martymcfry.com » Admin http://martymcfry.com Biased. Censored. News You Cannot Trust. Thu, 31 Dec 2009 02:27:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Vegas! http://martymcfry.com/2009/12/30/vegas-2/ http://martymcfry.com/2009/12/30/vegas-2/#comments Thu, 31 Dec 2009 02:27:04 +0000 martymcfry http://martymcfry.com/?p=341 Oooh what a weekend. Spent this past weekend at Vegas to check out City Center and to eat some good food and I even made a video!

We stayed at the Aria Hotel & Casino and unfortunately they still have plenty of bugs to work out. I guess that’s expected from a hotel that opened 2 weeks ago but I was willing to take my chances. Let’s see, the first room had the fire alarm chirrping and after two hours of reporting the problem no one came to fix it. So I moved to another room and this time the air conditioner wasn’t working properly. Unfortunately I had to go down both times to the front desk to complain because no one was answering their phone lines. And let me tell you, expect to wait a long time to talk to someone in front desk. Anyway I finally got a room that was working fine and all was well… sort of. Housekeeping took 2 hours to arrive when I requested for slippers and by then I was already asleep. They had the audacity to wake me up at 2.30am just to open the door for them, when they told me they’d leave it outside if no one answered the door.

But aside from the hotel there was the food. Mmmmmm mmm good! Spent the first night at MGM Grand’s Shibuya and we ordered the omakase, which included some yellow tail, wagyu beef (amazing!), and tuna tartare among other things. The second night was spent at Aria’s Sage restaurant and we got some escargot, more yellowtail, and some oysters. I can’t remember some of the other dishes that we got but most of it was great. My mom wasn’t a big fan of the escargot. haha

shibuya yellowtail

Now since it’s Vegas I had to do some gambling. Spent the first night playing roulette and craps and managed to win money in both. And honestly I figure it’d be best to quit while I was ahead so I spent the next 2 days gambling free. :D Anyway, craps is definitely fun but I still need to figure out all the bets and stuff.

Anyway, I’m back home and hoping for a relaxing and happy new year. Hope you guys have the same!

]]> http://martymcfry.com/2009/12/30/vegas-2/feed/ 0 Hello 2.8 http://martymcfry.com/2009/06/30/hello-2-8/ http://martymcfry.com/2009/06/30/hello-2-8/#comments Wed, 01 Jul 2009 06:24:20 +0000 martymcfry http://martymcfry.com/2009/06/30/hello-2-8/ Long time no blog! I’ve been really debating whether or not to keep this site since I hardly blog here anymore. It is a little harder to blog about my day to day activities when there’s twitter or plurk, and even then I’m getting somewhat lazy about twittering.

Anyway, I’ve been doing a couple of upgrades today. First I’ve updated Firefox, then i decided to update my ubuntu installation and now WordPress… what’s next?!

]]> http://martymcfry.com/2009/06/30/hello-2-8/feed/ 0 Guess what time of the year it is! http://martymcfry.com/2009/01/24/guess-what-time-of-the-year-it-is/ http://martymcfry.com/2009/01/24/guess-what-time-of-the-year-it-is/#comments Sat, 24 Jan 2009 08:08:21 +0000 martymcfry http://martymcfry.com/?p=337 Birthday Donut

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I also added a new blogroll link, apartment therapy. hmmm i wonder what inspired me to add that link ;-)

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Docks, originally uploaded by martymcfry.

Happy New Years! Hope everything had a good 2006 and hope you guys have an even better 2007.

Yesterday was a blast! I spent all afternoon at Balboa Island with Joyce and Co. It’s an awesome place as always, with the water right there and with all the cute little homes. Good thing I had my camera with me that day to take some photos.

]]> http://martymcfry.com/2007/01/01/docks/feed/ 0 Theme Change http://martymcfry.com/2006/12/01/theme-change/ http://martymcfry.com/2006/12/01/theme-change/#comments Fri, 01 Dec 2006 10:18:38 +0000 martymcfry http://martymcfry.com/2006/12/01/theme-change/ Ok I changed the theme again.  I really liked the style sheets used in the previous theme but wanted the site to look more like a blog.  Fortunately, I stumbled on this theme, called Gray of all things, and I think it’s a great compromise.  It looks like a blog plus it has that black/gray feel to it.  coolies

]]> http://martymcfry.com/2006/12/01/theme-change/feed/ 0 Rip-off? http://martymcfry.com/2006/11/20/rip-off/ http://martymcfry.com/2006/11/20/rip-off/#comments Mon, 20 Nov 2006 08:32:19 +0000 martymcfry http://martymcfry.com/2006/11/20/rip-off/ Is it just me or is the Notes on a Scandal poster a rip-off of the Hable con ella poster? And Is it rip off, rip-off, or ripoff?

Hable con ella poster

Notes on a Scandal poster

Tisk tisk tisk you poster designer you!

]]> http://martymcfry.com/2006/11/20/rip-off/feed/ 0 Hamburger Mary’s http://martymcfry.com/2006/01/20/hamburger-marys/ http://martymcfry.com/2006/01/20/hamburger-marys/#comments Sat, 21 Jan 2006 04:08:39 +0000 martymcfry http://martymcfry.com/?p=100 I got a call from Al Lowe this evening, right as I was about to have dinner, and he told me about this new place called Hamburger Mary’s. Apparently it’s going to be THE PLACE to go to once the Boom Room in Laguna goes down. I’m really excited about this now… considering it’s only 2.5 miles away from home (and right by your work Cj!)! OMG.. no longer will I need to go to WeHo, or Laguna for a gay night out (hehe). This is gonna be sweet! Thank you Al for telling me about this!

Hamburger Mary’s
4221 Dolphin-Stryker Way,
Newport Beach, CA 92660
(949) 756-8800

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