The Jones Girls

We hired a babysitter, Sabrina, from 7pm-10p for tonight.  She offered to give the girls baths (which I told her she didn’t have to but she was happy to) and then she read them a book that she brought for them and tucked them into bed.  

Cliff and I celebrated our anniversary at a restaurant called Bari Bari which is located in Yorba Linda.   Sabrina, our babysitter recommended the place to us.  Cliff and I love Teppan cooking, and our favorite restaurant that we got to is Benihana’s.  However, Benihana’s has remodeled their restaurants and they suck!!   This restaurant does Teppan cooking like Benihana.

The outside of the restaurant is very misleading as it is located next to a super market.   The windows are blacked out from the outside so it looks like a restaurant supply store on the outside.   We walked in and were greeted by a humorous Japanese guy who sat us at our table.  This place is much smaller and really quaint.   This place is loved by the locals and the restaurant was full which is a good sign we are at a good place.

There was no wait and we sat at a table and 2 other coules joined us.  One couple was a boyfriend girlfriend of 3 months and the other couple was expecting a baby any minute.  She looked like she was about to explode!!

Our chef, Tom, was a riot.  He was entertaining.  When he was making the stir fried rice, he took little pieces of the egg and was able to toss across the table into each of our mouths.   He did some funny stuff and amazing stuff.  I tell you, Benihana can’t touch this restaurant.  Plus the prices are half the cost of Benihana!!

So when Chef Tom was throwing the egg to the pregnant woman, the egg fell into her cleavage.  She immediately starting cringing in pain.  The woman went into immediate labor right then and there!!  OMG!!!!   She huffed and puffed through dinner. the poor thing.  She mentioned that she was in preterm labor for 8 weeks and she was now 38 weeks.  They were going to the hospital right after dinner.  I wonder if they had their baby that night?

The couple of 3 months dating were a lot of fun.  The boyfriend is deep into politics and he had something in common from Cliff.  He lived in Vermont for a few years so there was a lot of fun conversation and discussion about Vermont.

After dinner we drove in the heights and enjoyed the view of the city lights.  What a nice and relaxing evening we had.

What a great anniversary!!    Time has gone by so fast,,,I can’t believe we have been married for 11 years.