more brunch discoveries, this time at “venables” in carrboro. eggs benedict on sausage and grits fried chicken. that would be a biscuit under all that gravy.
our charleston experience would not be complete without a (big) food entry. we definitely got a good taste of “low country” food. our first night in charleston, at “low country bistro”. frogmore stew and a local brew. we went full-out for our thanksgiving dinner at “hank’s seafood restaurant”. passed on the turkey for some amazing read more
i remember seeing signs for “pig pickin’” last year in chapel hill and having no idea what they were talking about. this year, we got to enjoy pig pickin’ firsthand with our church. apparently some guys got up at 4:30AM to start roasting a pig, which was ready for consumption 12 hours later.
always on the look out for sunday brunch spots. this was at “provence”, a french restaurant in carrboro. looking good!
we spent a day on the north shore and played at turtle beach. in the afternoon, we stopped in kahuku, popular for its shrimp trucks. we ate at giovanni’s, the original shrimp truck, and braved the lineups for the delicious shrimp scampi. garlicky buttery shrimp.
we recently celebrated our 6th (!) wedding anniversary and treated ourselves with a dinner date at minami, a contemporary japanese restaurant in yaletown. they specialize in aburi, or flame-seared sushi, and specialty sauces to complement each fish instead of just soy sauce and wasabi. it was our first time there, and we weren’t disappointed! hamachi read more
i was lucky to be able to attend julie and joe’s vietnamese engagement ceremony and party this week. it was an intimate gathering of family and friends, and a wonderful preview of their wedding coming up in the fall. getting ready… stella was ready too! after hearing meaningful speeches from the families, julie and joe read more
we’re in chicago (sans bébé) for the weekend to attend a friend’s wedding. we met debra for breakfast at the busy original pancake house, enjoyed swedish pancakes, buttermilk pancakes along with our eggs and sausage. then we stopped off at powell’s for some used book shopping next, we headed to pilsen, a predominantly latino neighbourhood… read more
we spent a day at chimney rock state park, named after a 535-million-year-old monolith shaped like, well, a chimney! young and old, we trudged our way up step by step. at 2280 feet high, we were rewarded with wonderful views at the top. back at the bottom in the afternoon, while rebecca took her nap read more
we took the short drive over to hillsborough with our family visiting from out of town to experience the 30th annual hillsborough hog day. the annual event features a BBQ competition, which sounded like fun. after all the bbq’ing, the meat is prepared into sandwiches. tasty! on our way to get some grilled corn… arts read more