FIG – Charleston, South Carolina

For my birthday, we had a delicious lunch at Chez Nous and then took a private carriage ride around downtown Charleston: The streets of Charleston have a lot of beautiful architecture and the carriage ride started out with a stop with a ping pong ball game to figure out which route we would take to […]

Chez Nous – Charleston, South Carolina

On my birthday, we went to lunch at a French restaurant tucked away in a townhouse in downtown Charleston called Chez Nous. My friend, Russell, recommended it and said it’s one of her favorite restaurants (alongside FIG, Husk, and Hall’s Chop House). Each day, they serve one menu for lunch (not sure if it changes […]

Sole Italian Restaurant – Myrtle Beach

This year for my birthday, Ken and I decided to go on a short weekend trip to South Carolina. We flew to Myrtle Beach for an afternoon of golf and dinner (he planned the weekend so he threw in a round of golf because the weather forecast looked nice but I was happy to join […]

China: Through the Looking Glass

A few weeks ago, I was lucky enough to go to the Metropolitan Museum of Art to see the China: Through the Looking Glass exhibit. My friend’s parents are members of the museum and they do receptions while the museum is closed so members can walk around without huge crowds. China: Through the Looking Glass […]

Mad Mex

When I was a kid, my mom used to take us to restaurants by her office. Since she taught in Oakland, we would go to places that were much cooler than what we were used to. One place that always comes to mind is Mad Mex, a tex-mex restaurant that always had the world’s best […]


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