Great food, frog legs, and hubby can't tease me now! ;)

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28 July 2004 @ 11:32 pm

Great food, frog legs, and hubby can't tease me now! ;)

Today my favorite half of the year begins! :) This is the half of the year that Mark and I are the same age (at least numerically) ;) No more "I'm younger than you" jokes from him - until January, that is. ;)

We went to Chai's Island Bistro in the Aloha Tower Marketplace to celebrate his birthday. :) The food there was delicious and Mark was even brave enough to try the frog legs! :P I have to say that I'm pretty daring when it comes to exotic cuisine, but I couldn't bring myself to try it. :P He said it was like eating a strange mix of chicken and fish. In fact, he enjoyed it so much that he wants to go back so he can order it again. :P The whole time he was eating it I kept thinking about those poor frogs in the eighth grade that we had to dissect. :P Blech...

Mark enjoyed the gifts I got him and enjoyed playing my version of "Who Wants to Be A Broadway Millionaire" in order to win his gifts. :) His main gift was really the airfare to NYC this past June, but I still wanted to get him little gifts and have him play silly games in order to win them. :) I have to say, his knowledge of Broadway has improved greatly in the last year. :)

Speaking of theatre (and when don't I?) :P, Lauren Kennedy was reported to have joined the cast of "Ten Commandments" with Kevin. :) This is going to be the second time I'll see her onstage - I saw her in LM when Pat & I went to NYC a couple of years ago.

And I still have not gotten my "Assassins" cast recording in the mail. :( I know that I shouldn't complain because it takes everything MUCH longer to get to us here (do they paddle it in by canoe? :P) but I keep reading about everyone else getting theirs and I'm getting a little antsy. :)

Okay, I'm off to take a shower and crawl into bed - it's been a long day.

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mslauren2930 on July 29th, 2004 06:56 am (UTC)

hey, did you know that Hunter Foster was in "The Producers"? either way, if you haven't yet seen this show, I highly highly highly recommend it. I saw it back with the original cast, so I may be a little biased, plus I lurve Nathan and Susan Stroman and think they can do no wrong, which is why I'm not sure there's a dilemma with me getting a ticket to see their new show "The Frogs" at Lincoln Center.

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mslauren2930 on July 29th, 2004 01:56 pm (UTC)

hehe....pardon me replying to my own comment. somehow I didn't notice the bit about the frog's legs the first time around so it kind of makes my comment about Nathan's new show kinda funny. don't mind me, I think it's just a frog in my throat. ;)

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shutterbug93 on July 29th, 2004 09:13 pm (UTC)

Haha! I hadn't thought about that when I first read your comment this morning either. :D

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shutterbug93 on July 29th, 2004 09:12 pm (UTC)

Yeah, i have a friend who's crazy about Hunter (and likes to pinch his ass - ironically the two of you have the same name!) ;) I haven't seen "The Producers" yet... I've been reading a lot of things about "The Frogs" on the theatre boards - I'd be interested in hearing your opinion if you see it. :)

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morsefan on July 29th, 2004 08:06 am (UTC)

I've never had frog legs either, but the thought of formaldehyde, now that you've mentioned it, may seal it for me, too! LOL!

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shutterbug93 on July 29th, 2004 09:16 pm (UTC)

Haha! How horrible of me! I've ruined frog legs for you. :P Mark loved it, though and I thought I was adventurous with food (I've tried chicken feet, etc.) but I couldn't bring myself to try the frogs legs. :P

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morsefan on August 1st, 2004 08:24 pm (UTC)

When I lived in Louisiana, my boss took my co-worker and I out for dinner and tried to interest us in frog legs . . . I begged off! I wasn't able to bring myself to enjoy either the possum or the snake a very eccentric friend served at his Christmas party a few years ago (wan smile).

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smittenbyu on July 29th, 2004 09:02 am (UTC)

yay! Happy belated bday to Mark! :)

I dared trying frog legs once when I was with Jenny and Su Gim....and this was daring as I had a huge fear of frogs...a phobia really! urghh... but yeah it tastes like chicken...but not much meat...so you have to cook it well for it to be good.

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shutterbug93 on July 29th, 2004 09:19 pm (UTC)

Thanks Smitha! I'll pass along your wishes to Mark. :)

You are definitely more daring than I am! Especially if you have a phobia of frogs. :P Mark did say there wasn't much meat too, but he loved it!

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careleswhisper on July 29th, 2004 10:50 am (UTC)

I'm glad you two had a wonderful time. :)

I've tried frog legs once. Not too bad actually.

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shutterbug93 on July 29th, 2004 09:20 pm (UTC)

I guess if I could get over what they are, maybe I'd find that I liked them. :)

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crazyarjay on July 29th, 2004 01:31 pm (UTC)

Alligator is pretty tasty, too. :)

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shutterbug93 on July 29th, 2004 09:21 pm (UTC)

Heehee! :D

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intootje on July 29th, 2004 03:29 pm (UTC)

Happy belated birthday to Mark!

Luckily Hans is 3 and half years older than me :)

How's the adorable sheltie doing?

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shutterbug93 on July 29th, 2004 09:23 pm (UTC)

Thank you so much for your sweet wishes for Mark, I'll definitely pass along the message to him! :)

And you are lucky! I'm not used to being older than my significant other - I always used to date OLDER men. :)

Sydney is doing great, thanks so much for asking! :) She's still as lovable and demanding as ever! ;) How's Into doing? :)

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intootje on July 31st, 2004 03:00 am (UTC)

Into is fine. We finished the first agility course and we now have summer break. Into really loves agility! We need to find a new dog school because the old one is in the town where we don't live anymore.

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sabine10 on July 29th, 2004 04:15 pm (UTC)

I'm glad that you both had a wonderful time and that Mark enjoyed his gifts. :) Did I get it right, that he had to do something to get them?

Hope you will get your "Assassins" cast recording soon.

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shutterbug93 on July 29th, 2004 09:26 pm (UTC)

Hehe - yup, each year he has to "win" his gifts. :) I know it sounds rather silly, but instead of just giving him his birthday and Christmas presents he has to play a game of some sort to get them. One year I hid notes around the house and each note was a clue that led to the next note which finally led to his present. Poor guy has to work for it. ;)

Thank you, Sabine! I hope it comes soon too!

Hope you're having a nice week. *HUGS*

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karmastyx on July 29th, 2004 10:20 pm (UTC)

I think that is a neat idea about playing games for gifts. :) I'm glad you both had a nice time.

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shutterbug93 on July 30th, 2004 01:01 am (UTC)

Thanks Laura. :) We hardly ever give each other big gifts (we usually give each other the gift of travel) :) so it's a nice way to make the gift giving fun. ;)

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