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MOTHER'S DAY WEEKEND 2026

Tokyo central Black Friday like craziness for 20% off

Paris Baguette new pizza thing. Was pretty good. Wish I got the pepperoni one though.

Mother’s Day weekend at Wild Artichoke

Escargot

Escargots de Bourgogne, French Burgundy style snails, Échiré butter, Dulse, shallot, parsley, served with crostini. Finished with white wine garlic butter and fresh parsley

True French Onion Soup

Caramelized onions, house-made beef marrow broth, Emmental cheese, served with crostini.

Uni (Sea Urchin) Pasta

House made fresh tuxedo roll pasta, uni butter, fresh Santa Barbara Uni, clams, garlic, shallot, jalapeno, cherry tomatoes, water chestnut, pickled red onion, Uni Bottarga うにからすみ (karasumi)

Crab Pasta with Soft Shell Crab

House made fresh tuxedo, Fresh pasta tossed in a refined rose sauce enriched with coconut milk, a touch of Tabasco. Sweet lump crab folded into the sauce, topped with a crispy fried soft shell crab, roasted coconut, and fresh basil

Wild Mushroom Risotto

Carnaroli rice, mushroom stock, king oyster, enoki, shimeji, wood ear, shitake, parmigiano, truffle oil, parmesan tuile

Lobster Risotto

Carnaroli rice, lobster stock, dehydrated heirloom cherry tomatoes, parmigiano, ½ Australian lobster tail, parsley oil, parmesan tuile

Crème Brûlée

Vanilla bean custard, torched sugar crust, fresh seasonal berries

Coconut Panna Cotta

Coconut and vanilla infused panna cotta, fresh berries, crispy coconut, vanilla crumble

Was a great meal to spend Mother’s Day with! Overall the meal was extremely delicious- would recommend for anyone to make res to try it out. The traditionally French prepared dishes with slight Asian influences was a nice touch. I’m glad we were able to enjoy this as a family.

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Birding: western bluebird

The Bierstube German Pub once again!

We can't get enough of this place. The German décor, super authentic German food, and all the German drafts.

We finally tried the curry wurst. Reminded us of our time in Munich. The ketchup was homemade! Bomb.

Lazy dog hot honey feta dip with breads. Super bomb. Would like to try to make this at home.

Secrets of Strixhaven prerelease event - selection Silverquill. Also bought some die.

I think my drafting has improved as I 2-0'd my first match and the last two remaining matches lost 1-2. Close games. One step above the last with improvements. I'm happy.

Homemade Okomiyaki technically negiyaki because we ran out of cabbage lol. Was actually pretty bomb.

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Poached Neighborhood Kitchen!

Enjoyed their BLT and and their waffle- always nice to bring the doge out to restaurants that have an outdoor patio and when he's super well behaved! We think he's learned that if he's good he can come out with us more. Or maybe he was tired from the 2+ mile hike. Who knows.

Went to Long Beach to enjoy some libations at The Bamboo Club- a tiki bar our friends really enjoyed. I liked it too! Parking was awful but I lucked out with a front row spot in their small ass lot.

I think there's something wrong with my doge.

Birding: Western Bluebird

Birding: American Robin

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NEWLY ACQUIRED

New range bag to hold all my paper targets

Wuque Studio WS Black Arowana switches. Free gift forproviding feedback on the Chilkey ND104.

X300 Turbo that I got a great deal on but returned. Too many adulting competing priorities atm.

MR09 reproduction flashlight adapter for H&K USP full by Wicked Compensator. They ensured maintaining the quality through their manufacturing process- emulating that of the original SureFire design and this thing is bomb proof.

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YLS Bakery breakfast burrito. Looks like a soupy glop mess but it was quite tasty. Huge portion and the salsa was pretty good too.

Sun bliss - Strawberry matcha always delicious. Had to leave the house for an errand and decided to reward myself with a refreshment.

