margaret was here

2012!

2012-01-07T03:41:00.001-08:00

Happy New Year!

YES! I finally tried Ton Kiang! It was underwhelming but look at the quality of this napkin!

tartine+woodhouse

2011-09-16T23:56:00.000-07:00

Spent the past month working on...who knows what! Must I take photos of nothing but food! /cry

Despite many burnt croissants, I quite like Tartine.

Brioche bread pudding topped with fruit ^o^

The morning bun. Really jealous of my friend, Stella, who lives nearby. I would be tempted to buy this morning bun or that bread pudding with some coffee every morning. Yummmmm~!

Croque monsieur with spicy pickled carrots.

Funny thing about Tartine. Not a lot of people seem to know that tartine means open faced sandwich in French. It's no surprise that the tartines are good at Tartine.

Thirsty.

The banana creme pie we took home :x &Brian's fancy new shun paring knife.

Some time after, we went to Woodhouse on Fillmore. Our usual place :) I bumped into Leslie at Fraiche! Not quite bumped but more rushed into Fraiche upon realizing that it was her that I saw there. The dog next to her barked at me, lol.

Our usual order of oysters. It goes by so quickly. It's actually quite saddening.

Yum, SLURP!

Got around to trying the crab roll. Really looks like a taco. They stuff the crab in a slice of bread and topped it with cheese and crab. Pretty generous. I got some greens so I wouldn't feel so bad.

SO MUCH CRAB.

Brian got cioppino. He's wanted it since the end of his summer job 2 months ago.

I planned to buy Nikon's Series E lenses but failed. I give up. I'm going to buy a 35mm af-s f/1.8 lens after all. I've been hunting for the Nikon series e lens for a week or so (I know, not long but my patience is waning) and have not been able to win any bids at all. I think my chances will be better with the AF lenses. :(

Moleskine and washi tape pr0n

2011-08-27T02:22:00.000-07:00

I give, I give! I'm using moleskines, finally. I prefer their volant and cahier series. Volant for the fancy perfect binding and cahier for the paperback. I love both because they're super thin. Thin notebooks means = likelihood of completing is higher. I'm not good at completing journals or notebooks but with the size that I'm using, I think I can do it. I'm already filling them with my incessant babble!

I'm swimming with ideas lately and I finally lifted my head for air to start this:

I don't think my moleskines will be completely unique from others but I'm soo happy with these right now. So happy. I will still use my Rilakkuma notes but right now I'm all about the cahier and volant moleskines~! :)

I leave you with some washi tape porn.

And no, these have not been instagrammed..or edited for that matter! My room is just very poorly lit (hence the grainy photos) lulz.

I just realized that I should be embarrassed for taking these photos on my bed. Oh well.

Ferry Building today and everyday!!!

2011-08-19T13:34:00.000-07:00

I am sooo fortunate to have a big sis and bro in law that will 1: wake me up early in the morning to, 2: take me to the ferry building and buy me TWO COFFEES at blue bottle ^o^~ wibble~ (you want me to do TWO things?? -bender) If there were two Margarets, I would not be so hyped up on coffee, bbq darling, bbq.

caffe latte on left, half finished new orleans on right

sweet baguette from acme ^o^~ (random passerby while Margaret was taking photo: "that's a long baguette!")

We went to Chinatown after since it was right up the street from the Ferry Building :) Parked right next to the Panaeng Garden where they served Durian Chicken soup! My grandma loveddd the Durian Chicken soup here...everyday I miss her.

Random dog we passed by while walking up Washinton. He was so fat and cute I had to snap a picture ...albeit a bit blurry.

Inconceivably inexpensive blueberries! I had some last night and they were soo yummy. We bought 4 boxes. (Sign says 2 for $1.50) I think more than 50% are too ripe now :( but it's okay, will make really good blueberry muffins ~ :)

Acme cinnamon black currant toast. Cheirie berry says that it's too sweet but it's going to be soo good with English Breakfast! I had wanted to go to KW's today for tea and toast but she's a little busy bee.

