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crab feed!
the more i try not to write about food, the more that i end up writing about food. one of the great things about being back in california for the holidays is that i got to attend my cousin celia‘s … Continue reading
christmas eve dinner
we were priviliged enough to be hosted by my cousin keelan and his wife amelia and their two precocious sons samuel and joshua, for a hybrid western/filipino christmas eve dinner. growing up christmas eve dinner wasn’t a big deal in … Continue reading
home for the holidays
after an epic 4 airport (shanghai pudong, hong kong chep lap kok, san francisco international and san diego international) and 23 hour journey involving 2 cars, 1 train, 3 flights i finally arrived in san diego just in time to … Continue reading
Posted in Sport, Travel
Tagged california golden bears, football, holiday, Travel, vacation
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dadgummit! blowout!
for me, watching the 1983 movie “a christmas story” is almost as much as a tradition as christmas itself. with that in mind, we had everyone get together to watch the movie and to have meatloaf, mashed potatoes, broccoli florets … Continue reading
still not a food blog: monday hot pot
there’s a lot of resources around the shanghai internets about hot pot and the various locales where one can partake in this winter-centric dining style, so i don’t feel i need the need to add to this. but as this … Continue reading
60 hours in the life
had a big weekend. krispy kreme grand opening. grace’s going away dinner. dessert at hof. late night drinks at cha’s with colette. handel’s messiah sung by the international festival chorus, including andrew.
i swear this isn’t a food blog
tonkatsu is japanese for fried pork cutlet. and the best and most traditional japanese restaurants tend to specialize in one thing – when in japan, you go one place for sushi, another place for ramen, and a third place for … Continue reading
is there anything they can’t do?
i don’t want to make this into a blog-vertisement like woai does with marks & spencer, lawry’s and charlie chan’s. but we were on our way back from lunch and we spotted people inside krispy kreme on wujiang lu, and … Continue reading
home again, home again
with christmas and new year’s around the corner, i’m in countdown mode for my trip back to the states, which is nominally home for me. of course, i’m not really sure what is home anymore. let’s review a bit: pittsburgh, … Continue reading
Posted in hong kong, shanghai, Uncategorized
Tagged california, holiday, hong kong, shanghai
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krispy kreme is (almost) here!
we got a preview in our office today. someone who knows someone resulting in this on my desk this morning. grand opening december 15, 2009.