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Oakland Aviation Museum

The Oakland Aviation Museum is a small museum near the 880/Oakland Airport.  Mike and I spent an hour at the museum last month, and here is our adventure in pictures:

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Cherry Blossom Festival 2012

It has been an annual tradition to visit San Francisco’s Cherry Blossom Festival.  The blooming cherry blossoms somehow always bring a sense of peace and beauty…

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travel

Great Urban Race 2012: Santa Monica

Continuing our last year’s urban scavenger hunt in San Francisco, we continue the tradition this year to Santa Monica! Team Portal A big shout out to Mike S. for being our lifesaver/help line once again!  Couldn’t have done it without you on the line bro! =)

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Sun Cakes: A Maltose Pastry

Over Chinese New Year (around late January this year),  I was introduced to a Taiwanese pastry called sun cakes.  This pastry has a maltose filling, and according to www.ifood.tv/network/suncake, they originated from Taichung, Taiwan.  However, they were  not called ‘suncakes’ until  Taiwanese bakery ‘Sunbooth‘ sold them by its name and made them popular.  

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Visit to Napa

What better to do on a sunny Saturday than to drive up to Napa for wine tasting with friends? =)  Here’s where we went: Hendry’s Winery Bouchon Bakery Redd Restaurant Vincent Arroyo Winery Chateau Montelna Winery [1] Hendry’s Winery  http://www.yelp.com/biz/hendry-vineyard-and-winery-napa Sign up for their tour — I hear it’s suppose to be great!  Follow up […]