tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32386472009-02-20T22:49:59.296-08:00A report on the trends, the sights and weekend nights in San Francisco, now written from Oakland!Voodoo Childnoreply@blogger.comBlogger98125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3238647.post-66329676155320469382008-09-03T19:55:00.000-07:002008-09-04T13:04:17.523-07:00

CHEAP EATS!Since livin out here in the East Bay, i've been tryin to find good eats and lately i've been finding CHEAP EATS!It's Wally's Cafe. Close to Pixar here in Emeryville!!! I loved this place so much that I went 3 times in 1 week!!! I had such a great experience. It's in a pretty interesting and developing neighborhood. It's right across from the Pak N Save on San Pablo Ave. And less than 5

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Goal for the YearWow! I really have been away from blogging. I know every time I do go out, I always tell myself... " oh i'm goin to blog about this...!"but for whatever reason, I have yet to sit down and write about it. So i'm trying to find the time now. I guess you can say i've been really preoccupied. Not only did I start a new job, but trying to get fit again this year. I have recently taken

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Spring is Around the CornerBefore the snow melts, Awsome and I decided to head for the snow....FOR THE DAY! Yes...can you imagine...ugh... Talk about tiredness. We didn't want to spend money for a hotel nor use up our whole weekend, we used Awsome's truck. Thinking it was going to be a smooth ride up, uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuh...not! Got stuck in the city for a little bit since they were doing work on

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Sushi Anyone?So we hit up a new sushi place in the city called Mas Sake... Heard of it? You might have seen it driving down Lombard trying to find parking when hittin up the Triangle. It's located on Lombard and Fillmore.. Ring a bell folks... BOONES!Anyways, you definitely need reservations for this place, especially weekends. It's not that big and it can get pretty tight, especially the bar

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New BeginningsIt's is 2008 and it's a new year, another year that will just whiz on by. For those whom I have not seen in the past 2 months, i've finally made the move.... No...not the move to move back to SSF or the move to have a child....but the move to have my job closer to home!!!! YES!!! It is WONDERFUL!!!! I get a little more sleep now and I carpool w/ Awsome in the morning and after work,

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The Hard NutNow get your minds out of the gutter.... hee hee Awsome and I had a date night last weekend and he surprised me by taking me out to Adagia for dinner and to see The Hard Nut!Adagia is a restaurant right across from the Berkeley campus off of Bancroft. It has a pretty homey feel actually and I would actually say that you can have a wedding reception there! Pretty good service and great

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Thanksgiving WeekendOk folks! If you know what this picture is, then you know where we went for Turkey weekend. If not...let me give you a hint..." The Wall of Gum." Does it ring a bell now? San Luis Obispo! And yes...that is gum!!! An ALLEY OF GUM! We didn't dare walk through it, but we've been told it doesn't smell the greatest when you walk through it. Pretty gross huh? But it surely is a

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Vietnamese Fusion in Oakland??Yes can you believe it! Oh man.... and it was good! It's called Xyclo and it's located on Piedmont Ave. in Oakland, close to Kaiser Hospital and across from Fenton's. Awsome and I always pass by this restaurant, but it's always full. So last Friday night, we decided to go right after work. Well now we're the early birds. It was 4:45pm and they don't open till 5pm. So

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Greetings from Paris........NOT! Hello All!Our anticipated trip has arrived only to not go! Yes...you heard me right..or should I say you read right. Since we booked our trip, i've taken it in stride..not to get too excited. Why you may ask? Well I have a tendency to get overly excited about things only to be disappointed because of expecting too much. So now I've somewhat trained myself to be

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viva las vegas......it's that time of year..the leos birthdays!!! This year we thought we'd change it up a bit and just go away and relax in SIN CITY!!! hahahha... How could we relax? Well we started our trip off at 5:00am in SSF to catch a plane First Class to the city that never sleeps... I know...I know..why First Class to Vegas..cause it's probably the only First Class ticket we'll ever be

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Thai in Redwood CityAwsome and I decide to have dinner w/ my cousin and his wife out in Redwood City. They swore that this place was good!!! And of course i'm a little hesitant, but still open to suggestions. Hey... Redwood City is up and coming by the way. The restaurant is Bangkok Bay Thai Cuisine . I happen to find parking right on the street in front of the restaurant. Only thing is, is that

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ASTRO BOY Isn't he the cutest? Tezuka The Marvel of Manga is at the Asian Art Museum until Septemeber 9, 2007. Not until Awsome took me to this exhibit did I understand Manga and what it's all about. Well, I have to admit, i'm still learning about manga (Japanese comics). But after reading about all the different characters that Tezuka had created, I think this may have just really set off

