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Bun with grilled prawns – Hometown Noodle 2

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Project 365: Day 78

Finally, we’ve made it to Gustavia, Saint Barthelemy (St. Barths)! We had a small breakfast at the Oceanview Cafe, then met the gang to tender to shore. Gustavia is really clean and pretty and EXPENSIVE! Everything is also in Euros so it’s more expensive than you think. We made our way to Shell Beach and rented chairs for the day. Thank goodness because there were a few downpours but we stayed mostly dry. We had a fabulous lunch at Do Brazil, laid out and swam all day, did some shopping in town, had coffee at a cafe, then tendered back to the ship. So sad to leave such a beautiful and relaxing island. We relaxed in our cabin for a little bit, then I went for a snack at Oceanview Cafe, met Silverfox for drinks at the Martini Bar, had dinner with the gang in the main dining room, took a disco nap, then partied the night away at the White Party!

Bun with grilled prawns Hometown Noodle 2

Bun tom nuong. Cold vermicelli, a thin rice noodle, is call “bun” in Vietnamese. With pickled carrots and radish, cucumber, and garnished with toasted peanuts and green onions. Served with fish sauce and choice of meat. Large $8.25
Hometown Noodle 2, San Bruno CA

Shrimp spring rolls – Hometown Noodle 2

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Project 365: Day 77

Roseau, Dominica! The exclamation point means “get me out of here!” No joke, this place was super scary and the people were NOT friendly. I had 2 breakfasts this morning, one at Oceanview Cafe and the other at AquaSpa Cafe. Then we were stupid enough to go explore Roseau by ourselves instead of doing an excursion elsewhere on the island. The town was pretty dirty and some of the people were scary and mean. We walked around town just checking the non-existent sites, looked for a bookstore, visited Our Lady of Fair Haven Cathedral, had a Jamaican beef patty at Patty Shack, then ran back to the ship. We tried to decompress in the solarium while eating food from the AquaSpa Cafe and the Pool/Mast Grill. We then attended the 70’s T-Dance, had drinks at the Martini Bar, had a couple’s dinner at the main dining room, watch Mario Cantone, then went to the Oceanview Cafe for ice cream.

Shrimp spring rolls Hometown Noodle 2

2 large rolls with boiled shrimp, lettuce, bean sprouts and rice noodle are wrapped in thin rice sheets. Served with house special peanut sauce. $5.25
Hometown Noodle 2, San Bruno CA

Green tea Hometown Noodle 2

Green tea. Complimentary.

Housemade breakfast sausage – Outerlands

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Project 365: Day 76

Today we arrived at Bridgetown, Barbados. We decided to have brunch in the main dining room, just Silverfox and me. The food was the same as upstairs in the Oceanview Cafe, but plated more nicely. We then met up with a couple friends to enjoy a taxi tour of the island. Our driver, Angela, was hilarious and described pretty much everything we drove by. We drove north along the beaches then cut inland (east) through a large golf course. We passed by the mansions where Tiger Woods supposedly got married. We searched for green monkies, but there were none to be seen. We then made our way to the Highland Adventure Weather Station after driving through several sugarcane plantations. Afterward, we made our way to St. John’s church. It was cute and interesting to see the grave where someone was buried standing up. We passed by Gun Hill Signal Station on our way back to Bridgetown. We then had lunch and drinks at Waterfront Cafe before walking back to the ship. Had a large snack at the Oceanview Cafe, VIP cocktail party with an hour of free drinks, dinner in the main dining room, Sirens variety show performed by the Celebrity staff, then a late night snack from the Oceanview Cafe.

Housemade breakfast sausage Outerlands

Pork sausage patties with chili-sage. $5
Outerlands, San Francisco

This was frickin’ delicious and flavorful! I’m sure these patties were super fatty, but that’s probably why they were SO good.

Poached eggs and braised greens – Outerlands

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Project 365: Day 75

Today we arrived in St. Georges, Grenada. We had a large breakfast at the Oceanview Cafe, then went ashore to explore the area adjacent to the cruise ship. We first walked into town to explore some of the markets, but the people were SUPER pushy trying to sell you spices and get into their cabs, so we turned around and walked up the hill to Fort George. After entering and looking around the mostly destroyed police department, we walked down the other side of the hill to explore The Crenage. We had a lovely lunch at BB’s Crabback Restaurant before surviving the Melville Street tunnel back to the cruise ship. We laid out on the pool deck, had food at the AquaSpa Cafe, ate an fun and inventive dinner at Qsine Restaurant, saw the Courtney Act perfromance, then finished it off at the Equinox Rising Dance Party.

Poached eggs and braised greens Outerlands

With yellow corn grits. $9
Outerlands, San Francisco

This was good, but standard. I was hoping that there would be something special to them, but they were straightforward.

Chicken tikka masala – Curry Boyzz

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Project 365: Day 74

Today was a relaxing day at sea. I had a small breakfast at the Oceanview Cafe, laid out on the pool deck, then had a larger brunch in the main dining room, played bingo with Miss Richfield 1981 as the host (hilarious!), attended the Military Dog Tag T-Dance Party, had an afternoon meal, a large dinner in the main dining room, then danced the night away at the MardiGlo Party.

