Previous gallery page was outdated and never expanded beyond 1 gallery due to space constraints. Expect the new gallery to be significantly improved once I can prepare additional content.
Some pictures are up in the Friends section, though.
Also, New Year's 2000 pictures are also up!
Brian's Birthday and Alex's visit pictures are up! (apologies for the lame name, but "What we did on June 17th and 18th" sounded even more lame to me!
December 18th and 19th pictures are up. Clubbing and the signs of the up and coming complete assimilation of Barry into the drone that he will be. muhahahahaha....
The first of the Christmas and post-Christmas pictures are up. Ski Trip pictures are up... New Year's Eve pictures are up... more to follow!
Christmas Night pictures are now up. Still more in the wings...
New Year's Day 2001 pictures!
Erik's family visits LA... and Helma's cat. I'm afraid Erik's family didn't get too much of a visit to LA, but Helma did get lots of pictures of her kitty, Isabel, and her roommate's kitty, Cruise.
General pics... JUST BECAUSE I CAN! Gotta love it. Enjoy!
First of a new set of pictures from Summer 2001.
Two birthday boys to start things off, Barry and Jimmy... Then, actually from a few days before, Fourth of July pictures!
BBQ/Party, version 2 just happened, as did Majed's Birthday. For good measure, Brian's Birthday and Erik's Birthday pics are up too!
Just hanging around pictures are now up... sitting around with Erik, Pete, and Jimmy. Karaoke pictures with Rachel's friends are up too, finally. Only had to wait almost 4 weeks for those... LA Trip: Depeche Mode at Staples Center pictures are finally up too! There's still more to come...
Four new galleries... Final party at Patrick's is the first, Labor Day Weekend is the second... third is just random pics, fourth is Halloween party...
Pre-finals party at Sophia/Carley/Grace's place are here. That was a fun little party, saw a lot of people I hadn't seen in a while as well as some new people.
New Year's 2002 (and New Year's Eve 2001) pictures... lots of fun, although one of the slowest-starting parties I've thrown in ages. Thursday and Friday weekend were to proven sufficiently crazy to end any doubts about the New Year, though. Fun is to be had, if you can find it!
Theresa's Graduation Party up in San Jose... YEP! She graduated and is now looking forward to dental school. Pretty cool. Theresa's Visit- ok, you can get up now- Theresa actually came down to LA to visit everyone!!
President's Day Weekend is Nick C. and Holly coming up to visit from San Diego, while Anil's Birthday was the following weekend.
Pearl's Birthday is the first event of March posted...
Nothing else too significant between Pearl's Birthday and Spring Break, but you can't forget the Pre-Finals party again at Sophia/Grace/Carley's place and the autocross school I did the next day (in the same gallery)...
Spring Break stuff: Ski Trip pics are up!
Diana's Visit is the first event of April- yeah, do you believe it? She actually came down to visit!
Constant's Graduation Party proves that UC Berkeley people really do know how to party, and they know how to do it well!
Helma's 22nd Birthday is the first event of June... June promises the end of another year for us at UCLA and the end of our UCLA undergraduate careers for many... should be lots of graduation pictures this month! Brian's 22nd Birthday is the next event. Cursed finals week birthdays really sucks for partying, we were barely able to squeeze in dinner! Done with finals at last means party time, but graduations to attend mean just a little bit of fun instead of a big party... Thuy's Graduation Lunch pictures are up.
Barry's Birthday and Post-4th of July pictures are up. Some NorCal Maxima Meet at Coyote Point pictures are up, too.
Vacation pictures are up. Germany, anyone? How about Austria? =)
Birthday pictures- Joel's birthday and May's birthday, respectively.
Track Racing @ Buttonwillow pictures are up. A week later, Stillen Nissan Day was held.
Halloween Potluck pictures are up. Finals are over! Party pictures are up.
Birthday pictures are up- Dave and Alan's birthday, plus Alicia's birthday. Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers pictures from the Sony Metreon in San Francisco are up. Thuy's Christmas Potluck pictures are up. IHS c/o `98 meet pictures are up-- talk about flashbacks from the past!
New Year's Eve 2002 pics are up. A nice way to introduce the new year.
Los Angeles at night pictures- in the fog. Wilshire Blvd. is especially neat at night in the fog, although driving sure is dangerous...
Lambda Phi Epsilon hosts Union at Grand Avenue. No pics inside the club, just after-party pics at Garden Cafe. Snow Summit ski trip pictures are up. It's no Lake Tahoe, but it is a lot closer... Abby and Tamy's visit pictures- not much but our usual stomping grounds in LA. Potluck pictures at Sophia/Carley/Grace/Tara's place.
Ski Trip at Heavenly in Lake Tahoe over President's Day weekend.
Party at Pete and Nick's place.
Erasure concert pictures and setlist are up from the Los Angeles and San Francisco shows. Then... Constant's 23rd Birthday Party!
End of First Week and Monterey Park- End of 2nd Week pics. Drinking, partying, dim sum, cell phone shopping... lots of fun stuff! Potluck pictures from 3rd week's potluck at Sophia/Tara/Grace/Carley's place...
