2014

Los Angeles

Spanish tapas at Ración

To celebrate Brian’s birthday, we tried to find a restaurant that we have not been to, and decided to visit Ración in Pasadena. They have dishes that we don’t usually get to have, so it was a great experience.  The restaurant is located

Daily Life

Rubber Duck visiting Los Angeles

I was excited to find out that the big floating Rubber Duck, created by Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman was coming to LA! “The Rubber Duck knows no frontiers, it doesn’t discriminate people and doesn’t have a political connotation. The friendly, floating

Los Angeles

We love Bestia!

We finally made it to Bestia! Another place that we’ve been wanting to try for the longest time. It was really hard getting a reservation at this popular LA restaurant. We went on a Monday night before heading over to Sara Bareilles’s

Los Angeles

Birthday dinner at Animal

We head out to Animal in LA tonight for my birthday celebration. We’ve been wanting to try this place out and finally made it! It was not as good as we had expected, but you never know until you try…

Going Places

The beautiful Balboa Park

I love Balboa Park! It is a 1,200-acre park located near Downtown San Diego and is the home to San Diego Zoo and lots of museums and gardens. Almost all the gardens are free to the public (so is parking!), which

San Diego

Phil’s BBQ

While in San Diego, we figured we have to try the famous Phil’s BBQ! 4.5 star rating on Yelp with more than 7000 reviews… that’s a lot!

San Diego

Izakaya at Wa Dining OKAN

The dining experience at Wa Dining OKAN was excellent. This cozy restaurant has won multiple awards and we really enjoyed our meal here. This cold appetizer was definitely one of our favorites of the night: Free range chicken liver in sweet spicy