The President's Day Weekend of Love

For your own amusement, imagine Barry White reading the title of this entry aloud.

The long weekend brought together two closely related days: Valentine's Day and President's Day. I hope that if you didn't have a sweetheart to shower with cards, roses or fragrant fruitcakes, you at least showed your favorite president some love. Calvin Coolidge, the 30th president, was the object of my affection this year.

The previous paragraph sounded much better in my head, where it should've stayed. Anyway, it has been a while since the last baker's dozen (one photo and twelve bullet items summarizing the weekend), so here it goes...

1. Hung out at the Bamboo Lounge on Friday.
2. Had breakfast, slept in and then had second breakfast on Saturday.
3. Fiddled with the journal's banner and colors. Brown is the new blue.
4. Watched Waiting For Guffman. "This Bulging River", a song included as a deleted scene, was hilarious.
5. Was mildly entertained by Johnny English.
6. Was surprised the Yankees acquired A-Rod.
7. Joined the family to celebrate my dad's birthday.
8. Learned how to play 501 on his new magnetic dartboard.
9. Treated him to dinner at Hukilau.
10. From our table, we caught a glimpse of a Day of Remembrance candlelight procession through San Jose's Japantown.
11. Had hot taro milk tea at Verde Tea & Espresso Bar. They had a S.H.E. karaoke DVD playing on repeat.
12. Monday's bowling scores: 133, 148, 156.