SF Giants at LA Dodgers marks the end of 3rd week.
Midnight beach exploring plus some random Los Angeles stuff follow-- BBQ at Alicia's and Barry's new curtains. More pictures, this time of Barry's friend Brandon's birthday. Erik's Visit pictures are up-- mostly from Pete and Nick's place.
End of 7th week pics are up. Part 2 of the pictures.
Visitors from UVA are here this week... more pics with them at Roscoe's, Muse, and the beach... aKDPhi National Convention 2003 pictures... UVA visitors leave- more specifically, the night of craziness before they left.
Potluck with Pearl, Jen, Jer, Marie, etc... Sophia's birthday party... Wedding of Melissa and Ed... Brian's birthday at Versailles and then the carnage at Barry's... End of Finals at Barry's...
Graduation weekend in June: Friday: L&S Grad and party at Dennis'. Saturday: Geography Grad, Engineering Grad, party at Jen's. Sunday: Math Grad, APIG Grad, party at Thomas's t-mobile grand prize day 1 suite on Sunset Blvd!!
Summer 2003 stuff... not the first thing to happen but the first to be posted: Rex's Birthday at Miyagi's. The second thing to be posted: Barry's Birthday at C&O's. The third thing to be posted: Erik's Birthday BBQ. Theresa and Jason's Wedding pictures.
Middle of summer brings potluck at Sophia/Carley/Grace/Tara's...
September brings partying and Labor Day weekend as well as a party with Alicia and her friends. More fun stuff, hiking in Ojai, CA for the weekend...
I have some other summer galleries coming...
October Weekend pics are up. Knott's Scary Farm, UCLA vs. ASU with Dave, and Zuma Beach/fires in SoCal... Halloween @ Apt 306 pictures. Just like old times, only most of us are now working! Halloween, take 2 pictures from a last-minute party by Alicia and her roomies... Over at Viet's-- got to drink with Cheston, Billy, and Viet for the first time in forever. Can't forget the rest of that group of friends-- things continue with Thomas and Umi's Birthday.
Out late... for a work night, anyway! Out in West LA again...
New Year's Eve 2003 pictures are up from Sophia's party. Snow Summit pictures are up. The "big" Ski Trip 2004: June Mountain pictures are up. March 2004 pictures from the weekend of the 12-14th are up. June Mountain Take 2 pictures are up.
Vegas pictures with Barry, Brandon, Bernier, Eric, and Jessica are up.
Bej and Sophia's birthday pics are up. Brian's Birthday over a busy June weekend are up. Next up is graduation weekend pics at UCLA. The torrent of birthdays hasn't stopped, Carley and Alexis' birthdays too.
July should be busy, too. Barry's Birthday pics are up. Cafe Bizou, Intercrew, and Roscoe's are the highlights. Grace's birthday pictures are up. Lexus Taste of Luxury event pics are up. Joyce's housewarming party pics are up (ok, apartment warming... same thing!).
Pearl and Jer's Wedding. (yes, Pearl really did get married!) Ride and Drive (aka, abuse a Subaru/BMW/Volvo) event was the day after. Dim Sum with Viet, Maggie, Teresa, Thomas, Kev, etc. Camping pictures from Kings Canyon. Lots of pictures there, particularly inside a cave.
Labor Day Weekend pictures back in the SF Bay Area. Elaine's visit with 2 of her friends as they decide to harass Barry and myself. (ok, Barry got an extra day of harassment in there.) October weekend pictures-- the Bodyworlds exhibit at the California Science Center and then Viet's birthday. Birthdays again-- Billy's Birthday and the UCLA vs. ASU game.
A break from birthdays-- Toyota Put It In Play event at the Rosebowl in Pasadena, then the California International Auto Show-- or at least the little corner that I worked! The few pictures from Halloween at Joycelyn's and Election Night at Sophia and Carley's are here. The break from birthday is over-- Kim and Cheston's birthday dinner. The following weekend is a few pictures from an Ars meet at the Getty. We're back at Buca di Beppo for Thomas and Umi's birthday.
The December avalanche: Thomas's birthday and skiing pictures, Pearl's moving-away dinner, Alicia's birthday, and Christmas weekend.
New Year's Eve 2004 pictures from Mike/Chris/Henri's party. Fun times, fun times, just wish I could remember everyone's name! Tara's birthday at Curry House in West LA. Dinner with Sophia and friends. 2005 Los Angeles Auto Show pictures from two separate visits to the show-- yes, it's a crazy amount of pictures. GM Autoshow In Motion and many other things on a very busy weekend in January. An incredible 24"-48" snowpack at Big Bear meant we couldn't resist the urge to go skiing!
Take two of the Autoshow In Motion along with Mike's birthday pics lead off February. The big yearly ski trip this season is to Mammoth, which is in turn followed up by a trip to a wee little hill called Mt. Baldy the next weekend. Instead of sleeping in, dim sum was the next day.