Chicken tikka masala Curry Boyzz

Boneless chicken in curry sauce. $6.99
Curry Boyzz, San Francisco

I love chicken tikka masala! You don’t get a lot of chicken in this dish, but you do get a lot of the delicious curry sauce. Mmm, naan and tikka masala sauce equals heaven!

Lamb cholay – Curry Boyzz

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Project 365: Day 73

We checked out of our hotel room today, had a great lunch at Toro Salao, and now we’re finally on the Celebrity Summit cruise ship! YAY, I’m SO excited to explore and eat, lol! The ship has been recently renovated so it’s pretty nice. The staff are super friendly and helpful. This will be my second cruise and I’m traveling with 10 friends so it should be a blast! I’ve gotta watch it though because food is available 24 hours a day, and you know how much I love to eat. LOL! Tonight we’re gonna dine in the main dining room, watch the Dame Edna Experience show, then head to the pool deck for the Welcome Dance Party. My vacation has now hit the next level.

Lamb cholay Curry Boyzz

Lamb curry cooked with garbanzo beans, garnished with chopped cilantro. $7.99
Curry Boyzz, San Francisco

I really liked this dish. The curry had a nice spiciness and the lamb was tender. We actually got really full during dinner so we took leftovers home.

Aloo naan – Curry Boyzz

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Project 365: Day 72

We had a busy tourist day today. We started with iced coffees and sandwiches at Quatro Sombras, then we walked the Paseo de la Princesa, visited the grounds around El Morro Castle, and walked more streets around Old San Juan. We randomly ran into some friends at our hotel’s casino later that evening. Since they had a rental car, we carpooled to the Sheraton Convention Center to attend the cruise pre-party! We later had dinner at Miro, which was kind of a letdown. Sad…

Aloo naan Curry Boyzz

Indian bread stuffed with potatoes and mixed spices. $1.99
Curry Boyzz, San Francisco

Garlic naan – Curry Boyzz

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Project 365: Day 71

Omg, guess who was in Old San Juan today on the campaign trail? Rick Santorum! Yup! We were waiting for a lunch restaurant to open so we went to hang out at a random plaza to kill time. Then quite suddenly, a procession began and Rick Santorum and his family were walking through the crowd shaking hands. He shook my hand and winked at me, lol! I don’t even like the guy but it was easy to get caught up in the hoopla. I snapped over a dozen pics (see one below, hehe). We later saw him eating lunch outside at a nearby restaurant. It was hard to miss him since there were plenty of bodyguards in black suits everyhwere.

Lunch was better today at St. Germain Bistro and so were drinks at Restaurante Triana, but snacks/drinks at the Sheraton Old San Juan and dinner at Dragonfly were a bust!

Garlic naan Curry Boyzz

Indian bread with fresh ground garlic and parsley, yum! $1.99
Curry Boyzz, San Francisco

Rick Santorum

Rick Santorum and family in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Shishito peppers robata – Hecho

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Project 365: Day 70

This has been a horrible day so far! Our red-eye flight out of SFO was delayed last night because of the rain so we would have missed our IAD connection to San Juan. We were able to get on an earlier flight out of SFO and made our connection, but our bags didn’t make it. The baggage claim guy at the SJU airport was SO lame and annoying. So now we probably won’t have clothes to change into until tomorrow.

We’ve also had a horrible dining experience in San Juan already. Our cab driver suggested Raices Restaurant near our hotel to have lunch and it was absolutely horrible. This place was a cheesy tourist trap if I’ve ever seen one! The food was disgusting and the over priced drinks were weak and gross tasting. I hope the dining improves during our stay!

Despite all that, San Juan is beautiful and the weather has been great!

Shishito peppers robata Hecho

1 skewer of grilled peppers with radish garnish. $4
Hecho, San Francisco

This was another disappointment. The peppers were barely grilled and weren’t very warm.

Soft shell crab roll – Hecho

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Project 365: Day 68

Work is going by SO slowly! I still haven’t packed anything for my trip yet but I have finished all my laundry so choosing outfits should be relatively easy. I also need to make sure that all my bills are paid so I don’t miss any payments while I’m gone. Ho hum.

Soft shell crab roll Hecho

Deep fried soft shell crab and avocado. $9
Hecho, San Francisco

I loved how large this roll was, but on the other hand there was only 6 pieces. You can’t go wrong with soft shell crab though!

Hecho roll – Hecho

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Project 365: Day 67

I had to work half a day this morning and the anticipation for my Caribbean vacation is hitting me hard! After my French Laundry meal last night (I’ll try to get those uploaded asap), I’m not feeling so hot in the body image department. Oh well, not much I can do now. I’m hitting the gym this evening and probably tomorrow night as a final attempt to tone up. Lol!

Hecho roll Hecho

Spicy tuna with albacore and pico de gallo. $16
Hecho, San Francisco

I enjoyed this roll. The fresh salsa on top was a nice surprise. Kind of expensive though.