And now, part three of three, completing my posts on Japan! If you’ve missed out on the previous posts, just scroll to the bottom for the recap. For the last five nights of the trip we finally stayed in the same place instead of city-hopping, and we got to see a bit more of Tokyo…
We were to begin the day in Kyoto and end it in Tokyo. What happened in between was still up for debate. My original plan was to sneak in a side trip to Hiroshima and Miyajima, but the substantial detour southward was enough to make us think twice. Instead, we headed to the little town…
A special kind of magic happened as I sat down and first started going through these photos. Indeed, it was as if I had acquired a tiny new superpower. Just by looking at the pictures, I could taste each of the foods that I had photographed. I mean, it’s one thing to generally remember things…
This has been a really incredible whirlwind of a birthday weekend. On Saturday, I had this wonderful little birthday dinner at the Berkeley City Club. Sunday, my friend Jiongyi made gumbo from scratch for me (it was amazing, and he had never had gumbo or even read a recipe for it– he just read the…
I visit the Los Angeles area almost once a month, sometimes for work but most often for no reason at all. I treat it like my second home. Kevin is not only my friend and business partner, but he and his wife Jenny and our other friends in LA are like family to me. So…
I went to Philadelphia in the middle of February on a whim, and of course, of course I had to sample the famous Philly Cheesesteaks for myself. So with a motley crew of 3 of my awesome friends who had never met each other, we set off on our cheesesteak adventure. Four cheesesteaks in one day….
Happy Mid-Autumn Festival! Laura, Phil, and Tommy welcomed us into their home today for these tasty mooncakes and some delicious homemade dumplings. Check outside to glimpse the full moon tonight!
Back on Labor Day weekend, we took a day trip to Lake Tahoe. Tahoe is that great big lake on the California-Nevada border, synonymous with amazing ski slopes three quarters of the year. But we checked out the summer version: empty ski villages and a day of beach hopping all around the top of the…
Erica and Robert were married on a Saturday in late August in gorgeous wine country around Santa Rosa, California. You might remember Erica & Robert’s engagement session when we got to roam around the entire property at Kunde Estate. We had such a great time, I knew this wedding would be a pleasure to shoot….
Getting a bit restless in the apartment, we decided to head up to Napa Valley for a day trip. First stop was a tour of Robert Mondavi’s winery. We also hit Chandon for some bubbly and Jaccuzi/Cline for free tastings. Perhaps the best part of the Napa trip was that all the good wines inspired…
Since I’m behind on updates, I’ve decided to just keep posting images from my adventures in no particular order. Here are two pictures from our day trip to Point Reyes a couple weeks ago. Jennie and Johnny were in the Bay Area visiting, so we grabbed a couple people and headed up the Marin coast…
giant chocolate scone intelligentsia coffee becky preps for some grilled cheese goodness at her brother’s place tom chillin at jones’ cafe with some bruschetta seared ahi tuna from jones bacon avocado cheeseburger from astro burger