Kobe Gyukatsu for lunch with my parents and the waifu. I've enjoyed this place over the years- the quality has remained. And even driven us to try the real thing over in Kyoto.

New sake everyone enjoyed when we were eating skewers. Picture snapped for the memory bank. Was a good birthday celebration catching up with everyone.

Ducks at east lake. Walking the doge and enjoying nature. Becoming a wannabe birder.

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Lakers vs Pacers. Quite possibly one of our last laker games for a long while. Had to snap a photo of the Kobe statue.

Glad it was a dub with some of the close homies.

Hong Kong Cafe off Atlantic. Pork chop steak. Free lemon black tea refills. Goated. I crave lemon black tea all the time.

Wang yifei highly touted ear cup replacements.

Sheepskin Replacement Ear Pads Cushion For AH D 2000 5000 7000 Headphones. They are quite stiff and have good sound stage. Uncomfortable for the time being and quality over time remains to be seen.

Hope it doesn’t flake in 1 year.

Pistachio cheesecake from Qamaria Yemeni Coffee Co.

Super bomb. Wife was nice to bring me some dessert from her girl date!

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Sit Proud Mode

Sun Bathe Mode

Sleep Mode

Tongue Mode

Eat mode - Pup Cup Activities

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Cerritos Park East. Lovely day to be at the park- perfect weather.

For Andy and Jess baby shower! Was a good time catching up with our friends and enjoying some good food!

Ghost Sando Shop- Pretty dank. Definitely would eat this again. I'm a sucker for a good sammich.

Home made pastries but also pastries from Paris Baguette. Another successful baby shower! Congrats to our dear friends!

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Finally was able to snag the last LTT bit sets that I didn't have.

These ones were out of stock for quite some time. Now I am completed. 22LR case and all.

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Bao Z

Nicely modern decorated Chinese restaurant. They had modern takes and slight fusion taste to their food. But they had all the classic dishes to try.

We ordered the XLB. Only 6 pieces so on the lower count side but still delicious.

Pan seared Shengzhou bao. This was one of my favorite dishes of the day, especially with the sauce. nice crisp pan sear on the bottom and fluffy juicy meaty interior.

French red wine braised short rib. This was the most western dish of the day. Not any less delicious by any means.

Mini Trio. The kimchi was the best, chip (bit random) was 2nd, and the radish was the bottom. IT was nicely prickled but the brine wasn't that good.

Cucumber salad. Pretty basic comparatively to other restaurants.

Spicy Dry Noodles with Minced Pork. Very delicious and very modern take. Enjoyed this one.

Soy braissed beef noodle soup. Also a very modern take with a hard broiled egg and radish, almost like a ramen style.

Black Pearl Custard Bao with gold flakes. Super light fluffy inside with firm melty exterior.

Brown Sugar pudding. Tapioca on top of a little panacotta type thing. Super light and delicious, not overly sweet.

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Prime Pizza newly opened in Brea.

Cool thing is that they had rounds and squares. Next time we want to try their squares.

Inside had no seating, literally only tables outside. It was just a display counter with all the pizza slices available and the cashier.

The line was crazy long, good thing the wife found out we could order online and skip the line.

One slight annoyance is that we ordered red pepper and parmesan to be included but they forgot. Luckily the tables outside that weren't being bussed had them.

We ordered the sausage kale round and the white round.

Quite bomb I enjoyed it a lot. Crispy outside texture, firm and soft interior. Crust had great flavor. sauce also had great flavor. Tomato pie was definitely better as it wasn't as heavy.

Finally a good local NY slice.

Reminiscent of Lucali for sure. Size crisp and quality of dough and ingredients. Lucali 8.2 I would say prime pizza 7.9.

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CHROMATIC CHRONICLES // FEBRUARY

Doge looking between the railing. Always super excited for when mom comes home.

Hanging out in Ontario for a business launch party. Super fun and chill.

