- Cravings:
- Samosas at Bombay Ice Creamery (the BEST!)
- NY style thin crust cheesy pizza in SF/Berkeley - Arinell's in the Mission and near campus
- Carnitas quesadilla with avocado salsa at Cancun's (Berkeley)
- Wet burrito at La Burrita with ground beef
- Cilantro-garlic tri-tip steak sandwich at Pedro's hut (Berkeley)
- Seaweed noodles at Bear Ramen House (just like in Seoul, but it's in Berkeley!)
- Tuna melts with avocadoes at Free Speech Movement Cafe on campus (Berkeley)
- Veggie burritos at Taqueria Cancun's(Mission, SF)
- Anything at Tartine's bakery (Mission, SF)
- Belgian frites avec pesto-garlic aioli chez Frjtz(Hayes Valley, SF)
- More baked goods at Citizen Cake (Hayes Valley, SF)
- Chicken Tikka Masala or Palak at Naan 'n Curry (Berkeley, SF)
- Panini's at Boulange de Cole Valley (Cole Valley, SF)
- Vietnamese Pho (and everything else) at Bodega Bistro (SF)
- Schezwan green beans at Betelnut (Union St., SF)
- BBQ'd galbi at Brother's Korean restaurant (Richmond, SF)
- Seafood soon dubu hotpot at that Korean place near the Jack-in-the-Box on Geary (near Park Presidio, SF)
- Crepes at Ti Couz (Mission, SF)
- Hearty breakfast with the hipsters at Boogaloo's (Mission, SF)
- Kickass coffee at Ritual Coffee Roasters (Mission, SF)
- Egg custards, curry pastries, etc... Golden Gate Bakery (Chinatown, SF)
- Sacripantina cake at Stella Pasticceria e cafe (North Beach, SF)
- Tiramisu, cannolis at Ferrara's (Little Italy, NY, NY)
- Joe's Shanghai soup dumplings (Chinatown, NY, NY)
- Roti Canai, Hainanese chicken at Nyonya's (Chinatown, NY, NY)
- Everything bagels with garlic & herb cream cheese at H&H Bagels or Columbia Bagels (Upper West side, NY, NY)
- Jamaican beef patties and coco bread at Christie's (Park Slope, Brooklyn, NY)
- Chocolate bread at Balthazar (Soho, NY, NY)
- Les desserts, Cafe Payard (Upper East side, NY, NY)
- Fresh, handmade noodles with black bean sauce (jja-jang myun) out of a back-of-the-truck pojangmacha tent owned by a one-eyed cook, in Sanggye-dong (Seoul, Korea)
- Pad Thai, banana fritters and mocha smoothies! (that place next door to the bungalows, Koh Tao, Thailand)
San Francisco:
New York:
International:
- Piano
- Organ (with the foot pedals!)
- Clarinet
- Voice (choir) - toured with my Canadian high school chorus production of "American Pop" down the US eastern seaboard. Yes, you read correctly, Canadian... American Pop.
La Musique:
- Places I've lived/visited and loved:
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada (my birthplace!)
- Montreal, Quebec, Canada (CHI 2006!)
- Quebec city, Quebec, Canada
- New York, NY (Bronx, Manhattan, Brooklyn)
- San Francisco, CA (where I currently reside)
- Seoul, South Korea (teaching tour of duty)
- Bangkok, Koh Tao, Koh Samui, Thailand
- Fukuoka, Japan (for only one day, but it left an impression! - and yes, it's really spelled that way)
- Barcelona, Spain (Gaudi!)
- Figueres, Spain (Dali!)
- Paris, France (quelle belle ville)
- Places I need to visit before I die:
- Macchu Picchu, Peru
- South of France, Provence, etc...
- Italy - Florence, Cinque Terre
- Prague, Czechoslovakia
- Tokyo, Japan
- Tibet or Nepal
- New Delhi, Agra, India
- Morocco
- Oaxaca, Mexico
- Bali, Indonesia
- Sydney, Australia
- Costa Rican rainforests
- Cuba
- Vancouver, Victoria, BC, Canada