Friend Rebecca and I are on an eating mission.  Where can we get good food for a fair price?   Right now we’re on an Asian kick.  San Diego’s Asian restaurant district is located around  Balboa and Convoy.
   I checked Yelp on where to start.  This Wednesday night was our first foray and  we started at Ichiro, located at 4344 Convoy.  Got there around 5:30, which was perfect, as we didn’t have to wait for a table.   
   Sorry, we’re not drinkers so I can’t give you any idea on their happy hour prices but I’m sure they are fair. We were there to EAT!     We started with eel hand rolls and chicken wing karage from the happy hour menu,  $3.00 each.  We should have paid more attention to the happy hour menu as  there were great sounding  appetizers at the right price. Sorry that we didn’t.  For our other dishes, we opted for a caterpillar roll  and a noodle dish.  Both good.  But more appetizers would have been more fun.  Service was also pleasant.
    We’ve decided we’ll give our restaurant  choices 5 star ratings and this one rated a 4.  Can’t wait to go back for the karage and try some of their other happy hour menu.  When we looked around at 6:15 every table wad taken and people were waiting in line.  Try it.

Purple Nails

After considerable urging by friends, family and even strangers, I’ve decided it is time for me to start blogging.
I used to have an advice column called “Dear Dar” when I was running singles parties here in San Diego, so a lot of what I will  say is geared to being an older person in today’s dating world.   Probably will throw in  lots of food/restaurant review type stuff, a little financial knowledge, and some clothing/makeup issues.   Whatever I’ve learned, I’d love to share.
  Starting with this week:   While standing in line at the Las Vegas
airport, returning to SD, one of the 2 girls in line next to me commented on my fingernail polish.   This happens all the time, as  I have the most beautiful purple colored nails you’ll ever see.  I’ve heard over and over again that the colors they’ve bought at various stores are not as deep and as rich as they look in the bottle.  So everyone wants to find out the brand I’m using.  Actually, I do use “Savvy, Deep Amethyst” from the Sally Shop and here’s the secret:  Buy any pretty purple that you like and also buy a bottle of black.  Use the black first, then purple over as the second coat.  Color is fabulous!
  For all you purple fanatics like me,  try it and write back with your take on my suggestion. 

                      Darlena