travel diary 3

i'm having a thai food obsession.



when i'm out on the road i make sure to google thai restaurants and i frequent that restaurant until i go on to another city.

i especially love pad thai. actually, that's all i ever order. i feel as if i'm a food critic. so, since i am kind of a pad thai aficionado i wanted to share my best and worst thai restaurant picks.

best:

lemongrass in macon, georgia

the pad thai comes with sauteed tofu which is so tasty. the lunch prices are great and the decor of the restaurant reads young urban professional. the pad thai has a very clean and healthy look.

runner up:

chiriyas in savannah, georgia

what makes the entree so appealing is that every plate comes with a fresh rose on the side. the decor is 100% asian. i love it!

mediocre:

emerald thai in birmingham, al

the ambiance for this restaurant was great, but the price not so much. the pad thai was awesome, but too expensive and little. for $17 i would have liked a little more on my plate.

lek's railroad thai in montgomery, al

just alright

worst:

coconut asian bistro in tifton, georgia

the pad thai was awful. no flavor no jazz just blah. i kinda wanted my money back. but i did order a tiramisu and it was FABULOUS! i then went back again and ordered a coconut soup and spring rolls which was a bit better.

my next experience with pad thai will probably occur in a few days when i journey to SEATTLE, so i will be sure to let you all know how that goes.

another travel season

september is quickly approaching and you all know what that means......
admissions. travel. season.

admittedly, i'm not excited about it nor did i see myself gearing up for another(4th) year of travel.

sigh.

but it is what it is.

this summer has actually been a bit busy for me and i've barely had time to just sit and think. now that i think about it....i haven't even taken a vacation....

yet!



vegas!!!


i mentioned in a post a loooooong time ago that me and my sis were planning a trip there (at her insistence) to celebrate her college graduation. vegas is totally happening in 2 weeks (bought the plane tickets earlier this week). a bit late, but nonetheless i will be shaking my ass in vegas for labor day weekend so i guess i will have a little bit of fun before the reality of my job surfaces.

maintaining the fab is going to be hard in the next few weeks. you see, at work i have an event coming up. due to ill planning, (i'm not going to take the blame because the communications department is notorious for this) the invitations were mailed out 2 weeks before the event...yikes! so i'm praying for a miracle guys. so far we have 10 RSVP's....so hopefully (prayerfully) another 10 can sign up so i won't look like a complete loser.

also, this grad school thing is majorly stressing me out. i have already applied to one school and i even got a reply back (i think), but thing is i haven't opened the letter...just too scared. i mailed out a second application earlier this week and will mail out my finally application by the end of this week. i probably won't ever open those letters either...unless i'm really drunk...nothing ever fazes me when i'm smashed.


but anyway, no one wants to hear about this...

why do people feel the need to inquire about your relationship status? i get this question oh, say, daily and it's starting to become quite annoying. i am such a relationship person, but i'm hardly EVER in a relationship (not even a prospect), so to be constantly reminded or made to feel funny about it is an extra hard pill to swallow. perhaps, it's out of concern, lack of conversation topics, or curiosity (maybe they want to hook me up with someone)...i dunno.



UPDATE: why do people feel the need to inquire about what you're eating (or not eating). so i work in an office where birthday's are celebrated by cakes and other sweets. yesterday we had cake and cookies for someone's birthday. i politely declined and everyone lost their minds. "well, why don't you want cake?" "do you want cookies?" "i don't understand" "you're so good...you must be on a diet." i didn't think it was that big of a deal. it was really awkward...so i left. then today was someone else's birthday so of course cake was involved....same thing. i understand that we are a celebratory nation that celebrates with food but i honestly wasn't hungry...in addition to simply not being hungry, here are other reasons why i didn't eat the cake ...it was 9am, honestly, cake makes me have the bubble guts and i didn't want to be on the toilet all day, something's wrong with me(not sick, but i've been reacting funny to food...so until my doctor appt. i'm not gonna chance it with some cheap cake).and i am not on a diet...why do i have to do on a diet if i refuse cake?.....just wanted to vent a bit!



stay fab!