Beginning of March is a rare visit to Hollywood with Joel and his friends, then Nathan's Birthday over in Chinatown, and finally out with Barry the following day, at an Evo meet and then dinner in Hermosa Beach.
April is U2 in Anaheim. A break fron concerts- hiking in La Canada Flintridge to Strawberry Trail. We dive straight back into more U2, this time at Staples Center. Ever heard a concert every 5 days? The third one for April is Garbage! (and now hopefully my ears get a break for a while...). Carley's performance in the Loyola Law School Talent Show follows, then Shing and DeAnne's wedding (!) in Houston.
End of April/start of May is a Saturday hiking at Millard Falls and then the Museum of Contemporary Art, while Sunday is at Coachella. Two Erasure shows end the spring concert madness, Avalon on Saturday and then The Grove on Wednesday.
LONDON! London, Edinburgh, and in-between...
Phoenix Ars Meet, then Memorial Day weekend.
First June event, out with Eileen and her friends. Then the June birthday storm arrives. First up is Sophia, second is Brian, and the third is Carley. Unfortunately, I had to skip Erik's birthday this year. =( A change of pace is UCLA Graduation and then a big change: outdoor rock climbing.
Barry's birthday leads off July. Fourth of July actually came a few days before. Grace's birthday and then Garbage at the Orange County Fair are the next two things, then a return to Stoney Point because Joe's moving away and we just can't get enough rock climbing!
August starts quickly. Bill's birthday, swing dancing at Swingfish, and then Margaret's birthday along with a night out with Barry and his old coworkers. A modest hiking trip up Mt. Baldy turns out to be a brutal one, but we made it! Camelot at the Hollywood Bowl. Jennifer and Steven's wedding in Berkeley. Jen Cruz is a high school friend who I haven't seen in a long time, probably since college. And now she's married. Eeep! More stuff on the final weekend, lots of eating and then hiking Strawberry Peak.
Kim's moving-away dinner. She's leaving us to go to med school! Ahhh! Ars Technica meet of the Northern California group over Labor Day weekend. Mid-Autumn Festival dinner. Thanks to Sophia for organizing! Los Angeles area Ars meet in West Covina. Moving weekend followed by a quick night of minature golf.
October marks the first major party at Constant's new place. Not content to party on Friday and into Saturday, we rock climb at Point Dume the next day. Concert madness, birthdays, and football madness mark the second weekend of October. The third weekend of October is a Stoney Point followed by a massive SoCal Ars meet. Things get busy the last week, with Sudeep's birthday and then Justin's birthday. Halloween gets compressed into a single gallery, somehow!
November is more moving, U2 insanity in Vegas and the second (and final) dose of U2 insanity (for this tour) in Oakland. Daniel and Erick's birthday, hiking up Mt. San Jacinto with the usual suspects, and a Taste of Lexus driving event in Orange County make for a very long weekend. The next weekend isn't quite as full, but dinner with Jianhui and Kean, then Thomas and Umi's birthday ensure it's full of food! November wraps up with Thanksgiving weekend and Joyceyln's birthday.
Snow marks December. Skidazzle on Thursday, then off to Mammoth the next day, then the next weekend is Big Bear. Jian-hui's going-away party and then Alicia's birthday follow. Christmas weekend beings with rock climbing at Stoney and then a very large collection of pictures over Christmas.
New Year's Eve 2005 pictures from Mike/Chris/Henri's party. Yes, we love it so much, we keep going back! Two days later is dim sum and the shooting range, then back to Northern California to go to Tahoe. Swing dancing at Sugarfoot Stomp follows after Tahoe does-- clearly not the best idea, but who needs sleep! Tara and Chris' birthdays start off the next weekend. Adriana's birthday follows the next day. The weekend afterwards is almost as busy with dinners (Chili's and Rambutan Thai) and clubbing (Zanzibar). Dinner at Ragin' Cajun' with Barry and friends.
The completion of scuba lessons (PADI Open Water) off of Catalina marks the start of February. Not too many February birthdays-- just Amy's and Mike's. President's Day weekend is in Lake Tahoe, then the following weekend's meals.
Malaysia marks the beginning of April. Then... April is a trip to Venice Beach. Then the usual favorite activity for exercise: indoor climbing at UCLA followed by outdoor climbing at Echo Cliffs. Plus, at least around here, the almost-forgotten swing dancing for Angela's birthday.
May begins with a barrage of Erasure concerts and then visit from Joe and a return to Stoney Point. As though two straight nights of concerts and a follow-up day of climbing aren't enough, partying and climbing continues with Nick's birthday and climbing at Tick Rock that weekend. Five straight days of going out gets a break til the next Friday for Bej's birthday in k-town. The weekend madness continues as I hop back on an airplane for Gina's graduation from Cal. May finally wraps up with Alan's graduation and Memorial Day weekend at Barry's place.
June starts with Nick and Emily's engagement party, plus dim sum with Maria. Birthdays continue with Brian's birthday and hiking, then surviving large amounts of alcohol for a trip to Stoney Point the next day. We finish birthdays with a triple birthday at the end of June.
