Okonomiyaki, a photo by framboise on Flickr. Kansai-style okonomiyaki is pretty easy to make. Admittedly, we cheat by using a prepared flour mix, but you could make it from scratch with bonus foodie points using Maki-san’s okonomiyaki recipe. If/when we ever move somewhere without an Asian supermarket, I’ll be hoarding okonomiyaki sauce and Kewpie mayonnaise […]
Come rain or shine, Fin loves the beach! It may be the sand, or the freedom to wander, or maybe it’s just that it’s so different from his daily routine of concrete and roads. Whatever the reason, we’re glad he’s always happy on the beach! Santa Monica Beach, CA Dockweiler Beach, CA Venice Beach, CA […]
Or so it’s commonly thought. But we beg to differ. Los Angeles is quite a walkable city, and where we live, at the border of Los Angeles and Santa Monica, is particularly pedestrian-friendly. So when jojoebi of jojoebi designs suggested a global neighbourhood photo journal series, we put on our walking shoes and trod the […]
We’ve been off gallivanting around Chicago, and while I’m still sorting through uploaded photos, here’s one of the Finster enjoying a Chicago beach. Finlaggan sifting sand on Oak St Beach, with the John Hancock tower in the back and Lake Michigan to the left.
This week’s photo-fest of Fin’s first year comes largely from a party we threw for him at Sunset Rec, an outdoor pool and BBQ park on campus. The party was a bit late for the traditional one-month party in Chinese tradition, but given the copious warnings about whopping cough last year, we decided to wait […]
To justify spending $$$ on a couple of second-hand bikes, we’ve been using them at the weekends instead of our usual long walks to the parks, farmers markets and ramenland1. For no other reason than to use the bikes last weekend, we helmeted up and rode the too-short mile to Sawtelle Blvd for some Beard […]
This time last year, we’d just taken Finlaggan to San Diego for a long weekend. Going back to work after that was much more difficult than going back after his first 6 weeks. For one, we probably bonded better in San Diego than before: there was more interaction between us, I was in less pain, […]
Easter dinner, a photo by framboise on Flickr. Via Flickr: Spring clean of patio (strip of concrete by door, really) meant we could finally drag our dining table out of its cramped corner and have friends over for dinner. Roasted chicken and grapes by P. my contribution: chilling wine and scrubbing our so-called patio. And […]
It’s been over a year since Finlaggan added some spice to our lives. Too much spice to do much other than upload occasional photos to Flickr. And since I’m work-avoiding, I’ll start an irregular series of posts of old photos that we dumped unceremoniously on Flickr1. First up, Finlaggan’s first vacation! To San Diego! Just […]
In keeping with our resolution no. 1, we had our third monthly party of 2012: a spring-time picnic. There’s a nice park on Pico and Virginia Ave in Santa Monica1 with two, yes two, playgrounds: one for toddlers and one for older, more agile/boisterous kids. And we like going on a Saturday morning when there’s […]
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