Cheesecake Factory

UGH! I've been slacking in posting to my blog lately. Just been busy with some things going on at home -- and still really tired! I wanted to share some pics of a belated Father's Day dinner at Cheesecake Factory. We decided to go on the Wednesday after the Father's Day holiday because P had some things to do with his two older daughters on Father's Day.

If you've never been to the Cheesecake Factory, be prepared for a long wait (they don't take reservations). I can assure you though, that the food makes the wait worthwhile.

To kill time, we walked around Waikiki. We came across a guy with some parrots who was happy to let us pose and take pictures with them. The birds were so adorable!



After about an hour of waiting, our pager went off (YAY!). We didn't take pics of all our meals, but we did take a pic of Mikayla's GINORMOUS pizza as well as the delicious cheesecake we had for dessert!





P had the low-carb cheesecake with strawberries. I had the tuxedo cheesecake, and Mikayla had the red velvet cheesecake. Mmmmm...heavenly! Click on the pictures for an enlarged view of the Cheesecake goodies!

Dinner at Hapa Grill

I haven't been out in a while, so this past Saturday night was a special treat for me. I went out to dinner at Hapa Grill in Kapolei to celebrate my girlfriend's Big 3-0. She's the one in the middle, and she happens to also be pregnant -- due 3 weeks before me! She's also having a girl!

While I have heard some good things about Hapa Grill, I would have to say that I was a little disappointed in my shrimp scampi dinner. I love capers and usually order any dish that has it with extra capers. I forgot to this time and realized I really should have -- because there were a total of TWO capers on my plate! How disappointing. I also found the cream sauce a little bland for my liking -- although I seem to have that problem often with cream sauces for some reason.

Other than that, I enjoyed catching up with my girlfriends, especially since I have not seen these two since last year. We laughed at how, a year ago, we were celebrating my girlfriend's birthday at Oceans 808, dancing our butts off and getting our drank on. Now, 3 of us in the group are pregnant! LOL (The third girl moved to the mainland)

It's always nice to have a ladies' night out every so often, even if there's no drinking or dancing involved. While I wasn't pleased with my meal, I still had a good time. After all, it's the company that matters!

(the ladies before dinner was served: we wanted to take the pic

before we messed up our lipstick...lol)