There are no words to describe how absolutely wonderful Emily and Cliff’s wedding was. They put so much thought and hard work into every detail, and the result was amazing (like romantic comedy, fancy wedding, kind of amazing). I’m so happy to have been a part of it. Woohoo! Congratulations Emily and Cliff!

Now for some pictures…

The wedding dress needed to get a bit of fresh air. Do you see that beautiful beach in the background? Yea. That’s what we were looking at while we got our hair and make-up done. Emily does know how to spoil her bridesmaids.

Yes. I think I may just sit on some hay while I wait for the ceremony to start.

Can you spot the cream soda? I had the orange. What did you have?

I really should have drank more before my speech.

Did you find your place card? Mine was already at the feasting table. Oh…hi Kyle!

In case you were wondering, Cliff build those walls. Hmm…I wonder what Mr. Fung is thinking.

So what do bridesmaid do while they wait for the ceremony to start? Take pictures of their bouquet with their phones or take  pictures of their bouquet and their phones. We did anyways.

The beautiful bride. Was she nervous?

Hailin is a pro!

Why are we missing Janet and Jennifer?

Hi Mimi!

You have to have an invitation to get into this fabulous wedding.

What did your centerpiece look like?

The food was delicious. I was a fan of the fish.

This should be Cliff’s new FB picture.

Who is that photo bombing in the mirror?

New friends?

Janet and Chase. Damn she has a good tan.

Mimi and Emily

Aww…..so cute.

Their bromance was also very cute.

Yep. There were like six cakes, cookies, s’mores and an ice cream cart. We were all loaded on sugar.

There were carnival games for the kids. Emily and Cliff thought of everything.

Schurr High School Class of 2000 + one from 2001 (me).

A few weekends ago I visited Seattle for the first time. The weather was a little fickle, ranging from gray skies, light showers, heavy rain, hail and perfect sunshine. The sun poked its head out for a few hours during our walk through Kubota Garden in Rainier Beach and also on the day we were leaving. I think I saw a glimpse of it when we were trying to take pictures in front of Pike Place Market too.

We rented a condo in Belltown, which turned out to be within walking distance of every restaurant that we had planned on eating at. It was only about 5-6 blocks from Pike Place too. Some of my favorite dining spots were Bedlam Coffee, Local 360, Serious Pie, Tilikum Place Cafe and The Crumpet Shop.

I wish I could have a lavender mocha from Bedlam Coffee everyday.

 There was something about the fries at Local 360 that was extremely addictive.

The baked egg at Tilikum Cafe was delish.

I don’t often eat pizza, but I have to say the pizzas at Serious Pie were one of the better ones that I’ve had. Oh yea that’s an egg on top.

My first crumpet from The Crumpet Shop was amazing. Ricotta, honey and walnuts? An excellent combo. I am going to try to make this at home.

We also did some touristy things and two of my favorite were the Chihuly exhibit and the Underground Tour.

There may not have been any strip clubs or drunk bar hopping activities, but we still had a great time. For anyone who is planning on visiting Seattle, I highly recommend booking a condo with Seattle Oasis Vacation Rentals. Our condo was pretty,clean, well stocked and included parking.

I’m not quite sure what prompted me to finally buy On Dublin Street by Samantha Young. I had read a few of her of other books such as the Warriors of Anhk and The Tale of Lunamorte series, and enjoyed both. On Dublin Street had been popping up on my recommended reading list on both Amazon and Goodreads, and I had ignored it for months. A few days ago while I was stocking up on cold remedies at Target, I came across the book and decided to read the synopsis in the back. I don’t remember being particularly interested in the synopsis but for god knows why, I decided to buy it on my Kindle when I got home. I think it was my subconscious’ attempt to avoid having to read the rest of Norwegian Wood. Because the previous works that I’ve read from Young was in the supernatural genre, I had expected the same from this book. Now anybody that read the synopsis on this book would probably be like…you must have been smoking something. In my defense, I was groggy from the DayQuil. I had expected the main characters to possess some type of supernatural abilities, but they only had money. It was a very contemporary romance set in a very contemporary Edinburgh. I was so sure Braden was going to be a werewolf or something, especially with his “caveman” attitude toward Joss and him being Scottish and all.  Although the fey were not present, and there were no shapeshifters in sight, I still thought the book was quite enjoyable. I would recommend it to my girlfriends.

After a failed attempt at baking a flourless Nutella cake, I decided to focus my mind on flour based goods instead. I was craving peanut butter and Nutella so I found a recipe online at Erica’s Sweet Tooth that utilized both ingredients. I didn’t have regular pb at home, so I used my fancy white chocolate pb instead. I think I could have used a little more Nutella, but the cookies turned out pretty good anyways.

I tried the dry hot pot at Tasty Dining in San Gabriel last night with Louise and Will. I think I like how the Wuhan people do their dry hot pot. The food was good and I didn’t smell like my dinner afterwards, but that might be because we had dinner early and there weren’t that many customers yet. Louise and I shared the lamb pot and Will ordered the vegetarian. I know the lamb was supposed to be the main focus in our pot, but I didn’t much care for it. MY MAIN FOCUS was the non-expensive stuff, the potatoes, celery, cauliflower, tofu and wide vermicelli. They soaked up the flavors well and were delicious. I’ll never look at potatoes and celery the same way ever again. Ok maybe that was a little exaggerated.

Tasty Dining (where that one Lollicup used to be).

301 W. Valley Blvd., Suite 101

San Gabriel, CA 91776