Tuesday, February 25, 2014

January 2014: Month in Review


Jan. 1st-7th:
The beginning of the year is always super busy which means no days off. Luckily I was able to schedule myself a day off in all the craziness. Decided to start treating myself to lunch at Pick Up Stix. So far the Firecracker Tofu lunch combo has been my favorite however, this is not it pictured below. I think this is the Coconut Curry Tofu (or something to that effect).



Jan. 8th:
Travelzoo had a deal for tickets to see Beauty and the Beast on Broadway so I couldn't pass it up. While there, I noticed this poster for Once! I was super ecstatic because I loved the movie. And to my surprise the mom from HIMYM is actually the female lead!


date night :D
Jan. 9th-10th:
After work on the 9th, I headed down to LA to my grandmother's viewing. The rest of the night just consisted of family stuff. Made plans to meet up with Judy for lunch at Savoy. Absolutely love their Hainan Chicken! There is seriously always a line. After lunch, we headed to Starbucks to work on some stuff just like the good old days when we were talk and study (more talk than study lol).




Jan. 11th-12th:
Spent the entire day doing family stuff for the funeral. Met up with cousins afterwards for some Honey Boba and then made our way back to San Diego. Didn't do much for the rest of the weekend.



Jan. 13th-14th:
Worked on the 13th and then after work on the 14th, we craved wings so we headed to Buffalo Wild Wings. We tried their Sriracha Wings which were yumes! I absolutely love bone-in wings!




Jan. 15th-17th:
Worked the rest of the week and after work on Friday we went out to check out a recommendation from one of my coworkers. I'm a lover of Sushi Ota so when my friend said this place had really good sashimi, we had to try it out. Their homemade gyoza was one of the tastiest I've ever had. Seriously melt in your mouth good. Their sashimi was very fresh (on the same level as Sushi Ota, I would say). Definitely need to make a reservation for this place though because it's tiny.









Jan. 18th-19th:
Every weekend I always want breakfast but I'm always too lazy to cook so we headed to IHOP. Love my breakfast food!



The rest of the day was spent doing some major closet and vanity cleaning. The night was spent at Tony's coworker's art show. It was a fun night!



We started off the night with some grub at this BBQ place around the corner. I ordered the BBQ Bloody Mary and my impression was that it was going to be BBQ sauce in the Bloody Mary... this is what I got lol.

yup... that's a slab of meat on my drank.

chicken and waffles!

dirty fries

Jan. 19th:
Forgot where we went for dinner but we did make a stop at Cheesecake Factory for my free cheesecake which I have quite a few coupons for every $25 gift card you buy. It was quite the deal because we literally bought the gift cards and used them right away so we weren't really going to keep the cards and just have them marinating in our wallets.




Jan. 19th-22nd:
San Diego Restaurant Week started so we decided to hit up a few spots. Didn't want to get too crazy because I put myself on a tight budget after the new year started. We tried out The Marine Room, NINE-TEN, and Tapenade. Click on the perspective links for more information on their respective experiences!





Jan. 24th:
We decided to try out this sushi restaurant near our place. Sashimi wasn't the freshest. I did feel semi sick afterwards :/.



Jan. 25th-26th:
We met up with my friends from LA for dinner in Pacific Beach at Costa Brava. Their potatoes were really good. Their lamb skewers were really good as well. Their desserts, which we weren't even going to get, were super good. The creme brulee looking this seriously tastes like ice cream. It was the best dessert.









The next day, we had brunch at the Veranda at the Rancho Bernardo Inn. Here are some pictures for your viewing pleasure.

each one of their menus had different pictures!

i'm obsessed with bloody marys. this wasn't very good.




Jan. 31st:
I had the day off on Chinese New Year so we decided to go out for brunch. 2 years ago when my friends came down to San Diego, we wanted to go to The Cottage in La Jolla but the line was much too long and we were in a rush to go kayaking. So this time, we decided to go back. The food was pretty tasty. One of the things that we talked about that day was the fact that San Diego has a lot of restaurants but they are all the same things over and over. Very traditional items that they have at every single restaurant. And that's the one thing I miss about food in LA. Food is so innovative and it matches the "melting pot" nature of the city itself. There's the fusion foods and also just a different take on the normal foods. *sigh* (But fast forward to February, we went to eat at the place next to Polite Provisions and it seriously reminded me of food in LA so maybe North Park-ish area will have to be our new stomping grounds).






That pretty much sums up our January. It wasn't that eventful of a month.
We were mostly recovering from all the stresses of the holidays. The holidays just 
came and passed so quickly since Thanksgiving was so late this year.
It was definitely nice to have a little time to just simmer down. 
On to February! 

Monday, February 24, 2014

December: Month in Review Part 2


Dec. 18th:
After dinner we decided to check out Christmas Card Lane. Reminds me a lot of when I was little and we would go to Chino Hills to look at all the lights. It was pretty cool. Lots of Disney inspired houses. Here are some highlights from our trip. I had more photos on my regular camera but these are just the ones from my phone. 








Dec. 19th:
Worked the early shift on Thursday and for dinner we went to get some Vietnamese food.



Dec. 20th:
Both Tony and I had the day off Friday and it was time to do some last minute Christmas shopping. We had pretty much finished our shopping for the most part but we were missing Tony's grandmother. We met up with Tony's mom and brother for some Cheesecake Factory. I absolutely love the pastas at Cheesecake Factory.

spicy chicken chipotle pasta with no peas

peppermint bark cheesecake for the holidays


Dec. 21st:
We met up with one of Tony's friends in college and wet bar hopping in North Park.


drinks at hess


Dec. 22nd:

yummy pho with tripe only

xmas goodie bags for my staff :) 


Dec. 27th:
The Fab5 girlies had an amazing shopping day at the Santa Anita mall. We literally spent the whole day there and found a bunch of good stuff. Definitely got the shopping bug out of my body before the new year started with this goal of mine to not buy any clothes for the entire year. We saw a little friend while we were eating lunch at Cheesecake Factory lol.


louisiana chicken pasta

Dec 28th:
The day was finally here for one of my bestest and oldest friends to get married! We had been through so much through the years and I couldn't be happier to be apart of her special day. It was very hard not to get teary-eyed through out the entire day because it was like seeing my sister get married.

absolutely loved the bead detailing on her dress!

the beautiful bride


we're a fun loving bunch lol



school themed wedding - we were in the 10th grade

pencil topper name place holders! 

the original gang from potrero

a fun picture

Dec. 29th:
The morning after the wedding, we went to visit my grandma in the hospital. My grandma had been in the hospital for the past few weeks and since I live in San Diego, I hadn't really had the chance to go to the hospital to see her. Luckily, I was able to see her when I did because unfortunately she passed away a few days after. I had seen her maybe a week ago and she was completely knocked out by meds but this time she was actually alert. After visiting my grandma, we went to Kim Ky Noodle House to eat this beauty. It was very good and I don't know of any places that sell this in San Diego which is why I wanted to have this while I was in LA.



After we got home, I finally go the final few cards to fill up my little card wreath that I made! Now I just need to make another one for the rest of the year! I made this wreath because our fridge was getting bombarded with cards and I don't know what's wrong with magnets these days but they aren't strong at all! So every time we would open the fridge, the cards would come flying off. Thanks for all the beautiful cards everyone!



Hope everyone's having a good start to the week! I worked this weekend so it really doesn't feel like a Monday to me. I have the day off tomorrow so it actually feels more like a Friday to me. Hopefully I can get the rest of January up and start on February so I can be up to date! Happy Monday ya'lls!!



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