I have not been doing anything but lazing around since classes ended. I'm not even playing WoW. Way. Too. Lazy. I'm pretty happy that I got to go out for a little bit to snap a few photos. Classes are starting soon and I still have not gotten the DAI fundraising shenanigans started. Once I get some work done, I'll feel better. I think I should take my time. I already talked to one of my very trusted (and loved!) instructors so I can't lose confidence now! がんばれ, がんばれ, がんばれ!!! 無論如可, 一定要加油 ^o^~

No...no, anything but that

2011-08-11T01:09:00.001-07:00

Last day of classes until the 24th tomorrow! The joy, the sorrow..etc.

I can't wait to sleep and play WoW ... and get the DAI fundraisin' shenanigans ready!

Hm, in other news, been listening to a lot of pop due to all the k nights :)

Uh, also, about that floppy disks: it seems that SFSU is recycling old electronics and these floppies were hanging out away from the group :( feels kind of 1990s apocalyptic.

723

2011-07-25T20:22:00.000-07:00

Happy birthday :)

This is the tres leche cake from Tartine. Oh boy. I did not expect Tartine lines to be so unnecessarily long. I had a bite of their croissant as well. I have not yet had a really delicious croissant before but this is probably as good as it gets in S.F. Nice sound when you break the bread apart and kind of a crunch when you bite into it. Brian (Happy Birthday!!) says that a croissant is suppose to be flaky? How do you attain that type of perfection?

I've been waiting

2011-07-20T13:49:00.000-07:00

For the sun to come out! The fog took over the Bay Area last week so the few hours of sun is nice. These flowers look happier in the sunlight too :) I pass by these flowers while running around and finally took some time to admire them close.

Surprisingly, this is just some foliage hanging outside of the Fine Arts and Caesar Chavez buildings.

Classes are going well. Design is fulfilling. Though I feel something missing.

Speaking of design, I'm planning on making the shelf that I mapped out last year. I'll try to sand down the wood this weekend. It won't take much of anything except brute strength, consistency and determination...Things that I typically lack on a weekend. Well, I already glued the wood together. This was harder than I thought without adequate space. I wish I had worked on a table or .. not in my dad's garage next to his Acura.

^o^

She's home from France

2011-07-17T00:00:00.000-07:00

I'm still trying to figure out a blog style. Do I even have time to be thinking about blogging? Helvetica (it's actually arial!) +default blog with giant photos will do for now. Cheirie bugged me the very next morning to go to the Ferry Building so we could grab Blue Bottle Coffee and Acme bread for some apparently, super excellent butter she got while she was hanging out in France.

Yay, coffee!

I also got a waffle. It was good but not as good as the waffles I have off the So Good Belgium Waffle truck at school! He sometimes in Golden Gate Park. I hear that he's also at other Farmers' Markets too.

My sister was talking to some out of towners and I selfishly complained that the waffle isn't as good. I'm kind of a dolt sometimes.

Cheirie ready to attack the ridiculously delicious butter she brought home.

Honey stick samples :) don't remember the names, doh!

The ridiculously delicious butter.

You would think, it's just normal butter with seaweed but in it's actually hand made butter! I don't know if I will taste anything as luscious for a while.

Also sampled some chocolate. Om nom nom.

You licked it!!! Oops! :P

Lol, my hair. I really like this room. Book shelf above bed but it's constructed into the wall.

I like this sweater a lot. I got it at UO back when they still sold Lux. They probably still do, I dunno.

Well, it's been a long day!

2011-07-14T21:00:00.000-07:00

I'm in summer school. I practically have classes day to night. Rather tiring but fun. I sound like a preschooler saying this but I look forward to seeing my classmates everyday.

I'm finally using Picasa now. I thought I would like it a lot but it turns out, it's not intuitive enough for me to find the full size photo in my galleries. What's up with that? It's okay though! I just need to edit part of the link to get the desire size of photo I want. Pretty neat.

Brunch at Zazie.

