A 40th birthday to remember! 

Happy Birthday, Brandon.

Well, it was a few weeks ago, but you know time, life and everything else that goes into things. But I still wanted to document Brandon’s birthday on the blog! On Brandon’s birthday, which was 9/7, we had a really delicious meal at Golden Deli in San Gabriel.

The best place to go when you are starving is a Pho restaurant because if you order Pho it will literally come out to you in 5 minutes. Before your egg rolls, before whatever else you order, sometimes even before you get your glass of water, and definitely before the other person who orders gets their food. So if you are used to getting all your food at once and it’s going to upset you, don’t go to a pho restaurant and get mad – or just everyone order pho. Everything else is usually relatively fast too, so you shouldn’t have to wait too long. 

Golden Deli is pretty popular, so you may have to wait outside for a bit before you get a table, but because everything comes out so quickly, most tables are turned relatively fast. It’s not really a place for a long sit down dinner, so come prepared. 

I highly recommend all these delicious things and I’m excited to go back and try more. We don’t cook Vietnamese food that often, so it was nice to have a variety of yummy things to enjoy.

For Brandon’s birthday weekend we took a trip up to Mammoth! 

Mammoth in September is beautiful and way less busy than in the summer months when we usually go. We had some rain, and then lots of rain at times, but it didn’t stop us from getting out on the lake and enjoying the beautiful Eastern Sierra. We caught so many trout that I lost count and we put most of them back in the lake. But we did get these four beautiful trout that we kept and one of them we ate fresh that day! Super delicious. Talk about lake-to-table!

We enjoyed a beer at June Brewery and dinner at Mammoth Brewery. Our favorite breads from Shat’s and brought some treats from home for some delicious meals on and off the lake. 

It was a weekend of lots of relaxation with a lot of walking, hiking, fishing and fun! I love Mammoth and am so happy we got to have this awesome fishing experience together for Brandon’s 40th Birthday. 

This was a trip to remember and I’m so proud of how much progress Brandon has made since his hip surgery just this past December! Here’s to many more trips to Mammoth, lots of movement, health and happiness for many years to come! 

Happy Birthday, Brandon! I love you so much!!!