Yokoso

Went to Yokoso at the Waterfront for dinner. It's a hibachi steakhouse, kinda like Benihana, but they seem to have a better selection of sushi. Not bad, a pity it's a chain.

Our chef's name was Sergio. We sat with a mother and two sons, and a couple about our age. The girl was a flippin' lush, she drank 6 glasses of wine during the course of dinner. (I wanted to tell her that the state stores sold bottles for $8.) She and her boyfriend were discussing, with some degree of amazement, how some mushrooms are poisonous. The mother has never had scallops, so she asked if she could try one of ours. She seemed serious about it, and asked what it tastes like. We described it poorly as tasting like any other aquatic mollusk. Sergio overcooked the scallops, but they were okay. It was a decent dinner, I'd go back.

Hung out at Barnes & Noble after dinner, like the geeks we are; I bought Life of Pi by Yann Martel. It's been a long time coming. Flipped through a cat encyclopedia and learned some fascinating trivia, among which that our tortie is an American Shorthair.

Shimmied over to PetCo and got more kitty litter for the baby. There were two boys playing with the kitty litter. Dude, if I were you, I wouldn't want to be breathing that stuff. There was only one funnel and one working scooper, so when we got to the bin they could only watch.

Boy: "So... you guys have cats? How many?"
E: "Yeah, we've one."
NK: "But she's a pooper, so we need lots of this."
E: "Well, aren't all of 'em."
(Boys watched on as we filled up our buckets, while playing with the litter, this time with their grubby hands. Finally their mother called them over, and they ran off.)

While walking through the aisle of cat toys, E got excited when he saw an orange glove, the same one kitty has. It's like her blankie, she carries it around in her mouth, it's been chewed into a big orange ball of fuzz. We'd been thinking about replacing it, but never thought we'd find it. I think we'll wait until the current glove is truly a goner, then we'll bring out the new one. It'll be her Christmas present.

As soon as we got home, I fixed up a martini - sake, gin, grenadine, amaretto, and frangelico. Still can't beat the concoctions at Soba Lounge, but not shabby.

E's fascinated by Splinter Cell. The cat loves me.