This week my entire team at the office was treated to lunch at a Japanese restaurant near Torrance, CA. The reason? Our boss was in town! The details are complicated, but the bottom line is that he is a multinational manager who spends most of his time abroad. In fact, I have been working at my startup for almost 5 months, and just now am I meeting our boss — well, my boss' boss' boss to be precise...
After securing the pizza ingredients, It was time to channel my inner Master Chef. I feel confident with this challenge, I have been perfecting this dish for over a decade. That said, you do not win Master Chef by playing it safe, so I decide to try a few new things such as garlic salt to stand out from the competition — I can hear Gordon Ramsay asking me in his British accent "Why on earth would you choose to try something you've never done before on such a crucial night?"
Said no one ever — not truthful at least. I hear you in the front row, yes, you with the unwavering confidence of youth. I see the refutation in your eyes, and I politely ask you to hear me out first...
A little late to the game, but the wife and I did get a chance to visit the poppy flowers reserves to witness this year's California super bloom. California's state flower since 1903, the poppy is a beautiful, bright, orange flower that blooms from early to late spring. Usually there are only a few and not that many people frequent them. This year however, it rain incessantly for weeks, yielding the subsequent super bloom that attracted numerous crowds...
As I begin to type, I realize that I am not sure if this review is entirely about coffee, or if it's more about gratitude. Allow me to explain. I work in U.S. Immigration Law. I have been in the field professionally for about half a decade, and in one way or another, have had a connection with it my entire life — but more on that later...
The wife and I have been watching Master Chef lately — a famous cooking competition show that we had somehow managed to unintentionally evade since its inception a decade ago. It was originally intended to be background noise as we took care of chores such as folding laundry or washing dishes. But with time, we started to pay attention. Before we knew it, we were invested. Now, I am inspired...
With the wedding behind us, we must now wait up to four more weeks to receive our pictures and video — and we can't wait! As such, it occurred to us to look up our photographer to see if they had uploaded any pictures, and we were pleasantly surprised to find ourselves on their website! In fact, we are on their Yelp, Wedding Wire, and The Knot pages! We still cannot wait to see the rest of our pictures (and video), but at least now we have a few to enjoy until then...
At last, it is time to cover what I referred to on my first coffee review as my measuring gauge, Starbucks. This is because Starbucks is neither gourmet nor vending machine quality, it is simply a good cup. It stands in the middle, and for that reason, it is my point of reference. Starbucks' Menu [...]
Spider-Man: Far From Home was awesome! But our date was far from over. Universal CityWalk still had much to offer. As we wondered around, we stumbled upon some interesting shops, including It'Sugar — and no, that's not a typo...
While at Universal CityWalk, we had the opportunity to watch the latest installment of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Spider-Man: Far From Home. Needless to say, it was awesome!...
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