Who needs the lens?

There are a couple of fashion statements being made out there that I'm not quite picking up on. The number one being kids wearing glasses frames without the lenses. What are you thinking kid? Sure it's cute that you and your girlfriend are wearing the same frames, but your going to get your eyeball poked! I can't tell if you are on a crusade to make the kid who was called "four-eyes" on the playground feel better about having to wear glasses in order to SEE or if you are actually just rubbing it in. "Ha! You thought I needed glasses like you!? Well I don't! No lenses!" I mean come on! The next one is for you ladies. What's up with the things that look like boots, but the toes are open like a sandal? You can't make up your mind? It's just kind of weird.

Happy Easter!!!

Maleah and Grahm next to the pizza box at the Easter Party!

Ever since I can remember I have always loved going to my Grandma Kate's parties. Whether it's Christmas, the camp-out or the 24th of July, the event is always one to remember. A great party brings people together to share memories, fun, and of course good food! One of my goals in life is to be as good of a party host as my Grandmother is, because a party is only as good as its host. Even though we are missing our families this Easter we couldn't pass up the opportunity to invite some friends over with their kids and have our own Easter Egg Hunt. It was a blast! The kids had fun and the food was good. We had Paisano's 24" pizza, which fed 7 adults and 4 kids. The pizza was awesome! Thanks for everyone who came and had a great time. We had to improvise a little bit due to the rain. The morning was so beautiful. The sun was out and I was up on the roof enjoying life with my shirt off cleaning up for the party. By 3:00 pm when everyone started showing up it was pouring rain. So we had to opt for having everything inside including the Easter Egg Hunt, but the kids loved it.Here are the kids making their Easter Baskets!

The picture really doesn't do the huge slice of pizza justice! It is so big!

Hong Kong Pizza

I don't know how it happened. Perhaps it was one of those stories where someone was cooking in the kitchen and an ingredient was accidentally added and they liked it so much it stuck. I'm thinking more along the lines of a lack of creativity...Any way you slice it, using Thousand Island dressing as pizza sauce is just not good in anyway. That's how Hong Kong people like it. They like it so much the Pizza Hut chain in China gives the option of Thousand Island dressing. Some pizzas only come with it. (I may have just puked a little in my mouth) With all of this food confusion going on it seems impossible for a guy to find a decent slice of pizza. Then came Paisano's Pizza, New York Style Pizza. This stuff is the real deal. Sold by the slice and bigger than your head the pizza is awesome! The other night we went in to get some Calzones for dinner and the following situation occurred. Three characters: Big Al- The Italian New Yorker who owns the place (and doubles as my next door neighbor), The Local- Just another young kid with his priorities messed up, and James- The fly on the wall.
Al- "What can I get fo' ya?"
The Local- "I would like this one," pointing to the top pizza, "with Thousand Island dressing."
Al- "What!? You must be confused! That place is around the corner...We don't do that here. That's just wrong! It's the worst possible combination! I'll put it on your salad, but not on your pizza."
The Local-"But we are local people and that is what we like."
Al- "Then you can go to Pizza Hut, but this is real New York Pizza!"
After a little more clarification he was able to convince the kid and his friends to get "The Godfather" fully loaded with the best Italian meats. Its good to know that when we have had enough rice we will always have Paisano's, and Al can continue to tell people to go to Pizza Hut if they want Thousand Island dressing, it doesn't seem to slow the demand for the real deal.

Settle Down!

Cassie pointed out to me today that ever since we've been married we haven't planned on staying somewhere longer than a year. We've lived in Cedar, Hong Kong, Dallas and now we are back. This time we hope to be here for a while, however, as all the foreigners here know, Hong Kong is just a temporary home before we all return to our homes. Until that time comes for us we have been putting our house together step by step. This is the closest we have ever been to having a place full of our own furniture. This week we got a TV stand and a rug and WOW! It really makes a difference. I was excited when Cassie was out doing hair and they called to tell me the stuff was coming early. I wanted to surprise my wife with the new layout so I hurried to do my own arranging. She loved it! I love it! It feels good to have a place where we can have family and friends over and feel good about having them in our home. So here is the open welcome. If you are ever in Hong Kong you are welcome to come stay over, have a BBQ, or just relax...

Floored!

We wanted to save some money opening our new business so we decided to do the floor ourselves. We started at 5:30pm Friday night and finished just before 12:30 Saturday morning. We were so determined to finish it and now we feel like anything is possible! The exciting thing is that we have a great company culture. My business partner, Koon and I were set on doing it ourselves. The receptionists thought that it would be a good experience and came to lend a hand. Even after telling them a number of times that they didn't have to stay and that they could go home, they wanted to stay and see the project through. We are about having fun and working together to do it. What an awesome thing! We are now counting down the days to opening. It's going to be awesome!