After strolling around on a cold but sunny first day and going to bed quite a bit earlier than I would like to confess, we acclimated to Tokyo time a bit more as we headed out at 5am to weather the rain at the Tsukiji Fish Markets. First stop, navigating the Metro, surprisingly easier than I would have thought. Tiny tickets in hand and the emptiest I ever saw the subways the entire trip.
Read morePart 1: Holidays in Japan, Tokyo
Happy 2013! Just 3 days ago I got back from my trip to Japan. And one of my resolutions is to blog at least once a week. My pictures alone will take me through the middle of the year I think! Ha! Hopefully not, for everyone sake.
So here's part one, day 1. It was a long day being that we flew out of LAX at midnight and got in after a 12 hour flight to Tokyo at 5am the following day (missed all of Dec 20th, so bizarre). Then in an attempt to stay awake, we wandered around the city, just soaking it all in. Looking back, we did so much that first day!
Read moreA BIG September Birthday... the 30th!
Hey there again! It's been a busy BUSY few weeks. It started with a crazy labor day. An unexpectedly fun weekend. Oh, let me start with the small fact that I turned 30th, yep, 30, this month, actually on the 12th. So it's official, I am in a totally new decade.
Read moreBeer Please
I know I have to work on this posting regularly thing. Maybe aiming for once or twice a week is a more realistic goal for me, since I started working full-time for a start-up... read long hours. But I love it and I get to stare and the Santa Monica beach all day, so can't really complain.
But that's neither here nor there.
What is HERE, is this amazing design work my Timur Salikhov. I just couldn't resist sharing! Need I say anything else. Time to go crack one open. Hope it tastes as good as it looks!
Outstanding In The Field
For a few years now I have been pining over going to Outstanding in the Field. It started in 1999, an outdoor culinary dining adventure set in the middle of a farm. Founder Jim Denevan invites a chef from a nearby restaurant to cook outside ingredients that grow right there at the farm you are on, and sometimes a neighboring farm as well.
Read moreOne Beachy Salad
A few weekends ago I visited my hometown of Palm Springs. My visit there is never complete without a visit to Cheeky's. Now normally when I go there I get some sort of brilliant egg concoction and a cocktail. But this particular past visit I was feeling a little on the butterball side of healthy, so I opted for a salad called the Bikini Salad to ease my conscious. It was just what my body needed. Light, healthy and even better yet, tasty! So of course when I got home, first thing I needed to do was re-create it.
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