All Things Chill

I am an only child. Heh, that’s probably the explanation of why I’m so damn loud. And no, it isn’t a paradise free from annoyances and strife. Sometimes, it’s filled with long patches of drawing alone in your room and huge undertakings of Lego masterpieces all by yourself. From my childhood [...]

Taken from a recent Tweet:
Who the hell is Mark Ronson, and why is he so popular now? I peep’d his site and it’s like HAYWELCOMETOTHE60’s. Still on the fence. Meh.
Mark Ronson’s take on “Just” (via YouTube). Original Radiohead version here (posted on my blog because Radiohead is still my favorite). Is it better? [...]

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Liana and I are leaving for our new place at the end of next week! This is our multi-destination Google Maps (I heart you) driving itinerary from San Francisco to Seattle. Goodness gracious. This is one code-filled hodge-podge’d post here folks. I can hardly read what I’m writing with [...]

The Nespresso / Delonghi Lattissima is an espresso machine. A uber-luxurious, titanium-plated espresso machine. It’s compatible with the Nespresso’s system of using caffeinated and decaffeinated, color-coded and hermetically (airtight) sealed espresso capsules that have a shelf-life over one year. Targeted at the most finicky of coffee aficionados, it’s priced at $799USD ($699 [...]

Braised Beef in a Red Wine Tomato Sauce served over Paparadeli Noodles
3 large beef shanks, dusted with flour, seared on all sides in a dutch oven with some canola or peanut oil and set aside on a plate. Drop mire poix – 2 parts onion, 1 part carrot and 1 part celery (all small [...]

Alice, Liana and I had dinner yesterday night in Rockridge – a district of Oakland, Ca – @ Soi4 “a Bangkok Eatery.” Our menu follows:
Food:
Steamed turnip cakes sautéed with beansprouts & chives (kanom pak kard)
Grilled Ginger marinated New Zealand rack of lamb with sweet carrot & smoked mushroom salad (lamb yang)
Chinese broccoli stir-fried [...]

HAY EVERYBODY. The writers @ Ars Technica’s Opposable Thumbs gaming journal have been busy bees reporting on the latest Wii news! YAY Wii! News links follow in order of personal importance, because I can. Hee hee.
1. Sonic the Hedgehog will be in Super Smash Brothers: Brawl on a Nintendo console. [...]

I was never good @ ‘em… but I’ll be playing The New York Times Crossword DS Game head-to-head with LauLau until I get sick of it. Which, truth be told, won’t be very long. At all. Probably shorter than it took for me to even write this post. Let’s practice, k?
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In my little corner of San Francisco, there is a parking lot that charges $20 for overnight parking. The attendant leaves @ 10:30PM and comes back @ 5:30AM. The street adjacent to this parking lot has signs for each side of the street that dictacte what days you can park there overnight; the [...]

Flickr album here – complete with geo-tagging (locations on a map) goodness. We went to Lola on Sunday morning @ 9AM for a celebration apartment for our new place. Liana ordered the Chevre omelete with garlic smashed potatoes (seasonal special not on the website) and *I* ordered Tom’s Big Breakfast.
Tom’s big breakfast ~ [...]

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Google Maps link here. Hooray for Geo-Blogging! The map above is the short walk from Uwajimaya to the Homestyle Hong Kong Cafe.
Uwajimaya (ooh WA jee MY ah) is the homebase for everything Japanese. Period. For you Chicagoans think Mitsuwa. San Franciscans can liken it [...]

Back story: Liana and I played a few (read: a LOT) rounds of head-to-head Tetris on our Nintendo DS’s on Saturday night to relax and somehow replenish the emotional drain that apartment hunting does to human beings. If you haven’t already gathered, LauLau is Liana and I am Special*Dark. Liana is the winner. [...]

It’s been a crazy rollercoaster ride to get here, but it was all worth it. Yes ladies and gentlemen, I will be moving to Seattle, Washington at the end of the month. Liana and I have just recently signed a lease on the most adorable townhouse in a super cool funk-a-licious neighborhood. [...]