You know what's harder than spelling 'spaghetti?' It's explaining why spaghetti is the poor student's food.During my first year of college, I ate spaghetti quite frequently. From our dinky and illegal burner in our dorm suite, my roommate would make spaghetti at least once a week. Being Korean, she even put chunks of Spam in... Continue Reading →
A retreat north, cupcakes and a celebrity encounter
I've been looking for a chance to get away for a long weekend. You know, no work and no computers. This weekend was better than any, considering my upcoming work schedule that will remain busy up until the end of the year. So plans were set to revisit Solvang and a quick visit to Los... Continue Reading →
Halloween 2007 – A wrap-up
So Halloween 2007 was uneventful. In my part of the city where I've seen some odd costumes in previous years, this year was actually quite tame. Years before I've witnessed full-sized Powerpuff Girls ride around in a convertible, the entire Adams family seated at City Delicatssen and a camouflaged duo hide in bushes and scare... Continue Reading →
Easy homemade popcorn
Happy National Popcorn Popping month!Although this graphic should have been posted 30 day earlier, it's posted nonetheless during the month of October. And with recent studies showing that microwaveable popcorn can cause cancer, what better time than to make it yourself. It's easy and takes as much time to make as regular popcorn.Here is my... Continue Reading →
Getting Thanksgiving over with
I have a tradition in my household on the last Thursday of November. It's not to roast a whole turkey. It's to have an anti-turkey meal.I've been celebrating Thanksgiving that way for at least half a decade. Depending on guests who insist on having a turkey or the freakish year I had to work on... Continue Reading →
Watching my county burn down
I'm anxiously flipping through television channels and hoping that the fires burning through San Diego County die down soon. It's a repeat of the 2003 fires.Reports are predicting another day of harsh Santa Ana conditions and I'm just preparing for the worst. (I already have important documents in a case ready to go at a... Continue Reading →
Secrets of My Burning Kitchen
I need to clean out my cupboard out in serious way. I'm actually quite embarrassed to be posting a photo of my cupboard. Much like a medicine cabinet, I think the kitchen cupboard says a lot about a person. My cupboard? Too many impulse buys at the grocery store and what the hell is that... Continue Reading →
It Came from Iowa…
In the age of instantaneous, electronic messages that arrives to either your computer or phone, it's nice to receive something in the mail. Even more special that it's a large package with this note inside: Inside is a purse. But not any purse. A Seatbelt bag designed by Gary Baseman. I first spied the bag... Continue Reading →
Pumpkin carving ideas
Admittedly these last few years I've been lax in celebrating Halloween. Wearing black every day doesn't constitute as celebrating thank-you-very-much. And besides the occasional gorging of candy infiltrating my house (which also coincidentally is the type that I like) there no trace of Halloween. But I recently ran across ExtremePumpkins.com which has rekindled my interest... Continue Reading →
Celebration and a revisit to Oceanaire
So let's see, what have I been doing these past four weeks? Wrapping up my job in Orange County while finishing up a major project. Searching for a my OC replacement. Preparing for my new job in San Diego.Yeah, it's been busy. Heck-of-a stressful month. Some days, I found myself not eating all day. I... Continue Reading →
My Burning Kitchen... on the road 