2011-07-10T00:40:00.000-07:00

I regret not coming to Zazie with my other friends the week before this. I had to cancel the morning of! I'm felt so awful but I'm glad everything is good at home! I originally opted to go somewhere in the city but was too lazy to go out there to find parking. I found parking immediately at Zazie even though it usually is rather difficult. The joy!

Photo with Angela since she hates taking photographs, muwahah.

I shared the gingerbread pancakes (with some pear compote which was mediocre and apple sauce. I've had better pear compote elsewhere!) Also shared the crab benedict (a little stingy there aren't ya?). I think I rather go to Mama's if I ever want crab benedict again.

I had a tartine the last time I was here. I was not blown away. When will San Francisco offer me a unique tartine that doesn't have salmon and cream cheese? Sigh.

Renegade Craft Fair 2011

2011-07-01T21:00:00.000-07:00

It's ridiculous that I did not take any photos of the actual fair but I was definitely there. I was helping out Janine and Glenn at Uppercase Publications with Catherine and my friend Annie. I will be sure to take more photos next time.

Annie (Curbside Treasure and a gifted vintage typewriter. Ah, I just saw her photos. They're much better than mine. I should shrink mine to oblivion!

On to the food! I had some southern fried chicken, a pie pop and Jamaican tea. I always forget to think about my health when purchasing meals.

I'm much happier with the way I post now. All I need to do is go to my Picasa gallery and right click for the drop down menu and "copy image URL." So much better than using the blogger tool!

slanted door/woodhouse

2011-05-18T04:38:00.001-07:00

Went to Slanted Door (express) today and Woodhouse. Yum.

Grainy photos =o= this is what happens when it's too dark and you don't want to use flash.

REMINDERRRRRRR

2011-04-13T01:09:00.000-07:00

This is a reminder to take a photo of the flowers near Brian's house at night before they disappear! Gotta have my camera, gotta have my tripod.

Tsukiji Fish Market

2011-03-11T01:53:00.000-08:00

Oh Japan :( my heart goes out to you in this time of difficulty!

Anyway, I wanted to continue my posts for Tokyo even though I started blogging about local places again :)

I had wanted to go to Tsukiji Fish Market since my first time in Tokyo but I never woke up early enough. If I had, I would be able to see the tuna auctions! The tuna auctions were closed in January. So sad! Speaking of Tsukiji Fish Market...and tuna auctions, I heard Sushi Ran in Sausalito have fish from Tsukiji. Curious! How do they participate in the tuna auctions? Are they silent???

This time around, I still didn't wake up early as intended but my sister and I still went.

The trooper :D can't even tell she was suffering from a fever!

There was a crazy line at Sushi Dai and the other sushi places but it was about 4k yen per omakase box so sister and I opted to go to this chirashi zushi place. It was about 1.5k-3k yen per bowl and it came with some kind marinated squid and seaweed miso soup.

The mysteriously stuffed squid. So delicious. My sister initially said they were some kind of female part of a fish. Thinking about it now, that doesn't even make any sense!!! I asked the chef what it was and all I heard was "ika" and the lady next to me confirmed that it was ika but still, what the hell was inside??

The miso soup was also really tasty. Seaweed was fresh and a little crunchy :3

Didn't get good shots because I was in a rush to eat! Hahah. We got otoro and maguro over sushi rice. I was also feeling sick so I'm unsure, but I think there was too much vinegar in the rice. Oh brother.

Now that I've visited Tsukiji, I would not recommend going and that the restaurants are a sure tourist trap. They have nice lunch sets for ~2k-3k yen in Shibuya in Mark City. I say, you can probably get a few good snaps the wholesale market is open~! Though, as B says, "at least you can say that you went." :)

Food wise, rather than sushi or sashimi, I think Tsukiji is more famous for their tamagoyaki! I was being a fail and didn't get any photos of the millions of tamagoyaki and kitsune places. Although tamagoyaki is easy to make, I would pick one up as you're walking around the market. They are as cheap as 100 yen for tamagoyaki on a stick. It shouldn't be more since eggs are cheap. There were also quite a few donburi places. If they had oden with mochi kinchyaku, I would revisit for sure.