Fireworks and other fun mark 4th of July. Massive amounts of hot weather and alcohol mark Barry's birthday in Vegas. Then some semi-random pictures from, well, random places in Los Angeles Not-random-at all is pictures from Leif-Eric's dinner in Westwood.
Roadtrip to New York in August. Earlier in August was BBQ and Karaoke and Joel's visit. The rest of August is... well, busy in NYC.
September is rock climbing at Stoney Point and the UCLA vs. Rice game, then hiking Mt. Wilson. Follow it up with dim sum and rock climbing at Malibu Creek. Hiking Calabasas Peak and the Dodger game where Thomas sang the national anthem was also lots of fun. Dinner pictures with old coworkers. September finishes off with Viet's Birthday and UCLA vs. Stanford football.
October begins with a trip to LACMA, then smack in the middle of the month is Billy and Amy's wedding! Random food with Korean BBQ and Oktoberfest. The end of the month is hiking San Gorgonio and Halloween that Saturday, with a visit to West Hollywood on Halloween itself.
November starts quietly. Bej's bachelor party, followed up with Pet Shop Boys at The Wiltern LG. Football continues with UCLA vs. OSU and the Taste of Lexus event the same weekend. Then some birthdays at work. Wine tasting part 1, followed by part 2 for good measure just a day later. Then... Thanksgiving weekend! November ends out with grad students again.
December starts with Tick Rock/Doug's birthday/Kean's visit in the same gallery, then Frances and Jenn's birthday. Bej and Weixian's wedding in Las Vegas. Birthdays! Alicia's birthday, at least. Pictures from West LA including Rockreation and Sawtelle Blvd with the Tsais. And the last for 2006-- Christmas, including the Emerald Bowl: FSU. vs. UCLA.
New Year's Eve 2006 in Tahoe. Hanging around with Viet/Billy/Cheston/etc. plus an Ars meet. Off to the freezing land of Chicago just hours before Keezer's bachelor party. Dinner with Leif in K-town, then Nick Keezer and Emily's wedding a few days later. Dinner again with friends, this time in the Bay Area.
February appears to be good for one thing: skiing at Mammoth, not once but twice! Then food! - specifically lots of seafood. Mmmm seafood.
Concerts open March. At least one, anyway: Snow Patrol at Gibson Ampitheater. Skiing at Big Bear-- well Snow Summit to be specific. Pearl's housewarming party at her new place. Leif-Eric and Eun-Young's dinner at Versailles. The theme is food, Pinnacle Peak Steakhouse, then Sushi Masu. China and Hong Kong trip concludes March.
The NCAA Basketball Tournament leads off April, with UCLA vs. Florida in the Final Four. Random stuff hanging out with Pearl, including UCLA Football's Spring Scrimmage. Some rock climbing at Echo Cliffs the next day. Dim sum twice the next weekend, then helping Pearl move. A mid-week trip to UCSB follows. April concludes with a busy weekend: a visit from Erik and scuba diving off Anacapa Island.
May begins with Mike's Birthday and then lots of food: tofu and dim sum, with rock climbing and helping Pearl move in-between! The third weekend of May is Carley's graduation and the UCLA Run/Walk, May 24 is a UCLA dinner, while the last weekend of May is camping at Lassen Volcanic National Park. Shen's birthday concludes May.
June is lead off with birthdays: Bej/Sophia's the first weekend, then Brian's the second weekend. Leif-Eric and Eun-Young plan dinner again, this time at Flame in Westwood, followed by cake. Out on Sunset Blvd with Peter and his UCLA Medicine residents. More food weekends- with Korean tofu, pastrami at The Hat, and Hakata Ramen.
July starts with Kwik-E-Mart! Then dinner at Pearl's, followed by Fourth of July the next day! Sherry and David's wedding on 7/7/07. Hiking the next day to San Gabriel Peak/Mt. Disappointment proved to be a nice little morning jaunt. On the other hand, Smith Mountain was definitely not a nice morning jaunt. Seeing Wicked is next. Mickey's visit combined with Annie and Bill's birthday conclude July.
August starts off with a barbeque at Barry's and a ton of random pictures from UCLA/Westwood mixed in with a trip to the Ahmanson. Trip to the East Coast finishes off August-- New York and Pennsylvania.
Labor Day weekend in September is spent in Yosemite, camping and hiking. Playing with Sam's camera and a new Canon 24/1.4L on Friday before the weekend. The weekend-- Saturday is UCLA vs. Washington with tailgating beforehand, partying, and Sam's visit, while Sunday is at Huntington Gardens with Sam and Sophia, then Underworld and Paul Oakenfold at Hollywood Bowl. Sam's visit days 3 and 4 highlight rock climbing at Stoney Point, Santa Monica and the beach. Sam's visit day 4 is wandering Japantown and downtown LA with cameras. *grins* Day 8 is MOCA, Grand Central Market, and Nextfest; plus some random Korean BBQ pictures thrown in. A trip to the Bay Area for an Ars meet follows, then Cecile's birthday. Rock climbing at Mystery Science Theater finishes off a very busy September.
