Vacay: NYC
My Christmas present from the boyfriend finally arrived! Last weekend we took our trip to NYC. The last time I was there was back in 2006 where I roamed the streets by myself and only stayed for one night. Since the boyfriend’s friend lives over there, we were fortunate enough to have her bring us around to great food places and bars. And of course we had to watch the NFL playoffs.
We arrived early Friday morning, took a nap and woke up on time to head down to Chinatown for lunch. It was my first time at Joe’s Shanghai and for me, the soup dumplings were delicious.
After lunch we headed down to The Met. Four hours there and I still didn’t walk around the whole museum.
The Buddha of medicine.
Details. All about the details.
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High 5′s & Apple Pies
So back to our trip to Seattle/Tacoma…we flew in early Saturday morning and checked in early at the hotel. Then we headed to a restaurant called China Star. Pat’s girlfriend’s family owns the restaurant and so they held his graduation lunch there.
Our view from our patio of our hotel room.
Pat’s girlfriend Jenny brought us to a flight simulator! I probably had the most fun here. Haha The machine actually moves like you’re in a plane and when you walk inside it’s like you’re in the cockpit. The windows are a big screen so you can set what airport you’re flying out of. Ours was set to SFO of course.
Reg and I! We took turns on flying.
About to take off!
I’m flying over San Francisco.
After that we headed to Seattle to drop some people off at the Space Needle.
Then we headed to High 5 Pie. Reg is a foodie and found this place online. They’re known for their various kinds of pies; pies in a jar, “cutie pie”, lollipop pies…I didn’t really take any photos of the pies…because we ended up eating them…but Reg might have some pics on her blog. It was SO delicious. Reg ordered a peanut butter & chocolate pie that was seriously one of the best tasting pies I have ever had. Besides my apple cutie pie and lollipop pie, I ordered a chocolate cream pie that was pretty good. It wasn’t too heavy like most chocolate pies are. But it was still filling with chocolate delight! Like I said, I didn’t get pictures of the place or all their pies, but I loved the way the place looked. It has that vintage 1950′s look to it with vintage looking appliances.
After that we headed to Paseo. Reg really wanted to try the pulled pork sandwiches which is what they’re known for, but unfortunately they were sold out and we ended up getting a regular rice place dish. I got the chicken which was good but a little dry.
After that we met everyone else up at the Underworld Tour. Something I didn’t know about Seattle, it’s pretty much built on top of another city. So the photos I have are actually underground where there were once buildings and streets. The tour was pretty funny because it was vulgar and talks a lot about whores and prostitutes but at the same time it was interesting.
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Congrats PaToy!
This past weekend I headed up to Seattle/Tacoma with Reg for our friend Pat’s graduation. He’s been up there for the past couple of years getting a doctorate in physical therapy at University of Puget Sound. Congrats PaToy! I wish you the best on your new job and new chapter of your life!
*Separate post to come about what else we did in Seattle*
LA LA Land.
Last weekend I headed to LA for a weekend getaway with some of the girls. It was a short trip so we didn’t get to do much, but we got to hang out with friends that we haven’t seen in awhile. Our friend Tello chilled with us on Saturday, and although he was home in The Bay the weekend before, it was nice to hang out with him down in LA. My girl Muri had never been anywhere in LA so we brought her to The Grove and Beverly Center. Our friend Rich also came to hang out for a bit!
After The Grove and The Beverly Center we stopped by Fairfax for the regular streetwear shops. Rich suggested Village Idiot for drinks and dinner so we headed there for some good beer and food. We headed back to the Omni Hotel downtown to get ready to hit up Hollywood. And btw, there were some Giants fans at our hotel. I think we won Saturday because we were all in LA…lol
We headed to My Studio on Hollywood Boulevard. It was a crazy fun night. So fun that I didn’t even leave our table or dance on the actual dance floor. Lol…it was crackin though..
My friend Jeff came out to party…I haven’t seen him since high school!
With Tello and Rich…thanks for hanging out with us guys!
The next morning we hit up Roscoe’s…you know me and fried chicken…it’s a must.
Muri’s bro and Augs’ cousin came by to eat with us!
All and all it was a nice little getaway. Next time I’ll be sure to stay longer so I can visit more people!
Weekend Getaway: San Diego
This past weekend I headed down to San Diego for some relaxation and chill time. The night we got in we just bar hopped in the Gaslamp district. The next morning I wanted to bring the boyfriend to Hash House A Go Go because it’s just SO delicious. But we got there late and the line was long so we decided to try the sister restaurant down the street called The Tractor Room. While waiting for our table the boyfriend noticed a guy standing outside with us and decided to ask him what’s good to order. Little did we know it was one of the owners of Hash House and The Tractor Room. We decided to try some of the entrees he suggested, and all I can say is SOOO DELICIOUS.
I decided to try the kiwi watermelon lemonade. It was pretty refreshing.
I had the nutmeg french toast which may sound like your regular french toast, but it was pretty damn good and I couldn’t even finish the whole thing.
