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Emily & Cliff’s Wedding May 20, 2013

Filed under: weddings — RenRen @ 6:31 am
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There are no words to describe how absolutely wonderful Emily and Cliff’s wedding was. They put so much thought and hard work into every detail, and the result was amazing (like romantic comedy, fancy wedding, kind of amazing). I’m so happy to have been a part of it. Woohoo! Congratulations Emily and Cliff!

Now for some pictures…

The wedding dress needed to get a bit of fresh air. Do you see that beautiful beach in the background? Yea. That’s what we were looking at while we got our hair and make-up done. Emily does know how to spoil her bridesmaids.

1. Wedding Dress

2. Getting Ready

Yes. I think I may just sit on some hay while I wait for the ceremony to start.

3. Yes I think I might take just take a seat

Can you spot the cream soda? I had the orange. What did you have?

4. Of course I want a soda.

I really should have drank more before my speech.

5. Bar Menu

Did you find your place card? Mine was already at the feasting table. Oh…hi Kyle!

7. Name Cards

In case you were wondering, Cliff build those walls. Hmm…I wonder what Mr. Fung is thinking.

6. Entrance

So what do bridesmaid do while they wait for the ceremony to start? Take pictures of their bouquet with their phones or take  pictures of their bouquet and their phones. We did anyways.

8. Flowers and Cell Phones

The beautiful bride. Was she nervous?

9. Is she nervous

Hailin is a pro!

12. He is a pro.

Why are we missing Janet and Jennifer?

10. Marie and Emily

11.Emily and Rennie

Hi Mimi!

18. Mimi and Rennie

You have to have an invitation to get into this fabulous wedding.

13.Invitation Only

What did your centerpiece look like?

14.Flowers

The food was delicious. I was a fan of the fish.

15. Dinner

This should be Cliff’s new FB picture.

16. Cliff

Who is that photo bombing in the mirror?

17. RCE

New friends?

26. New Friends

Janet and Chase. Damn she has a good tan.

21. Janet and Chase

Mimi and Emily

22. Mimi and Emily

Aww…..so cute.

24. Daning

Their bromance was also very cute.

20. AJ Cliff

Yep. There were like six cakes, cookies, s’mores and an ice cream cart. We were all loaded on sugar.

19. Cake

27. SMORES

There were carnival games for the kids. Emily and Cliff thought of everything.

25. Games

Schurr High School Class of 2000 + one from 2001 (me).

28 SHS

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My First Trip to Seattle May 13, 2013

Filed under: Bachelorette Party,Breakfast,Brunch,Travel — RenRen @ 4:53 am
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A few weekends ago I visited Seattle for the first time. The weather was a little fickle, ranging from gray skies, light showers, heavy rain, hail and perfect sunshine. The sun poked its head out for a few hours during our walk through Kubota Garden in Rainier Beach and also on the day we were leaving. I think I saw a glimpse of it when we were trying to take pictures in front of Pike Place Market too.

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We rented a condo in Belltown, which turned out to be within walking distance of every restaurant that we had planned on eating at. It was only about 5-6 blocks from Pike Place too. Some of my favorite dining spots were Bedlam Coffee, Local 360, Serious Pie, Tilikum Place Cafe and The Crumpet Shop.

I wish I could have a lavender mocha from Bedlam Coffee everyday.

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 There was something about the fries at Local 360 that was extremely addictive.

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The baked egg at Tilikum Cafe was delish.

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I don’t often eat pizza, but I have to say the pizzas at Serious Pie were one of the better ones that I’ve had. Oh yea that’s an egg on top.

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My first crumpet from The Crumpet Shop was amazing. Ricotta, honey and walnuts? An excellent combo. I am going to try to make this at home.

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We also did some touristy things and two of my favorite were the Chihuly exhibit and the Underground Tour.

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There may not have been any strip clubs or drunk bar hopping activities, but we still had a great time. For anyone who is planning on visiting Seattle, I highly recommend booking a condo with Seattle Oasis Vacation Rentals. Our condo was pretty,clean, well stocked and included parking.