October is just as busy, with Justin visiting for the Japanese Classic Car Show on Saturday (and then the UCLA game...). Friday was spent wandering Los Angeles, and Sunday had some wandering plus the Ferraris at the Petersen Automotive Museum before he left. Alpine Village's little Oktoberfest, plus Billy and Simon's birthdays fill up the following weekend. Two weeks in South Korea and China finish off October and the first day of November (for Leif and Eun-young's wedding in Seoul, John and Weixian's wedding in Nanjing).
November starts off with a visit to Pink's Hotdog Stand in Hollywood, then wine tasting, take 2 at Irina's. The second Saturday in November is UCLA vs. ASU, plus Billy and Amy's housewarming party. The next weekend is throughly food related with dim sum and a birthday dinner (old time Maxima club members, then Heather C.'s birthday). Thanksgiving weekend includes cousin Jason's wedding. Birthday dinner for the Hacketts followed up by Joycelyn's birthday wrap up November.
December starts off with the SSC Holiday Party. Rock climbing at Malibu Creek, followed by Alicia's birthday and a work lunch, then two dinners, one with Leif-Eric and Eun-young, the other for Jenn's birthday. Back to Northern California for Christmas.
New Year's Eve 2007 at Mike/Chris/Henry's. Vacation! China starts off 2008. Beijing and Hong Kong this time. Rock climbing at Malibu Creek, take 3, and Tara's birthday follow.
Going-away party for Ulrich at Westwood BrewCo, Francis and Camille's engagement party plus Superbowl Sunday playing Rock Band, then a quick Ars meet at Barney's Beanery in Hollywood. Follow it up with more outings with Pearl: Ruth Chris' Steakhouse for DineLA Restaurant week, plus Magic Mountain. Rock climbing at Echo Cliffs, take 3, then more climbing (UCLA Dangling Bruin) combined with Amy's visit. President's Day weekend in Mammoth. February ends with visiting Keith and the new Chipotle in Westwood.
March leads off with take 4 of rock climbing at Echo Cliffs, then the Star Trek Tour in Long Beach. Pearl's birthday follows. Cheston and Angie's wedding in the middle of the month. Hiking Devil's Chair makes for a fun day trip. A walking tour of Los Angeles' historic core wraps up March.
April's first gallery is an Ars meet and a UCLA Final Four party. One very busy weekend consists of: Will Foster's birthday + UCLA Run/Walk 5K + dim sum. Exploring the Petersen automotive museum again. Days full of food: pictures at Gyu-kaku, Spoon House, and with Kean at Bonchon. Leif-Eric's dinner at Hodori on Friday. Stoney Point bouldering on Saturday. The weekend finishes off with Movie night and dim sum on Saturday night and Sunday morning, respectively.
May starts off with UCLA Staff Assembly's Casino Night, then the weekend following is JPL Open House, the Santa Monica Classic, and lunch at Newport Seafood in San Gabriel. Hanging out with Maria and then dinner at Sushi Masu occupy Thursday. Bouldering in Bishop is the second weekend in May, followed up by dinner with Maria and friends. Busy Saturday: hiking Mt. Baden-Powell in the morning followed by Bej and Yuan's birthday in the afternoon. Wrapping up May with Memorial Day at Kevin's.
June leads off with dim sum at New Capital Seafood. Double party day on Friday: UCLA Rock Wall and UCLA Geography. Mike and Emily's wedding is the following Saturday. Brian's birthday, then watching a movie at Del Amo the next day. Weekend back in the Bay Area for Katie's graduation party and a company picnic. Kim's visit the following weekend.
Kicking off July with another visit back to the Bay Area, then Independence Day at Billy and Amy's. Chris and Bettina's wedding followed the next day. Dim sum at Elite Restaurant with Frances, Patrick, and Dan. Leif-Eric's potluck for BECKS-NG.
August is helping Pearl move and Frances' going-away barbeque. Trip to New York follows. No Broadway shows this year, but lots of fun was still had! August wraps up with: food, waterfight, and dim sum. Lots of random pictures wrap up August: dinner by Bill and Annie, pre-Disneyland Half Marathon, dinner at El Gringo, and Century City mall pictures.
September opens up with UCLA vs. Tennessee on Labor Day. Dim sum at Capital Seafood, then more college football: UCLA vs. Arizona at the Rose Bowl. Throw in more random pictures throughout September: dinner at Sushi Masu, lunch at Pho Vie, and a BBQ. The month concludes with Vegas for the weekend.
October is UCLA vs. Washington State at the Rose Bowl, one of our few wins this season. Fooding: Thai and Korean noodles commences. Five days in Oregon are next, including UCLA vs. Oregon football! Viet and Maggie's wedding finally happened! Second-to-last gallery in October is fairly random: Lucas' going-away party and lots other random shots. Cheston and Angie's Halloween party at That 70's House.
