saturday morning

friday night had potential for a good night but ....
got my watch fixed, a couple tee shirts, walked around looking for a birthday present for dad (wanted to get him some martini glasses) but no luck. then he mentioned a bowl for the center hall table but nothing thhere either. walked my feet off and had to stop twice even with my map in hand. then had lunch with ms. han of pho ga (chicken noodle soup). afternoon was puttering around, walking compound, checking out remodeling of some houses that were open. they seem o have a lot of little rooms with doors and walls --- much prefr the open light floorplan of this place.

friday night wore new grey silk dress and it was nice. went to legend hotel to meet the supplier couple. well they took us to the hotel buffet. first omen. too much food, too many options, up and down, never know what actually has been eaten. and the nice lady gave me my own crab ... not exactly a dainty thing to eat and pull apart. and then there was the wine. bottle of red, bottle of white. and many many cheers. i had a small crepe with bananas and orange sauce for dessert which was the best part o the meal. dinner was at 630 so we were finished early so we went to hyatt martini bar for nightcap and people watching ... lots of girls hoping to get lucky. mostly vn last night with few tourists but a couple regulars that i recognized. this photo does not do it justice, but the bartender/maitre d' did a stack of stemmed glasses then poured a puddle of alcohol in the base of one glass then lit it up. quite impressive. he obviously has lots of skills in that department judging from the way he flights glasses and bottles around.

ride home proved interesting ...

today is saturday. dad swam. i stayed at the house. wearing white skirt and blue sleeveless linen top. dinner otnight is le bordeaux, my favorite restaurant. french obviously. maybe just two of us maybe with jess and nee.

the house is filled with flowers right now. seems every department at work sent a floral arrangement to dad and they all came home on friday. looks sort of like a funeral parlor! photos will be posted.

somehow my email mailing list was again violated and another viagra email went out while i was at dinner. i noticed i get a lot of spam here on this laptop so maybe that's the source this time.

so tomorrow is dad's 62 birthday. whoopie. if you intend to contact him, let me know so i can make sure he's around the computer and try to do it in the morning (but not between 10-11 am as he's getting a massage at the house). might be strange knowing a massage is going on upstairs and hoping it's all on the up and up (bad choice of words?)!

i guess i'll do some pre-packing and deciding what goes and what stays. next trip will be after october market. pretty easy since i leave a set of toiletries and cosmetics here, take my jewelry, leave shoes and handbags, and a good assortment of clothing. rained last night while we were at dinner and on way to hyatt. today is just cloudy and humid.