Photos of USA '06

the start of the long memorial day weekend holiday

so today is the start of the long memorial day weekend celebrations. lam was kinda tired from work for the week so we decided to keep our outings local for the day. just a trip to ihop for brunch coz she wanted to try their waffles and then on to ikea where they were having a sale of up to 50% off on selected items.

usually i would expect the roads to be empty as people start on their short getaways for the weekends. but i guess the rising cost of petrol must have deterred a lot of people from doing so.
on the way to ihop and there it was. the flea market under the bridge. pretty cool to get stuff you want or to sell stuff you dun want. the weather was pretty fine though it was gettin hot. a zoomed out version of the picture above.apparently ihop's founder's waffle was an award winning one judging from the medal awarded for best waffle in the county... for 1967.but i guess his children didnt have the taste/skills to make such waffles any more. it may look good from the pictures but lam said they didnt taste as good.i had the day's special which was chicken steak. not too bad though coz i was hungry. the fries were too oily for my liking.and here's lam with another flower that she wanted to buy. with summer coming, she's been stocking up with so many flowers in te house, i dun think it would stop anytime soon. shall try and remember to take a photo of all the plants she has one day for you to see what i mean.i kinda like these flowers. was planning to get a pot for myself since they were so cheap anyways.

its a really big flower sale at Lowe's which is something like Ikea but the american version i guess. there were a lot more flowers out there in the area but these were the shots i managed.

well its on to New York tomorrow and Atlantic City, New Jersey for Memorial Day Monday. stay tuned!

posted by Tariq @ 11:28 PM