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I went here yesterday for the recent 30 for $30 restaurant promotion (which the 25 for $25 has now morphed into).

The service was universally excellent. I’m always happy to see that in Seattle because service tends to be very mediocre here. There was a nice view of the bay from the dining area. They kept the lighting very dim, though, which I do not really care for myself. It’s much harder to enjoy food when you can barely see it.

The food was very good. I was with four other people, so everyone was able to try a variety of things, and we did sample a few other starters off their main menu.

Suffice it to say, the $30 promotion was a great deal here. Everything was very good, although not totally mind-blowing. I don’t know about coming back for the normal menu, however, as the significantly higher prices would not be justified with enough added enjoyment for me. Although if one liked the ambiance and service, I could see how others would disagree. Certainly worth visiting, though.

I am currently sitting in the library as I am hanging out here while my spouse takes in a Medical Spanish class nearby.

The library itself is pretty nice, and obviously quite new, and at 6pm there are a reasonable amount of people here partaking of the services. It still pretty small, though.

A rather big design flaw is the fact the children’s area is not separate from the rest of the library, and since it is basically a big rectangular box, kids being kids will be very very very very very very loud.

This is a very small place on First that I had always walked by but had never entered. There is a counter inside you could eat at, or more likely you could eat outside at one of their tables. Services was good and friendly.

I had a falafel sandwich whose tahini sauce had enough raw garlic in it to saturate my body and create a meter-wide garlicky aura around me. Quite the radioactive substance, really, but I love garlic so I didn’t mind. The sandwich itself was a little on the “meh” side, unfortunately. I’d probably get the plate next time instead of the sandwich/pita, though.

They only had a few vegetarian items on the menu, although I had not expected any when we dropped by to check it out due to the bull’s head on the window. I imagine they could also whip up something else special up if you asked.

The food was on the mediocre side (veggies and tofu with rice and veggie soup), although the fresh spring rolls were good. Service was acceptable, but not really distinguished. On the other hand, it was cheap. Some of my more carnivorous neighbors had described their food during an earlier visit as “OK”, and I doubt they had any of the vegetarian options.

They do have bánh mì, though, which is nice, and probably the reason I would come back as I walk to nearby Mekong Rainier a lot.

No brunch here anymore unfortunately; open 4pm – 2am daily.

My Anh and Sandy are very nice. They (well, just My Anh) just lopped 18+ inches off, and my hair is still past my shoulders. They will donate the massive lock of hair, although it seems too big to call it a lock.

Edit: Actually, it looks like she took about 24 inches off. Crazy.

Bulbman is now closed. Except for online sales. Unfortunate.

I dropped by a while ago as I was vaguely thinking about getting a game and the guy there knew a disturbing amount about practically all videos games released in the past few years. Well, I suppose it would be disturbing if he didn’t work in a game store. So I guess it is all work related. He was cool, though.

Apparently this Longs Drugs is closing. I can’t say that I will miss it that much, as it was very old-school large drug store—a bit cavernous with a mysterious layout and a mysterious selection of stuff. So I rarely went in. On the other hand, at least it was there. Hopefully something will replace it soon.

I dropped in today to see if they had any rechargable batteries, and wouldn’t you know, they were already cleaned out. I guess people love those going-out-of-business sales.

I got a “porn bag” ... their words, not mine … to carry my admittedly salacious bottle of wine and port home tonight. Clearly, I have been living under a rock because I have never heard that term before (for an opaque plastic bag to hide your quality erotica from people who just don’t get it). They disclaimed any previous knowledge of the dirrrtiness of the bags; all their suppliers said was that they could hold two bottles of wine. Uh, huh.