*~Blue Saturday~*

On Saturday evening, my mom, sister and I along with our partners went for dinner at Blues in Camps Bay. This was our first time experiencing Blues and I was pretty excited, because I had heard good things about it. Unfortunately I have to say that it was not all that I had expected. The restaurant was hot and stuffy and very noisy. I suppose the noise was normal, but they recently renovated and this made the restaurant smaller which I thought maybe added to the stuffiness and excessive noise. We ordered drinks and unfortunately after asking for various beverage types, the restaurant did not have stock of many that I mentioned.

Away with the negatives, we had drinks, enjoyed the company and just looked passed the things that had gone wrong so far. We had some salads to share for starters which were delicious, however, I cannot say the same for the main course. Most of us had a seafood platter and I must say that it was by far the worst seafood I have ever had. There were no sauces, even the mussels which normally come in a creamy or garlic butter sauce were dry. The fish tasted old and the chips looked like they had been fried and re-fried in old oil. Nothing tasted good. When we asked for some tartar sauce, we were informed that they had none. This at a Seafood restaurant? We were all disgusted. I felt so sorry for the waiter, because we all knew it wasn't his fault and obviously the management/ manager (who was very young, immature and clearly full of himself) was not up to standard.

Eventually we were all in need a shot to make the food taste better, and surprise - they didn't have what we were looking for. We were all hysterical after a while, everything became a joke and I think we were just not surprised by anything after that. So we decided to get the bill and head off to find our drinks/ shots we were looking for... Lovoka. Unfortunately the place we visited next also seemed to dissappoint, so my mom saved the day with the last thing tastier than a caramal shot, Sinnful ice-cream, YUM! In the end, it was a dissappointing, yet very entertaining and enjoyable evening! We enjoyed the company, and the bad experience at Blues provided us with some entertainment and no recommendations for anyone to have a meal there anytime soon!

*~Of all the forms of courage the ability to laugh is the most theraputic~*

Laughter makes everything better... Well in my opinion it does. No matter how dull, scary, daunting or simply boring a situation may be, the best way to turn negative energy into positive energy is through laughter. Laughter is therapeutic to me, it heals the heart. No matter how depressed, stressed or scared I am, laughter has a way of taking me to a happy place. Laughter is contagious as well. One person laughing leads to another person laughing or simply smiling which in turn creates a happy cycle in life.
I found a few quotes about laughter to share with you...

Laughter gives us distance. It allows us to step back from an event, deal with it and then move on.
Bob Newhart

Laughter is a tranquilizer with no side effects.
Arnold Glasow

Laughter is the shock absorber that eases the blows of life.
Author Unknown

A day without laughter is a day wasted
Charlie Chaplin

Against the assault of laughter nothing can stand.
Mark Twain