Chez Maman (brunch)

2011-03-01T02:38:00.001-08:00

I came here on a nice Saturday afternoon with someone that has been pretty amazing. Brunch was just alright. I thought my poached egg with salmon and goat cheese was a little salty. Gargh, I really need to stop ordering salmon at brunch. I usually order it "just to be safe" or if there is nothing on the menu that seems appealing. The company said that the garlic aioli was overpowering but that's how I like my garlic so when I'm craving a giant burger on a roll with too much garlic, I will be coming to Chez Maman. Chez Maman has been my favorite place for the past few months but I think I'm happier slurping oysters while sharing fish and chips with a sparkling sauvignon blanc from New Zealand at Woodhouse. Yeah, that night was perfect.

the popular burger topped with brie.

salmon, goat cheese cocotte.

cappuccino :)

and finally! my favorite pain perdu drizzled with an apple chantilly with berries and cream.

welcome, welcome, SPRING!!

2011-03-01T01:51:00.000-08:00

Technically springtime isn't here yet but my love knows no bounds!

A few day shots! I actually took this a couple weeks ago. The evening shots mean more to me (even if they look like shit). I know it's silly, but I post immediately because they do mean so much to me. So these shots were really special to me (here and here). I'll take some time to take some more (day and evening) before the leaves grow out. Hmm! I think it would be nice if I developed some flower photos for my dad! :)
Gahahah, oh yeah, a week ago, my sister pulled one of the flowers out and she ran into the tree. That's mother nature fighting back. How dare you steal my blossoms! :p

I love the spring.

Now I'm ready to start.

2011-02-23T02:18:00.000-08:00

guess what flower this is.
Also, I know these are a little underexposed! I didn't have a tripod with me so the 2nd best thing is me holding really still, right? ^^;

Nishiyama Sweets in Asakusa

2011-02-11T02:51:00.000-08:00

Our second visit to Asakusa had a purpose. The first time, Auntie took us from Akiba and we enjoyed the nightlife (carnival fried foods and sweets) Sunday night

We returned to Asakusa for one reason: Nishiyama Sweets! Located very close to Kaminarimon. Just cross the street and turn left and you will see a small shop serving very good green tea ice cream with rice crackers and sweet red bean.

Though they also serve sweet anpan with hot tea. Oolong? It certainly was not green :)

We also ordered the 2 scoop ice cream set with mochi, tangerine, rice crackers and a scoops of red bean served with tea.

I really recommend getting the oshiruko too :)

Yes, we ordered a lot for three people but how often will we be in Tokyo? There is nothing comparable to Nishiyama Sweets in S.F.~! Where can I find a homemade icecream shop that serves just vanilla, green tea and red bean ice cream with rice crackers and mochi?????? WHERE???????????

Well, maybe I'll give Kissako Tea's dango in Japantown a shot. I don't think they have green tea ice cream though! :P

Asakusa&Kibidango

2011-02-11T01:35:00.000-08:00

Decided to blog in reaction to my guilt+laziness. It's almost nearing a month since my stay in Tokyo and I still have not talked about all the yummy places we went :)

Oh man did we get lost. I made the grave error of getting off at Asakusa bashi! Of course we only had to walk for about 5 minutes before arriving at the tourist spot but it's nerve racking getting lost in a city you barely know. There seems to be some wholesale places around Asakusa. Sometimes it's difficult to navigate. I didn't know how to get to Asakusa line or..the Tsubasa line (I think) from where we were so we took something else and ended up at Asakusa bashi station and not Asakusa.

Mom and Cheirie at Kaminarimon (Thunder Gate)!

This is Kibidango! The very same dango shop Sakura and LilB took us my first trip to Asakusa two summers ago. During the summer they serve Matcha green tea but in the winter, they have warm Amazake! I was so happy :) I wanted to try amazake since Ryuu was craving it during that New Years Eve episode in Kimi Ni Todoke. This amazake was better than my first experience. For me, it had a light sake taste and was slightly sweet :)

The kibidango was 300 yen for 5 skewers of dango.

