Emantable

It wasn’t my idea to eat at this Hong Kong style restaurant, but it got me reminiscing about past travels. I felt nostalgia for the Asian cities I’ve visited and in particular Hong Kong. I am grateful that I least I live somewhere where I can fantasize that I’m in a foreign country when I’m… — read more

I didn’t really set out to write a post every single day again, but it kinda turned into it. This time–because I missed a few days–I’m going to give myself the flexibility of writing something about each day even if it’s a few days after the fact. With that said, this post is about Día… — read more

I found Jesus! Okay, I’m actually referring to the white plastic figurines that are supposed to represent baby Jesus in the Rosca de reyes (King’s bread). I knew the East LA bakeries wouldn’t let me down. I found these at El Gallo Bakery. Now I have everything I need. To make this bread, there will… — read more

The 12 days of Christmas are nearly gone–and you thought “happy holidays” and December 25th were the end of that. Nope, we’re a few days away from Día de los reyes (the epiphany) and this year I will attempt to make the rosca from scratch. I went to my local Mexican supermarket to buy the… — read more

I am kicking myself for carrying around my camera all day except when I went to go get some dessert! Oh well, I can only imagine how beautiful my egg waffle would look using my camera instead of my phone. I first tried this style of waffle in Hong Kong and so I wanted to… — read more

Well, let this be the first picture of the year while I decide about whether I do a daily thing. We’ve had quite the stormy weather these last couple of weeks and today was the first time I had a chance to see the mountains. They seem far in the picture, but they’re actually quite… — read more