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May 10, 2008 at 1:02 am · Filed under Adventures!, Family, Food, Restaurants, Weekend
Last weekend when I was in California with family, my cousin Jenny took us to the famous Griddle Cafe in LA. We didn’t see any famous people on this visit; but in truth, the pancakes are the real stars at this joint.
Upon arrival, just reading the menu had me practically hopping in my seat with excitement. The one I picked out was a coconut pancake with rolled oats, butterscotch chips, and pecans…
It was huge! I’ve never seen a pancake stack like this before, let alone filled with gourmet goodness. It was on.
“We can do this.”
…
Must keep eating…pancake…
Here’s John and I after being devastated by our unfinished, insanely delicious pancake stacks:
FAIL.
I don’t think I’ve ever been so dominated by a food before. Not only was I unable to finish half my stack, but I was upset I couldn’t fit any more pankeke goodness in me, my head was spinning, and it hurt to walk afterward.
In any case, a wonderful experience. I definitely plan to go again next time I’m in town (with Nikki!). Though next time I’ll probably agree to split a pancake with Jenny this time, as she had originally suggested.
December 11, 2007 at 2:00 am · Filed under Family, Holidays, Photo
Happy Holidays! I’ve been doing a lot of sweet holiday stuff lately and feeling like blogging it–so here goes. We’ll have to rewind a bit…like to Thanksgiving. (Let’s see how far I get.)
Thanksgiving was nice and a much needed 4-day weekend. Rather than go into specifics, here were the four themes:
Food
My mom’s pancit for the annual Thanksgiving party
Seeing the Fam
The cousins on our annual Thanksgiving post-eating/napping walk
Cousins in Seattle
Took mis primas to the center of the universe to meet the Fremont Troll
Night out with Friends
The crew at Belltown Billiards, photo from Ly’s camera
There was also visiting Jen’s family, Rock Band, dinner at a casino, and Black Friday Super Mall shopping in there too, but didn’t have representative pics for those. In any case, it was a great way to kick off the Christmas season.
July 8, 2007 at 4:42 pm · Filed under Adventures!, Family, Musings, Travel
My parents arrived to London Saturday morning where we met at their hotel in South Kensington. It was a pretty eventful next 3 days where we went sightseeing and I had the chance to show them around (namely via Tube). During their stay we went to the Natural History Museum, Westminster Cathedral for Sunday mass, Big Ben & the Parliament Building, the London Eye, the Victoria Station area, the Tower of London, and Chinatown. By far, my two favorite places we visited happen to be the most popular tourist attractions in the city: the Eye and the Tower.
The London Eye is one of those attractions everyone should really do at some point during their stay in London. I mean, who can pass up being suspended 500 feet in the air in a bubble overlooking the entire city? The lines were surprisingly speedy too. My Dad also purchased the little guide book that described the buildings in each direction. You really can’t beat the view.
The Tower of London was pretty sweet, in the nerdy history-loving kinda way. It was just neat to walk (sometimes run) around a place that I’ve read so much about. The Yeoman Warden tour was pretty entertaining and insightful, another must-do. However, I was particularly enthusiastic–admittedly, I was the only one in my 100+ person tour group who took notes the entire time.
The Crown Jewels were also a highlight of our visit there. I didn’t think I’d be too interested in that sort of thing, but it’s pretty crazy to actually see them in-person. So much sparkle… As I left the Jewel House all I could think of was how badly I wanted diamonds, hah. Read the rest of this entry »
June 16, 2007 at 3:36 pm · Filed under Family
The family outside Hec Ed after the ceremony
Congrats to my brother who graduated last weekend!! He now has a BA in “Society, Ethics and Human Behavior” (oh the irony). We are all very proud of him. <3
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December 26, 2006 at 2:05 am · Filed under Adventures!, Family, Food
Hope everyone had a blessed, festive, fun-filled, and merry Christmas!
We had one of our crazy family parties today and I am feeling beat. I’m also feeling the effects of non-stop fooding coupled with my exercise-less holiday season. However, just got back from watching “Rocky Balboa” with my brother and my cousins and if that’s not enough to get one inspired to get back into shape, I don’t know what is.
Some highlights from this weekend so far: snow upon arrival; shopping with my Dad and cousins; my Mom’s cooking; seeing “V for Vendetta”; Christmas eve mass; pancit for breakfast; family present giving; Christmas songs on tape cassette; pancit for breakfast, having all the relatives over, incl. my Lola Y.; and eating, eating, eating. Not to mention Irene and Val coming over late Christmas Eve with raspberry beer and desserts to watch “The Sound of Music” on VHS. (They ended up singing all the songs with my Mom, naturally.)
I’m sure I’ll have a pic or two uploaded when I return to Seattle. Here’s to one more day of holiday. And just to get it out of my system until next year: Merry Christmas, merry Christmas, merry Christmas.
Currently Watching:
Rocky Balboa