The SkirtChaser 5k marks the start of November. Follow it up with an IDSA-LA event on the Boeing 787 Dreamliner and some protest pictures the next day. Watched UCLA vs. Oregon State and had Korean tofu the two days later, then ran the UCLA Tri-team's Bruin 5k the following weekend. Camille and Francis' wedding the weekend before Thanksgiving. Lunch at Hide Sushi the day before Thanksgiving.
Joycelyn's birthday is Max Karaoke and Shojin for dinner, the 26th Annual California International Marathon (CIM), and then Bill plans Korean BBQ. 888 Seafood for dim sum, then Tara and Heather's Christmas potluck, followed up with a Mongolian hot pot lunch at Little Fat Sheep in Monterey Park. Then Alicia's birthday and Kim's visit. Brunch at Amandine with Dave/Amit/Alan and UCLA vs. Mercer basketball at Pauley Pavillion. More dim sum and then game night at USC. Home for the holidays. Pictures from New Year's Eve at Kathy's place.
Leading off January with ice skating and sushi (from Roll House) in Santa Monica. Follow it up with Five Guys Burgers and more fooding. Then a random collection of pictures from San Diego, plus a UCLA Geography colloquium, pita, and pho. Tara's birthday and dim sum. Szechuan food at Chung King in San Gabriel and a hot chocolate party. A day at The Griddle and The Grove for breakfast and the Farmers' Market, respectively, followed the next day by the search for pocky and ramen (and okonomiyaki, but that failed). Taking advantage of a beautiful day in Orange County. #jpltweetup in Pasadena (at JPL, naturally!). The Los Angeles Conservancy's Spring and Main tour plus dinner with Kim and friends. Dim sum at Capital Seafood with Pearl and coworkers. Kyochon fried chicken a few nights later.
dineLA Restaurant Week at Tengu (sushi) in Westwood. Gone skiing. The Kogi BBQ taco truck! Dinner at Royal Kabob. Presidents' Day weekend at Mammoth. Some more "skiing", then karaoke with Ulrich at Brass Monkey, and then Mike's birthday at Lucky Strike. A busy day: dim sum with Bill, the BMW Art Cars at LACMA, Kevin's Oscar night party, and a random rabbit sighting. Then another crazy day with hiking Parker Mesa Overlook, then into Pearl's birthday.
Massive food: Din Tai Fung, Galco's Soda Pop Stop, and Scoops! More food in Westwood. UCLA vs. Oregon basketball plus a Geography grads potluck and Park's Korean BBQ. Dim sum at Capital Seafood along with Grace and Kevin's engagement dinner at El Cholo. UCLA in the Pac-10 Tournament at Staples (plus Carnitas Michoacan for lunch!). Hiking Temescal Canyon and karaoke. The president's motorcade while on my way to work. Random photos from Pho Show, St. Patrick's Day, and Sawtelle. Climbing at Stoney Point plus Matt's party. Lunch at Sushi Central. Korean BBQ at Soot Bull Gui Rim 2 in K-town.
April is the usual theme, food: Umemura Ramen and Naja's (latter for Matt's moving-away party take 2), then the UCLA Run/Walk 5k and lunch at Shanghai Palace. Back to the Kogi truck, then poker night at Bethany's. Chris and Bettina's housewarming at the beach. More food: cupcakes and pho, then dim sum, followed by boardgames (and pizza), and finally, Korean BBQ at Tahoe Galbi.
May is the Santa Monica Classic, mixed with JPL Open House and an art show: Chase Langford: morphic. Mixed in Rutts' Hawaiian Cafe and Marisco's Gullein La Playita for food, too. Europe 2009 is... Days 1 and 2: London. Day 3: sleeping in, and more London. Day 4: Windsor in the morning, the Thames at night. Day 5: London to Athens. Day 6: Athens. Day 7: Hania, day 1. Day 8: Hania, day 2. Day 9: Hania, day 3. Day 10: Hania, day 4. Day 11: Hania, day 5. Day 12: Samaria Gorge. Day 13: Hania, day 6. Day 14: Heraklion (Iraklio) and Knossos (and a trip to the movies in Hania). Day 15: Rethymno and the surrounding area. Day 16: Hania to Copenhagen (via Athens). Day 17: Malmo. Day 18: Copenhagen. Day 19: Return to the USA, CPH-LHR-IAD-LAX. Back in the USA: Memorial Day BBQ at Kevin's, BEJ's birthday, Frances' summer BBQ, and fooding at Seafood Town and Hurry Curry.
June, amazingly, does not involve traveling anywhere crazy. Dim sum for Sophia's birthday and then off to Dee's birthday starts off June. A quick stop at Attari Sandwich Shop for dinner. A low-key evening at Sasaya Izakaya and Saints and Sinner's. Dinner with Patrick and Sonya at Ye Olde Kings Head. Brian's birthday at Mu Dung San (Korean BBQ). Random photos including Marisco's for lunch. Walking UCLA. A Streetcar Named Desire at the Los Angeles Theater. Unexpected craziness with Michael Jackon's passing at UCLA. Billy and Amy's baby shower for mini-Lowe.
