My Fiancé's Birthday

Yesterday was my fiance's birthday, he's 34 now!

We went to a hibachi restaurant called Benihana. Originally, I wasn't sure if I should go because I wasn't feeling too well, but my fiance managed to convince me and I'm glad he did. But, DAMN, was it FANCY!

We took public transportation part of the way and then walked to rest of the way and I, of course, took photos of all the pretty Christmas lights (photos posted on Instagram) on the way. I haven't been to the downtown area of the city, especially not during the winter time, despite living here for almost five years. But that's not surprising since my "mom" would not let me go anywhere besides school and work.

When we got in the restaurant I immediately saw a big statue of a calico kitty cat encased in glass. It was so cute I had to take a photo!

We were a bit early so we sat down in the lobby until everyone else arrived and it was time for our reservation. I was curious if the walls had any decor so I looked back at the wall behind me and there were photos of CELEBRITIES that have eaten there before! I'm talking Michael Jackson, Jackie Chan, Shaquille O'Neal and so many others!

Once everyone else arrived and it was time for our reservation, we walked up some stairs to the second floor. We walked up to a large table with a grill fixed into it, which makes sense since it was a hibachi restaurant. We sat down and ordered some drinks. After some time we ordered our food, I got two kinds of shrimp sushi rolls.

Before we got our food the waitress brought some onion soup and salads, both tasted pretty good. My fiance's son was the first one to get his food since he ordered chicken tenders. It was a minute before the sushi came out and even longer for everyone else to get their food.

My fiance and some others ordered off the hibachi menu so they had to wait for the chef to come and make it. And, OMG, when they did I was so MESMERIZED that I didn't even touch my sushi all I did was drink my grape Ramune. I mean, the tricks the chef did were amazing and the onion volcano was so awesome!

Before we ordered our drinks me, my fiance's mother, sister and son told the waitress it was my fiance's birthday so he got a free scope of ice cream (hehe, pay back for my birthday). My fiance's son, nephew, sister and I also got ice cream (I got rainbow sherbet). When the waitress came out with the ice cream she also had a tambourine with her and she played it as we sang Happy Birthday to my fiance.

After we were done with our ice cream, my fiance's "uncle" (he was my fiance's uncle through marriage but he divorced my fiance's aunt) took us home. All in all it was an awesome time. When we got home, we took a nap and a few hours after we woke up we went out with my fiance's new telescope and looked for planets. We found Uranus and I managed to find Orion the Hunter without realizing it (I forgot three stars in a line made up Orion's Belt). We tried to use Orion's Belt to find Saturn but the telescope couldn't point straight up so we couldn't look for it, but we still had fun (even though it was freezing).

Anyway, I'm so glad my fiance enjoyed his birthday and that I was there to celebrate with him.