Sort of an up and down weekend. On the upside: Friday's nail-biter of a King's game and then a show at Luna's to check out some out-of-town friends' band. Then, Saturday: a couple of art shows and then Sellout-Buyout. I didn't really buy much this time, just a cheery t-shirt that has flowers and says "Kiss of Death." We got there kind of late and I was pretty tired - almost too tired to browse. Also, the handbag vendor I liked so much last time - the one with the pretty bird bags - wasn't there. Should've bought one of her bags last time. That'll teach me.

Still, even though I didn't get a total shopper's high, it was nice to be out. We ran into a lot of people and I met some cool new people including Liz, the woman who runs the Fools Foundation gallery that hosted the event this time out. I hope that the Fools Foundation becomes the permanent Sellout-Buyout home - it was bright and roomy (and this despite being in the basement), I didn't get banged up trying to navigate my way through the all the goods.

After Sellout-Buyout Cory and Kim & I went to try out the new Andy Nguyen's. (Can somebody please tell me the correct pronuciation of "Nguyen"? I had good intentions to ask our waiter but ended up being too hungry to really think clearly). It was such a treat - the interior is fresh, bright and comfy and the food is quite tasty. It's so great being in an all-vegetarian restaurant, I can't tell you the giddy joy I felt looking at the menu and feeling overwhelmed by all the choices. I think I would still be sitting there trying to decide between the Enlightened This and Dreams of That if Allyson Seconds hadn't wandered by. It was her seventh trip since the restaurant's re-opening and she quickly pointed me in the direction of a dish that featured a "chicken" drumstick and "chicken" strips with curried vegetables. OK, can I just say how freaking cute the chicken drumstick was? It was soy meat placed delicately around a smooth bamboo stick. Come on people - all food should be this cute! Oh yeah, and it tasted really good too. Cory got a lemongrass "beef" dish and Kim ordered a fried rice dish.

We also got a veggie spring roll that had a sort of fake grilled beef in it. All of it quite yummy and fairly cheap and we pretty much devoured every last bit of it. The service was a bit slow - as I'd heard it might be - but I'm more than willing to overlook that and go back again. And again. And again. Especially as I don't think there are any other all-vegetarian places in Sac. (Not sure about the Sunflower Drive-in, but in any case that's kind of a trek). Ever since the closing of Mum's - which was pretty hit-or-miss in its final months anyway - we've had to travel far and wide to find a place with those kind of all-veggie options.

OK, back to the upside-downsides. Saturday morning, following a pretty expensive trip to the vet (my cat Trixie has conjunctivitis. Actually, Sophie has it as well, but amazingly neither cat transmitted it to the other - long story), Cory and I both crashed out for a super-long nap. Normally super-long naps are refreshing but this one was allergy-induced and we both still felt relatively yucky upon waking. That allergy-induced blah-ness carried over into Sunday and was not helped by the total bleakness that was the Kings-Rockets game.

Today the downside has sort of continued. Even though I had a lovely lunch with Anna at Dragonfly, my allergies have been in full effect. For some reason I thought it'd be a good idea to walk to lunch and the wind quickly laughed in my face (literally, I believe...I'm sure I heard an evil chortle) as it blew pollen up my nose. Right now I'm so hopped up on allergy medicine that I feel as if my insides have been vacuumed out. And on that lovely note, I'll wrap this up for now ...