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If you're searching for a family-friendly dining destination, look no further than Lazy Dog Restaurant, where delicious meals and a cozy ambiance await your next gathering.

Just when you're on your last day spending with your family there is an invite to have dinner. My family wanted us to have a meal at an American restaurant. It was my first time to dine and have a meal at  Lazy Dog Restaurant  in Concord, California. My brother in-law had made a reservation at six o'clock party of seven. We had received complimentary barbeque chips and a dip while waiting for the remaining family to arrive. For our appetizer was the Bacon Candy. Reading the menu to decided what to order came across $15.00 Fireside Favorites that includes with a main course meal and dessert from smores brownie or banana pudding.  Fettuccine Alfredo  Blackened Shrimp Tacos Dessert  Family members just ordered what they wanted with the Campfire Pot Roast, Chicken Lettuce Wrap and Fish. Everyone had enjoyed their meals and shared with each other. I am grateful my family gave us the opportunity to try new restaurants. NOT SPONSORED. Check out my channel @ Carmina Lif...

Carmina's Leftover Hickory BBQ Chicken Pasta Recipe

Carmina doesn't like wasting food when you have leftover food. We can use it to make another dish. Carmina had removed the hickory barbecue from the bone and shredded it up. Leftover Hickory BBQ Chicken Pasta Recipe Ingredients: Hickory BBQ Chicken (shredded) Tostitos Salsa Con Queso Sweet Baby Ray's Barbecue Sauce (based on your taste) Pasta Noodles (any type) 1 small onion (chopped) Black Pepper (based on your taste) Salt (based on your taste) Cooking: Cook the pasta noodles by following the package after it is cooked drain and set aside. Preparing: Mix all ingredients together go based how creamy you want your pasta is by adding the Tostitos Salsa Con Queso, add barbecue sauce, pasta noodles, chopped onions, black pepper, salt and optional add bell pepper if you have any. Carmina didn't have any bell pepper wasn't able to add to my Hickory BBQ Chicken Pasta. It is easy to prepare and not that time consuming. It can be prepared ahead and pack it up when you feel like ...

New Baked Chicken Pesto Pasta from Pizza Hut Philippines

  Are you the person who love to try new food? Carmina love to explore and try new food that you've decided to dine in a restaurant. Mom Violy doesn't like exploring going out of her comfort zone. Carmina had ordered the New Baked Chicken Pesto Pasta from  Pizza Hut Philippines . Upon serving the New Baked Chicken Pesto it is hot in a flat bowl with waxed paper that has been wrapped with one sliced butter toast bread. Carmina offered Mom Violy to try it at first, she said, no. Mom Violy was feeling hungry and couldn't wait for her food. Mom Violy kept getting seconds on the New Baked Chicken Pesto Pasta. We know how people are they won't admit it until someone tries it first. Carmina's Review: The chicken was very soft and tender it was easy to chew one reason Mom Violy liked it a lot based on the pesto was creamy not try rich in its flavor. The pasta was cooked well. NOT SPONSORED. Subscribe @ Carmina Lifestyle YouTube Channel  a place to look, discover an...

Our Unexpected Haircut at Renee Lao Salon

During the time we're planning with Becky she had informed me that, if possible, to get a haircut on the day our get together. I said, of course we can do your errands together. Mom Violy said, she would also like to get a pedicure. We all had our beauty treatments the place we've planned to go too was very busy couldn't entertain us. We ended up enter inside  Renee Lao Salon  located at Tomas Morato in Quezon City. Mom Violy had her pedicure, and she brought her own nail polish. Becky requested for a hair style of Jamie Lee Curtis her idol.  Carmina just had her simple bob cut. All a sudden the owner of the salon had entered inside no clue who she was than figured out joking with Mom Violy. Renee Lao requested a photo with Mom Violy. Life without expectation we come across someone who we never knew. Mom Violy's pedicure is two hundred pesos only ($3.57) on her pedicure. May have to inquirer on other services made inside Renee Lao Salon. The price for haircut was five h...

Carmina's Review on Dofia Soft Natural Latex Orthopedic Pillow

The feeling when we get old and need more support when we are seating down on an office chair. We realize the structure of how office chairs are made different from the years ago. Someone had given me an office chair the only difference it was Ergonomic that has support those who need it. Carmina sat on the ergonomic office chair and her butt began to be painful. I decided to look online for an orthopedic pillow enough to give me support where I most need while seating down on my office chair. I also had to consider the size if it was the right fit giving me to search further. Everyone's preference is different because we all body frame is not the same for others. I went ahead and made a purchase from  Dofia Official Store . The good part is if you had any questions they would reply right away. It was on sale when I made the purchase sold for 281.00 ($5.18) which I also had a discount from my Shopee Philippines came down too 266.00 ($4.75) pesos.  Upon arrival you'll receive a...

