Good evening!

Today my sweetie and I got the opportunity to go up to Beaverton and spend some time with our family from up north! We met up with my aunt Alice, my Aunt Flo, and her sweetie, Ryan!! I was sooooo excited, because I knew we were going to have such a GREAT time!! We ALWAYS do!!

Anyway, a couple of months ago, I had contacted the aunts and asked if we could make a date to get together, it had been much too long. My aunt Alice suggested that we all get together at the Benihana’s up in Beaverton. Neither Flo nor I had ever been there, so of course we jumped at the chance, and today was the day of our get-together!!

After we all met up at Benihana’s , the hostess took us to our table which was dining room table height, and it was was built around a gigantic grill. Still not really knowing what to expect, we all sat down, ordered what we wanted and did a little visiting before our chef appeared.

Our chef’s name was Felix, and right from the get-go, I knew that Felix was going to be a character!! He had a hysterical laugh, some of the corniest jokes, was super charming, and he made our experience SO MUCH FUN!!! – OH, and did I mention he liked to sing??? Well, he did!! and he made sure to serenade us throughout the entire experience, it truly was SO MEMORABLE!!!

Here is a YouTube clip of our Felix in action:

Not only that, but the food that he prepared was SOOOOO DELICIOUS!! SERIOUSLY!! I had the chicken yakisoba, which I have to admit may have been the best yakisoba I had ever eaten. That came with grilled mixed vegetables, that had this AMAZING ginger sauce – YUM!!! Vegetable fried rice, which was PERFECTION! and a side salad with a ginger salad dressing, which was so good that Jason and I bought an order of just the dressing to make sure we had some in our fridge for our salads at home!!!

Jason and I got there knowing we were going to have a good time, and we really did!! I just love hanging out with my family, and add that to trying something new, like Benihana’s , it added up to a day of sweet bliss!! I just ADORE Saturdays like this!!!

It might have also helped that Benihana’s is located right next to a Nordstrom Rack! I had never been to one before so, after we all said our goodbyes, my sweetie and I went over there “Just to look around”. YEAH RIGHT??? I ended up leaving with two pairs of THE CUTEST shoes you have EVER seen, two cardigans both with uber-feminine details, and 3 decorative headbands, which you have to know I am just a SUCKER for!!! (I will share pics of these treasure tomorrow!!)

God bless Jason, he insisted on carrying everything, including my purse throughout the store, and was super patient and even gave me style advice for anything I looked at! Let’s just say, he earned HUGE, HUGE, H-U-G-E brownie points there!! Thank you, Honey, I really appreciate you!!! 😉

Well, that is all for now, I will leave you to go get ready for an early night to bed!

Here’s to a FABULOUS evening!! 😉

“If you want to have a different life, you have to live differently!”