Here's a review for your North County residents. Leucadia Sushi is located on North Coast Highway, north of restaurants such as Jamroc and Cap'n Keno. Basically, where Leucadia really gets funky - not in a bad way, but in a decidedly low-brow, relaxed way. On a side note, I've been wanting to visit Cap'n Keno, for the hell of it. Spaghetti dinners are $2.95. I'm not expecting much, but it's intriguing.
I had a $25 gift certificate from Restaurant.com for Leucadia Sushi so we decided to try it last night when I was sick of turkey leftovers. It was empty except for a group of 4-5 diners, but I think it may be a new restaurant. Here's what it looks like; it's one of those sushi boat places.
The sushi was pretty cheap (around $4 for two pieces of nigiri), and a fairly decent quality considering the price. It definitely can't compare to nicer places like Sushi Ota, Station Sushi, Tomiko or Tajima... but if you're looking for someplace cheap, this is better than your typical cheap joint in, say, P.B.
Overall, I'd say it could be an ok happy hour spot if it attracts some more business. There's a coupon on their website, and of course, you can get a gift certificate off Restaurant.com. The honey and I ended up paying about $28 after the coupon, including tip, two teas, 4 orders of nigiri, and 3 rolls.
The restaurant doesn't offer enough to make me want to come back, because I'd prefer to hit the Tomiko happy hour, which is in Encinitas, which would end up being slightly more expensive, but much better sushi and a much better ambience.
The final word
(1-5 rating: 1=BAD, 2=mediocre at best, 3=ok, 4=wow, pretty good!, 5=one of my all-time favorites)
Food (Taste, Quality): 2.7
Value: 3.4
Service: 4
Ambience: 2
Memorable Experience: 2
Price: around $4 for nigiri, and $7-14 for rolls.
Menu recommendations: I liked the salmon nigiri and the albacore. The tuna wasn't very good. Their dynamite dishes had too much creamy mayo-like sauce.
Notes:
Would I make a point to go again, paying full price?: Probably not, given the other better sushi places that are closer.
Hahaha! I posted this in my Facebook and Plurk. :-D
so all my pants are currently unwearable without at least the help of a belt. i'm wearing a size 14 that is getting very baggy. if i took the belt off, they would slide off with every few steps.
i need to head out and buy my first size 12 in years! but i'm nervous. what if i'm delusional? what if i try it on and they are too tight? ack! will i feel defeated? well, i don't plan on stopping with what i do. i promised myself that even if the weight is coming off slowly... even if over all, i do not lose as much as i want... my choice in this lifestyle is ultimately to make myself feel better and to have more energy. it's about improving my health and therefore, my life.
anyway, i will see if i can go shopping this weekend when i take chaeli to see santa while my MIL is in town. i need one new pair of jeans and one new pair of corduroy
i added more weights today in my bodypump class. just five pounds more for each exercise, except for the last two - lunges and shoulders. near the end, it's more about finishing and not giving up. plus with shoulders, i'm more worried about injuries - it's a small muscle group. you don't need a lot of weight to feel the burn. but over all, i felt really good about today's class. not just with what i achieved but my mental state throughout the entire time. i was able to focus only on what needed to be done in the present moment. sometimes, it's all about mind over matter.
and on a smaller milestone, i did treat myself to these mini-shortbread cookies. but instead of having the whole snack-pack of 8, i divided it up with my manager. hey - sometimes it's the smaller milestones that deserve some celebration too. :)
Hey guys,
Hope y'all had a wonderful weekend!
I've probably mentioned before that I really like Restaurant.com. They sell $25 restaurant gift certificates for $10, and they often have 80% off sales, so I usually buy the $25 cert for $2. Deal!
They're having this nice little promotion now. I can enter up to 30 friends' email addresses and they'll send you a free $10 gift certificate. (Of course, expect to be getting emails from them.... that's why I use my spam email address). But they're not that frequent.
So, if you'd like the free gift certificate, let me know. If I don't already have your email address, private message me with it.
Much love,
HapaLove
A lot of people start decorating for the holidays before the Thanksgiving leftovers have been eaten... What about you? When are you going to start putting up your holiday decorations this year?
We actually bought our tree and also decorated it. I love this time of the year and my kids get really excited decorating and looking at the lights!
It's Week 12 of the NFL season. How's your team faring?
Of course being from San Diego, I'm rooting for the SD Chargers! They wooped Kansas City 43-14!!!
It's Week 12 of the NFL season. How's your team faring?
Of course being from San Diego, I'm rooting for the SD Chargers! They wooped Kansas City 43-14!!!
