i <3 sf

signage

font fixation

escape

while i love being a point and shoot ghettotographer

i really need to get an slr

5 hours away from here

girlie road trips = supercalifradgilisticexpealidocious

a girlfriend and i set out for eugene this weekend to go visit our dear friend kleep. despite the 5 hour drive in the BLAZING hot sun, we managed to keep ourselves entertained with chatter, girlie mags and lattes in centralia. there i was bemused to find amongst the suburbians (at starbucks of course) a lady throwing some scalding words at the staff. they had made the customer's frappachinos behind her before they made her order. She was appropriately dressed with an LV tucked underneath her arm, huge rock on her finger, summer dress and the sandals of the season. i pondered for a minute if you first get the 'tude then the look or the look then the 'tude...........hmmmm.......anyways...

should you find yourself in the eugene do check out the following in no particular order:

the vintage: delish clams in white vino. fondue, crepes and more....
saturday market: plant starters, cheese, flowers and crafts for blocks upon blocks!
rhododendron festival: don't be fooled by the name, this ain't just for grannies, carnival rides, motorcyclists and car enthusiasts run rampant on this coastal town.
secret house winery: concerts AND wine tasting. their berry dessert wine is berry berry delicious.
oregon coast: white sand beaches and white sand dunes, 'nough said.
pacific dreams: greatest secret B(ed) & B(bq)



love to the kleep and fishie for a weekend well spent.

i <3 taipei

NI HAO!

i managed to walk 6 hours in the first day in taipei!!! i was located in the shopping district aka heaven/hell. heaven is the ability to shop night and day. hell equals not enough time in the day to shop! hahaha. needless to say i received a helping of blisters and a HUGE appetite. dinner was at din tai fung with the htc boys. this place had once been voted top ten restaurants in the world. the soup dumplings were delicious. top ten in world delicious???? maybe. i think we stuffed ourselves silly and had a friend randomly text that HE was also in taipei for the weekend. funny how the world is big yet small.

the view from the top of the world's tallest building, taipei 101 is amazing. i felt a little unbalanced/dizzy and i would have blamed it on the hang over but since i was there with some techies they put their phone on the floor so that they could actually measure the amount of the angle that the building was swaying.... and it was... only slightly.

oh and i would like to say that taiwanese girls are hawt! super cute. i was jeals. i'll admit it. i felt like shamu. i love/hate asia. going to a hip hop club and seeing them shake their booties to a choreographed routine was cute. i found the break circle and met some dudes from cali. go figure.

however.....i did make THE MOST ULTIMATE ASIANLISCIOUS discovery ..... wait for it wait for it.....bouquets of stuffed animals.... yes!!!! oh yes!!!!

you win some you dim sum!

so in college i was located pretty darn close to canada. however it seems that i only went to three destinations: robson, granville, gastown. i hadn't even been to stanley park or granville island until a couple years ago! when i go now i try to expand my vancouver experience..... this time i ate my way around....

dim sum in richmond @ kirin - so i know i am totally late on this train and i've only tried one BUT it is the best dim sum i have had. no carts but this stuff was made fresh to go and i would trade that any day. i was disappointed not to see the "terrible asian" drivers but hey maybe i was one of them....

in order to walk off the dim sum we wandered around yaletown during the day, the only place except for the salons that had signs of life was this oysterhouse. after a day of shopping and a little evening freshening up we went to check it out. the atmosphere was boisterous and lively. the food delectable. the wine delightful. whether with a friend or with a date, go and enjoy.

what did make me sad about this trip, was going shopping. instead of feeling like everything was 20% off.... i knew that everything was worth what it said......boo to falling dollar boo on you. *sigh*