Purvi and Vishal at Truluck's for a delicious dinner. I've actually never heard of Truluck's until recently when I was flipping through a San Diego magazine and noticed this restaurant won reader's choice for many categories including best seafood, most romantic, and best happy hour (and it's right near our house). So I quickly picked up the phone and made a reservation. As it turns out, the place did not disappoint. We started with raw oysters, crab chowder, and a wedge salad. For entree, Badge got Alaskan King crab while I got a small filet mignon (just following doctor's orders to get more iron hehe). Everything was cooked well and exactly what you would expect from a upscale seafood/steak restaurant.



For dessert, Badge got birthday cupcakes while the rest of us split the world's most decadent carrot cake. As you can see from the pic, this thing was massive and tasted like one big candy bar. Though I thoroughly enjoyed it, I'm not sure I could eat this more than once a year. As always, we had a blast hanging out with P & V. A great start to the weekend.



On Friday, we met up with the family at Anthology for a joint bday / father's day gathering. The Wailing Jenny's were singing and while they sang like angels, most of us thought it was a bit slow. Still, it was a nice evening relaxing with the family.


On Saturday, we drove up to South Coast Plaza to pick out a couch from Room & Board. Badge has been hankering for a new couch for quite some time now, and what the birthday boy wants, the birthday boy gets. I must admit this is a bit of a cheat gift since I get to benefit from the sofa too but let's not dwell on that. After much deliberation, we picked out the Orson couch with chaise (gotta have that chaise) which was amazingly comfortable with a nice durable fabric. With the delivery date set for the 30th, we merrily drove home. Note: we've since gotten the couch which can be seen below with Henry napping on it. It fits our spot perfectly. We even swapped the coffee table over so that Mobius (glass table) goes with the rest of the DWR furniture.



That night, Badge went out with Vishal and some other friends for boy's night out. They went to Pizzeria Bruno for dinner (very good pizza, have I blogged about it yet??) and then hit some bars. From what I hear, they had a ton of fun which was evidenced by Badge trying to sneak home at 4 in the morning. Where does he think we are, NYC or something?

On Sunday, Badge went to soccer, one of his favorite activities. That night, we went to El Take It Easy for an early dinner. We'd read a lot of hype about this place so figured it was time to check them out. We got pickled veggies, empanadas and shrimp & grit fritters. Badge also got fish tacos while I partook of pork belly tacos. The ambience was cool and the food was tasty though probably not something I'd crave all the time. Great end to a fun filled weekend.

Some more pictures here.