DRIVING SOUTH FOR THE WEEKEND

this past weekend was spent down south with friends and family.

friday: morining we headed to irvine to see amir and setareh. we probably got there a little after 2 or so. they took us to eat at a persian restaurant called caspians. kevin and i had chicken kabobs with rice and amir and setareh had lamb shank. eww. i didn't try any of that. then, we stopped by a bakery before amir took us on a drive through the campus. we went back to their place before we went to the irvine spectrum to look around. had a drink at jamba juice and then sat listening to a lady playing the guitar and singing for a while. she was taking requests, but none of us wanted to go up and ask her if she would play any eminem or blink 182. so we went to eat at red robin, since kevin wanted an A1 peppercorn burger. i got a green balloon. setareh tied it around my wrist. as we were leaving, kevin saw a barnes and noble and wanted to go look around. setareh went to look at some clothes when she found out he wasn't interested in the starbucks upstairs. amir and i went to look in a toy store meanwhile. after we left, we stopped by blockbuster and rented the movie honey, starring me. ;) haha... didn't get to bed till late.

saturday: woke up late. went out to breakfast at a french cafe. then, we walked through a farmer's market tasting some of the samples. amir and setareh picked up a few things. we got some peaches. went back to their place and got ready to leave for emily and bryon's. it didn't take us long to reach their place. we talked for a while and then we went to see around the world in 80 days at the bargain theatre, which was only $1 a person. even at night, the price is still only $1.50. i sure wish there were a bargain theatre closer to where i am. i figured you could go see every movie that's playing and it'd still be cheaper than if you went to see one movie at the regular theatre. after the movie was over, we went to eat at the elephant bar. i had a grill burger. then, we all split a cheesecake. yum yum. afterward, we went back to their place and although we were tired, only emily went to bed and bryon put on the movie enemy of the state and we watched that before going to bed.

sunday: emily and bryon skipped church to take us out to breakfast at a place called mike's. after eating there, we stopped by a huge thrift store, savers, and looked around there before leaving for palmdale and all the joshua trees... oh yeah, and i guess wendy too... we talked with wendy and her dad and played with her dogs harry and shadow until we got hungry and went to a burger place called tommies that had chili burgers and good fries. their milkshakes were the best though. kevin got a strawberry one and i had some of it. afterward, she drove us around to show us some of palmdale and lancaster. we even stopped by the 99 cent only store. when we got back to her place, we sat around and watched some tv with her mom, until everyone got hungry again and we had pizza hut and salad, made by wendy herself. pretty impressive, eh? jk. we left a little before 9 and made our way back home. we got back to porterville around 11:30.

so, it was a fun short little trip. it was nice to get away for a while and get to spend time with friends and family we don't get to see very often, although amir and setareh are planning to be in town this weekend for natalie's wedding... we'll see how that all goes...


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