Sunday, November 21, 2010

Weekend before Thanksgiving 2010

Coming Thurs is Thanksgiving and some companies had already started black Friday deals on line I guess due to the bad economy. I ran into this pretty cool deal that slashed the price of an espresso machine quite a lot (like by 2/3) and got this machine which is a big upgrade from my previous one. I guess I will just keep the old one for spare since it was a birthday gift from one of those years....The new machine at least makes the espressos look like real ones with the creme on the top and everything. The foam making....was actually a lot harder than I thought, but I think I am getting used to that as well....You can see my 1st attempt on making a latte with foam on the top.....not very pretty....lol

Over the weekend there were house updates done. Here are some photos to show the improvements.....Billy did some painting job so now our bonus room door is painted and also the pantry door as well.....The Pantry door is finally put in place but the door knob is not installed yet...but at least we can cover up the messy looking pantry in the laundry room....:)

The little cart with wheels allows us to have a space to put the microwave and cat foods + some paper begs. The counter space is now freed up and looks better....

The stainless legs we got from a sale is finally put into use after we got the table top from Ikea....Now we have a breakfast area which allows us to use the bar stools which we didn't know how to use after we moved here....

So this storage bench is now put together and put in the dining room. Billy wanted one so that cats can sit on the top and look outside from the window. It can also be used if more people need to sit at the dining table...more space to put books and magazines too....

Over the weekend I started the "Cats" wall.....more photos to come after I finish developing the new ones...

Here is the "Us" wall....and the 2nd pic here you can see how the Us wall can link into the Scenery wall if you look from the side of our bedroom....I think we need to go to more places to finish the Us wall since the left hand side still got a lot of space....

Monday, November 15, 2010

Edward's finally married :)

It was Edward's wedding day on Sat. They were actually officially married about 10 months ago, but the ceremony was held this past weekend....Here are some photos of us all dressed up ready for the wedding. Akiang took photos of us right in front of our house...

My favorite photos of the whole day :)

There....the newly wed....

Interesting wedding favor...There are seeds inside of that paper shell...

Holidays are coming I guess....Here are some photos of the food of the banquet...




Some girls I didn't see for a while....Nancy was the bride's maid again...getting professional :)

Ok so I guess Angela had fun trying my camera....but I think my camera didn't really want to cooperate...color turned out weird....


Edward's bro, James, was Billy's high school classmate.....small world I guess....Alfie and his wife are now working at Edward's church. Alfie is the pastor now :)

The wedding party....1st time I know every single person in a wedding party :)

Anyway....I think I need to get a new lens for indoor photos....:p

Saturday, November 13, 2010

Quick Lawry's dinner....

Went to Lawry's for a quick dinner last night cuz "Xiao Jiu" gave us the VIP coupons again. Traffic was really bad so we were stuck on the freeway for a quite a long time. I attempted taking some photos of downtown LA since the air was quite clean, and the only decent one I got was this....taking photos while the car is moving with dim light is just too difficult for my lens...

Again Billy didn't have enough time to finish his meatballs cuz we were called right away with our reservation....My Merlot of the night didn't really have any effect on me....maybe it was fake wine???


Our waitress was having fun spinning our salad....oh and I think she deaf cuz she has hearing aids and talks kinda weird....but a very entertaining person I think....

Here is the salad with beets in it....I like the sauce...

Our steaks getting prepared....

My steak and Billy's....

Us with our "too much" food....

Lobster tails....

I guess it's all normal I can't finish my order....

Dessert was trio of creme brulees....chocolate, blueberry, and maple flavors...

Chocolate one looked like sesame....I didn't try that at all....

Blueberry was still the best one cuz maple was too sweet for me....

ok....done with the dinner...