nice long weekend

just about to wrap up a fun weekend.

thursday celebration for adebanjo's birthday at q's in west l.a. got to hang out with 'zo, 'banjo, mitzi, jessica, stacy, michelle, damion, chris, ming, etc. from the syska office. oh and of course, drive the 996. thanks renzo! and happy birthday to mike...35 years young.

friday celebration part 1 for mikehonda at chicago for ribs in redondo beach. complete with mike, steve, sawee (sp?), shane, lloyd, dennis, nima & girlfriend, chris, ed, tony, & abby. everyone was able to avoid the checkpoint down on pch. fun fun times!

saturday celebration part 2 for mikehonda and jeff/dan (looose boys) at sanuki no sato (18206 s. western ave., gardena, ca 90248). yoshi, shane, leo, dan, jeff, wato, & mike. oh man...good food all the way around; beef tongue, monkfish liver, tonkatsu, uni, tako, hamachi, maguro, toro, natto (all for yoshi), ika, & spinach/bacon salad. oh yeah, and of course the seared raw beef. oh yeah...oh yeah, and the pitchers of kirin.

finally today, got to pick up a new nikon d70 kit from samy's camera in venice. it came with the body, lens, card, tripod, uv filter, and a free dslr class (TBA). can't wait to take the course and see what this camera can really do. i was able to make some test shots tonight.

oh well, it's time to call it a weekend.