japanese tea and burmese food

my cousin sam and i got to hang yesterday. he's been in town helping his dad with a tile job. yesterday we got to have a play day. we went to one of our favorite spots. it's a burmese restaurant called burma superstar and that it is. every time we go there i'm so excited about how good the food is that i totally make myself sick by eating too much. this totally defeats the purpose cuz i feel terrible after just leaving my treasured spot. peter was able to meet us for lunch and that was a lot of fun. it's crazy cuz sam started to visit us when we he was ten turning eleven and now he's eight-teen. time sure does fly.
after lunch we cruised around and checked out some shops. then we tried to go to the de young but we got there just in time for closing. the japanese tea garden is right there so we decided to check it out. it's pretty amazing how much you feel like you could be in japan. they also have this cute little outdoor tea cafe. they give you tea and some rice snacks, sesame cookies, almond cookies, and a fortune cookie for three dollars. it was so sweet and as we had tea i could feel the magic in this special place. afterwards we went to amoeba records and looked around. then we walked around the haight for a bit before we headed back to the house. it was such an awesome day and i feel so lucky to have such a wonderful little cousin/brother like sammy. he is one of my all time favorite people.