Monthly Archives: August 2010

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baby shower II

August 24, 2010 – 1:30 am

i had a baby shower already with my friends before leaving chicago, and this weekend i was lucky enough to enjoy a second one! helen organized it with the help of louisa and angie (games-masters). we had beautiful and delicious food: games: wacky photos: cake (caketoppers which i saved from my chicago baby shower!): thank read more »

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Good eats

chinese stomachs

August 19, 2010 – 6:24 pm

we have been replenishing our chinese stomachs with food from both spectrums of fanciness. a couple of examples include: a wonderful discovery my mom and i made at the yaohan food court. xi an style lamb noodle and buns stuffed with pork. it was so yummy, all for $13. joe’s parents took my family out read more »

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burgoo bday

August 14, 2010 – 6:48 pm

we went out for a date on joe’s birthday a few days ago and had dinner at ‘burgoo’. warm stewy comfort food. i liked the colours of this crab bisque. happy birthday hubbie!

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diy lampshade

August 5, 2010 – 6:56 pm

we were in need of some lighting, so i recycled one of my mom’s old lamps which i remember using as a kid growing up. the old lampshade actually still had the tacky plastic wrapping on it after 25 years, haha! i found some pretty rice paper from paper-ya and ribbon which i glued onto read more »

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catching up

August 1, 2010 – 9:27 pm

the last few weeks have been busy with catching up with vancouver friends. first, visiting janet, chris and baby madeleine, along with gina who was in town from california: hanging out with the wongs and the chens on a sunday afternoon. tayden and matia, all grown up! spending a morning with louisa and ichiro at read more »

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