Four of us mothers from my daughter's elementary school got together and gave ourselves a special treat this Friday.
子どもたちを学校に送ったあとの最初の目的地はここ。隣町ガーディナにあるキムチハウス。The first destination after we dropped kids at school is this Kimuchi House, in Gardena.
さまざまなキムチをここで作っていて、このあたり一帯のスーパーに卸しているそうです。スーパーで買うよりも新鮮で安い（１ビン８ドルぐらい）ので、お友達はいつもここに買いに来るそうです。私はカクテキを購入。They make various kinds of Kimuchi and pickles and sell to local grocery stores. It's much cheaper buying it here than buying it at those grocery stores. A glass jar of Kimuchi is around $8 here. I bought a jar of Kakuteki (pickled radish cubes).
お次は、トーランスに戻ってフット・リフレクソロジーというマッサージやさん。このような２人部屋の個室がいくつもあって、足のリフレクソロジー30分、体のマッサージ30分で25ドル。やっているのは中国人のひとたちでした。この値段ならまた来たい！寝てしまいそうでした。The next destination is a massage house called Foot Reflexology, back in Torrance. There were many of these small rooms with two beds each, and four of us were divided into two rooms. We enjoyed 30 minuets of foot reflexology and 30 minutes of body massage for $25. All those people working here were Chinese. I almost fell asleep. We will come back.
最後は、ダマッという韓国レストラン。４人とも種類、辛さの違うスンドーフを注文。なかなかおいしかった。税チップ込みで１１ドル。ここでお迎えの３時までクッチャベって居座ること２時間半。４人のうちふたりは企業の駐在さん、ふたりは永住組み(私を含めて）。みんな気さくな人たちで、いい仲間に恵まれて感謝です。また、このような贅沢な時間を可能にしてくれる働き者の主人たちにも感謝です。今度は２人ずつに分かれて子どもを預けあって、夫婦ふたりのデートを楽しもう（二家族がもう二家族の子どもを預かって、子どもフリーの夫婦がデートにいく）というのが次の計画です。The last destination is a Korean restaurant called Da Maat. All four of us ordered Sundofu with varying degree of spiciness. We paid $11 apiece including tax and tip. It was pretty good. We just kept talking and talking for 2 and half hours until 3:00 pm when we picked up our kids. It's a blessing that I was able to make friends with these nice people. It's also a blessing that we have hard working husbands who allows us to enjoy this luxurious time. We have a next plan; two families watch the other families' kids and those two kids free couples go on a date.
