My students performed Jingle Bell Rock. We had practiced for a month with my choreography. It was very difficult to create dance moves for five year olds, but I thought that they did great!
After the Christmas show, I went to a lunch buffet provided by work. The restaurant was very nice and the food was delicious. They even had a chocolate fountain with fresh fruit for dipping. The afternoon classes celebrated with christmas songs and candy canes as a gift from me. I was shocked that some of my students had never seen or eaten a candy cane. They really enjoyed this treat!
Christmas Eve dinner was an interesting event. My fellow co-worker suggested a great restaraunt for steaks. I had asked if we needed reservations, but he stated that we would be fine without. Well, after walking 10 minutes in the cold (5 F), we arrived. The restaraunt was spectacular! It had a great Christmas Eve dinner menu outside and was fully decorated in Christmas decorations. We were so excited, we walked in and were told that we needed reservations. I couldn't believe it! The place was nearly empty. So after we got no where, we decided to leave. We saw my co-worker on the search to find a restaurant and he stated that his girlfriend called and was told the same thing.
After walking past multiple restaurants that were fully booked, we came to Stone Wall. There was only one seat available on the patio. This sounds nice, unless you were there. The patio is enclosed with thick plastic and had an awning as the roof. There was a three inch gap were the plastic and awning did not meet. There was space heaters, but it did not help. Needless to say, we enjoyed our steak dinner; in our hat, gloves, scarf, coat, and blanket. We will always remember this dinner.
Due to the cold, we decided to stop at a bar half-way home to warm up. We went to Tommy 59. The bartenders did multiple tricks with the bottles of liquer (even used fire). We got free oranges and Sean played darts with his new Korean friend (he didn't understand a word he said).
Across the bar was a blues club with live music. We went in and could not believe how nice it was! The owner came up and escorted us to the V.I.P. area. Next, a gentleman who spoke English came up to us and was excited that foreigners had come to this establishment. Sean decided to order a drink, the waiter asked if he wanted to by the bottle of Jack or just a glass. After seeing that the bottle was $110, Sean decided to get a glass. Next, we asked for a menu. The waiter said that he did not have anything that would be in our price range. So, I felt that we had to get something. The menu was in Korean, so he translated. We heard, "nachos, like from Mexico." We ordered and thought for $40 there is probably steak as the meat on the nachos....Well, the nachos came and that was it. A plate of nacho chips, for $40! At least, people kept sending over birthday cake from their various parties. We did have fun. They took a polaroid picture of us and sang live music in both Korean and English.
It was a night that will never be forgotten.
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