Family Photo taken by George; maaaddd love for this woman.

Happy belated Mother’s Day to all of you wonderful mothers out there! Vinny & I drove back home this past weekend to commemorate Mother’s Day with our family, returning to LA late Sunday evening with tons of food. We had initially agreed to make a card for our mom, but realized that the woman really only spends her money on three things: food, her family, & jewelry. Realistically, she’d probably throw the card away within a month & everything else such as flowers, chocolate, cake, & other presents are deemed as a “waste of money.” Why jewelry doesn’t fall under that category, I’ll never really know. We try not to question her logic since she’s satisfied with the two of us helping her in the kitchen & would scowl at any purchases we made for her, provided that she has a coupon exempting her from paying the full price we would’ve paid.

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Timothy contemplating the menu

Last quarter in chemistry lab, one of my lab partners, Tim, discovered I had a photojournal & asked me how one gets featured on said photojournal to which I replied, “you just have to hang out with me.” Disgruntled by the thought of hanging out with me & naturally curious, he proceeded to ask me an array of personal questions that caught me off guard:

“So, what do you look for in a guy?”
“When do you want to get married?”
“Whom do you like?”
“How many kids do you want to have?”

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Chai Latte from Makai

The late UCLA basketball Coach & legend John Wooden once said to, “make everyday your masterpiece,” & if I could pick one day out of my Spring Break that I’d call my masterpiece, it’d probably be Saturday. I awoke early enough to get dressed, grab some poke for Kevin & myself, drove to Long Beach to meet up my friends Kristin & Tempest, had amazing dinner with Vy in Newport Beach, & then drove us to Hollywood to go to PURE nightclub.

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Breakfast: Cereal, Mango Passion fruit juice, scrambled eggs, arugula, & crimini mushrooms

Realistically, I shouldn’t be eating this much food in the morning. It really should just be one or the other, however it is Spring Break, therefore TREAT YOSELF. This is how obesity starts, by the way. Just thought everyone should know. Real talk though, Trader Joe’s sells some fantastic cereal. These Strawberry Yogurt O’s are probably my new favorite cereal. The random chunks of yogurt clusters scattered throughout every 3rd or 4th bite makes your breakfast just a wee bit more exciting. The juice is two notches beneath pouring sugar down your throat, so I’d recommend watering that down. Click the picture to see more pictures pop up at you.

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Sanriku Kaisendon: The Best Chirashi of my Life

Donald & I went to Sushi Koto yesterday to fulfill his sushi craving. I had read about how it has some of the best Chirashi bowls to offer in Orange County. Hands down, absolutely not disappointed. Everything in that bowl was fresh, high quality, & delicious. It was also very filling, especially since it came with salad, miso soup, & dessert. The Chirashi bowl consisted of: steamed abalone, salmon, tuna, big scallop, yellowtail, squid, masago, ikura, & avocado all over a bed of rice. Talk about a day in the life of a fatty. In my defense, it was the best Chirashi I’ve ever had & any type of “Best I’ve Ever Had” experience is well worth it!

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