July begins with banh xeo at Van's Restaurant in Garden Grove. Independence Day in Seal Beach follows. Back to the Bay Area to visit family: day 1, day 2, day 3/Gigamon Summer Picnic, and day 4. Time for Grace's birthday, then a visit to Hole in the Wall Burger Joint. Charity party at Isshin in Westwood. Rani's birthday at The Edison. Shen has her moving away dinner at Mu Dung San. Wandering Century City, then back to The Edison with Vena and her friends.
August means random photos wandering Redondo Beach. Semi-random hanging out with Frances and Patrick. Mickey's return from Japan. California Roll Factory for sushi with Gina. Pink's Hot Dogs with Booker. Joel's temporary return to Los Angeles, day 1, day 2, and day 3. Dinner at Bangkok West. Superman's going-away dinner. Karen and Mike's wedding at CalTech. Kyochon for an Ars Technica meet. Hiking Mt. Baldy again (more smoke and fire!). Meeting Baby Miles Doughtery!
Wandering UCLA, dinner at Pann's Diner, and dinner at Terried Sake House lead off September. Sam's visit, day 1. Day 2 is... well, Bill and Annie's wedding over Labor Day weekend in Laguna Beach. Hanging out with Bill and Annie: Good Stuff restaurant, Shin Sen Gumi Hakata Ramen, and later Simpang Asia with Sophia and Justin. Hiking Dan's mystery trail at Temescal Canyon. Sunday is Yelp Sweet September Elite event and then Camille's birthday at Cafe Bizou. Random MINI E sighting. The LA County Fair. Lots of food and a visit to Riverside. Jason and Joanna's wedding. Brunch at Din Tai Fung plus running around. Happy Hour at Palomino. Dinner at Shin Sen Gumi Yakitori. Korean BBQ at Road to Seoul in Koreatown.
Janet's birthday leads off October. A packed Saturday: dim sum at New Capital Seafood, hiking Abalone Cove with Rani, and checking out Alicia's new place + dinner at Open Sesame. Sinister Pointe haunted maze and Brazillian BBQ with Konami geeks, then Heather's birthday at C&O Cucina. Food at nineThirty @ The W and Jongewaard's Bake n Broil. A mystery meal, then dinner at Pho 79. Vegas for U2's 360 tour! Post-U2 Vegas and then a corn maze in Hollister. Amy and Nik's wedding. The Ford Fiesta Movement makes an unexpected appearance. Pre-Halloween and then Halloween at Cheston and Angie's.
Seeing The Bravery and dinner at Thai Tangerine starts November. Mariscos Chente and Angel Maid Bakery for lunch, then UCLA vs. Washington football and Compton's birthday. Hennessy's for steak sandwiches. Peru 2009 is... Days 1 and 2: Cusco. Day 3: Tipon and Pikillacta. Day 4: Saqsayhuaman, Q'enqo, Puca Pucara, Tambomachay. Day 5: Cusco (again). Day 6: Sacred Valley, Pisac, and Ollantaytambo. Day 7: Inca Trail, day 1. Day 8: Inca Trail, day 2. Day 9: Inca Trail, day 3. Day 10: Machu Picchu/Inca Trail, day 4. Day 11: From Cusco to Lima. Day 12: Lima-- and the end of the trip to Peru! Lots of food: Fat Dogs and O Dae San Korean BBQ. November wraps up with Thanksgiving, day 1, day 2, and day 4.
December is the Nom Nom Truck, then the SSC Holiday Party, followed by Mickey's visit and Farhana's birthday. Work-related food follows: Geography Holiday lunch at Westside Tavern and Helen's departure dinner at Santouka. The Konami Holiday Party follows. Tara/Heather/Cari's Christmas potluck, then steak n s'mores at Union Cattle and after, then pile on a quick visit to San Francisco. Lunch at Mr. Noodle followed by more food at Le Saigon and CPK. Mammoth: December 2009: day 1, day 2, day 3. Lunch at Philippe's French Dip, then Christmas Eve dessert at the Melins'. Christmas day, Yoshi and Peter's wedding, random blue skies, then an Ars meet at Stuffed Sandwich. The year wraps up with dim sum in the morning and New Year's Eve that night!
January 2010 begins with Cacao for coffee. Caroline and Bee's wedding. Gastrobus and Bool BBQ food trucks for lunch, then Yum Yum Bowls (and non-truck Samuari Sam's). Albert's birthday at Skybar. Tara and Chris' birthday plus Valentino's Pizza. Mammoth: January 2010: Trip 1, day 1, day 2, day 3, and day 4. A day of food: dim sum and sushi (plus Marina del Rey). Climbing at Stoney Point and lunch at The Counter. Food trucks galore take 1. All about food: dim sum at Lunasia + food trucks at T-Lofts ("for Haiti"). Food trucks galore take 2. Hit the Fishlips (sushi truck) and Palomino's happy hour. Mammoth: January 2010: Trip 2, day 1 and day 2. Kevin and Grace's wedding in Pasadena.
