Double dose of disappointment.

Disappointment 1.
So I had a dream that I woke up and thought it was Friday, but in my dream it was really Wednesday.

Disappointment 2.
I woke up in real life and realized it wasn't even Wednesday, it was only Tuesday.

Oh what a bust.

oh oh ohhhh birthday bliss :)

"A decade ago, I never thought I would be a 23 on the verge of spontaneous combustion, woe is me."

No, sir, friends, I can no longer sing that line when I feel like I've been spread out too thin and find it acceptable to express myself over-emotionally through song, sans dance.

I am 24.

How does it feel? The same.

Anyway. Birthday weekend was an extended fun time since the Fourth of July landed on a Friday ... hooray!

Friends, family, wine and cake ... It really can't get any better than that -- oh wait, it can, throw in my wonderful boyfriend and we can call it perfect. :)

Thursday pre-birthday birthday dinner with amazing friends at Cafe des Artistes (lamb chops and wine!) in a little alley in Hollywood, followed by more drinks at the Standard in Downtown LA.

Friday birthday dinner at the Hotel Bel Air Restaurant with a flippin' fantastic bottle of a Cobos Malbec.

Saturday BBQ with the fam then off to watch Wall-e.

Here are a few cake highlights:


Thanks to everyone who celebrated with me. I love y'all. Yes, yes I do. And yes, that was a y'all.

random.

I think I'm more of a behind-the-lens kinda girl. I love to take pictures of other people and things and places and etc., but I'm not always too comfortable in front of the camera. I think I've got an issue with the way my face looks, maybe more specifically my eyes. I believe I've got a lazy one... oooh, attractive, I know. eh. So I'm more keen to take a picture if I've got my sunglasses on, or tennis ball sized hemispheres of white chocolate with strawberry swirls covering my eyes (profile picture).

oh what a tangled web we weave

I absolutely LOVE the Aquarium of the Pacific!

QUESTION.

Jim: Question. What kind of bear is best?
Dwight: That’s a ridiculous question.
Jim: False. Black bear.
Dwight: Well that’s debatable. There are basically two schools of thought—
Jim: Fact. Bears eat beets. Bears, beets, Battlestar Galactica.
Dwight: Bears do not—what is going on? What are you doing?


Sigh. It never gets old. I love The Office!

koh-reeeeeeeeee-an.

Oh so delicious!

Oh my gawd. I love that stuff.

FINALLY.

I don't live too far from k-town, but parking in k-town's NEVER any fun. Normally I head in that direction for some yummy Korean bbq-ing smelly fun, but I hadn't had soon du boo (Korean tofu soup) in AGES! AGES, I say!

Anyway, GOOOO DAD! Dad and I hit up Young Dong Tofu in San Gabriel tonight. A first for me, but a second for Dad. Now, its no Kaju Soft Tofu (back in Irvine, CA where I first had soon du boo), but it satisfied for today!

These are a few of my favorite Korean dishes!

Soon du boo yum yum! Blurry because its steam'n!

Chap chae -- not as good as my old korean roommate's mom used to make, but it wasn't shabby either!


How can you go to a Korean restaurant and NOT order Kalbi? Impossible!
(Once again, its got that steam'n syndrome!)


Dad sure was foodily satisfied. :)