Mom Violy's Story How She Met Regie Rellama from RSR Jewelry and Repair Shop

Thirty years ago, Mom Violy has known Regie Rellama for a long time. Regie was working for his Uncle Jojo who had owned a jewelry store in Greenhills Shopping Centre. Who would have known someone you knew for a such long time has developed his own business. Mom Violy decided to design her diamond bracelet to make use of her loose stones. Mom Violy brought a sample of a bracelet how she wanted it to look. The first day Mom Violy and Carmina visit  RSR Jewelry and Repair Shop  on July 19, 2023. Mom Violy had introduced Carmina to Regie and wife Melanie informed them that I am a blogger in Facebook.  Carmina decided to take a video from the front of the store by letting her viewers see how the front of the store looks like by entering inside while explaining everything. Carmina went inside only certain people can enter inside the office area. Reels with the link where it can direction you can watch it.  Mom Violy introduces Regie to Carmina Mom Violy explains what ...

Carmina's Taco Pasta Recipe

Carmina was thinking what she can use with her taco seasoning. I realized I had no taco shells yet there was a box of pasta noodles that I can used. I decided to purchase other ingredients that I can use rather adding shredded cheese. I came up using melted cheese we normally use for nacho chips. Carmina's Taco Pasta Recipe: Ingredients: Any type of Pasta Noodles of your choice. Melted Cheese (Tostitos Salsa Con Queso) 1/2 Kilo - Ground Pork 1 - Canned of Corn (optional) strained water 1 - Pack of Taco Seasoning Salt (season by taste) Black Pepper (season by taste) Cooking: Carmina just boiled the pasta noodles using half kilo place it aside when it was cooked in a big bowl. Boil the ground meat add a little amount of water, let it simmer add a small amount of cooking oil and add the dissolved taco seasoning until water has evaporated. Pasta noodles is already cooked combined the corn and ground meat together mixed well. Season with salt and black pepper. If you want to add beans a...

Earning Stars is Like Having a Piggy Bank from Star Senders

Carmina figured out how to gain a star each day by posting reels with good content that your viewers will enjoy. Learn to watch reels of star senders from the beginning to the end, comment and click a 🧡heart or if it is really funny 🤣. Try not to click liked because it is zero points. Eventually the star senders will enter inside your home to watch your reels. Don't worry if they only give you a star.  Carmina's theory each star you receive goes to your piggy bank.  It is a way to save up and the value of achievements will increase once your reels get recognized how you post your reels each day. Only way your viewers will get to know you through your reels is something I've learned. If you have videos from the past, it is a great way to make an income out of it by shortening the length of making into a reel. It is only now that you've started to be monetized. Might as well explore and post each day so meta will also recognized how hard working you've become. Carmi...

Tips: Hop from Watching Reels to Gain Star Senders

First of all, in order to find a Star sender, we will watch someone's reels look at their comment history.  We will also watch a reel and also make a comment in what we have learned or enjoyed from the content they have shared. Look for names where it says, star sender above the person's name. Click on to their name go to their reel's album watch it until you've reached the end. Click on it with me it is either a 🧡heart or laughing😂emoji. Same thing put a comment and check their comment section to see if there are star senders.  Go into their home until you've completed a whole list and return back where you've left off. Do the same each time next you know you've gain stars from those star senders who you've just watch their reels. I will give you a sample through one reel that I had posted, and you can go to it click each star senders to see how you'll be able to do it. Happy birthday Mama Tess in heaven   Carmina's Star senders are promoted j...

Tips: How to Change Your Private Settings to Zero Following in Facebook

Carmina has finally figure how to remove how many she was following. I've seen so many tutorials yet none of them was able to work for me. It maybe the setting we have on our Facebook Page. What is private setting in Following? Just how you don't want others to see who your friends are it is the same concept on putting your following to a private setting. No one sees how many they are it is kept secret. How to Change Your Private Settings to Zero Following: Carmina used her laptop by entering her Facebook Page. Go to Settings look for Privacy Settings and Tools Your activity looks for Who can see the people, Pages and list you follow? Scroll and Click Only Me Some of us what to keep a secret how many we are following before I didn't quite understand what it had meant. Why the people higher than me had no one following. I understand it since we are now one of them who has a lot of followers. I want to share to those who are below me help out our curiosity from what we often ...

Complimentary from Soul Potato Ph

Carmina wrote an article last June 2023 about Mexican food that she had discovered being inside Robinson Magnolia. Hac Cordero the owner personally message saying they would like to offer you food that they had created. Not many of us has a chance to win food that becomes complimentary for us to try.  Carmina feels she is very lucky that Hac Cordero the owner of Soul Potato Ph has reached out to me. Hac Cordero had asked to deliver to my location but informed that I would visiting Robinsons Magnolia on July 12, 2023. Carmina had notice there has been changes in the menu. It is now displayed in a frame type and letting us a new item is coming soon. I had informed at the counter I am Carmina to pick up the Mexican food giving them enough time prepare the food. I had informed it would be taken out and to separate the Chicken Enchilada because Mom Violy wanted to try it. Mom Violy said it was very delicious reminded her the Mexican restaurant she uses to eat back home in California. Ca...

