Sunday Lunch Test Run

We have a weekly tradition of going out to lunch with friends after church. Sadly we haven't gone since the surgery, as there are not many places that serve broken jaw compatible food. Last night Nathan announced he wanted to give eating out another shot, so after church today we headed out with our housemate Lauren and her boyfriend Nathan (yes, we have a lot of Nathan's running around here) to Boudin's for lunch.

I didn't get the memo to make a funny face, I'll try to do better next time. (you can click on the photo to make it bigger so you can fully enjoy Nathan's expression)

Lauren and her Nathan, enjoying yummy sourdoughy lunches.

Lunch was a super success and Nathan was able to eat his chili and most of his bread bowl (the crust proved to be a bit too chewy, but the rest was fine). We also owe Lauren a a big thank you for telling us about the Boudin's rewards program. Basically every month you can get a free loaf of bread fresh bread if you eat there. So we also picked up our free loaf today, yay! 

Get well soon!

Elizabeth and Nathan

Beach Day

Another chewing free date!

We had originally planned to go to the zoo together this weekend, but Nathan's swelling got pretty bad and he was feeling pretty tired. The San Diego Zoo is not a place to go if you are already feeling exhausted, so Nathan took me to the beach instead. Here's some pictures from our day out. :)

Note: there's still time to visit us before we move! This beach could be yours too!

View of La Jolla Cove

View of La Jolla Shores

Love Ducks!

Scripts pier

Nathan!

Pelicans and palm trees

We had a really fun time, although it was a little too cloudy to have a good sunset. I think I'm going to miss living by the beach! :(

Get well soon!
Elizabeth and Nathan

Bubble Tea Date :D

Most date places are out for the moment, but one place that remains on the list is Tapioca Express, the bubble tea shop around the corner from our apartment. When we were dating in college we used to go to a bubble tea place near campus all the time, but when we moved to San Diego we stopped going as often. Now we have a great excuse to renew the tradition. Yay!

Here Nathan shows off his new advanced single eyebrow raising skill. Bruising a nerve can embue you with all kinds of temporary skills like this.

For now Nathan has to avoid ordering drinks with the tapioca at the bottom, since swallowing them whole is not advised. Good thing these drinks are still taste pretty tasty without them. Well, that's actually a stretch, most of them taste good. Nathan for example got a Thai Tea flavored drink which was pretty good. I got a tea called "yogurt green" which tasted odd, the flavor overall was good, but they made the drink super SUPER super sweet. Next time I might skip the adventure and just get the safe black tea flavor. It makes me feel like a boring person every time I order it, but then, it always tastes good, so maybe it's good to be boring sometimes? :)

"yogurt green" flavor tea, not actually recommended...

We are super looking forward to when Nathan is allowed to chew again (he already has a list of places he wants to go when he's better). Until then it looks like fancy drinks will be our stand in for fun dinner dates.

Get well soon!

Elizabeth and Nathan