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Nobu

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Don gave me this for my birthday.

And it\’s been on the refrigerator for 6 months.  Quinn comments on it quite frequently.  Dad, you still owe mom a Nobu.  In all fairness, it\’s not easy to get a reservation.  On February 4, Don called at 10 am and got a reservation for March 4 at 6:30 pm.

So here we are!  It\’s a spectacular spot right on the beach in Malibu.  It\’s a favorite hangout for celebrities and everyone looked rich and famous.

Dinner was pretty delicious.   They have a menu of small plates to share, with mostly sushi based dishes.   The best sushi we have ever had.  The waitress recommended a couple of dishes and I was aware of some of their legendary dishes like the Black Cod with Miso.  A couple of the dishes really blew us away.  Food that I will be thinking about for a while.  Because that\’s how I am.  It was a really lovely night and worth the wait.

As we were waiting for our car to pull up, I saw a large black SUV pull up with only a driver and no passenger.  I thought it a little odd and then saw someone get out of the backseat.  I wasn\’t thinking too much about it until Jennifer Aniston look right at me, smiled, and gave me a breathy hi!.  Don and I looked at each other and said \”That was Jennifer Aniston!\”.  It was our first celebrity spotting since returning to Cali and it was a good one.  And eveyone has asked me, who was she with?  She was with another female.  Dark haired and petite…didn\’t get a good look at her.  Maybe Courtney?

We had a little extra time after dinner so we stopped for dessert on the way home at a restaurant in Westlake Village.  In walked a guy who looked like an aging rock star but we had no idea who he was.  Another family sat down next to us and the chatty wife told us it was Tommy Thayer from KISS.    This dude.  Chatty wife told us that he is quite a mama\’s boy and the beautiful blonde on his arm was probably just a \”hanger on\”.  It was a funny night.

The Symphony

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You might remember that Quinn\’s class has been practicing songs on the recorder in anticipation of a field trip to the symphony.  Thursday was the big day.
That sweet girl on Quinn\’s right thinks the world of Quinn.  She told me that Quinn is such a great friend.   And she\’s a pretty cool girl.  Quinn comes home with funny stories that she has told him.  She told him that she isn\’t ticklish anymore because her dad concocted a special anti-tickling shot.  I tried to convince Quinn that it wasn\’t true but he\’s a believer.   Look at that moms face in the backgroud.  It says it all 🙂

Me and the kid.  I was told there were 1900 kids at the performance.   But they were all really great.

Our view.  The drum corp from a local high school marching band participated in the performance.  The kids loved the whole thing.  It was very interactive and just the right amount of time (about 45 minutes).    They made some of the classics really fun.  And Quinn recognized Oh Fortuna! from one of his favorite video games.

I took headphones for Quinn because sometimes he\’s not so happy in really loud situations.  His buddy Ryan was sitting behind us and took the opportunity to photobomb us.  Love it!!