Flashback: Neuschwanstein Castle

Bavaria, Germany. Summer of 2010.

I was browsing Pinterest, my latest thing which keeps me occupied and I came across a photo of this beautiful castle. I've been here before with my Dad & brother last summer during our trip to Germany. I have been told as a child that this is the mother of all castles and the inspiration for Disney's Sleeping Beauty castle. This was the epitome of my childhood image of what a castle ought to look like. It was so worth the day trip there and despite the crazy hike up the mountain to see it, it was WELL worth the time & effort. I hope everyone who visits Bavaria, has to see this beautiful castle.

I wish I was on vacation again... :)

We no speak Americano: a Buenos Aires photo diary

Man, that was a good trip, all the steak, the wine, the sun. 

All the makings of an amazing vacation for 2.

Hasta Luego Buenos Aires,  I had a glorious time and hopefully these photos will hold me off till my next one! :)

PTO

Just so everyone knows I am officially on PTO as of today :)
First stop: Mont Tremblant, QC for MLK weekend and then Buenos Aires, Argentina. YAY!

Vancouver photo diary

 VANCOUVER PUBLIC LIBRARY DOWNTOWN

 CAFE CREPE ON GRANVILLE

 BON TON BAKERY ON BROADWAY

 GUU GARDEN

 ENIGMA FOR STICKY TOFFEE PUDDING

NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS?

NICE ONE DEXTER

I miss home already. I hope you all had an awesome holiday season.
Hello 2011!

Nyummy

I made it my personal mission to eat in Vancouver. Here are some snippets of what I've consumed:

Cafe D'Lite Hainanese Chicken Rice

Vietnamese Pho (Pho Huy in Coquitlam)

Ramen

Cupcakes

BonTon Bakery cookies

Homemade Mee Siam

Guu!

Baked Spaghetti ala HK Cafe style

Brunch @ Cafe Medina

Sugar & Butter Crepes from Cafe Crepe

What I missed:

Japa Dog

Poutine

More Guu

More Ramen

More Japanese food

*Sigh* So much food, so little time.... :P

Back in Vancouver and I'm loving it

Hello friends! I've been spending my days in Vancouver eating, sleeping & shopping. What a perfect combination :) Christmas was lovely, despite me being a frantic and disorganized cook - somehow we managed to pull off a Christmas Eve dinner that was edible but in no way worthy of the feast we had at Jordan's family's place on Christmas Day. (Thanks Auntie Pauline!)

So I thought I'd share my personal highlights of Christmas:
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Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays Everyone! 

I hope you're enjoying time with family & loved ones this holiday season!

Upgrade

I caved. I finally made the upgrade. I switched over to the new iPhone 4 and retired my old faithful iPhone 1. I've had that phone ever since I moved to NYC 3 years ago. Woah. I've been in New York for 3 years already?! Time does fly by...

I was holding out for the white iPhone 4 which is supposedly being released in Spring 2011 after much speculation...but I could not wait any longer. My phone was literally slowing down on me. Apps were crashing, calls were being dropped every now and then (is that you AT&T?), google maps was slow as hell and I just couldn't take it any longer. So over the weekend, I got myself a new phone. Just in time to head home for the holidays to make my brother jealous :) 

I've got 1 more day of work to push through which involves being at Grand Central at 8:30am tomorrow and then I'm home free to catch my red-eye to YVR. See you in Vancouver & Merry Christmas!