Today was Naoko’s birthday!! We woke up, chilled out, headed into town at 11:00, went for brunch at Raffles Hotel’s Bar And Billiard Room, which was great – check out those pictures below!! The food was amazing – they had salad stuff (with great olives, meat stuff (lamb, filet mignon in peppercorn sauce), fish stuff (shrimps, raw oysters and smoked salmon), cooked stuff (ratatouille, gnocchi and other stuff), cheese stuff, wine, coffee… and great decor! It was pretty empty too, which was nice, and we chilled out for over two hours, eating and chatting and enjoying ourselves immensely. What a great birthday for Naoko that all three of us could enjoy!
After that we wandered around Raffles Hotel, then went to the public library to renew Oliver Twist for Zen (he’s only one third of the way through it), then went to Swee Lee music to buy an acoustic amplifier for my new guitar, then over to Guitar 77 in the Excelsior Plaza on Coleman Street to pick up my Seagull (I had them set it up), then to get some groceries, and into a cab and go home. Whew!!
Now it’s evening and we’re chilling out. People are calling to wish Naoko a happy birthday. It’s great.
In front of Rafles Hotel
Bar And Billiard Room, Raffle Hotel, lunch buffet
Bar And Billiard Room, Raffle Hotel, lunch buffet
Bar And Billiard Room, Raffle Hotel, lunch buffet
Naoko, Bar And Billiard Room, Raffle Hotel, lunch buffet
Naoko’s selection
Me ‘n’ my cheeses
We three buffeteers
Naoko’s birthday cake, courtesy of Raffles Hotel
Pete ‘n’ Naoko
Naoko ‘n’ chandelier
In the Raffles Hotel garden
In the Raffles Hotel garden
Zen pluckin’ the strings at Swee Lee Music