Oh! This spot has become a "must go to place" when I'm in Tokyo! Oooh, I'm really happy.

I wish I took time to take nicer photos--oh well! :p

Ryogoku nabemono @ Edosawa!

2011-01-29T00:04:00.000-08:00

Our last night in Tokyo (must have been a couple weeks ago already TT___TT), Auntie brought us to a nabemono place in Ryogoku (sumo wrestler town). Big sister Cheirie caught a cold and stayed in with a fever so she didn't get to experience the yummy food. ;-; oh my dear sister. We also went into Roppongi Hills for a stroll and there was a GREAT~ taiyaki place right above the station (photos later =o= for now, just Ryogoku). Mum and auntie later shopped in Shinjuku where mom landed a deal on an LV.

On right is my Auntie. She handles cheap room and board for girls travelling to Tokyo. Contact me for information! She can speak Japanese, Cantonese and Mandarin.
Anyway~ we went to Edosawa for nabemono, meal for CHAMPIONS~~! Edosawa is a fairly popular place at night especially for business men (it seems!) They have at least two locations in Ryogoku.

Four portions of seafood including SQUID and SCALLOPS mm, favorite :)

Of course nothing beats the mochi kinchaku. You can find mochi kinchaku in the conbini oden but it it not offered in a single restaurant in S.F. Bay Area. There is, however, one izakaya in LA that serves it. Mochi kinchaku is really good because it doesn't soak up soup like tofu so it won't burn your tongue and warm mochi is heaven. It's why I usually really like tong yuan during the winter. :)

Oh yes, and they also had sumo style dessert. So cute~! We were too full so we didn't order it...although we should have :(

Ah, at the end of dinner, there was an infamous struggle for the check between my mother and auntie. Being Chinese is so comical in the way we always fight for the check. If only I had thought to pay for dinner when I went to the bathroom. It was an after thought. My sister, Marie pushed me to get up and get the tab so even though I had already gone to the bathroom I tried to excuse myself saying "...chotto toirei..." but auntie was like "TOI MEH REI AH!"
I mean to point out the cultural clash here with my auntie! She used a Chinese exclamation between the syllables of a Japanese word! I don't know when I'll come across that again so this tiny memory is special to me.

Well, more food posts for Tokyo later.

edit: oops the last two photos were poorly cropped due to idiocy. :D I'll fix it later.

ox tongue place in tokyo

2011-01-11T06:13:00.001-08:00

It has been difficult to find tasty food in Tokyo that isn't fried. I love fried food in Japan~! Sadly, I found that a lot of franchised places were tastier than some mom&pop stores. Mum prefers to not eat fried food since there's too much heat from it and she's right~! After we ate okonomiyaki, I got a sore throat. Fried food here is really delicious though ;___;

Today we went down to Tokyo Station to buy souvenirs but we failed. It's not that Tokyo Station does not offer a wide array of gift options--oh, they do. We justttttttt...were not interested in any of them. Perhaps Japanese confectioneries are just over adorned? We might get some more baum kuchen though, yum.

Baum kuchen and macarons seem to be really popular sweets right now..but I digress.

So! We were going to go to Marunoichi building but we ran into this place at Kitchen Avenue!

We bought two ox tongue sets and a salad (not pictured cause it was blurry~)

It was served with barley rice. Nice, small change of pace.

We had the choice between salted ox tongue and ox tongue with house sauce..we ordered both. Yum.

Soup came with the set. Very softtttttttt ox tongue in chicken broth.

I was excited when I saw this up close. Minced ox tongue over tofu!!

So happy that we finally found a unique place to eat! :)

tokyo~~~ 2011 :)

2011-01-10T16:57:00.000-08:00

oops long time no blog!

I'm in Tokyo! Hooray! This will just be a loot post. Above is a Bleu Bleuet wallet I bought in Ikebukuro's Sunshine City! We were going to see the observatory too but my family is not interested in that sort of thing, it seems.

