vicky the cook

we had another fun day. we drove out to downtown minneapolis to sightsee and to look for raising cane's which has some delicious chicken fingers. anthony and i first tried that place in vegas, and so i was excited when i found out they have a bunch of locations in minnesota. so anyway, after lunch, we went to sebastian joe's which supposedly has the best ice cream in the world. i tried their oreo ice cream, which was indeed pretty delicious. we drove around the "city of lakes" a little more after dessert and then ended up at lake calhoun, which is one of the bigger lakes in the area. for dinner, jennifer's new friend, vicky, invited the whole family over to her house. jenn was excited when she found out that vicky lived in the same community as them, especially because vicky cooks them lots of filipino food. jenn says she always stops by the house to give them something to eat. she is a very sweet and generous lady. but still, we were not prepared to see the freaking FEAST that she prepared for us today. vicky cooked us two types of chicken, pancit, lumpia, fried rice, two kinds of soup, porkchops, and another filipino dish that i don't know the name of. there were only 7 of us that went to her house, but she cooked enough to feed like 30 people. seriously. that was very nice of her! i'm happy to know that jenn, ryan, silla, and serena have already met good people that can keep them company over here.