The boyfriend tried the sage fried chicken benedict. This was SO good that we almost went back the next day to eat the same thing! Biscuits, spinach, bacon, tomatoes, fried chicken, mozzarella, scramble eggs, and chipotle cream…UGH SO YUUUUUUMMY!!!!!
To show you how big the portions are…
The boyfriend ate the whole thing…including the rest of my portion of it.
*Thanks to Andy for recommending some delicious entrees ,buying my drink, and giving us ideas of places to visit! I hope you and Johnny open a Hash House or Tractor room in SF!
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The Holidays
Hope everyone had a good holiday break! Luckily I’m still on break from school because all the holiday festivities wore me out! These are just some pics I took over the holidays.
The MADE ladies.
Out with Abi.
I bought my bro Star Wars Kubrick collectables. Those were kind of expensive for small little figures but I think they’re dope.
Christmas Brunch.
All these presents and majority of them are for these little munchkins…
My little cousin has way too many stuffed animals, my brother can swim in them.
Kris Kringle 2009…Meesh joined in on video chat from Philly and even opened her gift with us!
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Girls Weekend & Jawbreaker Fun
This weekend I headed down to Greenfield which is about 2 hours south of San Francisco. My friend Regina and I decided to visit our friend Steph who recently moved in with her fiance down there. On Saturday we drove down another hour and half away to San Luis Obispo and Pismo beach for some good eats.
If you like clam chowder bread bowls I suggest you try Splash Cafe. I was introduced to this place a few years ago by my girl Augs who went to school @ Cal Poly SLO. Every time we went to visit her it was a must to eat here and as you can see, having a line around the corner is a norm at this place. But for their clam chowder and butter toasted bread bowls, it’s worth the wait.
Call us crazy, but we headed to a candy store around the corner where we spontaneously decided to have a jawbreaker contest. You know those fat jawbreakers that they sell but don’t understand how people eat them? Well, we tried to see who could get to the deepest layer.
After about 15 minutes…
While we worked on our project we headed down to Grover Beach. One of the only beaches in California that you’re allowed to drive on. It’s $5 for a day pass but you can pay more and camp on the beach too.
I had my car and I didn’t want to get stuck in the sand so we didn’t drive to far. If you drive further down the beach there are sand dunes where you can go ATVing. Here’s a pic of the dunes from one of my past trips.
We decided to just chill on the beach and suck on our jawbreakers. Lol
Over an hour of our contest I think we finally decided to stop. As you can see, Reg (right), somehow made almost a perfect circle, Steph (middle) was a little behind and just got to the blue, and I (left) was around the same layer as Reg but we just decided she won because of how she made such a perfect circle. Haha Good sober fun!
After that we headed to downtown San Luis Obispo where we walked around and decided to watch Couples Retreat. For dinner we hit up Firestone Grill. Yummy tri tip sandwiches and may even be better than Buckhorns. There’s always a line at this place too.
Yesterday on the way home, Reg and I decided to stop in San Jose to grab some Pinkberry at Santana Row. I think the only reason why I like Pinkberry more is because it’s a little sweeter and I loooove the chocolate shavings. Haha
All in all it was a relaxing and fun weekend. Thanks Steph for letting us stay at your place!
Erykah Badu & Goapele Concert
Hawaii day 3 was awesome.
First off we headed to Boots & Kimo’s, a breakfast joint suggested by Rach. DEEEEELICIOUS. Be prepared to wait over an hour for it…even if you order it to go. But damn, it’s well worth it.
*in the middle, banana macadamia nut pancakes w/ macadamia nut pancake sauce…YUM. the omelet’s were hella good too!
The rest of the day we chilled on the beach and got ready for the Erykah Badu & Goapele concert!
We headed to Aloha Tower where the concert was. It was beautiful outside.
We ran into our friend Carlo there from the Bay and also KevRoc!
Hawaii Day 2
Day 2
1. The rest of the crew came in.
2. We went to a luau! Paradise Cove was pretty nice…and had some pretty nice looking dancers. :X lol
We pretty much chilled that night since the drinking took place early…
I’ll post day 3 tonight. It’s worth having it’s own post!
Hawaii Day Recap-Day 1
Ok, so I didn’t end up posting the rest of the trip, but I was a little occupied. Sorry.
*Just a warning…I’m probably going to post HELLA pictures.
So a recap of day 1…
Got in around 11am…headed to Ala Moana mall after dropping off our luggage @ Lexer’s. And first thing first…FOOD. We were starving so we hit up Zippy’s.
We walked around the mall and beach for over 2 hours waiting for Lex to get off work…so we decided to go to MaiTai’s for happy hour. Delicious drinks and appetizers.
Once Lex got there we headed to Koko Head.
We were dying hiking up!
But we finally made it to the top!
Of course we had to reward ourselves after. So we headed to D&B’s and also met up with Liz, Syl, and Marie.
More photos to come…including videos from the concert we hit up with Erykah Badu and Goapele!
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