July 26, 2005
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Catalina Day Trip
On the Catalina Express...we upgraded to the Commadore's lounge...not really worth it but you do get a free drink and a snack and they board you faster.
The 3.5 mile bike ride up to the Botanical Gardens...going up sucked but downhill was really fun! It was only $10 to rent a bike for the whole day.
We had a lunch of hamburgers and hot dogs at Coney Island West. Then we rented a kayak for 2 hours. It was fun watching people flip over, racing, and splashing each other, haha. For dinner, we enjoyed great food and badinage (Word of the day meaning light, playful talk; banter) at Armstrong's Seafood Restaurant...really good shrimp cocktail and calamari.
Sunday we went for dim sum at Empress Pavilion in Chinatown. This is now my new favorite dim sum place...their cha siu bao is so soft and yummy. You can even order boba from the carts
And it was cheap too...I was full and it was only $9 with tip!
After that, went to go meet up with another friend at Cabana Club, which used to be the Sunset Room but now has a newly remodeled patio boasting private VIP cabanas and 2 small waterfalls. It was so hot that it was nice to cool your feet in the mini pool.
Free sushi lunch today...yay!
Comments (21)
i'll have to try to do catalina island and kayaking when i'm back. i've only been to catalina island once, and that was when i was a kid!
i've never been to empress pavillion either, sad to say!
nice. group trip to dimsum!
wait...which chinatown?
hmm you like Empress Pavillion? If you haven't tried Ocean Star, go there. It's my fave!
yeah..that upgrade on the catalina express is a crock...not worth it....but catalina is totally worth it...so nice out there... yumm....dim sum...empress pavillion has good service too..if u know what i mean..*wink wink* but yeah...i usually go to the O.G. place..ocean seafood down the street.
I didn't get a chance to visit Catalina Island when I was in Cali... maybe I should do that next year.
i cant see the first couple of pics! =(
i love catalina~ that's where we got engaged!
i love what ya did w/ the pics...you did do something, right?
Mmmmm Empress Pavilion! I LOVE DIM SUM.
aw man.. i tried to get dim sum last sunday, and it turned out our usual spot closed down! haha
you're constantly going to all these wonderful places...i envy you...
u know, i've lived in LA over 20 yrs and have yet to visit catalina island? empress pavilion is good but i like the place called ocean "something" - maybe ocean palace? i know it has ocean in the name. soooo good.
im sad you didnt get eaten by sharks at catalina you dumbass
ohh i have yet to go to catalina...but i'm sure it's a romantic setting which frankly i don't think i could do right now....but one day i hope!...the bike riding thing sounds fun!
wow...that's an amazing view...
wow, that looks so fun!
aargh! i've never even been to CATALINA! =i
my jr. high had yearly trips there available for the CJSF students but i wasn't one of the jr. high smarties! =P Never even came close to making it.. =i hehe.. course, that all changed in high school, but there weren't any extracurricular field trips for CSF members.. =i booo!
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wow look at that view... lovely!
Glam was throwing a fashion show at that club I think. That pond/bridge looks familiar
..its the waltz , the foxtrot, and one other that escapes my memory right now. uh oh. signs of old age creepn in. =(
but yay. i can see the first 2 pics now. lol.
i havent been to catalina in ages. looks like you went with a huge fun group. i think im going to EP tomorrow for dimsum. i adore dimsum but monterey park is too far. wish they had a good place on the west side.