On Tiger’s birthday, we were in San Diego and decided to celebrate the morning and early afternoon with a trip to Sea World with Tiger’s Aunt, Uncle, and Cousin. The weather was perfect and the outing to Sea World was both relaxing and refreshing. Not only did we get to see some pretty cool animals, but we got to spend time with Tiger’s cousin, eat some unhealthy foods (more on that later), and run around (not Tiger, but mama and dada) in what was Captain Kid’s World (now some Sesame Street thing). How can we top that?…by returning in a few months thanks to our newly acquired 2012 season passes! (yes, we still live in New Jersey)!

Dada, this place is almost as cold as NJ…maybe polar bears and Beluga whales live in NJ too?

One of my favorite pictures of Tiger and Mama

I’m having a whale of a time! (okay, no more references to Sea World)

Taken at exactly 2:03 PM, November 7th, 2011, exactly one year after I was born

Me and my gracious Sea World hosts!

After Sea World, we went to Love Boat sushi to complete our Tour de Binge of food establishments that we’ve been craving since leaving California. The night before Tiger’s birthday, we ate bun guon (I’m sure I spelled that wrong) and got a visit from Tiger’s website’s #1 fans!

For a rundown on our Tour de Binge, here’s a semi-complete list of things we ate in less than 6 days:
-Dim sum at East Gourmet Restaurant…check
-Roasted pork…check
-Half and Half’s Iced Milk drink with boba and grass jelly…check
-Church’s chicken…check
-Mom’s home cookin’….check
-Abe Froman and Freiburger from Dog Haus…check and check
-In-N-Out fries…mini check (wish we could’ve gotten a burger also)
-Carne asada chips from Roberto’s…check
-Banh mi sandwiches…check
-Unhealthy food (Slurpy, funnel cake, churros, etc.) from Sea World…check
-Half and Half…yes, we went again (and ordered 3 drinks to split between the 2 of us)…CHECK!
-Pastries from Big Joy Family Bakery and Pangea Bakery…check
-Asian cafe courtesy of Baccali…check
-Sushi from Love Boat…check
-Tons of Asian foods…check

Things that we didn’t get to eat that were on our list were:
-Luscious Dumplings
-Jamba Juice
-MxN carne asada burrito with shrimp

Ah, at least there’s always March 2012…