• San Francisco Crosstown Trail, Section 5

    San Francisco Crosstown Trail, Section 5

    We did it! Almost a year after we started, we finally completed the Crosstown Trail. Our friend Cindy joined Alex and me for this fifth and final leg of the hike, walking from Park Presidio in The Richmond, passing by Baker Beach, and ending at Sutro Baths.  First, we met at Breadbelly in the Richmond…

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  • San Francisco Crosstown Trail, Section 4

    San Francisco Crosstown Trail, Section 4

    Alex and I embarked on section four of five of the Crosstown Trail back in November, squeezing it in before we left on our travels for the rest of the year. Section four took us from the Sunset up through the Richmond via a cross section of Golden Gate Park. Not the most spectacular part…

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  • San Francisco Crosstown Trail, Section 3

    San Francisco Crosstown Trail, Section 3

    One week after we completed section two of the Crosstown Trail, we resumed the hike with section three: “the stair section!” I wouldn’t have guessed it would be my favorite section (since walking up and down a ton of stairs doesn’t sound all that fun), but it turned out to be absolutely beautiful and charming!…

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  • San Francisco Crosstown Trail, Section 2

    San Francisco Crosstown Trail, Section 2

    Hiking the Crosstown Trail is still an ongoing project for us, but Alex and I made a lot of progress in the fall before the weather and our travels set in. The Crosstown Trail is a wonderful volunteer-assembled walking/biking trail that extends from the southeast to the northwest corners of San Francisco. We hiked the…

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  • Noms from Mom | Cookbook Club

    Noms from Mom | Cookbook Club

    Throughout 2024 I hosted my  Taiwanese American Cookbook Club as a way of celebrating and exploring all of the wonderful English-language Taiwanese cookbooks that have been published in recent years. It’s a special potluck series wherein all attendees make and bring a dish from the featured cookbook. Our eighth and final cookbook club of the…

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  • Bay Area | October, 2024

    Bay Area | October, 2024

    October recap! We start off with my lunch date with Rebecca and a box of my fruit CSA from Frog Hollow Farms. A visit to the glass pumpkin pop-up at Santana Row with the Garrisons. Date night at Showa, a relatively new tasting menu spot in Soma, SF, featuring tonkatsu.     Blue Angels flying…

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  • TAF & TACL-Lyf | Cookbook Club

    TAF & TACL-Lyf | Cookbook Club

    Throughout 2024 I hosted my  Taiwanese American Cookbook Club as a way of celebrating and exploring all of the wonderful English-language Taiwanese cookbooks that have been published in recent years. It’s a special potluck series wherein all attendees make and bring a dish from the featured cookbook. In October, we featured two cookbooks! First, the Taiwanese…

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  • Sebastopol, California

    Sebastopol, California

    Back in October, Alex and I had a little staycation up in Sebastopol. We have been there a handful of times, mostly passing through for photo sessions or weddings or on the way from Santa Rosa to the Sonoma Coast. This time, we went enjoyed a stay in the town and visited the shops, farms,…

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  • Bay Area | September, 2024

    Bay Area | September, 2024

    At the start of September, we returned from our New York trip, and in the middle, we spent a long weekend in Kansas City. The rest of the month was packed full of birthdays and gatherings! First, some casual hangouts with friends– it was warm enough for a pool day in SF! Plus, visiting Benchmark…

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