cindy pon
a little sweet, a little sour

Category Archives: food

last day in london

well, not actually the last day, but a hodge
podge of fotos. however, it IS the last post from
our december visit!!

i had the pleasure of meeting and having a lovely
lunch with sarah. she’s living my dream life, getting
a doctorate at cambridge AND also writing historical
fiction in the elizabethan era that i REALLY want to read.
i hope [...]

it’s all greek to me

is it really and truly february??
i have this theory that time takes on
a snowball effect as one gets older. imagine
calendar pages of months flipping faster and
faster and faster… i’m sure some physicist
can prove this somehow?
february and i have yet to post my christmas
london fotos! today is my tribute to one of the
best greek restaurants i’ve [...]

and the next six years

i forgot to mention that i started my chinese
brush painting classes in 2001. a very frustrated,
impatient why can’t i paint beautifully right NOW
right AWAY brush art student. =)
we visited san francisco on my 30th birthday
in august 2003, when i was around seven months pregnant
with sweet pea. fotos were taken, me with my
rotund belly, but i [...]

how could it possibly be 2010?

i was watching the season 2 finale of The
Tudors last night, and feeling really very
anxious about it all. anne boleyn was beheaded
and altho i’ve read about this multiple times, it’s
quite another thing to see it acted out. there’s
something to be said about visuals. she was
executed in 1536 and the 500th anniversary
date will be in 2036. [...]

izakaya anyone?

the hub and i were able to go out on
a date night and have some delicious
izakaya. i had had it only twice maybe while
living in los angeles and k found this awesome
tucked away restaurant that is absolutely
delicious and quaint.

the place was nearly full at 6pm!
i was glad we made a reservation. also
love sitting at the [...]