Doc Chey's Noodle House

OK, all of you who live out west will just have to come and visit to get a taste of Doc Chey's amazing noodles. But this place is great, it is like an amazing Thai/Chinese restaurant without the fried stuff! A few great things about the place you ask??

• Atmosphere - the tables are made of concrete with cool stones in them.
• Instead of numbers, they give you words like PEACE, JOY, LOVE, SPIRIT, TRANQUILITY etc. so they know who to bring your food to.
• At lunch you order at the bar and then sit down, at night you sit and order.
• You can get an amazing, healthy, interesting lunch or dinner for under $8.
• Did I mention, the good, healthy, interesting, spicy (doesn't have to be), food??

So, all that to say, if you are ever in the area, this is not one to miss!

Kaffe Merchantile

right now i am sitting at my new favorite coffee shop, the kaffe merchantile. First of all, it is an add on to a house on 26th, 1/2 block up from harrison blvd. This fact makes it feel a bit more small town, and a lot less like typical utah. anyway, the whole place is set with 1920s style, complete with music. The prices are similar to every other coffee shop so it won't hurt your pocket book. They even have a patio made of cedar with walls for privacy, very nice. They sell homemade products and bread mixes. If you buy a can of coffee you can get it refilled for a 2 dollar discount. anyway, i'll let you come experience it for yourself. be warned, the seats are a bit uncomfortable and there are not many tables (4 inside, 3 outside). i enjoy it very much, check it out!

"water pump" at gold's gym

i have a membership to gold's gym. lanie and i go to the new gym on 23rd and washington. we have been going to a body pump class on mondays, and it is really hard! not in the sense of a good workout, but in the sense that we always feel like we are doing it wrong even if i am doing the exact form the instructor is doing. we have been sore for weeks in the same spot on our shoulders. anyway, long story short, we were looking for something different... we found water pump!

it's a class in the pool with aerobic workout and weights. today was our first day. we walked in, and there was the instructor who looks like she's about 30, and 10 other ladies who are all above 55! it was so fun, and surprisingly really hard. have you ever tried to do jumping jacks in the water? i laughed so much, and my thighs will be sore tomorrow! we went down to the "deep" end of the pool (5ft.) and toned our muscles with weights that float and provide resistance under the water. after that we did abs on the side of the pool. i remember doing things like that when i was younger just for fun, but this time it really was a workout. we held on to the side of the pool facing in and lifted our legs forwards and sideways, and every other way. it was good for the abs.

anyway, i give the class an A! it was really fun yet very challenging, also a good way to start out a friday morning! i will be so sad when i start work because the class is at 8:30 so i won't be able to go, but until then, come join us, it was a blast.

The Breakup

In the movie vein... Drew and I watched "The Break-up" with Jennifer Aniston and Vince Vaughn. The story is amusing although a little bland and predictable, but I didn't like the ending at all. I don't want to ruin it for you, but suffice it to say that if you are looking for a happy ending this is not the movie for you. And that is all I have to say about that. So there is your review in a nut-shell. :)

L

my spidey senses are going crazy!

Super-man 3... it was good. a little bit of romance, jealousy, envy, comedy, revenge, action--it has it all. seriously folks, it was really good. at first it seemed like there was too many plots, and too much stuff going on, but it was all tied together in the end. the scenes with MJ and Peter were good, and it had some great action scenes, but the very last one was the best. i would give it 4 out of 5 stars. go see it. now.
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Striders

My leg feels much better from my running injury back at the end of february, so I thought I would go get some new running shoes. I went down to Striders in Layton. This was not a mistake.

When I got there someone helped me right away. The first thing they did was analyze my feet. Sounds a little wierd but basically you step on this mat and it shows you where the pressure is on your feet on a computer screen. Then you walk on it and it shows an animation of how the pressure is applied to your foot when you walk or run. So cool. That part was worth the whole trip.

Turns out I have flexible feet. I guess that means that shoes with more stability are good for me.

They also measured my feet. I've never had my feet measured before. I found out that my left foot is a half size bigger than my right! Also I learned that I have been buying my shoes too small. (No wonder my toenails fall off!)

Then I tried on like 8 pairs of shoes. Thye just kept giving me more and more pairs. I would try one on then go run on the treadmill. It was great. They even showed me a better way to tie my shoes!

I got a great pair of shoes for under 100 bucks. Mizunos.

Can't wait to go running in them tomorrow.

So if you need a new pair of shoes, or just want to see a cool computer animation of how pressure is applied to your feet as you walk, go to Striders!

(If you buy 10 pair you get the next pair free! The whole family is included!)

A Collision

my sick review is going to be on one of the greatest bands of all time. The David Crowder Band. i heard one of the songs on the radio today, and it reminded me of how great this CD is. seriously it's amazing! they also have a second CD called "B Collision." they play the same songs, but in a different way. it's just as good as "A Collision" especially if you like the blue grass style, bajo playing, "boom-chuck, boom-chuck" kind of music. check it out.
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