it’s been awhile since i’ve been to LA (going on 4 months!), and because SF has no decent korean food, the group took a trip after work to oakland. we found ourselves at sahn maru; the food wasn’t cheap, and they cooked the meat for us in the kitchen, but it was pretty good nonetheless. i’ve also been craving soju for sometime and this meal did the trick.
the banchan here was pretty good; lots of variety and tasty for the most part
unlike a lot of complaints on yelp, i thought the service was good. free dwen-jang jjigae!
i prefer to cook my own meat but this was a nice change of pace
ssam! bite of garlic in every bite~ gilroy! here we come!!!
chris was still hungry so we stopped by berkeley for some yogurt. mmm~ yogurt/paht bing soo combo
1. i did not know you were supposed to fundraise for the aids walk, i thought you just walked to show support.
2. i did not know it was 10k, i thought it was a couple miles.
3. 1 + 2 made it for a very interesting and loooong sunday morning.
fortunately, a few awesome people (and much smarter than i) raised well over $1,500 for the AAUM team. i was there for the moral support- and the breakfast. walking 10k was no joke, the streets were lined with entertainers, supporters, and you couldn’t ask for better weather. the walk raise over 3.5M dollars.
entertainers
thank you for the moral support, man in the brightest pink hat ever, aka phil. will was also here, but missed out on seeing him
yay! i finally went up to sonoma for my first wine tasting experience. i’ve had several opportunities before, but somehow missed ALL of them. with ben’s expertise in planning and wines, i was lucky enough to just tag along and absorb the full experience. we had planned on going to five wineries, but only made it to three; and three was plenty enough.
first stop! siduri wines, experts of pinot’s
yes, we tried all of them
apparently only ben listened to the guide
we later got to do some barrel tastings (as well as smelling), very cool~
our second destination was landmark (apparently started by the daughter of john deere!). we picked up food at a local market and enjoyed bocce ball until the heat got to us
no explanation needed, we were very tired by sojourn
dinner at ‘the girl & the fig’. it was still so-very hot while eating, but the sun slowed down and the weather was perfect by the end!
i finally got to revisit the california academy of sciences today after failing to get in on opening day. i’m not sure if any other museums around the country offer this, but CAoS has something called “nightlife” where the museum essentially turns into a big lounge on thursday nights. i didn’t get to drink much because i was busy taking pictures, but i can see how this place could be a much more interesting venue for a happy hour, as opposed to regular-old bars around the city. the event was through the AAUM, so we also got a couple of special perks like reserved tickets to the planetarium and skipping long lines into the 4-story rainforest.
lots of fish here
floating around without cause or care… actually, maybe there is a cause… who knows?
it’s gill from nemo!!! (sans the scar)
CAoS’ signature albino alligator
budweiser frogs?
lots of lighting
inside the rainforest, the floor was made of glass- you can see people walking underground where you got to view the tank from the bottom
underground… that is not a black wall behind us, but a tank full of fish
these gigantic fish were swimming behind us… the views weren’t so impressive once they turned off the lights though
it’s been awhile since i’ve been to LA (going on 4 months!), and because SF has no decent korean food, the group took a trip after work to oakland. we found ourselves at sahn maru; the food wasn’t cheap, and they cooked the meat for us in the kitchen, but it was pretty good nonetheless. i’ve also been craving soju for sometime and this meal did the trick.
1. i did not know you were supposed to fundraise for the aids walk, i thought you just walked to show support.
i finally got to revisit the 
