It’s been a great but long day of touring Sonoma with Rob and Jen, so I’m going to focus this post on the highlight of our first wine tasting experience in California: Matanzas Creek Winery. [For a glimpse into the rest of our day's adventures, view the California photosets from my Flickr homepage or on [...]
notes from the road.
Disclaimer: There is delicate language and likely offensive topics in this travelogue to San Francisco. If you are our parents…nothing to see here. Move along… Friday, September 14, 2007: 0km @ 9:00am Luggage in trunk: check. Picnic blanket: check. Wine cooler, empty: check. Rosé wine book, travel guides, and roadmaps: check. Camera: check. Acoustic guitar [...]
happy 22nd birthday, little brother.
My mother uploaded the cutest grade-school photo of my baby brother to Flickr. He was so adorable…where did we go wrong? =P Just kidding…birthday smooches from your Ate!
i don’t normally quote movies…
…but this one struck a chord with my inner math nerd. From the highly enjoyable Stranger Than Fiction: Professor Hilbert, literature expert: “What’s your favourite word?” Harold Crick, IRS agent: “Integer.” Integer is now my new favourite word.
hong kong travel diary: day 7.
Lunch was at Superstar Seafood Restaurant with Quiny, a high school friend I hadn’t seen in 10 years and who had been living in Hong Kong for the past few. Superstar is on the 10th floor of the Food Forum in Times Square. After a great lunch catching up on the times, I went boutique [...]
hong kong travel diary: day 6.
Breakfast of vegetarian dim sum along Electric Road. Essentially pointed at each item that looked good and indicated how many of each I wanted. Even with my greedy eyes, the price was well under $20 HKD. Even more bitter about my 2 $75 HKD breakfast buffets at the hotel. Didn’t realize it was vegetarian until [...]
Suavecito (Malo)
The happiest memories from childhood are often related to my mom and dad serenading each other on the acoustic guitar. Those moments, sitting together as a family and singing along to the music, are the reason I have a soft spot for the Eagles, the Carpenters, and many other sappy balladeers. When my mother came [...]
hong kong travel diary: day 5.
Back in Hong Kong and ready for breakfast! Finally got up the nerve to try the little congee house across the street from my hotel. I was worried about the language barrier but something about me must have screamed tourist (the giant camera in hand, perhaps?). An English menu was plopped promptly down on my [...]