This shirt is from 3/4 three quarter from Harajuku. Finally~~~ I plain white shirt with cute details! Three Quarter is near the EastPak store around one of the corners from the Omotesando near the Bvlgari building (by mvrdv)..Uh, anyway this store is around Eastpak where my sister Marie was very happy to finally pick up two messenger bags that were no longer imported to the States. Sister, Cheirie also found something from 3/4~! It so happened to also be made by Bleu Bleuet!

Of course, we totally hit the UFO catchers. Just my opinion, the ones in Ueno are the better ones. I'm addicted, what can I say?

I hope to make some cute little girls I LOVE happy :)

This was some reallyyyyyyy good spicy miso broth. The ramen was alright and I can't remember what the pork tasted like...

More well organized and well thought out posts later @_@ I think we're going to Roppongi today? Tokyo station to get sweets? Asakusa to revisit some yummy green tea ice cream? I forget. Toodles~!

2010, 2011.

2010-12-30T05:20:00.001-08:00

My birthday is coming up in a couple days (1-1-11). Eh.

metric - black sheep

this is how we wasted time during WoW:tBC

2010-12-25T21:46:00.000-08:00

Mostly during t4 and frozen shadoweave days lol

just when I thought I was out...

2010-12-25T20:20:00.000-08:00

oooooh, my welcome back gift :O

blue bottle & anthropologie

2010-12-22T00:33:00.000-08:00

mmm, went to blue bottle at Mint Plaza today.

sister's latte and some sweets.

my espresso con panna. nomnomnomnomnom.

at anthro

mom finally sees something cute at anthro! no longer will she call it "the storeall my daughters like but isn't all that great!"

I'm an idiot

2010-12-22T00:14:00.001-08:00

I was doing my laundry around 9 earlier tonight and had forgot about it until a few minutes ago. I couldn't turn the dryer on .. since you know, it's past 12 am right now so I taped my clothes to the door in my room near the heat. Genius.

family soup

2010-12-20T15:00:00.000-08:00

every now and then, mom goes through the trouble of bringing me some fruit to snack on or soup to warm me up :)

&yes! usually in cute plates!!!

Chez Maman's!

2010-12-19T23:23:00.001-08:00

I love Chez Maman's! Cute, French diner in Potrero Hill. There was crazy rain tonight from the exit through town. Lightning scared me a bit.

Would post the pain perdu, ratatouille and perscuitto panini but they didn't turn out very well..neither did this photo but I wanted to share!

Brenda's

2010-12-19T23:06:00.000-08:00

Had beignets, gumbo and a po'boy sandwich at Brenda's today. #fattiesunite

sum me up

2010-12-16T04:04:00.000-08:00

What's that feeling when you want to remember and forget something forever at the same time?

↓lykke li, hanging high

procrastinating or taking a break

2010-12-15T09:00:00.001-08:00

Really, really love pho

2010-12-15T04:51:00.000-08:00

I found these on my iphone. Nom, pho from Pho Garden :) Good noodles with tasty broth~! I normally order vegetarian pho with fried tofu and mushrooms (also has broccoli and bok choy) but I can't stay away from that rare steak...

combination pho before DAI night :O the other meat in combo pho is really soft to. No idea what it is.

calamansi lemonade and combination pho

sorry for the crap photos :> I'll replace them if I ever eat pho with my nikon.

Just a reminder...

2010-12-13T06:26:00.001-08:00

That I should switch to Dr. Bronner's Castile Soap. I'm really excited because they're fair trade and organic. :) I'm probably going to get the tea tree oil and the peppermint oil one.

I can't wait until this dry season is over. December is always a terrible skin month with the exception of the previous when I had super incredible skin. Sigh.

small sephora loot and early xmas~!

