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Can anyone recommend a good hotel to stay at in San Francisco? I plan to head up there soon with Craig (who is now in town until next month). He wants to see the bridge and I figure Fisherman's Wharf is a good place to go as well.

Also, Albert, can you make it into San Fran for a night out on the town?

Thanks for any help :)

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Crablicious lives up to it's name

OMG, so stuffed right now. Our venture out to Crablicious tonight was very satisfying! First off, it was nice that we didn't have to wait on a list for 3 hours. The restaurant was huge, much bigger than Boiling Crab, but pretty empty. However, I suppose because of that, the servers were very attentive to us. The best thing about this place is probably the menu. Besides the crawfish and crab that we love so much, they also have items such as clams, fried rice, noodles, curry, lamb (OMG, must have to try next time), flounder and so on.

I ordered clams and a crab, and Kressler ordered the crablicious fried rice as well as a crab of her own. They have a few different sauces than Boiling Crab: original (cajun), garlic and butter, basil and lime, and mix. I got cajun for my clams and server warned us that it would be really spicy. It definitely was NOT. In fact, nothing we got was spicy at all. Very tame, but still good flavors. Half-way through our crabs, Kressler ordered a pound of crawfish. The restaurant in turn gave us the pound, as well as another pound for free! Somehow we managed to plow through it. It doesn't end there though. At the end of our meal, when we were stuffed to our necks, the restaurant then gave us complimentary shaved ice desserts! We each got our own small bowl, which came with strawberries, watermelon, pineapple and vanilla ice cream.

I give the restaurant a thumbs up just for being so attentive and generous! I think they are more expensive than Boiling Crab though. It said our two crabs came out to 5 pounds, but I really don't think our crabs were that big. And the pound of clams and 2 pounds of crawfish didn't look as big as Boiling Crab's... but Kressler hypothesized that they may weigh their seafood differently. Also, I think I prefer the spice that comes with Boiling Crab. Overall though, it was a delicious and filling meal. We shall have to start hitting up all the crawfish joints in order to rank them. :D

Next: Garlic Jo's!

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crablicious wednesday!

going to try "crablicious" - restaurant in artesia w/ crab, crawfish, etc. but also has teriyaki, soups, rice too...anyone want to join (besides kim) =)

any volunteers?

i have another decathlon competition for 9th & 10th graders on Saturday 5/17 and i guess they are really low on volunteers for the event...

so....

if anyone wants to volunteer their saturday to help test proctor or judge, it would be very nice of you. =) the longest you would be there is from 8-2 & i'd treat you afterwards to a decent lunch. =)