This year, Veterans' Day fell on a Thursday, but I was undeterred and decided to make it a long weekend celebration regardless. I planned an outing for us on Thursday, and a staycation for Friday night. Some friends joined us, and we ended up having a lovely couple of days celebrating Jeff.
Veterans' Day is one of those holidays that we get where Jeff is off work, and the girls are at school. Since this year they were both actually AT school, we decided to celebrate by exploring Pavilion Mall and going out to lunch. Pavilion Mall is one of those malls full of designer shops where you're probably not going to buy anything, but window shopping is a lot of fun. Since it was his day, we spent a lot of time looking at ludicrously expensive watches. We also enjoyed trying to interpret the under-construction Christmas decorations.
We are definitely going back to see the finished product. All the walking gave us a good appetite for lunch, which we decided to eat at La Boca, a "Latino" restaurant. They had a combination of Spanish tapas and Mexican dishes, plus all kinds of interesting drinks. The service was great, so we had a leisurely lunch exploring both the food and drinks sides of the menu.
The next morning, after we put the girls on their respective buses, we very responsibly went to the grocery store to make sure we had food for the weekend. We tried the Jaya Grocer at Intermark mall, which is a really nice supermarket. Jeff also found a good barber, and a place that sells golf clubs. Even though we saw hints of transitioning to Christmas decorations, they still had up some lovely Diwali, or as they say it here Deepavali, decorations.
We hung around the house until the girls got home, so that we could give them hugs and remind them to be good for Noby, and then we headed off for our staycation. I had booked us a package at The Majestic, one of the oldest hotels in KL that has been acquired by the Marriott Bonvoy group. I'm not sure what condition it was in when they acquired it, but the facilities and service were all top of the line. The lobby was great.
Our check in process was smooth, and we quickly made it up to our suite. The package, called "Celebrate Romance", included a suite, a bottle of wine, dinner and breakfast, and a 50 minute couple's massage, all at a very reasonable price. Plus, we discovered chocolates waiting for us with our wine.
The room had some strange angles, but it was large and comfortable.
And we had a good view.
It's near the Botanic Gardens and Chinatown, so we saw a lot of the same sights from our last staycation, just from different angles.
The dinner was a five course tasting menu, accompanied by a live singer and piano player. The set up was very elegant, and we got to use all the cutlery, even though I didn't get pictures of all the food.
The food was fine, but the presentation was great, and we enjoyed our fancy dining experience. The next morning, we got to check out their breakfast buffet, which was quite extensive and spread out over a large dining area. We found plenty of good food.
We had some time after breakfast to digest, and then we headed over to the spa area for our massages. On the way over, we walked past the Orchid Room where you can have afternoon tea.
We actually had to walk out of the main building to get to the spa building which was separate.
The spa was really lovely, but the massages were too short! We've gotten so used to 90 minute massages that 50 minutes just didn't feel like enough. Still, as part of the package deal, we definitely got our money's worth. The most important part is that Jeff had a good weekend, and we can't wait to explore our new home more the next time he has some time off.
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