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WINE TASTING!Being party of a wine club has it's perks, but not when they start charging you twice in one month for a shipment you have yet to receive. So, in the end they ended up comping me a ticket for an event called Toast of the Town. Awsome encouraged me to ask if I can get 2 tickets. Being me, I'm usually pretty shy about those things, unless I'm god awful drunk and all my inhibitions are

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South Beach!! No not the South Beach Diet..but actual South Beach Miami! Awsome and I decided to venture out to South Beach for our 1 Year Anniversary. We've gotten some funny reactions, "Why?", "Oh man, where all the beautiful folks are?", "Oh, gotta work out before I go there!" or " You goin to see all the celebrities out there!!" I think it was funny cause I really didn't know that was the rep

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SUCCESS!I've finally succeeded. I've been trying since last year! No...not to finish a book in one day..... No... not to finally have a good paying job on my side of the bay.... BUT to be able to cook PORK ADOBO and taste GOOD!!!!WOO HOO!!! This just happend 30 minutes ago!I'm so excited! I used my cousin's recipe for her chicken, which worked for me as well, but used pork. And as you may know,

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Although this is old news..but might be new to others, I finally took LESSONS to SNOWBOARD!!! Yes...Awsome finally took me up to the snow this year. And yes there was snow up there..hahahahha... If you guys have followed my experiences the past 5 years... I had tried back in 2003 WITHOUT lessons.. Big mistake! I was initially going to take lessons, but as some of you know, there are those who

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Ugh!!! This sucks! I wrote a blog of our PI trip and I can't retrieve it from it being a draft! I must say..this sucks big doo doo.... But since our trip was back in December, it's pretty old by now. But I guess I'll just give you guys the summarized version of it.We had planned our trip to start in Cebu, but first we had a stop over in Guam for about 45 minutes to gas up, then we stopped in

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Ok so finally the continuation of my brother's extravagnza b-day weekend. So we started our morning at 9am in a Lincoln Navigator which was huge!!!! I would totally recommend renting this vehicle...SPACIOUS.... There was only 6 of us and it was totally comfy!!! We had brunch at Cafe 29, which is located between American Canyon and Fairfield I think, and of course off the 29. You can easily pass

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Talk about activity after activity....it's never ending.... and sooner or later it will be next year and we'll start the whole year all over again... But before all that happens i've gotta tell you my adventures this past month...My brother's birthday extravaganza has passed and it started w/ a dinner at Luna Park. I'm not quite sure how to explain the cuisine at this place, but it's loud, small

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Another goal attained!!!! PANCIT!!!Woo hoo!!!! This is pretty exciting here!!! I just finished making my pancit and it's not bad!!! I love it!!! And so does Awsome.... of course he's my number one taster! hee hee hee... although he likes everything SALTY!!!So where did I get this recipe? Again talkin to my co-workers, remembering what my parents used to do and then implementing some of the steps

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I MADE ADOBO!!!!! WOO HOO!!!!Ok kids..I know I sound a little excited..but oh man..what a feeling it is to finally accomplish a goal of yours!!! hee hee hee First was the chili cornbread casserole, then pork sinigang and now CHICKEN ADOBO!!!!So tonight, which is Monday is cooking night. Oh man..I tried the cooking 2-3x a week and i'll tell ya..that is HARD! I have to give our parents props for

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WHATA BIRTHDAY WEEKEND!Yes, i'm goin to be another year older in the next couple of days and lucky ol' me it lands on a weekday. So to celebrate, Awsome had a surprise for me this weekend. I love surprises!!!We started the weekend off by going to a concert at Bimbo's Thursday night to see Corrine Bailey Rae!!! This was my first time at this venue and this one's pretty nice. I thought the Warfield

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So another siting! I swear West Oakland is never dull. A naked person riding his bike in the middle of the street. No this wasn't in the morning, but in the afternoon. At least it was warm right? You think he tried cooling off? And it wasn't even Bay to Breakers???So did I catch your attention yet? Hee hee hee , so what did the Weekender and Awsome do this weekend? LOTS! But I won't bore you w/

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Oooooooooooooook what a way to wake up in the morning. Can I just tell you!!!Since I live in Oakland now, i've had to change a couple of things. Not only have I had to change my license and contact a bunch of folks of my new name and address but I've had to change my work schedule. Yeah... 8am - 5pm is a pretty good schedule, but not when you're havin to cross that Bay Bridge. You would think

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Ok maybe life can go back to normal for me or maybe not. As you know, I used to be a regular at my blog at least weekly or bi-weekly. Then in the past 3 years things have taken a turn. But hopefully now since the wedding is over and i'm settling into my new home, I will be able to find time to recapture some of my old hobbies which was going to new restaurants/bars, having my weeknight dinners w/

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