08Jul
Review: Cauldron Ice Cream
Cauldron Ice Cream Rating: ★★★★☆ Address: 4646 Convoy St, San Diego, CA 92111 Hours of Operations: Monday – Thursday: 12:00 PM – 10:00 PM, Friday – Saturday: 12:00 PM – 12:00 AM, Sunday: 12:00 PM – 10:00 PM When I found out that Cauldron Ice Cream was opening a location in San Diego, I was stoked. I’ve seen so many of my friends eating it in Orange County and I’ve been dying to get a chance to try it myself. Featured in places like Eater, the Food Network, the Cooking Channel, and more, Cauldron mixes homemade, natural ice cream with their
08Jul
Downtown Disney District
Back in March, I attended Wondercon with Lilia and Tiff! Wondercon is a convention run by the same people who do San Diego Comic Con (SDCC). It’s definitely a lot smaller than SDCC, but I found it to be a lot more enjoyable as while there was still tons to do and see, you didn’t feel like you were about to be suffocated to death by hundreds and hundreds of people. The convention is located in Anaheim, which meant that we got to do a lot of exploring outside of the convention. One of the places we visited was the
22Apr
Mocha & Latte: Kiddie Pool
Whenever my parents visit me for the weekend, we always end up at Daiso. My parents love Daiso. Daiso is life. Since the one near us is incredibly big, they always like to go there to check out what their Daiso’s may be missing in the Bay. So, while going through the aisles, I came across a kiddie pool. Yes… a kiddie pool. First thought? “OMG WE SHOULD TOTALLY GET THIS FOR THE DOGS.” Do the dogs even like water? No, but who cares? So we bought it. It was only $7 (not bad as most seem to be going
20Apr
Review: Somisomi
Somisomi Rating: ★★★★☆ Address: 640 Spectrum Center Dr Irvine, CA 92618 Hours of Operations: Monday – Thursday: 11:00 AM – 10:00 PM, Friday – Saturday: 11:00 AM – 11:00 PM, Sunday: 11:00 AM – 10:00 PM Ever since I went to Japan back in 2015, I’ve been dying to find a place that served taiyaki near San Diego. So when I saw friends posting on Instagram photos from Somisomi, I knew I had to try it. Somisomi has multiple locations (mostly in Southern California), but the ones I was really interested in were the San Diego and Irvine ones. Since I
07Apr
Review: Mr. Matcha
Mr. Matcha Rating: ★★★★★ Address: 12926 Main St, Garden Grove, CA 92840 Hours of Operations: Monday – Thursday: 12:00 PM – 10:30 PM, Friday – Saturday: 12:00 PM – 11:00 PM, Sunday: 12:00 PM – 10:00 PM Located in Garden Grove (about 10 minutes or so away from Disneyland!) is an organic, soft-serve ice cream shop called Mr. Matcha. They serve a variety of different things (ie. cold and hot drinks, sundaes, etc.) on their menu, but the main reason why my friends and I wanted to go was to have some of that delicious matcha ice cream! We had actually gone
19Mar
How to Make: Avocado Toast
Like any true millennials, Mat and I really love avocado toast. Heavy emphasis on really. We were a little behind on the times, though, and only got into it recently. By “recently” I actually mean “within the last 3 weeks.” In those three weeks, I think we’ve eaten at least two slices of avocado toast per person, once to twice a day. My addiction has gotten so bad that I’ve actually started making it at work… I truly cannot escape it. When my friend from the Bay Area was visiting, Mat made her some of our avocado toast and she fell in love.
19Mar
Elfin Forest Recreational Reserve
After buying my 50mm lens last year, I’ve only been able to practice and use it a handful of times – mostly on my dogs. Recently, most of my days have revolved around work, the new house, the dogs, and whatever little social life I still have post-grad. So you can imagine how excited I was when I realized my weekends were clearing up and things were beginning to settle down! As con season is starting up again, I knew I had to practice some more with my lens so I decided to see if anyone would be interested in
