過年好!
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
California Dreamin'
Haven't written in a while. Sorry. Wow, it's been busy.
Rather than bitch and moan about the frigid temperatures here in NYC, I'd like to reminisce about the lovely times in California.
I was all over that damn state. Orange County, LA, Bay Area, San Francisco, Tahoe, then up to Portland. (That's in Oregon.)
Out of all the great times I had, my favorite evening was in Oakland. Sandra, our friend Shane, and I went to dinner at a place in Chinatown. I can't tell you the name of the place. I'm not stingy and trying to hoard the delicious chinese food all to myself; it really doesn't have a name.
Anyway, this place is infamous for its Dry Braised String Beans...they are good enough to kill for. Luckily, you can just order them. Well, this was an enchanted evening because they cooked up the best batch of these beans I've ever had.
When we arrived, it was on the early side for dinner, so not too many people were around, just the family that owns the restaurant. So as our food came out, their food came out around the same time. They offered us their food so we could try it out, free of charge. We had some lovely clams cooked in wine. Very tasty. Later we got to try a fresh hot chinese doughnut. Delish.
In between offerings, they would teach us Mandarin. Han hao!
I kept eating, eating, and eating. Sometimes I can pack away so much that it scares me a little bit; I wonder if I might have a serious metabolism disorder or something, and this was one of these nights. Everything was tasting so good, the atmosphere was so perfect, that I just wanted to keep eating that dinner all night. Call me gluttonous if you must; you've never had those string beans so don't judge!
The other dinner that has a chance of beating that one was the dinner we had up in Portland with Aaron and Ayumi, collectively known as APAK.
Ayumi made a Japanese stew kind of thing called "nabe." It was incredibly delicious, and the company and atmosphere was another perfect score.
But now, I'm in NYC. It's 20 degrees out.
Rather than bitch and moan about the frigid temperatures here in NYC, I'd like to reminisce about the lovely times in California.
I was all over that damn state. Orange County, LA, Bay Area, San Francisco, Tahoe, then up to Portland. (That's in Oregon.)
Out of all the great times I had, my favorite evening was in Oakland. Sandra, our friend Shane, and I went to dinner at a place in Chinatown. I can't tell you the name of the place. I'm not stingy and trying to hoard the delicious chinese food all to myself; it really doesn't have a name.
Anyway, this place is infamous for its Dry Braised String Beans...they are good enough to kill for. Luckily, you can just order them. Well, this was an enchanted evening because they cooked up the best batch of these beans I've ever had.
When we arrived, it was on the early side for dinner, so not too many people were around, just the family that owns the restaurant. So as our food came out, their food came out around the same time. They offered us their food so we could try it out, free of charge. We had some lovely clams cooked in wine. Very tasty. Later we got to try a fresh hot chinese doughnut. Delish.
In between offerings, they would teach us Mandarin. Han hao!
I kept eating, eating, and eating. Sometimes I can pack away so much that it scares me a little bit; I wonder if I might have a serious metabolism disorder or something, and this was one of these nights. Everything was tasting so good, the atmosphere was so perfect, that I just wanted to keep eating that dinner all night. Call me gluttonous if you must; you've never had those string beans so don't judge!
The other dinner that has a chance of beating that one was the dinner we had up in Portland with Aaron and Ayumi, collectively known as APAK.
Ayumi made a Japanese stew kind of thing called "nabe." It was incredibly delicious, and the company and atmosphere was another perfect score.
But now, I'm in NYC. It's 20 degrees out.
Saturday, January 3, 2009
Space Mountain Face
so, I mentioned in an earlier post that my first time on Space Mountain at Disneyland wasn't exactly a breeze for me, and that there was a photo out there that documented this fact.
Well....enjoy.
Well....enjoy.
Friday, January 2, 2009
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year to everyone! May it be a healthy, happy one with love, compassion, peace, and good music. Did I mention health??
I didn't do much. I stayed in with my mom; we did a Buddhist tradition of writing down things from the past year that you want to get rid of, then throw them in a fire.
I had a lot of paper to throw in there. Last year was yucky.
But the fire was nice and warm.
I didn't do much. I stayed in with my mom; we did a Buddhist tradition of writing down things from the past year that you want to get rid of, then throw them in a fire.
I had a lot of paper to throw in there. Last year was yucky.
But the fire was nice and warm.
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