Hidden Truth How to Increase Your Followers inside Facebook

Hidden Truth How to Increase Your Followers inside Facebook. Introduction: Carmina Lifestyle started blogging on year 2019. It was the peak when my friends kept telling me to share my travelled experiences. My friends felt from all the countries I had traveled with Mom Violy would be the right person to ask. During our life being stranded in our homes on year 2020 lead us become a prisoner in our home because of "covid". The only outlet in my life was a laptop, hard drive filled of past memories and your android phone. Life staying at home wasn't pleasant but seeing people going outside in different countries lead me to believe there was life outside your room. Social media lead people remove what was going on with your life finding a different outlet. Carmina Lifestyle didn't have that many followers. Most of her followers started off from her close friends, relatives and acquaintances. In every life we start off having these people grow into you we never thought how...

Avocado and Egg Spread Recipe

Carmina had received some ripped avocado. Usually, I'd make some guacamole yet since I am preventing myself to add tortilla chips in my meal. I realized often we see people post for their breakfast meal with sliced toast bread with sunny side up egg and slices of avocado. I decided to make something almost close to it rather doing it the common way. I made an avocado and egg spread this way I can consume it slowly every time I wanted to eat with bread. The only ingredients you need is half of an avocado that is ripped. Mashed it up with a fork. Boil three eggs until cooked, peel it and smash it with a fork combine smashed avocado season based on your taste with salt and black pepper. Those who want to add it by upgrading can add any cold cuts and other vegetables to make a complete sandwich.  No need to add any mayonnaise since the avocado replaces the texture by combining all ingredients. NOT SPONSORED. Subscribe @ Carmina Lifestyle YouTube Channel  a place to look, discover ...

Carmina's Healthy Version California Maki Pasta Salad Recipe

Carmina remember she use to make California Maki Pasta . She went ahead checking what ingredients she had yet some items was missing. Rather using fettuccine pasta noodles I had elbow macaroni on hand. I had no evaporated milk and nestle cream. I had revised with Almond Milk. I only need 1/4 cup of milk. The mayonnaise is Kraft Olive Oil the healthy version. I only had ripped mango it is alright. No cucumber on hand. Carmina had cooked the macaroni pasta, sliced up the mango in cubes and eight sticks of imitation crab meat by removing the plastic wrapper, sliced into thirds before separating. The macaroni noodles were fully cooked I had strained it and added to the plastic container to combine all ingredients together. I added the sliced mangos and imitation crab meat with the cooked macaroni noodles. I placed half cup mayonnaise on the pasta noodles and remaining half cup in the measuring cup by adding wasabi based on your taste and two tablespoons of Kikkoman lite soy sauce. I began ...

Best Seller Special Ubeng-Ubeng Ube from Halo Halo Story

There was a day Carmina was coming home shopping with Mom Violy where I had seen something from a far. Coming home looking it up what was  Halo Halo Story  after finding out there is no physical store it was just a stand selling at a building. Carmina asked Becky if she wanted to come with me since we're already in the area. Today, it was a very hot day and I felt needed something cold to eat. The parking lot is limited space. There wasn't a lot of people when I had arrived the line was reasonable.  Becky wanted to try the Best Seller Special Ubeng-Ubeng Ube for 188.00 pesos ($3.36). Carmina decided to try something different which is the Classic Halo Halo ng Kapitbahay for 168.00 pesos ($3.00). I had ordered Hermino our driver Ubeng-Ubeng Ube for 168.00 pesos ($3.00). Halo Halo Story provide some tables and chairs outside dining. On the right side there is another window where you'll be receiving your order with a number on your receipt. Carmina decided to eat at the car...

New Crunchy Chicken Fillet 'n Crispy Fries Platter from Banapple Philippines

Carmina had brought out Becky to eat at  Banapple  near Gateway Mall. We had built an appetite after walking around the shopping mall. It has been a long time eating at Banapple. Becky had pointed out she wanted to try the New Crunchy Chicken Fillet 'n Crispy Fries Platter for 695.00 ($12.41). Carmina decided to order the rolled-up Lasagna and share it with Becky for 695.00 ($12.41). We both had enjoyed our meal and filled us up. The New Crunchy Chicken Fillet is a bit mild spicy with the seasoning. Becky said the crunchy chicken fillet is soft and tender. NOT SPONSORED. Subscribe @ Carmina Lifestyle YouTube Channel  a place to look, discover and share. Thank you for your support!

Mama Tess Your Memories Will Always Be with Me

No one wants to talk about when our life is about to expire. Definitely it will come to everyone in the future when God feel it is time to leave the presence of where you're at. Ever been in a situation when your other parent needs you the most when they have lost their other half. Carmina has recently found out her stepmom Mama Tess passed away in the States. I am unable to fly down because I am also taking care of Mom Violy. When your left in the dark and no one giving you the funeral services to attend online curiosity comes in mind. After dwelling and gather all my emotions having two attempts Mama Tess was next by me when her floral scent was next to me. In my dream Mama Tess told me to think only the good memories of her. Mama Tess wanted me to explain everything we did together.  Memories of Mama Tess and Carmina Together We had attended a children's birthday party with my family. In our photo is Carmina, Mama Tess and Papa Ping who is my brother in-law's grandpa. Wh...