The Onion makes me laugh

This is the best Onion article I've read in a long time.... but if you aren't a fan of the recently ended Battlestar Galactica you might miss the why it's funny point.

Obama Depressed, Distant Since 'Battlestar Galactica' Series Finale

WASHINGTON—According to sources in the White House, President Barack Obama has been uncharacteristically distant and withdrawn ever since last month's two-hour series finale of Battlestar Galactica.


Since the end of the series, Obama has reportedly brushed off key budgetary decisions, ignored his wife and children, and neglected his daily workouts, claiming that he no longer cares if he lets himself go "just like Lee did before the rescue on New Caprica."

Sure it's not a Satan's Scrapbook original, but I just wanted to share it out loud.

When bored.....

Today Netdisaster came into my life, right when I needed something fun to distract me from my mundane work day. ;)

Now I mean no harm to Tea With Lemon as it's a daily fix that I eagerly look forward to, however when I went for a visit I found that the promised Pointless Drivel Updated Daily wasn't updated - so I decided to try out Netdisaster there.

Here are a few screen shots of my fun:

Oops spilled some coffee!

I love that the Demonstraters were holding signs with photos and text from TwL's postings!

But the most fun was the Dinosaur stomping all over the place.

Definitely a time killer and probably guaranteed to bring a smile to your face if you are feeling a bit burdened by life.

Got the Munchies?

As we all now know Kellogg's dropped Michael Phelps as a product spokesman and took the cereal boxes off the shelves.

Want to know where they went?

The SF Food Bank has them!

Or you can go to ebay and win your very own box....

Love me a man in a skirt

Today while reading my local paper at lunch I noticed that the Dear Abby section reflected some follow-up ‘letters’ in regards to a “Joe in Pennsylvania” who wrote about how he prefers to wear a skirt a home, on errands and at church.

Personally, I love a man in a skirt! Quick caveat: well, that is I love it most of the time: Last weekend in Vegas we went to see the Wayne Brady show and while that man has quite the tasty body waist up - nice arms & shoulders - his chicken legs left something to be desired….

FYI: I google'd this pic online (I followed the rules and did not take photos during the show)

The Dear Abby letters supported the man’s choice and made a few recommendations for sarongs and kilts, which immediately made me think of my favorite men in skirts pictures. I can't get this off my mind, so now I’m sharing my daydreams with you...

Liam Neeson in Rob Roy

Marc Jacobs rocks the kilt all year long





Gerry Butler in a kilt is always tasty!

I even like the skinned knee he's sporting

Ewan McGregor looks so young in this pic

It's an 'Adam Ant meets a Kilt look' sported by Ed Quinn

Billy Boyd enjoys a drink on his deck....


“The hammer is my penis” Nate Fillion

Sweet Dreams......

Lap of Luxury

Dina's Birthday ~ Vegas Style

An opportunity to travel to Las Vegas is always a treat but this weekend it was an even bigger treat! My friend Dina, who I met at SFSU when we became roommates, was celebrating her birthday and invited many people for the four day celebration. I arrived on Friday afternoon and had no idea how the night would progress well in the early morning.... Here are pictures from the weekend celebration.

Here are pics of the suite at the Mirage hotel:

Walking in there is a huge couch, big dining table and the two rooms in the back.

The dining table and bar area are shown here and below.

The 'guest room' was the room to the right and it had two beds a desk area and bathroom.


Here is the Master Bedroom



At the foot of the bed was the TV hidden in the cabinet. While it made me think of the Tea with Lemon blog about the TV of his dreams this one wasn't quite as amazing, but it was really cool!

The piece de resistance was the Master Bath

This whirlpool tub was just awesome!

View from the room by day...

and by night.

Friday night after dinner at a restaurant at the Venetian Hotel we went to see the Wayne Brady "Making *#it Up" show. While at dinner reservations were made at Shobu for a private Karaoke room.

A little history - when Dina and I last lived together in SF we lived around the corner from a bar that had Karaoke on the weekends. Dina and I would go there often and Dina really became a Karaoke regular.

Shobu was hard to find for the cab driver to find, but we finally found it.

Here is Bill, he's the one who came up with the idea for the private Karaoke room. (Dina and I met Bill at SFSU when we were all going to college)

This small room accommodated us fine, however there was NO air flow in the room at all. I can't even imagine what that place would be like during the desert summers....

Notice the weird background - it was like that all night with all the odd home videos and or European tour videos

then in between lyrics this kind of screen would pop up

And at the end of every song a score screen would show up always OO to OO

The boys sing it up!

Marisol, Dina (birthday girl) and Bill jam

Dina blows out the birthday candles on the green tea ice cream

Dina ended the night with a song and we were asked to leave - it was 3 am and they wanted to close up for the night.

Once back at the hotel Chris crashes on the couch and Bill called room service for a few snacks


and then THIS spread showed up! Eight, yep eight, dishes of snacks arrived. I was told after the fact that I shouldn't have let Bill call the order in on his own...

Saturday day is still a blur - in bed after 5 am and up around 10:30... a group met for lunch, Dina and I gambled a bit and then we went up to the room for a nap. Then a large group met for dinner. Afterward everyone came up to the suite for birthday cake & drinks.

Dina shows off the bedroom TV

Family and friends hanging out at the suite party

Sunday came much too soon (don't forget we lost an hour due to Daylight savings....) and I headed home in the early evening..... Ah the posh life it came and went so quickly.

Another San Francisco Landmark Disappearing?

NOTE: Around February 25th I started to prepare this blog but didn't have a chance to post it. Then over the weekend I had the unexpected opportunity to go to Tonga Room on Saturday night.

Unfortunately, it was not an dining experience as I had expected and I don't have any great photos to add to this post. Interested in knowing why I don't have anything to add to this post? Well.... after a 30 minute wait for table for a party of 6 we left the restaurant.

There was a Hose-Beast of a Hostess, who was so unpleasant and rude, that after we waited and waited we took the only tables available which meant the 6 of us not sitting together. We weren't soooo far apart but still 4 were at one table and 2 were at another but the tables weren't right next to one another. When we spotted a couple sitting in the bar lounge area at a small round table that would accommodate 6 and we thought maybe they would change places with us so we could all sit together ~ instead when we asked the couple they didn't want to get yelled at again by the Hose-Beast Hostess. All we could do was shake our head...and after a quick vote at the table of 4 it was decided that we leave. In the end we went to Sushi Rock and had a great meal with the fun "Sake Sake Sake Boom!" Sake Bombs.



While it's been some time since I've been to the Tonga Room I was saddened to hear that the Tonga Room may be just become a tiki ghost.

The Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco is the home of the Tonga Room a tiki bar that has become a San Francisco icon. The indoor swimming pool is the center piece to float the band that occasionally plays through the evening. The tropical setting includes a rain storm and fantastic over the top cocktails.

There hasn't been a actual statement stating that the Tonga Room is being destroyed, plans for the Fairmont makeover don't include this landmark bar (at this time).

If you want further info ~ aside from these fun pics ~ you can read the Hotel History here.

After a great deal of searching I found these great retro cocktail menus from the Tonga Room