Two of my favorite things.....steak and dessert, both very good.
Saturday, December 31, 2011
Friday, December 30, 2011
Kobe v. Melo
Thanks to a very generous friend of ours, we got to go see the Lakers play the Knicks tonight. I've seen the Lakers play most of the teams in the NBA at least once, but I had never gone to see a Knicks game before tonight.
The Knicks kept the game close in the first quarter, but the Lakers pulled away and held the lead for the remainder of the game. McRoberts surprised me with his athleticism, and played pretty well. Kobe showed flashes of his old self with staggering moves and fakes while making some difficult shots.
Probably the most entertaining part of the game was watching Carmelo guard Kobe. Carmelo's always held the reputation of being a poor defender, but I'm impressed that he guarded Kobe, and did a decent job.
On the Lakers, I'm quite happy with the team so far, and with the new coaching staff. Things will hopefully get better with Bynum back, and if they could maybe just find a more serviceable PG, that would make me even more confident in them. But for now, the game was a lot of fun. We saw Adam Levine of Maroon 5 and Kaley Cuoco from Big Bang Theory. Sophy even got to see the first ever Taiwanese American player in the NBA, Jeremy Lin.
Sunday, December 18, 2011
Our First Christmas Tree in Pasadena
Still building our collection of ornaments, but it's a start. So far we've got UCLA color lights, a whole bunch of balls, some mickey mouse heads, and 3 Disney ornaments haha.
Friday, December 2, 2011
Winds of Pasadena...and the aftermath
Wow, what a storm! I don't know if I can really describe what happened, but if I can't, there's pictures too haha.
Wednesday night, while watching X-Factor, our cable internet went out, then about 10 minutes later, the tv goes out, and finally, the house went dark.
THE Event
I began getting ready for bed in the dark, and all of a sudden I saw blue shades of light coming through the windows with some hints of orange. I looked in the backyard, and sure enough the transformer at the top of the utility pole literally blew up. Sparks were flying, and broken wires were dancing around with blue flickering lights.
We grabbed some items and joined our neighbors outside for a short while. We went back inside, and that's when the real winds started to come. We watched as the top layer of shingles from our roof started falling on the front lawn piece by piece. In the backyard, Sheldon and Lui's dog houses were moved from their normal places to a new location of nature's choosing.
One of the lines that go from the utility pole to our house (I think it's either cable or phone) broke and started flying around.
Aftermath
Pasadena Water and Power reported that 6,155 customers were without service. We are part of the last 330 customers who have not had power restored. They worked on the major circuit issues, but now they're tackling more complex and unique situations on a house by house basis, so who knows haha.
Perhaps I'll let pictures describe what went on the night before.
Sheldon and Lui's take on the wind
Spent most of Thursday morning piling up these roofing shingles.
I think these came from this part of the roof
The messy utility pole and some of the downed wires in our backyard.
The downed cable wire and Sheldon and Lui's new dog house locations.
Some trees down the street. Trees were down all over Pasadena, forcing us to go through all sorts of detours just to find a street without a tree blocking the road. The crazy ones are where you sent the tree uprooted with a huge section of the sidewalk with it.
Traffic signals broken in half at 3 different intersections. This was the case in alot of parts of Pasadena.
Wednesday night, while watching X-Factor, our cable internet went out, then about 10 minutes later, the tv goes out, and finally, the house went dark.
THE Event
I began getting ready for bed in the dark, and all of a sudden I saw blue shades of light coming through the windows with some hints of orange. I looked in the backyard, and sure enough the transformer at the top of the utility pole literally blew up. Sparks were flying, and broken wires were dancing around with blue flickering lights.
We grabbed some items and joined our neighbors outside for a short while. We went back inside, and that's when the real winds started to come. We watched as the top layer of shingles from our roof started falling on the front lawn piece by piece. In the backyard, Sheldon and Lui's dog houses were moved from their normal places to a new location of nature's choosing.
One of the lines that go from the utility pole to our house (I think it's either cable or phone) broke and started flying around.
Aftermath
Pasadena Water and Power reported that 6,155 customers were without service. We are part of the last 330 customers who have not had power restored. They worked on the major circuit issues, but now they're tackling more complex and unique situations on a house by house basis, so who knows haha.
Perhaps I'll let pictures describe what went on the night before.
Sheldon and Lui's take on the wind
Spent most of Thursday morning piling up these roofing shingles.
I think these came from this part of the roof
The messy utility pole and some of the downed wires in our backyard.
The downed cable wire and Sheldon and Lui's new dog house locations.
Some trees down the street. Trees were down all over Pasadena, forcing us to go through all sorts of detours just to find a street without a tree blocking the road. The crazy ones are where you sent the tree uprooted with a huge section of the sidewalk with it.
Traffic signals broken in half at 3 different intersections. This was the case in alot of parts of Pasadena.
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Fishing in Big Bear
Went out to Big Bear, rented a pontoon boat and did some fishing. As a group, we caught 14 Rainbow Trout, and I caught 3 of those (although mine were probably the smaller ones haha).
Sheldon and Lui came along for the fun too.
It's one thing to clean the fish, but it's even more work descaling it and removing the bones.
I stuffed a whole trout with some salt, pepper, cayenne, thyme, parsley, garlic cloves, and slices of lemon. Put it in some foil and threw it on the grill...not bad, although still had some skin sticking issues haha.
Sheldon and Lui came along for the fun too.
It's one thing to clean the fish, but it's even more work descaling it and removing the bones.
I stuffed a whole trout with some salt, pepper, cayenne, thyme, parsley, garlic cloves, and slices of lemon. Put it in some foil and threw it on the grill...not bad, although still had some skin sticking issues haha.
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Technique Restaurant
Went to Technique Restaurant at the Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts in Pasadena. The students run the restaurant doing everything from waiting on tables, expediting food, and of course, preparing the food. It's like watching Hell's Kitchen, but without Gordon Ramsay yelling at everyone.
The food was really good, and the best part... it's a 4 course dinner for $15 (or a 3 course for $12).
Here were my 4 choices.
1. Shrimp Risotto
2. Flatbread Special of the day (grapes with some sort of cheese...a little strange, but very good).
3. Pork Schnitzel with Spaetzle and charcuterie sauce
4. Chocolate Mousse
Dessert was soso, but everything else was really good.
As I was waiting for my first dish, I happened to glance toward the expediter and he yelled out to the cooks, "How long on the shrimp risotto, table __ is looking at me." Quite entertaining.
Anyway, Technique was pretty good, and definitely worth coming back, but hope you're persistent on getting reservations.
The food was really good, and the best part... it's a 4 course dinner for $15 (or a 3 course for $12).
Here were my 4 choices.
1. Shrimp Risotto
2. Flatbread Special of the day (grapes with some sort of cheese...a little strange, but very good).
3. Pork Schnitzel with Spaetzle and charcuterie sauce
4. Chocolate Mousse
Dessert was soso, but everything else was really good.
As I was waiting for my first dish, I happened to glance toward the expediter and he yelled out to the cooks, "How long on the shrimp risotto, table __ is looking at me." Quite entertaining.
Anyway, Technique was pretty good, and definitely worth coming back, but hope you're persistent on getting reservations.
Saturday, September 24, 2011
So long Seattle
Leaving downtowb Seattle and heading for the airport. Heres some of the views from the train ride.
Kindat rough taking pictures from train but mt rainier is supposed to be in there somewhere.
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