Party Ella

We attended our last wedding of this year at the Ritz Carlton in Half Moon Bay yesterday. It was our first time there and the weather couldn't be more gorgeous! The location was just breathtaking and we got to enjoy the sunset while sipping Champagne and Sangria!

Becky and Carl made sure every detail was taken care of personally. We loved all the thoughtful individual favors and the guest book.

While Ella got packs of cookies, Mommy and Daddy received these beautifully made soapstone hearts.Ella had a blast dancing and absolutely loved all of the delicious goodies.


Thanks for inviting us Becky and Carl! I guess Ella's not ready to be a bride yet.

Daddy Playtime

Ella has definitely identified Daddy as her playmate and Mommy as the go to for everything else, or maybe it's because Daddy's KRA-ZZZ.

I found these from a toiletry bag. They are "evil eye" pendants we got on Mykonos from our honeymoon 4 years ago.


She also like to bully Daddy too. Like mother like daughter I guess...

Estate Sale Finds

We went on a little impromptu treasure hunt at a couple of estate sales yesterday. We were actually looking for silverware, but found a few other surprises.

Love this set of wine glasses from 2 sons cleaning out their mother's house. They asked that we drink our first toast to Dorothy, because she loved her Champagne and wine. So, here's to Dorothy! Thanks for keeping your glasses in pristine condition all the way from the 1940s.

This other house was also being cleaned out by a couple of old ladies, not sure if the owner was their mother or just relative. They had really nice antique furniture, but we have no where to put them... So, we opted for smaller items.

Food Truck discovery

Food trucks of all kinds have been popping up all over the city. I've never really eaten at too many of them really ( OK, just once), but I can see the appeal. Cheap, gourmet, easy food. We were running a bunch of errands today and ran into an amazingly eye catching truck with delicious goodies, The Chairman Bao Bun Truck.

We had the Bun Meal with 2 buns and a drink. So we ordered 4 out of the 5 buns available. All with steamed buns as opposed to baked.

Pork belly; roast duck confit.


Red sesame chicken; pulled pork

We had the lychee and ginger drink (so ymmuy) + mango and matcha green tea ( a little weird). All were surprisingly finger licking good for a total of $19. Every item was about $3, tad bit over priced, but I'll definitely go back again.

This whole experience and last weekend's street food festival gave us another business idea...

SF street food festival and mission discovery

Today was our discover SF day. We stopped by the SF street food festival, which was already way too crowded by the time we got there at 2:30pm. Many of the vendors had already SOLD OUT. I really wanted to try the Korean taco from Namu too!!!

Thank goodness little Tasmanian Devil was fed in the car before we got there.

Every food vendor had long winding lines that took about 30 - 40 mins. We were only able to buy some tasties at 2 of the vendors, Lucero's Hot Dogs and the Kung Fu Taco truck. Both the bacon wrapped hot dog and nunchuck chicken tacos were delicious. Ella enjoyed the corn tortilla quite a bit.


We didn't really pig out enough to have to hit up the Pepto stall.

Besides all the yummies, there were live music and people just peddling their schtuff.


It was a really nice family day so far, but got even better when we discovered Clarions Street between Mission and Valencia. This alley was filled with murals. Very awesome!


There's always something to discover in SF! I'm so glad we live here.

My Staycation week

This past week I stayed at home and worked on many of the projects I have on my long long list. Knocked out a few while watching season 2 of The Tudors. Thanks Roz! Please send over season 3.

Here's an owl from some old sweaters. This was really fun to make. I think I'll be making a few more.

I also started on little ruffled skirts for Ella. Here's one of them. I'm still working on a couple more, and I'll have to finish them with the new sewing machine I bought too!!! I got a Singer Confidence Quilter. SOOOOO excited to try it out!

Besides all the sewing, I made a couple more scented teacup candles for gifts.


Lastly, went to TJ Maxx HomeGoods again and got a few more white ceramic ware. Besides the sugar bowls and teacup set, I also got a small pitcher and and metal frame in white. Those will be my new decors at work.

Performance arts inclined?

Ella's been really expressive lately through many different forms. They range from music, to her endless babbling with many new sounds, to just arranging her facial muscles in various combinations. I think we might have a little performance artist on our hands.