Unexpected turn of events!

Tuesday I was supposed to go hang out with James and go eat at a Japanese joint called Honda-ya in Tustin, but a co-worker stopped by my cubicle and asked if I had brought the ingedients for the food we were supposed to be cooking after work. OMG... I totally double booked! Believe me, I would have totally preferred to go hang out with you, James, but I had committed to the girl like 3-4 weeks ago, so I had to keep that promise.

So off we went after work to my co-workers house to help cook a German dish called Rouladen for another co-worker’s boss’ b-day potluck the following day. Since I don’t eat pork or beef, I would not be able to enjoy our creation but helped do the prep work nonetheless. Unfortunately, one of my jobs was chopping the onions and I couldn’t get the stink off my fingers! I wash them a dozen times, poured rubbing alcohol and bleach on them, sprayed perfume and they still smelled! Eeww! Does any one know how to take the stink off for future reference?

I guess it was all worth it because I hear that it was yummy, tho. It’s beef with 2 strips of bacon, honey mustard, onions, & pepper rolled together and cooked in red wine, mushrooms and tomatoes.

(Here's us doing the prep work)

(Here's us enjoying some dinner that my co-worker's hubby cooked for us)

Afterwards, I hung out at home. There was supposed to be a group of us going out, but I got a call that no one wanted to go out because it was salsa night at the club and most of the group didn’t dance salsa. I was a little bummed because I had a connection that got us on the list, but decided to call it a night, took a shower and was in bed.

My phone rang about 9p and it was my buddy Santa who wanted to go out after all and I was game for it! I have never gotten ready so fast! But I did stop to take pictures of me and my outfit. I know…typical girl!

(I know it's blurry...but you can kinda see my entire outfit!)

We had to get there before 10:30pm to get in. We parked at 10:28 and ran up a flight of stairs so fast it was too funny! All you could hear were the clicking of high heels against the cement and us laughing hysterically!

The club blew us away! It’s an up scale club in Costa Mesa called Sutra . It’s VERY classy! Here are some pictures of the inside. I don’t know how to dance salsa and these people were GREAT dancers! I was so nervous and thought heck, I really don’t mind just hanging out on the plush couches and watching. The atmosphere is super cool, guys will ask you to dance, but they are not hitting on you or don’t come across that way. Everyone just seems like they are there to dance. Everyone that would ask me to dance I told them that I didn’t know how and they all said they would teach me and they did! Or at least tried too! It’s a beautiful dance and they have classes from 9p-10p before the club open every Tuesday and I met Alex… who can get us on the list. This guy is an AWESOME dancer!!! He danced with me the remaindered of the night and was twirling me all over the dance floor and kept a count for me, so I could keep with the beat. I had such a great time!

Today I am going to search for a salsa DVD and practice at home. I have become one dancing machine!!!