So after my nice long break, I’m back here blogging again. I had to go offline to blog about the wedding planning and engagement process since it was such a private and personal event I did not feel comfortable posting it up as things were being planned.
Sam proposed to me in 2010 on a bluff in Half Moon Bay. When he got down on one knee, I was shocked. Obviously I said yes since now we’re married but I’ll never forget that moment when he got down on one knee and asked me to marry him. We planned our wedding for HMB and now that place is even more special to us. Since the proposal, we’ve always talked about going back and seeing the special place where he proposed and this past weekend we finally made it out there. I had a gift certificate for Sam’s Chowder House so we stopped by there first before trekking out to the bluffs.
Sam’s Chowder House was delicious; I had the salmon burger and he had the crab sandwich. We ordered a cup of clam chowder to split and I finished the meal off with the obligatory key lime pie. Delicious!! The key lime was delicious but didn’t have anything on the key lime from Mustard’s Grill. That place still has my heart with key lime… Something about brown sugar meringue makes me want to bathe in it and in all its lovely glory.
I finally had a good excuse to put on the wide angle lens to capture the sunset as we finished off our New Year’s Weekend.
Kandy… Sam’s Parents’ dog… Looking very woe-be-gone after she comes to the realization of what I’ve just done to her… đ
I got the idea to write on the photos as captions from various other blogs. I think I originally saw it first on one of my favorite bloggers, PetiteMandoo.
Friday, April 30, 2010 Posted in Personal
Taking a hiatus from blogging and posting publicly. In the meantime, to get your vickyness fix, you can find my thoughts and reviews on Yelp. Will return at the end of the year. 
See you in December!!
I grew up LOVING Ivar’s clam chowder. I can down bowls of that stuff… I was super excited back in high school to hear that Ivar’s was opening their one sole non-Washington location in California, in Valley Fair mall. Unfortunately I heard that their lease is up this year and they will not be renewing their lease. When I was younger, I recalled seeing their Clam Chowder available at Costco. Unfortunately through the years they stopped carrying it.
I was lamenting my loss of clam chowder one day at work when a co-worker overheard… and told me that his local Sam’s club in San Diego carried it and was willing to pick it up for me next time he did his Sam’s Club shopping. Hallelujah!! 10 dollars and a flight later, I have my coveted frozen clam chowder in my grubby little hands – well not quite… they’re sitting in our kitchen fridge in the freezer compartment. Thank you Roger! You are awesome in bringing me my clam chowder!
And in case I lose my directions/box on how to prepare this amazingness:
1.) Before removing chowder from bag, run hot water over unopened bag for 30-45 seconds on each side
2.) Cut off top of the bag and empty into a saucepan
3.) Add 1 1/2 cups of milk and stir to blend
4.) Slowly bring the soup to a low boil over medium heat, stirring often to avoid scorching. Simmer 10-15 minutes until thickened. Serve immediately!
Wednesday, February 24, 2010 Posted in Thoughts
The weather hereâs getting rainy again. I embrace the rain, especially since I have a pair of super cute Burberry rain boots to wear and romp around in when it pours. Last night Sam cooked dinner, stir-frying in the sound of rain. Unfortunately the rain also makes it so that the idiots and imbeciles come out in droves. I was stuck driving 40 miles an hour on northbound 101 today. Why? Because people donât know how to drive. 4 lanes. I had 4 lanes well technically, 3 but there was no way around these idiots. Lane 1, carpool â nope canât sneak in there. Lane 2 â stupid pickup truck with a refrigerator in its flatbed driving at 40 mph. Lane 3 â Fedex truck playing turtle and hare with Pickup-Truck-W/-Fridge in Lane 2. I glanced over to Lane 4. In the far far right lane, there was a Uhaul chugging along in the blind spot of the Fedex Truck. What was ahead of said trucks and idiots? NOTHING. Wide open lanes with no cars. What was behind this insanity? A large clump of cars with borderline road rage. Whatâs wrong with this picture? If youâre going to drive the same speed as the car in the lane next to you, then move over!!
I guess it must be a pretty crummy day. Jenn and I went and checked out a different Mediterranean place for lunch. Iâm regretting not going to our regular place. Yelp⊠you let me down. Your 4.5 stars and âYelp Loves Usâ stickers could not mask the disappointment I had during lunch. Iâm heading back to Tartousa in a heartbeat. Yeche! Down with fake yelpers giving 5 star reviews!
Time to pull on the rain boots and splash in some puddles to make myself feel better.
I love Cajun food. Actually, excuse me. I need to correct myself. I love certain soul foods. Beans and rice? Not really a fan. Catfish? Yeche. But the biegnets, the blackened chicken, the andouille sausages… MMMmmm. One of my favorite places to eat brunch at is Brenda’s up in the city. Sam and I got the opportunity to meet up with Linda and Randall for brunch last year. I finally got around to uploading the pictures and here they are in their fulfledged droolworthy glory. I ordered the bananas foster french bread and the biegnet flight. MMMmmm… Plain, chocolate, spicy crawfish, and apple cinnamon; I was in biegnet heaven. Sam ordered the andouille sausage omelette with house potatoes. Since it was the first weekend in December, we took advantage of the Museums on Us promo that Bank of America was running and we spent the afternoon browsing in the Legion of Arts. After parking, we were treated to the glare of a cranky yet alert owl perched on the tree in front of us.
Sam and I had the honor of attending his close friend’s wedding this past weekend. We ended up driving down when it was determined that Virgin’s flights were super full and our chances on standby were pretty meager. It turned out fairly well since I had a pretty neat hard top convertible rental and we challenged each other to random trivia facts all along the way.
We filled up our weekend with tons of eating… and driving. Din Tai Fung, Sonics, Sam Woo Seafood, Prince Seafood, Roscoe’s… Time for us to hit the gym!
Congratulations Angela and Inyork!
Monday, February 22, 2010 Posted in Thoughts
So I finally moved to WordPress… after a long time on being on Livejournal, dabbling in Xanga, having my few random updates on Blogger. I’ve been writing on generic WordPress for some time now but now officially here I am.
by Vicky
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