Paartaaay at Cat's

Meow! I will be hosting a dumpling party soon (eh, like in 2 months, after L comes in and rescues my place and cleans my litter box, :-)... if you can't find my pad, follow the sign below:

Bella the Explorer

My friend Bella went on a mission to explore a planet far far away called Maine... here is her dispatch via the Hubble Telescope. Unlike LA, they don't have lots of sunshine, the sky is usually covered by grey stuff and occasionally liquidy thingies fall from the sky. Oh yeah, they also have very tall plants called trees.

This is what they eat: giant red bugs and they are only $3.50/lb. Why so cheap?! Me want some!

They also eat crabmelt... wow, Bella you take good food pics!

And lobster BLT... yours truly has just collapsed from food envy... wiping away drool.

House in Maine... cool color contrast... love little red boats (update: canoes)!

The male species of Mainers catching food...

So scenic!

This is what my kind looks like in Maine... I think M is sooo cute! Love the little tongue sticking out. Just want to smother him (update, M is a girl) with hugs and kisses.

Cat's Excellent Vacay

Back from vacay! Really enjoyed it! Huge kudos to P and J for organizing and mucho thanks to E and S for hosting me :-) For a full recap, go to chezpei.com. But anyhoo, here is my version of events:

Day 1: The Long March

After attempting to invade the home of strangers (eeek, thought it was P and J's pad, but when I opened the door, I couldn't recognize any of the people in the family pictures on the wall, doh!), we went to the Mission District and saw lots of pretty murals. This one is my favorite!

And then, we proceeded with our Long March to the Castro District! E drank about 20 cups of poison, eh, coffee, along the way...

We finished the day with some Ceviche near the Ferry Building...oh btw, the weather was beautiful, look at the deep blue night sky!

Day 2: Oysters and Crab Cakes and Yummy Dinner

On Day 2, we hopped on our little car and drove to Sonoma County. Along the way, we stopped at two oyster farms...

And a crab cake place in Bodega Bay, sooo good!

And we had an excellent steak dinner. Good job J manning the grill!

Here is the view from the house... beautiful. We couldn't use the kayaks at the house due to water level restrictions... and were very tempted to kayak-jack these folks, hehe, Pirates of the Russian River Valley!

Day 3 and 4: To be continued...

Vacay!

K, off to vacay in NorCal for a couple of days! Eh, for avoidance of doubt, I do wear more than boots when I go hiking... oh yeah, need to remember to bring my teddy!

The moving blues...

I am moving to a new pad, and I am so overwhelmed! When did I accumulate so much junk! Waaaaaaaahhhhh!

The best and the bravest!

Ever since I was a little tot, my eyes lid up when I saw firefighters... I think they are the bravest, coolest people on the planet. So today, I was all star struck when I went on a tour of a Fire Station! Yay! Go firefighters! You guys are awesome! Btw, Firefighter Herrera was awfully cute too, kekeke...

Never Forget

Candlelight vigil in V Park, Hong Kong last night... I was moved to see that the normally very practical Hong Kongers haven't forgotten... If anything, the event in summer _____taught us there is no unlimited power... be it husband over wife (correction: wife over husband :-), parent over children or government over people...(this part of Confucian culture needs a serious update). Even if there was genuine disagreement between the gvt and the st___ts, you cannot roll out t__ks and indiscriminately kill people and not face consequences. That is like so eighteenth century!
image courtesy of Bobby Yip/Reuters