hooray! finally a little climbing spotlight on this supposed climbing blog. i did manage to not write anything about my first trip ever to bishop; but maybe I'll write about it someday...
Thursday, January 7, 2010
highlights from new years eve at masa sushi
melt in your mouth goodness. i know... so cliché! but i loved every little bite! costa mesa. ask them about their special new year's boxes!
winter boat parade, or christmas as we know it in long beach
i, along with a bunch of space dragons, decorated a dragonboat with lights and a festive banner for the naples christmas boat parade in mid december. whoohoo! the only thing missing from these pictures is the never-ending song (feliz navidad), and the bikini-clad girls who paddled around us on their paddle boards. equipped with beer can holders and all!
Saturday, November 7, 2009
sushi murasaki
scallop carpaccio at sushi murasaki in costa mesa. i should have taken more pictures, but was too busy savoring my first real sushi in over 6 months, maybe a year. my parents spoil me! torched toro, shima aji, uni, squid with ika, amaebi, white eel, needlefish... oh so good. distance does make the heart grow fonder =P
Saturday, October 3, 2009
end of space dragons 2009 dragonboat season
it's friday night, 3:18am, and i'm not asleep yet! not having practice at 7:30 the next morning is really making me feel like i can just stay up all night. this isn't going to be good for tomorrow...
the race last weekend was awesome. once again, ripple showed us a good time, and we almost-but-not-quite medalled. that's ok, we definitely rose to meet the competition.
this was also the first time this season that i've called a race! so i shamelessly stole this picture from the official sf dragonboat festival gallery, and share it here. blame davin, he's the one who told me about it.
goooo white boat!
other highlights:
- missing diana lui but dancing with mike, toliver, aditya and jill at the dropbox 2 million user mega party (trapeze artist! skanky cage dancers!)
- seeing jerome for the first time in years
- getting to women's finals
- ripple food (congee for breakfast sat morning? hell yeah)
- ripple pimp-wagon
- almost missing last red race >.<
- everyone telling me about the awesome tomatoes at the paddler's party
- 13 pullups
- getting super toned from running around all weekend and not eating enough
- cozy night in with mel watching breakin'
- clear view of the golden gate bridge
- lunch w/ angela, sophia, denise, matt and andy (random!!)
- constantly falling asleep at work
the race last weekend was awesome. once again, ripple showed us a good time, and we almost-but-not-quite medalled. that's ok, we definitely rose to meet the competition.
this was also the first time this season that i've called a race! so i shamelessly stole this picture from the official sf dragonboat festival gallery, and share it here. blame davin, he's the one who told me about it.
goooo white boat!
other highlights:
- missing diana lui but dancing with mike, toliver, aditya and jill at the dropbox 2 million user mega party (trapeze artist! skanky cage dancers!)
- seeing jerome for the first time in years
- getting to women's finals
- ripple food (congee for breakfast sat morning? hell yeah)
- ripple pimp-wagon
- almost missing last red race >.<
- everyone telling me about the awesome tomatoes at the paddler's party
- 13 pullups
- getting super toned from running around all weekend and not eating enough
- cozy night in with mel watching breakin'
- clear view of the golden gate bridge
- lunch w/ angela, sophia, denise, matt and andy (random!!)
- constantly falling asleep at work
Monday, September 7, 2009
malibu, catalina and food
i'm tardy indeed. a month ago, i went to malibu with some space dragons and went climbing at the grotto (or echo cliffs, i'm not sure). we had a few newbs, including kevin, who'd never climbed before! but despite that, devant managed to teach me how to clean, and we successfully got almost everyone up a 5.7, 5.8 and 5.9... i think.
i wonder why i can never put together a trip to go climbing outdoors on my own. for one, i don't have the equipment for rope climbs. all i've got is my shoes, crash pad, harness and belay device. but i could go to bouldering places like stoney point... and perhaps there's some bouldering at malibu! it's a little frightening to go somewhere like that, so wild, though, without knowing where you're going first. every time i think of going to stoney point, malibu or joshua tree (especially malibu and josh, where there's generally a hike to get wherever you're trying to go), i worry about getting lost and never finding my way back. maybe for me, i have to be 100% committed and excited about doing something before i'm ready to make plans for it.
