USA: FLYING LIZARD DESIGNS GEMSTONE NECKLACE 31 May 2010 in Jewellery, San Jose, Uncategorized

I stayed at the pretty Hotel Valencia whilst in San Jose, USA. It’s right on Santana Row – famous for all their restaurants and shopping. I adore Santana Row because it’s like a little laid back but ritzy village.. all gorgeous weather, flowers everywhere,...

USA: KIRK’S STEAKBURGERS 27 May 2010 in Food reviews - USA, San Jose, Uncategorized

I wasn’t actually going to make any more USA-related posts.. since it’s just not the same without photos! But I think THIS one deserves a post on it’s own. Two words: Kirk’s Steakburgers. Apart from In-n-Out, my other favourite burger joint (helloooo Animal-style burger...

USA: THE GOOD PARTS 26 May 2010 in San Jose, Uncategorized

Things I love about the USA. Well, I should caveat this. It should be more like things I love about California.. specifically San Francisco and San Jose area. The food. Cannot reiterate enough how much I love American food. It’s actually cheaper compared to...

USA: THE BAD PARTS 25 May 2010 in San Jose, Uncategorized

Hello World. Remember me? I’m baaaaacccckk 🙂 So…2 bad things that happened whilst I was in the USA: I put on 2 KG. I suppose the frantic shoving of fabulous American food into my face didn’t help, but I had so little time, and...

HUANGSHAN: going home 9 May 2010 in HOLIDAYS, Huangshan, Uncategorized

It was nice having a little getaway to Huangshan Mountain, and simply awesome that we had a 5-day public holiday. This should happen at least once a month! 😉 Since we live in Shanghai’s chaotic city, dirty air and messy streets, it was really...