i celebrated my middle-agedness with family and friends at pizzeria barbarella. we ate five pizza pies. then home for birthday candles, cake and cupcakes. R was quite delighted that it was mommy’s birthday!
we are getting our fill of vancity foods and appeasing our asian stomachs. our staples: melt in your mouth sushi and sashimi (at shiro) pho and the best banh mi in town (at au petit cafe) taiwanese beef noodles with our usual choice of seaweed/tofu/intestine appetizer let’s eat!
after church on this special sunday, we went to our favourite fish n’ chips place on granville island for lunch. there’s always a line up and wait, but it’s worth it! for dinner, we had a family bbq in the backyard, complete with a strawberry shortcake dessert. too much food! happy father’s day!!
one of the perks of being back in vancouver is … free and plentiful babysitting! we went on a double-date with our dear friends waymen and lynna, to “diva at the met” for some fine dining. the food was wonderful as expected and really interesting with its persian twist. the pre-meal “snack”. can’t exactly recall read more
it was a perfect sunny day to play tourist and so we went to granville island for some sightseeing and lunch. the boat behind “kids only” was a hit. i still remember when i was little and i was convinced that only kids were allowed in the store (because that’s what the sign said). meandering read more
we’ve missed grandma’s cooking… in particular her delicious chinese green onion pancakes! helping. frying. eating.
before heading to vancouver for our summer visit, we spent time with our church community group fellowshipping over food and then a campfire set up right in the driveway. roasted marshmallows for dessert!
on our roadtrip back home, we stayed an extra day in charleston for some much needed rest. we stayed 20 mins outside of the city at the inn at middleton place, a lovely retreat set in the midst of woods and water next to the middleton place plantation. in fact, the (expensive) entry fee to read more
time to meet some famous friends! hurrying to pete’s silly sideshow to meet minnie, daisy, goofy and donald. oh, the anticipation… after a good pep talk, she was a bit nervous at first but eventually got the hang of it. with the positive momentum, we decided we had to pay mickey another visit. remember the read more
our last day at Disney World was also Mother’s Day! i was treated with room service pancakes and mother’s day cards. we returned to Magic Kingdom ready for a marathon 13 hour day! we did lots of rides… we walked through a magic mirror and met belle and lumiere for story time at “enchanted tales read more