2010-12-13T00:29:00.000-08:00

Christmas is my favoriteeeeee time of the year~! :) Despite a few issues, I'm feeling some extreme holiday spirit. I wonder if I can hang some lights in my room? ~sparkle sparkle~

I admit that I am doing everything in my power to not work on my 300 project, the final I have Tuesday or any of the drafting work I should be completing before the semester is over. Also, I just realized that I took a couple pictures with my 356 reader. /headdesk

In other news, I've been drinking black coffee every now and then. No longer a cream and sugar girl!!!!

This was an early xmas+birthday gift that came with a poster ^_^~ Though, I already uninstalled the rest of the game (vanilla thru wotlk) a week before release. I plan to add some memory to my computer (since it's also becoming problematic to save large adobe files) so I can play one day and I want to buy a portable hard drive so I can store other stuff. It's going to be a while until I can afford things like that again er..............as well as a new video card.

I took a picture of the cataclysm poster on my wall since there is no way that I will be permitted to have something so sadistic/cool hanging in my room. Besidessssss I want to stay with neutral accents (like that Marc Jacobs wallet I saw the other day; I will have you).

I had a $20 gift card from Sephora so I went out to find something to buy. I initially wanted to get foundation but I didn't mind getting a new blush/bronzer palette :) I also bought a silicon scrubbie which I had wanted to get at Daiso but they never had them in stock. It's about $4 more at Sephora.

I had a lot of points at Sephora so I picked up the Ojon Hair leave-in treatment. Blah, smells like a musky vanilla. I guess it'll be good for days I want to fry my hair :)

I literally squealed when I saw how shiny the new compact was 8D

The one I have is considerably duller.

↓Anyway, here is Gwyneth Paltrow with CeeLo's F-you :)

Lykke Li in May 2011~!

2010-12-05T12:21:00.000-08:00

LYKKE LI TICKETS :)

p.s. I have no one to go with yet. haha

↓lykke li - get some

worlds apart: bouchon visit

2010-11-29T02:27:00.001-08:00

Headed to Napa this morning~! Had some brunch, and went to Bouchon bakery where sis and her husband (! bro in law!) spent eighty bucks on baked goods. Crazy.

Fat ass birds in front of Bouchon.

giant macarons~! ♥♥♥

↓AKFG - Worlds Apart

Rilakkuma Slippers~! :)

2010-11-28T01:33:00.000-08:00

Rilakkuma slippers! Thank you big sister Cheirie for getting them for me :D ~~I MUST SPREAD MY OBSESSION~~

↓yeah yeah yeahs - maps

270 REPS

2010-11-23T02:07:00.000-08:00

216-270 reps for arms and shoulders.

349 core/ab exercises.

It sounds crazy when you put it in numbers.

burnout stars they shine so bright: murasaki visit

2010-11-22T23:43:00.000-08:00

asparagus crab salad

fried shrimp heads D: wish this photo was better lol

super delicious, fragrant soup

The itamae made miniature sushi!!! I wish I could have kept them or made them into earrings @_@

Sooooooooy un perdedorrrrrrrrr

2010-11-22T22:21:00.000-08:00

my current sickness. the small ones are mini notes and the big one is a sketch book :)

Going to stock up on Rilakkuma things in Tokyo except, perhaps, glassware.

yesterday's effort with shea butter 8D melted it in a hot water bath.

manga that I'm donating to shinobi life scanlators :P

picked this up tonight at Kinokuniya. it has always boggled me how much cheaper Japanese manga is compared to American printed manga.

GET CRAZY WITH THE CHEESEWIZ

i saw sparks

2010-11-21T22:53:00.000-08:00

Oh ho, thank you my dear Melissa for sending me these photos ♥♥♥

tan tan's, should walk in here someday

mixed fruits nutella, as per usu

tasty TaKaRa sparkling grapefruit shochu mixer thing

apple shochu

carnitas taco, nick's way~!!!

Fluttering~!!! Shame, shame shame that I don't have a photo of my hazelnut steamed milk nor my handsome accompaniment.

for you I bleed myself dry

2010-11-19T03:49:00.000-08:00

izakaya sozai @ irving

2010-11-17T22:53:00.001-08:00

hamachi carpaccio

fried scallops :)

ramen with pork belly