Bunn Me!

There's a Vietnamese sandwich called a Bahn Mi that's categorized by its meat, coleslaw (made with cabbage, pickled carrots and daikon raddish) and crispy french roll. My first experience with Bahn Mi was back when Eman & I tracked down the Nom Nom truck for dinner in LA one night. I had another opportunity for one in December when I ordered from a San Francisco restaurant "Bun Mee", which was a treat in its own right. Yesterday, I tried yet another restaurant's version, from Café Bunn Mi (I'm noticing a naming trend...). Anyway, theirs was set apart by the ingredients. Normally Bahn Mi are made with chicken or pork or maybe beef, but Bunn Mi has one to top them all - a crispy duck bahn mi! Basically the same sandwich, it has lightly breaded duck as the main filling. I took a walk over to the restaurant  to try it out during the dry part of the afternoon yesterday (it's been raining most of the weekend up here). I got the crispy duck and a watermelon slush for a drink - literally they put watermelon and ice in a blender, a perfect beverage. Anyway, the sandwich was delicious and I am quite possibly on my way out of the house right now to go order another one. There are so many great little spots right down the street from me it takes a lot of restraint to eat out every day. But to make a long story short, the sandwich was amazing and I can't wait for the next one.

Bonus picture: panorama of the living room in the daylight

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Dwelling updates

Ok, first blog of the new year is coming 20 days in; I've been busy, so sorry. Christmas was a blur - literally, I had the flu on Christmas Eve and through Christmas day so I was pretty out of it. Anyway, my parents gave me a nice table from CB2, Bunny gave me a really great bookcase (also CB2) and I picked up  a rug, tablecloth, and placemats (from Crate & Barrel & CB2...notice a trend?). I also got a few felted "rocks" (CB2...I think I found a new store). So here's how the living room and kitchen look for now; My desk is right in between them - full picture of the space coming soon.

 My great new table & small white shag rug

 Teal table cloth & funky placemats

Hive bookcase and felted "rocks"

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As the Year Closes

What a year it has been. It's been well over a month since my last post - but it's important to me to keep this updated at least once and a while (and there have been plenty of instagram photos in the interim to those watching my Twitter) A good place to see my recent photos is right here actually - Photopile.

Anyway, on to the photos. I can't post them all at once, so here they are in a series of posts.

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After Christmas

Before heading back to San Francisco, Bunny & I took a trip to Red Rock Canyon just outside of Mojave, CA. We crawled around on the rocks and captured some of the wonderful landscapes out in the desert.

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Christmas

Christmas was a little complicated - I had a pretty nasty flu on Christmas Eve & Day - so I wasn't really in the picture taking mood. We did have a nice time though - it was the first time Bunny, Christina, Marie, Nick, and I all spent the holidays together. Teenie got a great new camera, and took photos of the whole trip (I'll post some of her photos next). Meanwhile, Bunny and I took a trip to LACMA where I took photos of the great architecture and a rare prototype of the Eames Plywood Elephant (one of only two).
At home, I also got some close up photos of our beautiful ornaments.

 It's a snowman!

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Back in San Francisco (Late Nov/Early Dec)

Back in the city, we decorated a small tree for the apartment and I got a nice photo of the moon from campus one evening.

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Thanksgiving

Went Geocaching in Mentryville with Eman & celebrated Mom's Birthday

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More Bodie Pictures

Bunny and I took some photos of each other while exploring around Bodie (and on the way there)

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