this is why friends like janet are so valuable. she makes plans. great ones =)! janet organized a trip to catalina just a few weeks ago. it was amazing - we took the catalina express to two harbors and kayaked out to parson's landing. there were 14 of us, and we stayed there for 2 nights. everything we brought to camp with us we packed on those kayaks: tents, sleeping bags, grills, food, water, etc. needless to say, the trip out to parson's landing was a little more difficult than the trip back to two harbors... but oh man, were we tired! the water in catalina was beautiful, so clear. kayaking there was wonderful, you could see into the kelp forests and see the garibaldi (beautiful golden fish) and some other schools of fish. some of us went snorkeling and diving in the kelp forests, and on the last day, some of us went kayaking around the caves near two harbors. that's when i lost mayana's snorkeling gear - by poking my head in the water and lying lengthwise on the boat, i could still see into the water without being fully submerged. as i rearranged myself back into sitting position, i lost my balance and tipped the boat over... and ended up getting submerged anyway. dumped mike into the water, too, since we were paddling tandem.
i went on an offsite with my team at work, and we ended up taking a boat ride from marina del rey to santa monica and back. on the way back, we saw dolphins feeding. a whole school of them, jumping and swimming.
lewis sent galen with a 4 or 5 pound bag full of tomatoes from his garden. yum! so, i leave you with some pictures of the lunch we made today, from recipes ronnie sent:
- http://www.thekitchn.com/thekitchn/salad/weeknight-recipe-panzanella-061062
- http://www.thekitchn.com/thekitchn/main-dish/recipe-smoky-scallops-with-fennel-and-tomato-025547
i wonder why i can never put together a trip to go climbing outdoors on my own. for one, i don't have the equipment for rope climbs. all i've got is my shoes, crash pad, harness and belay device. but i could go to bouldering places like stoney point... and perhaps there's some bouldering at malibu! it's a little frightening to go somewhere like that, so wild, though, without knowing where you're going first. every time i think of going to stoney point, malibu or joshua tree (especially malibu and josh, where there's generally a hike to get wherever you're trying to go), i worry about getting lost and never finding my way back. maybe for me, i have to be 100% committed and excited about doing something before i'm ready to make plans for it.
this is why friends like janet are so valuable. she makes plans. great ones =)! janet organized a trip to catalina just a few weeks ago. it was amazing - we took the catalina express to two harbors and kayaked out to parson's landing. there were 14 of us, and we stayed there for 2 nights. everything we brought to camp with us we packed on those kayaks: tents, sleeping bags, grills, food, water, etc. needless to say, the trip out to parson's landing was a little more difficult than the trip back to two harbors... but oh man, were we tired! the water in catalina was beautiful, so clear. kayaking there was wonderful, you could see into the kelp forests and see the garibaldi (beautiful golden fish) and some other schools of fish. some of us went snorkeling and diving in the kelp forests, and on the last day, some of us went kayaking around the caves near two harbors. that's when i lost mayana's snorkeling gear - by poking my head in the water and lying lengthwise on the boat, i could still see into the water without being fully submerged. as i rearranged myself back into sitting position, i lost my balance and tipped the boat over... and ended up getting submerged anyway. dumped mike into the water, too, since we were paddling tandem.
i went on an offsite with my team at work, and we ended up taking a boat ride from marina del rey to santa monica and back. on the way back, we saw dolphins feeding. a whole school of them, jumping and swimming.
lewis sent galen with a 4 or 5 pound bag full of tomatoes from his garden. yum! so, i leave you with some pictures of the lunch we made today, from recipes ronnie sent:
- http://www.thekitchn.com/thekitchn/salad/weeknight-recipe-panzanella-061062
- http://www.thekitchn.com/thekitchn/main-dish/recipe-smoky-scallops-with-fennel-and-tomato-025547
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