Today I had the perfect birthday. It included a healthy 45-minute walk, a meeting of the minds with a dear friend, having a fantastic Ghana mocha and tasting the most decadent, flavorful sorbetti (lemon, mango, coconut) at Linz and Vail Espresso Bar and Gelateria, sharing a flaky and tender chocolate croissant and a cherry danish [...]
Archive for the ‘Raves’ Category
Hooray For Green Beans and Ham!
Posted in Cooking Tips/Notes, Food, My World, Raves, tagged comfort food, green beans, ham, haricot verts, how to cook, onion-infused oil, Spam, tea and rice, Trader Joes, yummy on December 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Princess is on her way to recovering from bronchitis. Not only is she coughing less, but her appetite is back. The last few days she’s been chowing down on some stir-fried green beans, ham, and rice with corn tea.
Anytime I’d ask her what she’d like to eat, she’d say, “Green beans, ham, and bpo-rhee-cha-bop [...]
Mama Sophia Gets Her First Tattoo
Posted in My World, Raves, tagged customer service, eyeliner tattoo, facial, Kim Sun Young, Korean beauty salon, service industry on November 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’m a simple, work-from-home mom. Because I don’t have to see anyone except for The Princess’s teachers at drop-off, I usually just wear my yoga pants and t-shirt, no make-up, and my glasses. I generally save dressing up for when I fly out to Boston for work—about once a quarter—or when I see my doctor, [...]
Humbled by the Most Devout Foodie and Author, Min Jin Lee
Posted in Food, Raves, Things that Inspire Me, What I'm Reading, tagged Free Food for Millionaires, kaiseki, Min Jin Lee, Nihonryori Ryugin, sashimi, Seiji Yamamoto, sushi, Tokyo on October 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The other day I read a food review on Food and Wine’s website by author of Free Food for Millionaires, Min Jin Lee. I was simply blown away. Not only was the review, “Why Restaurants Revere Seiji Yamamoto,” fantastically written, but the descriptions made me want to hop on a plane to Tokyo, seat myself [...]
Assi vs HMart: Which is Better?
Posted in Food, My World, Rants, Raves, tagged Assi, Costco, Dundee Market, HMart, korean grocery shopping, mega-Asian foods superstores, Whole Foods on October 13, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Upon the arrival of the mega-Asian foods superstores, Assi and HMart, many smaller Chicagoland Korean grocery stores have had to do a mad scramble and reorganize their business strategy. In order to compete with the lower prices of the food items that are offered at these superstores, the smaller grocery stores have shifted their focus [...]
Shabu-Shabu: A Fun and Healthy Way to Sneak Vegetables Into Your Diet
Posted in Food, Health, My World, Raves, tagged diet, dining out, fiber, healthy, meat, noodles, portion control, shabu-shabu, vegetables, weight loss on October 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Last night, my family and I went to a shabu-shabu restaurant to celebrate my SIL’s birthday. It was my first time, and I think it may be a new dining-out option for us. The Princess enjoyed being able to cook her own food at the table and dipping it in sauces. The adults liked it [...]
With Bated Breath I Await…
Posted in My World, Rants, Raves, tagged Comcast, Lowes on October 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Not the Second Coming, but the ever-elusive door installer from Lowes, who’s supposed to put a new screen door in front and a sliding door for my home office. I’ve been given a window of time—between 8 and 10 a.m.—which is better than Comcast’s “We’ll come between 8:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.” (I hate when [...]
Thank Heavens for Cherrybrook Kitchen!
Posted in Cooking Tips/Notes, Food, Food Allergies, Health, Parenting, Raves, tagged baked goods, birthdays, Cherrybrook Kitchen, dairy free, egg free, Food Allergies, food allergy alternatives, gluten free, nut free, Whole Foods on October 5, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Today’s one of those blah, gray days where you just want to sit and do nothing. Be one with the couch. Contemplate your navel. Watch the world go by. But with a rambunctious, trouble-seeking, five-year-old in the house, sometimes you just have to break open a box of chocolate chip cookie mix and bribe her [...]