 

On Dublin Street February 5, 2013

Filed under: Books,Contemporary Romance — RenRen @ 5:29 am
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I’m not quite sure what prompted me to finally buy On Dublin Street by Samantha Young. I had read a few of her of other books such as the Warriors of Anhk and The Tale of Lunamorte series, and enjoyed both. On Dublin Street had been popping up on my recommended reading list on both Amazon and Goodreads, and I had ignored it for months. A few days ago while I was stocking up on cold remedies at Target, I came across the book and decided to read the synopsis in the back. I don’t remember being particularly interested in the synopsis but for god knows why, I decided to buy it on my Kindle when I got home. I think it was my subconscious’ attempt to avoid having to read the rest of Norwegian Wood. Because the previous works that I’ve read from Young was in the supernatural genre, I had expected the same from this book. Now anybody that read the synopsis on this book would probably be like…you must have been smoking something. In my defense, I was groggy from the DayQuil. I had expected the main characters to possess some type of supernatural abilities, but they only had money. It was a very contemporary romance set in a very contemporary Edinburgh. I was so sure Braden was going to be a werewolf or something, especially with his “caveman” attitude toward Joss and him being Scottish and all.  Although the fey were not present, and there were no shapeshifters in sight, I still thought the book was quite enjoyable. I would recommend it to my girlfriends.

 

On Dublin Street

 

White Chocolate Peanut Butter Nutella Cookies January 25, 2013

Filed under: Home Cooking — RenRen @ 2:57 am
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After a failed attempt at baking a flourless Nutella cake, I decided to focus my mind on flour based goods instead. I was craving peanut butter and Nutella so I found a recipe online at Erica’s Sweet Tooth that utilized both ingredients. I didn’t have regular pb at home, so I used my fancy white chocolate pb instead. I think I could have used a little more Nutella, but the cookies turned out pretty good anyways.

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Tasty Dining January 20, 2013

Filed under: Chinese,Dinner,Restaurant — RenRen @ 5:38 am
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I tried the dry hot pot at Tasty Dining in San Gabriel last night with Louise and Will. I think I like how the Wuhan people do their dry hot pot. The food was good and I didn’t smell like my dinner afterwards, but that might be because we had dinner early and there weren’t that many customers yet. Louise and I shared the lamb pot and Will ordered the vegetarian. I know the lamb was supposed to be the main focus in our pot, but I didn’t much care for it. MY MAIN FOCUS was the non-expensive stuff, the potatoes, celery, cauliflower, tofu and wide vermicelli. They soaked up the flavors well and were delicious. I’ll never look at potatoes and celery the same way ever again. Ok maybe that was a little exaggerated.

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Tasty Dining (where that one Lollicup used to be).

301 W. Valley Blvd., Suite 101

San Gabriel, CA 91776

 

Vanilla Condensed Milk Cake January 17, 2013

Filed under: Home Cooking — RenRen @ 1:35 am
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Whenever I mention my love for condensed milk, more often than not, people around me gasp and look at me like I’m crazy. I don’t get it. The stuff is good. Have you ever dipped strawberries in condensed milk? Delicious. Have you ever spread condensed milk over toast? Heaven. Have you had dripped coffee with condensed milk? Caffeine boost and sugar rush. It’s amazing.

Someone, I don’t remember who, recently posted about condensed milk cake. I wanted some. So I searched the internet for a recipe and decided to use the one I found on pizzarossa.

I think I may have kept it in the oven a little too long, but aside from the thin layer on the outside of the cake being a little on the crispier side, it was still moist on the inside and surprisingly not too sweet. I’m tempted to add a little more condensed milk next time.

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Blood Destiny & High Demon Book Series January 15, 2013

Filed under: Books — RenRen @ 1:15 am
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Book 1: Demon Lost of the High Demon series by Connie Suttle was popping up left and right on my Amazon recommended book list for a good part of December. I noticed that the book had pretty decent ratings so I decided to give it a go. AND for $3.99, why not? So what have I been doing for the first two weeks of 2013? Reading a lot. I read the first three books in the High Demon series (and just downloaded the fourth) and all ten books of the Blood Destiny series. Vampires, shapeshifters, fae, demons, etc…it’s all there. There are an insane amount of characters and sometimes I have a hard keeping up with who belongs to which race, but the series overall was a pretty enjoyable read. If Dee’s was a real ice cream cookie shop, I would definitely apply to visit Le-Ath Veronis. If my application was approved, I would bring back boxes and boxes of oxberry wine for all my friends. A picture with Flavio, the third most beautiful man according to Lissa, for my Instagram would be nice also.

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