Brunos Italian Ktichen in Brea. Suprrised I haven't ordered this dish more. Rigatoni Alfredo 2.0. It was dank. We also ordered caesar salad and their bruschetta. Forgot to get pics of that.

YL Sunsets. Will definitely miss these views and these vibes.

Feathered Serpent Brewery in La Puente. Neat little brewery in downtown La Puente. We were passing through the area and decided on having some beer.

DownTown Public in Murrieta. Fun little spot in downtown Murrieta. Probably one of the new restaurants we've had that will become a frequent flyer.

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LATE JANUARY VIBES

Met up with some of our best friends to enjoy a Bag o Crab at Bag o Crab in Montebello. Always a good time with them.

Summit House to celebrate my wife's bday and her latest achievements in life! I'm super proud/impressed by my wife's discipline, tenacity, and determination to reach her 10 year goal.

Not many people in life can stay focused for that long and accomplish something of great magnitude. Summit house was definitely warranted for celebration.

Lovely shot of our alcohol, artsy fartsy vibes nation. Libations taste better when drunk with intention.

Starting off the meal right with some beet salad.

Then the Goated Wedsneday deal Cottage Cut. Was an enjoyable time as we hardly go out during the week now. I am forever grateful and proud of waifu.

KW Cafe

Cucumber Salad. Loved the excessive garlic and cilantro.

Honey Walnut Shrimp. Was quite good.

Pineapple BUN (BOLO BAO). This is probably the best bolo bao I've had in Rowland. Must order.

Fried rice. Their fried rice is super good. WOK HEI

Baked seafood pasta. Visually looks quite awful but it was super tasty. Add some hot sauce and it is chef's kiss.

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Chilkey ND104

One of my best investments for my computer experience.

Surprised I waited this long to get a custom keyboard. The switches, lube, and stabilizers with 1.6mm pcb make the typing experience buttery smooth still with that visceral linear feel and sound.

I love everything from the aluminum frame/finish, feel and color of the keycaps. The small tactile bumps on the homing keys are super defined.

The calculator feature is nice and useful, the media knob is super tactile, the LCD screen is quite useful but the firmware (for the entire board not just the screen) needs some work however. The free wrist rest has a nice resin look to it. But wish it was magnetic.

New PB reached. 144 WPM

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Mammoth Part Three

Copper Top BBQ cont'd as our final meal before parting ways. It was fun to find and stop at random hot spots along the way.

Neat little NFL spatula wall lol. Was almost enticed to get one but I thought to myself; I don't even have a grill yet.

The Mac and cheese had great texture and had great balance between being creamy but not overwhelmingly so.

We also added a coleslaw for greens. Traditional slaw with more mayo forward taste.

We ordered the two person platter- plenty of food to share and had all the meats from their menu.

As we were parting on the 395 and the 14 we had a Wiz Khalifa See you again moment! Sadge. Until next time~

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Mammoth Part Two

More hot pot Din for the following night. And it was easy to stay in the cabin!

Mammoth Ski Resort Day. Still got most of my skills. Just had to warm up. Ate it on the first mogul run though lol. Didn't get too many shots of the snow. Ragerts. The weather was sunny bit of overcast and warm for snow resort, mid 30s. Groomers were nice and packed in and plenty of lifts were open.

Couldn't ask for anything better after a decade long sabbatical from skiing.

Mammoth food seemed to have upgraded quite a bit. Was a delicious lunch break and def hit diff. I think by this point we had about 4-5 runs in already. Pretty good.

We ended up with I think close to 12-13 runs on the day. Pretty good for our old tired legs. Look what I found when putting my new ski lift ticket into my jacket - my old lift ticket from years ago. Last time we were in Mammoth was 2017!

After packing the cars up and checking out, we had made a point to stop in South Bishop to try this BBQ joint before heading back.

Copper Top BBQ - first stop on the journey home. The smell was inviting and the view was nice for the vibes.