This year I decided to take on the project of taking one photo per day for the whole year. I challenged my brother to the same and we’ve been keeping up so far. Of course it’s been only 21 days into the new year but it’s a good start. A fellow photog and friend of mine was also inspired and started too. It’s certainly fun to see the lives of my friends and family through daily snapshots.
After a long hiatus, Sunday Supper was reinstated last night with short ribs and German chocolate cake.
The Sokol-Juns came over and Koa got an automatic carrot dispenser for the evening.
The short ribs were flavorful but could have used one more hour in the oven.
Michelle made a German chocolate cake and it was scrumptious.
Oh yeah, I just discovered that Jack actually knows Jes’ name. He was sitting at the dining table taunting him with “Uncle Jesse Uncle Jesse!” This kid is the only one not scared of the husband.
Last night we went to the Bangs’ for a tasting of high-end vodka from Poland and Russia. We all had individual shot glasses labeled with a famous person’s name. Mine was Pavlov. Heh heh.
There were 10 different vodkas and Vyl made a card of tasting notes and sheets for us to write down our thoughts and guesses of which was which.
I just enjoyed tasting them and had no idea what a Polish or Russian vodka was supposed to taste like. I DID, however, pick out the Stoli. Haha. My #1 favorite of the 10 was Chopin. It was creamier than the others and a little sweet.
Vyl also picked up food from a Russian deli. I tried a perogi that looked totally like a potsticker. And surprisingly, I really liked this dish that had beets, potato, onions, salmon, and herring at the bottom (the bright pink one). Sounds disgusting but it was pretty tasty!
Here are the rest of the photos.
Last month at work, we were all feeling burnt out and needed a big attitude change for the sake of our patients. So, we decided to kick off the new year last Saturday with a slumber party at Steph’s house in Livermore. We cheesed it up even more by calling it our “Zen in 2010 Party”.
The grown-ups joined us in the evening for a buffet of appetizers and drinks and a very entertaining board game. Sue, my manager, even brought a handy-dandy s’mores maker and whipped up some cocktails for us.
After the grown-ups went home, we finished up the wine, played MASH, made some friendly crank calls to our friends, and fell asleep to “The Little Mermaid”. There were definitely a lot of laughs and hijinks that night. We all slept in the livingroom in sleeping bags and woke up to a scrumptious breakfast that Stephanie prepared for all of us.
I hadn’t been to a sleep-over in a VERY long time and I think it was more fun than any teeny-bopper party that I had ever been to. Here are the photos.
The day after Christmas was super busy for me. I got up bright and early to have breakfast with my old roomies from UCLA. We went to Mimi’s Cafe in Cerritos and Linda brought her newest son, Christian, along. It was so much fun to catch up with Linda, Mich, and Mary over coffee and pancakes.
For lunch, I went to Patty’s parents’ house in Cerritos to meet up with Hols, Patty, and Patti. Johnny, Howard, and the little girls Katelyn, Lauren, Zoe, and little Kylie were also there. Johnny picked up food from BJ’s Pizzeria and we had a fun time playing with the girls and hanging out.
In the afternoon, we dropped Jason off at the airport and then headed over to Gardena for Brother and Joy’s housewarming party. We brought them a Bouchon cookbook, Reidel glasses, and the limoncello that we bought for them in Italy to warm up their house.
They have a cute 2-bedroom, 1-bathroom condo that is VERY similar to their old apartment in Santa Monica. The two of them worked really hard in preparing a variety of appetizers and desserts while everyone came with a dish to fill up the table. The party was definitely a success and the food was so yummy!
The whole family and their friends attended and it was so nice to see everyone together to celebrate such an important milestone. It was also a great way to end our Christmas vacation.
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
On Wednesday, Mommy made Kanom Krok for breakfast and it was sooooo yummy. Again, I LOVE the Magical House. Later in the afternoon, it was time to take care of some business. First stop was Wahoo’s the Irvine Spectrum. I had been craving a fish taco and their famous rice for some time now and it was still as tasty as I had remembered.
Next stop was the vet. Koa hadn’t seen a vet since we moved to SF and he was overdue for his vaccinations. He was pretty good at first but as soon as we got into the examination room, his hind legs started to shake and he couldn’t stop panting. Check out the huge tongue! Once the vet came in and tried to examine him, I smelled something super foul. He had expressed his anal glands all over the floor and it’s one of the grossest smells ever. The vet had to take him in the back to get him cleaned up and apparently did it again! Well, the vaccinations were done and he also weighed in at 29 pounds…what a fatty.
Afterward, we headed out to Pish’s office for a dental cleaning. I was in fear of having 3 cavities but I had X-rays done and was cavity-free!!! Whut!? Unbelievable.
Joy and Mommy also arrived a little later and it was Family Fun Day the Dentist once again.
For dinner, we went out for Korean BBQ at ShikDoRak with Hols, Dayantha, and Huy. We ordered a Combo Meal for 4 (there were 5 of us) and it still felt like a night of never-ending beef. I was super full afterward but it was sooooo good.
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