Belated Birthday

Yep, yesterday was my 35th birthday. Can you believe it? I can.

But you know what? Even though I'm feeling a bit old right about now, Christy made my birthday spectacular! We started by having lunch--not to mention banana cream pie!--at Backstreet. Then we bought a box of Green Tea Mochi Ice Cream at Trader Joe's, upon hearing about it from Huell Howser's trip to Little Tokyo. After a brief stop to put the remaining ice cream in the freezer, we were on the road again. We spent the remainder of the afternoon in Old Town Orange, including the best cheese quesadilla I've ever eaten and the best cheesecake the West has to offer at Rutabagorz. Then the real surprise: Christy took me to a Ducks-Kings pre-season hockey game! She really does love me.

Oh, and to top off a wonderful birthday... the Kings won, 5-4.