NYC

NEW YORK CITY

So, me & Nina decided to run over to New York for the day :)
We took the Red Eye Wed night-which now I know WHY its called the Red Eye, stayed all day Thursday & came back Thursday night, I agree, lack of sleep isnt pretty! lol

First thoughts of NYC - Its STINKS!
The subway smells like urine & stale water




We went to Grand Central Station, which was cool. Its very big, lots of people runnin around:








After we went to Chinatown & Little Italy where we ate at a Brick Oven Pizza place, it was really good & fresh tasting!









There are a TON of apts in NY, and they are on top of all the stores, restaurants etc. So Cool!



Then we went to Times Square:

This is the MTV bldg where they tape TRL


There are so many people EVERYWHERE!




And SO much honking! I have never heard that much constant honking in my life!

Oh, yeah and we saw the 'Naked Cowboy' hahaha



It was a fun trip but we were EXHAUSTED!
I will definitely go there again but next time I'll stay over night!

Ode to a Coconut...

I'm in LOVE with coconut...
I'm mean I actually ADORE the smell & taste of coconut or anything pina colada related..

I dont ever remember NOT loving coconut, the color, the smell, the taste..its heaven. Come to think of it, Grandma Wanda might be the one who introduced me to this wonderful smell. I remember her always wearing Hawaiian Tropic tanning oil, smelled SO SO good!



I have coconut body butter, I burn coconut candles, have coconut oil that I wear mostly in the summer, I drink Pina Coladas, if I get a sucker its always coconut/pina colada. I use coconut air fresheners in my car:

I carry coconut lipgloss in my purse, wear coconut hand lotion & use coconut body gel.
I cook with coconut cream/milk and bake with coconut syrup & extract. (I do wish they made coconut extract in a bigger container than the 1oz, I go through that stuff like water)!



The only thing I dont like is shredded coconut on cakes.. yuck

Just finished making coconut chocolate chip cookies as a matter of fact.

Have you ever eaten octopus with coconut milk & onions..
OH MY GOODNESS!

Well, I just thought I needed to share my love of coconut. When I close my eyes and smell this exotic seed, I am on a beach with the warm salty air lightly blowing.

heehee I love it!

Work Perks...

So, I havent really used my flight benefits like I should and now that its getting warmer me & Nina thought we should start going places.

Today the plan was CALIFORNIA!

Nina brought her daughter Cam along who is 4yrs old and VERY cute!

The 3 of us flew into OAK & out of SFO.

THE PLAN:
Visit fishermans wharf, check out Ghirardelli's,
go over to Chinatown & back home.

Thats what we WERE gonna do: lol

First, its was SNOWING this morning! (STOP already!) and our flight that was supposed to leave at 8:40 didnt leave till around 9:15ish
Then, when we got to Oakland, Nina thought it would be a good idea to check our return flight. Now, this flight had about 20 empty seats and we were like 3rd & 4th on the standby list...
Last Night.
Today however, we discovered that the flight was OVERSOLD by 3! So, Nina called work trying to find another flight that we WOULD be able to get on. There was one leaving at 3:30 that looked ok. By now its, oh, like, almost 11:00. Hhhmmm, we still need to get to the Frisco airport.
Ok troops, ixnay on the plansay!

We took the shuttle to the BART station & rode that to the San Francisco Airport


By this time (12:30) we are hungry, we needed to eat! Here's my thinking: the airport is like a jail... they know they have you, you are stuck, and so they charge
OUTGRAGEOUS amounts of money for EVERYTHING!
The only place to eat in this particular section where we were was a Bar & Grill. I had the chicken wing appetizer, Nina had a hamburger & Cam had a kids burger.

TOTAL: $38.00

I KNOW!


The funny thing was, they had these HUGE metal forks & cheap plastic knives, hahaha
Way to stay strong on that security guys!



Anywho, we got on and got home! Even though we didnt get to do anything we planned, we did
have alot of fun! (And it was free)!

By the way, we DID get our Ghirardelli chocolate!
(From the airport gift shop) lol

Taste Buds...

This week at work I tried 2 new foods that I have NEVER tried before...
I know, I'm new to the world lol



First: Edamame.... apparently its soy beans, which if thats true why dont they just call them that then. I dont know. What I do know is that I LIKE them! I ate them heated up with salt.
Thumbs UP!





Second: Pink Grapefruit.... A guy at work gave me 2 segments. I said "are they supposed to taste like this"? He said "what do they taste like"? I said "Like an orange dipped in earwax"!


Yea, these I DO NOT like! Thumbs DOWN!




I'll be trying more foods & rating them soon...lol

Happy Birthday Belle!

She's the big T-W-O!


We had a "farm" party with bandanas, cowboy hats, pigs in a blanket & a bunch of other animals.
Everyone had a really good time, Good Job Jamie & Asian!


Playin with grandpa..her favorite


Princess 'gettin down'

Poor Asian...

So this morning this little brother of mine had a surgery to repair his deviated septum. My mommacita had the same surgery a few years ago and it worked great! Much less sickness & alot easier breathing.


Dr said this weekend's gonna suck... Feel better soon brother!

*FYI when I type Brian on a text message "asian" comes up 1st, thats why :)

Letter E

I've been stalled in my alphabet blog 'cause
I dont have anything good for E.
Let me just get this one out of the way already!


EARS: I have a pair; and on those ears I wear earrings, just simple diamonds (fake of course) or hoops. Sunday at church I was in the bathroom and one of my favorite hoops fell off my ear as I flushed and dropped in the toilet. Good thing it went down the drain cause I was NOT going to go in after it!

EGGS: I dont like them, not at all. I take that back, maybe once a year I'll eat a scrambled one, oh, and last week a neighbor lady brought over chile rellano, I guess it has eggs in it but I couldnt tell on account of the chiles & cheese.. Yum

Dr Scholls EXERCISE sandal: Grandma B used to wear these & I always wanted a pair. Not that comfortable, you're walking on wood, but when I wear them I think of her and smile.