February leads off with food: Bool BBQ and Frysmith trucks, dinner at Cayenne and Susina for dessert, and the Fishlips sushi truck. Dim sum at ABC Seafood with Yelp, hiking at Paradise Cove in Malibu, dual happy hours (BrewCo and Isshin) in one day, and Star BBQ for Korean BBQ. President's Day trip to Mammoth: day 1, day 2, day 3, and day 4. Lunar New Year dinner at Phoenix Inn. The Kogi truck (and then pho). Out in South Bay for Hakata Ramen and drinks. Back in the SF Bay Area, day 1 and day 2. Isshin Sushi for lunch and (again!) lunch. Food trucks (mini) galore, take 3. The last meal at Isshin. Helping Pearl move means more food (The Loft and pizza). Dim sum at Capital Seafood to finish off the month.
March is Volcano Tea and Pearl's birthday at Casa Sanchez and Max Karaoke. New Capital Seafood for dim sum is followed by a visit to The Den in Hollywood. More fun in South Bay: Leo's Mexican and Tony's On The Pier. Lunch at The Loft in Gardena. More Bay Area, day 1 and day 2. The Phamish truck and Sophia's successful PhD dissertation defense dinner, followed by Umami Burger on St. Patrick's Day. The India Jones Chow Truck. The following Saturday: LA Marathon Expo, Original Pantry Cafe, Hubble 3D at California Science Center, and Constant's birthday. Seeing Metric at the Palladium. Dinner at Dan's and lunch at LA Smokehouse BBQ wrap things up.
Mammoth: day 1, day 2, and day 3 leads off April. Food: Flying Pig Truck, Hawaiian at King's Hawaiian and Back Home in Lahaina (also Mexican at Cafe Rio), and Elite for dim sum. Yuri's Night. The Frysmith truck. Geography lunch at Acapulco's and a tour of the new UCPD station. More food: Yamato, Wild Thai, and food trucks.GueriLA at the LA Festival Of Books. Visiting the Rosebowl for UCLA Football Select-A-Seat. Margarita Mondays at Acapulco, followed by dinner at Sunnin. Finishing April: X-Prize Tweetup, OC Marathon Expo, and dim sum.
May begins with: OC Marathon and Pho 79. Calbi and Border Grill food trucks. UCLA Staff Assembly Casino Night. The Revlon Run/Walk 5k. UCLA Pauley Pavilion renovation groundbreaking. Blowfish for dinner at Dae Bok (we didn't die!). UCLA Geography stuff: Abbie's PhD and football (soccer) tournament. Sophia's graduation from USC + the Kogi truck. More stuff with Sophia, including JPL Open House and Din Tai Fung. Santa Monica Classic plus lunch at The Local Yolk. A Greek food truck: Louks-to-Go. In El Segundo: farmers' market and Good Stuff restaurant. Erik's graduation from University of Oregon Law: day 1, day 2, and day 3. UCLA Geography's annual von Humboldt colloquium and dinner. Memorial Day weekend is: rock climbing at Malibu Creek's Power Wall + burgers at The Counter, dim sum + hiking Sandstone Peak, and Venice Beach + BBQ at Simon's.
June beings with Professor Entrikin's retirement, then food at Vesuvio and Chego, followed by Patrick's graduation from UCLA School of Medicine, and finally Sophia's birthday. Coconut Bay for Dian's birthday/graduation. Leonardo da Vinci at the Getty along with Cafe 50's and then BECKS, then going to Sawtelle Blvd. for Curry House and the Dumpling Station truck. Friday is Korean BBQ at Furusato (plus Menchie's Frozen Yogurt!) with Pearl and the Konami crew. Saturday is packed with lunch at the ESPN World Cup Truck, hiking Malaga Cove/Flat Rock Point, and a dumpling party. Sunday finishes an overloaded weekend with paintball and dinner at Benihana's. Tons of food trucks-- Komodo, plus six more on Sawtelle. Vince's graduation celebration at Barney's Beanery. Saturday is King's Hawaiian, hiking at Del Cerro Park/Palos Verdes Nature Preserve/SMC Celebrate America (food trucks, including The Dim Sum Truck!), while Sunday is rock climbing at Echo Cliffs plus Korean cold noodles at Corner Place. Chase's retirement from UCLA. More food trucks: Flying Pig and South Philly Experience.
July is Breadbar for ramen, New Capital for dim sum, and Independence Day at June's. Trip to Alaska and Vancouver: 11 days including Richmond, Vancouver, Icy Strait Point/Hoonah, Hubbard Glacier, Juneau, Ketchikan, and the Inside Passage. Exploring UCLA, Fatburger and more airports, hiking Mission Peak and dinner at Cooking Papa, and finally back to the airport. Joycelyn's housewarming wraps up the month.
August starts with kayaking at Anacapa Island. UCLA All-staff picnic, dinner at Gui Rim Korean BBQ, the Mitsuwa summer festival, and finally random stuff: Pho Show, JR Cafe, and Ray and Molly's wedding invitiation.