birthdays, birthdays, birthdays

Is it just me, or does it seem like a lot of people have their birthdays in May? In May, I've celebrated the birthdays of four people already (just as I typed "four" I realized that it may not be a lot compared to others, and then I just felt like one of those people that say something ridiculous and everyone around goes "okay there, *rolls eyes*"). Anyways, birthdays. Happy occasions. And happy indeed. Had to trick B into thinking that we were getting together for another friend's birthday before he agreed to make an appearance. Haha. But sadly, don't have pictures, only pictures for the bf's birthday which was at the beginning of this month. So random post again today!

Since the bf's birthday fell on mother's day, we celebrated the weekend after. I made reservations at a restaurant called Bridges on Granville Island, and we were so lucky to have such a beautiful weekend because it's all about the view!

This was the view that I had from where I was sitting. The top picture was the view from the windows that I had on my right (multi-millionaire condos that I can't afford!), which is False Creek and to bottom picture is the view I had in front of me, which is the Burrard Street Bridge. And yes, that's the bf in the photo.

After we placed our order, out came the bread. Now, I love my bread and I can get very critical regarding the bread that restaurants give you (my all-time favourite is from Morton's, but they closed down and now I can never eat their bread again!). All I have to say about this bread is that it's better than the bread that I've tried, the crust wasn't too tough and the rest of it was so nice and soft. And it helped that they warmed it up and served it with whipped butter.

I know, "WTF, why is there only a picture of sauce?! Where is the food???" Well, long story short, I got hungry and ate it before I remembered to take a picture. But don't worry, it was disappointing anyways. It was their crab cakes, I forgot what was the sauce (and I can't seem to find the menu that we ordered off from online), but the sauce was so overwhelming that I didn't taste the crab at all.

And this is my half-eaten entree, the sablefish. I actually enjoyed this quite a bit, the sauce was so yummy and the fish was nice and tender. But one thing, it was quite small so it didn't fill my tummy completely :(

And this is the bf's half-eaten entree too. Told you we were hungry. So he had a rack of lamb, done medium rare, with mashed potatoes and Chinese veggies. I always regret what I order when I try my bf's dish because somehow, he always manages to choose to yummier dish, life just isn't fair (drama queen alert!). The lamb just fell off the bone, and the potatoes were delicious (potato lover here!). But the vegetable was so disappointing. Now if you are Chinese, or Asian, you probably will know what I'm talking about -- the dried vegetable that your mom will use in soups? Yea, they used that as their vegetable accompaniment! I tried it, and no matter what sauce was on it, all I could think of was, "soup making vegetable". Bleh.

Didn't have dessert there because it dessert menu wasn't appealing to me. Now that I look at their bistro and bar menu online, I think I would have been much happier ordering from that menu than the one that I ordered from.

Afterward, went walking around Granville Island since it was still so nice out and took some pictures.

Woot woot for the bf indulging in my camwhore tendencies! There's a lot of pictures, but I'm not going to bore you with them, haha. I'm not that vain yet. 

Annnnd outfit of the day! Decided that maybe I will jump on the bandwagon too. So I realize that you don't see my face, but it's all about the outfit right? So the face shouldn't matter! Anyways, cardigan from H&M; grey tank from F21; skirt from F21; shoes from Joneve and bag is from Coach. 

Also posting a picture with the bf since I guess it's only fair that he gets his face somewhere in this post since it is about his birthday and whatnot. 

Ahh yes, the bday gift that I got him. Finally, before I end this post, I will post a completely non-related and random picture.*warning, picture may gross some out*

Yup, that's what my pinky looked like two weeks ago after I sprained it while playing dodgeball (I play on a dodgeball league, its hardcore, lol). Actually, I don't know if it's sprained or I might have a fracture since the bruising has disappeared but the middle joint in the finger is still pretty swollen. So going to have to take some x-rays to see if its badly swollen or there's a fracture. Haha, even I'm a bit grossed out looking at that purple finger.