Brunch at Cafe Terrance

i got coupon online for sunday brunch. since it's the last weekend, there were a lot people. the cafe is located inside Hyatt. overall the selection is ok, so is the food.

Dragon Boat Festival

we checked out the dragon boat fest over the weekend. but i thought Chinese Tamale day passed long time ago... i guess it's just any activity among the dragon boat clubs and a lot UC schools were in the race. there's wasn't much to see in the fest beside supporting for you team. we kinda went to try out babe's new camera~~^w^ and the pictures came out great w/ the new lens~~

Long Beach Firework

look at all those people~ we start walking to the shoreline aquatic park around 8pm. there were a lot people there waiting for the firework already. i thought the firework is above the queen mary, so i try to pick a spot facing it. but the firework is actually above parker's lighthouse. i think we got a great spot b/c we are very close to it.

this is my best shot of the firework. it's last about 30 min. but the last 30 sec. is what worth seeing. we left right after the firework and we got out of the parking lot pretty fast. but there were still a bit of traffic in font of us...

Mai Tai Bar

we were at the long beach around 2pm. there were a lot of time for us to kill, so we went to Mai Tai Bar before the firework. they got happy hour from 4pm-7pm with $4 drinks and 1/2 appetizers. since it's July 4th, we thought it's gonna be packed, but this place was not crowed at all. we ordered the fired calamari, spinach deep, skewer, and fried shrimp. i like the skewer the best. we sited inside at beginning and moved to the patio since they got entertainment outside, dancers doing hawaii dance~~
the show was great!! the live band was there all afternoon, but the dance only show up for the last 30mims~ it's a great place to chill and enjoy the music with some drinks.