Summer 2012

I must write this blog quickly. There are so many details that I’ll forget as time passes. Nevertheless I’ll make an effort to recall those most poignant aspects of my recent trip. The month of August in the year of 2012 has been full of adventures. On the first week of that month, I found…

Los Angeles and San Francisco, 2012

  Update: It’s sad to learn that this place is no longer around. Timeout.com says: “It’s hard to believe that two Filipino sisters with no baking experience opened this lovely cafe in 2005. They set their sights high, remortgaging their properties in order to fly in kitchen equipment and a young chef from France. The…

I Hate Flying

I hate flying. But that didn’t stop me from boarding a plane in Seoul. It was the winter of 2011 and I hadn’t seen my family in ten months. Luckily, I had the kind of job that allowed me to enjoy a two month vacation. It was my choice to travel. I could have chosen…

Coming 2 America 2011

Yesterday, James and I went to an ice cream parlor that makes weird and unusual flavors. I remembered the building from an episode of Andrew Zimmern’s Bizarre Foods. I was thankful that I’d seen it. James was being a good tour guide. Across from this ice cream parlor was a vegan restaurant. I ordered a…