Out of commission

February 24th, 2010 | Tags: bedrest, Food, illness

Gah! I apologize for not staying up to date with the writing, but I have been out of commission since last Wednesday since suffering a ruptured ovarian cyst. For those of you who don’t know what it is, I can liken it to the feeling of having a testicle explode that includes shooting leg, abdominal,...

A profile of MSG…

February 12th, 2010 | Tags: Food, Ingredient

I was standing in the shower thinking about my next article when it dawned on me that I’ve become increasingly sensitive to MSG. I would say I’m sensitive and can taste it on the palate, but not extreme enough to experience dizzy spells, fainting, asthma type symptoms, headaches or even brain...

Excuse me, but its $6 per person.

December 15th, 2009 | Tags: California, chinese food, los angeles, Napa, United States

The bill came out to $133 for a total of 7 people. The minimum requirement was $6 per person, but apparently we still didn’t meet the restaurants requirements. Hang on a sec, let me rewind and back it up a bit…. it doesn’t make sense, does it? A meal in San Gabriel usually never goes...

The Nature of Burning Man

November 6th, 2009 | Tags: Featured Festival, Travel

Throughout my years of pushing through teenage immaturity to fruitful adulthood, I’ve heard about a phenomenal event called “Burning Man”. I first learned about it at my fine years at Warner Bros. where a friend of mine named Suzanne (later to become Anahata) would take a full week...

San Diego Bay Wine + Food Festival

November 5th, 2009 | Tags: Featured Festival, san diego

When: November 18 – 22, 2009 Where: San Diego Bay, Various Locations Website: www.worldofwineevents.com Nationally Acclaimed Celebrity Chefs, Winemakers, and Personalities to Lend Their Culinary Talents to the Festival’s Weeklong Foodie Experience You won’t want to miss the 170 world-class...

History of Hawaii

November 5th, 2009 | Tags: Hawaii, Travel

The history of Hawaii goes back centuries earlier. More than 1500 years ago, Polynesians from the Marquesas Islands first set foot on Hawaii’s Big Island. With only the stars to guide them, they miraculously sailed over 2000 miles in canoes to migrate to the Islands. The Aloha State became the...

Hong Kong the frugal way.

November 5th, 2009 | Tags: hong kong, Travel

In case you didn’t know, it’s completely possible to only spend $100/day for a full 24 hours of entertainment, meals and cheap gifts. Hong Kong is one of the entertainment capitals of Asia, not to mention a place I used to call home. I recall the days of going to school at Kennedy Road Junior...

Hamilton’s Pier Four, Car Shows and Wingfest

November 4th, 2009 | Tags: Travel

During my years at the University of Western Ontario, I would frequently take the Greyhound bus from Toronto to London, which would stop in Hamilton to pick up more travelers. Back to present day, I visited my friend and her husband several times over the summer and I must say that Hamilton is a lot...

Koreatown, through campus, Yorkville and Jerusalem

November 4th, 2009 | Tags: shopping, Travel

I hate to admit it, but I do love browsing and window shopping. That’s not to say that I love spending money, I just love going out and enjoying all the beautiful things that people (or manufacturers have made). I appreciate all things made by man or nature. That being said, I was jonesing for...

Shopping + Food = ?

November 4th, 2009 | Tags: shopping

My past in Toronto is somewhat limited due to the fact that I only lived there for a short few months out of the 3 years I spent in London, Ontario. Toronto is home to me, only because I have family and a brother that live there. When I do visit, it’s always a real treat. I was with a friend of...