Camdyn's birthday party

We were delighted to join Camdyn for her first birthday party at the Moonstar Restaurant in Daly City. It's an Asian buffet right by the Koi Palace where Fedora and I had our wedding banquet. Here's a rare pic of me and the boy by Christine Szeto. Yes, that one.

Thanks to Brad and Christine for the kind invitation.

Favorite things:

• Colin: the sushi. Colin is of the "any sushi is good sushi, even the sushi at the buffet restaurants" school.
• Katye: the face painting. As you can see, she didn't stop with just her face. Stay tuned for the photo of the panda-on-her-hand you can't see in the picture below.
• Cameron
• The playing (had to explain that there was not much playing at the restaurant)
• The chips (had to explain those came from church the nigh before)
• The french fries and chicken nuggets (ah ha: he did actually have these at the restaurant, but I have to point out this was an Asian buffet)
  

It was great to see some folks we haven't seen in a while, including Brian and Christine, Roland and his family, and Anson and Lil.

Here is the promised panda painting on Katye's hand. Oh, and a shout out to Wilson for gifting me his old 50mm lens from his film camera days. Since he's switched to the Canon DSLR, I was the lucky recipient of an awesome lens. Thanks, Wilson. I've never had this fast a lens before (geeky photo word for "wide aperture" so you can do these arty blurry background shots):

Finally, we had never been to the Moonstar Restaurant in Daly City before. It's definitely a step up from the Todai's, and sports a few things you don't see at your typical Asian buffet:

• The melted chocolate fountain (though you can see this at the U-Buffet in Belmont, formerly Indulge Buffet -- alas, this place has gone downhill since the name change)
• The cotton candy machine (though this wasn't actually churning out cotton candy at lunchtime)
• A real ice cream bar, including strawberry, mango, and a gray-colored-but-very-tasty sesame along with your choice of toppings such as cookie bits and sprinkles
  
• Fried American fast food, including waffle fries and chicken nuggets

Gotta love the multicultural vibe of the Bay Area.

Oh, almost forgot: the rest of the pics are on Smugmug.