I hit the hay early on Thanksgiving so I would be all bright eyed and bushy tailed for Black Friday. I woke up even before my alarm went off, is anyone surprised? My first stop was Macy's. I made my way to the shoe department and it was a complete zoo! I wandered the sales racks, dodging overzealous shoppers and found myself at the Coach display. The boots were on sale and 50% off at that. Suh-weet! I managed to grab the Gene booties. After Macy's I found myself at Nordstrom and except for the handbag and shoe departments, the rest of the store was practically deserted. I came away with a black cardi and textured tights, neither on sale, ughs.
I wandered through the rest of the mall hitting my usual haunts. J Crew was A MESS! The place was packed despite their paltry sales racks. I guess that's why they're doing so well, peeps are willing to pay full price for their shiz. I too am guilty of this. Even though I abhor paying retail, I finally broke down and bought the majesty stone necklace after waiting forever, ok, three months, for it to go on sale. BUT, I did make my purchase with a JCrew coupon, I got $25 off, so take that J Crew! I must say, I love love love the necklace! I want to wear it everyday with everything. I'm thinking of getting it in the crystal color too or maybe the duchess stone necklace in pink, but I can wait for those to go on sale. I hope.
Black Friday was a bit of a disappointment as much of the stuff I have my eye on remained at full price. Gah. So, HOPEFULLY, in the next few weeks these bad boys will see a price reduction and make their way into my closet.
Marc by Marc Jacobs Cherry Blossom dress.
OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMG. I love this dress the minute I laid eyes on it. Since I'm already prepping for my vacation (despite not booking anything for it yet =P) I thought this dress would be perfect for roaming museums or long drawn out lunches at some cafe. It would work equally well with flats or heels or even boots. I for sure would go for the navy version of the dress, but Bloomies only had the hot pink. Cute, eh? Methinks it's more versatile then the Nanette Lepore I tried on earlier.
White House Black Market Ecru Shawl Collar Jacket. I saw this on Chloe and I had to have it. Once it goes on sale that is. I need something light to break up the oodles and oodles of black that pervades my wardrobe. It would be cute with the cherry blossom dress, no?
J Crew Pippa Metallic Ballet Flats. I'm a sucker for metallic flats and this amethyst color is gorg!
J Crew Nottingham Flat Boots in dark Mushroom.
Yea, I know, I know, these were just on sale. The boot is still
available in all sizes online so I'm guessing it's not selling too
well. I could be totally wrong. However, if I am right, that means
these boots are in for a bigger discount.
While I was in the Bloomies dressing room, I snapped a pic of the outfit I wore to Frenchie's wedding ceremony. It was so comfy!
Mossimo Target Dress, Anthro Snakebite belt, Dior pumps.
reef infection highly recommended these packing cubes from ebags.com for packing your clothes for a trip. i have to agree with her: they rock!
they typically retail for $29.99 however you can get them from $25-$30, depending sale and/or promo code. you get three different size cubes in a set.
you may think they wouldn't be impactful like i did. they made a big difference in terms of packing and organizing. i did not to have to go through a pile of clothes to find what i was looking for. since i knew what belonged in each cube, i simply picked up the bag i wanted something from, unzipped, zipped, and threw it back into my suitcase. when i opened up my suitcase, i never groaned at a mess because there wasn't a mess. these bags were awesome to travel with as they were able to carry 5 days of clothes.
- largest bag can hold: jeans, sweaters
- medium bag can hold: shirts
- smallest bag can hold: socks and underwear
i wasn't able to fit all six pairs of jeans in the largest bag but i could fit about 4 pairs. not bad!
I hate that I have multiple blogging sites. It doesn't make sense that I keep signing up for new ones, too. I just signed up an hour ago for the typepad microblog. And now I'm considering going pro in typepad. On one hand I do not want to have to spend money just to blog, and on the other... I don't know. I honestly don't know why I would want to fork $9 a month just to blog.
One of the things I like about typepad is that it is kind of similar to vox but it lets other users leave comments without having to sign up with typepad. Vox is annoying because the developers somehow think all of the people who follow us will want to sign up in Vox just for the purpose of leaving us comments. !#%@#@$% You think they would be more flexible than that.
I do want to stay in just one place. I would prefer to stay in Vox but the restriction the developers have imposed on commenting is killing me. I do have other readers you know---all 2 of them who do go to my blog to read when they remember to visit.
I barely check this place anymore and now I have new neighbors who seem to update here quite often and I forget to visit on a regular basis!
