Check out my dessert gallery by clicking the picture below! Scrumptious treats from around the city.
You know it’s a good day when everyone’s smiling at you – your boss, your co-workers, your spouse, your housemates – even the singer/guitar-playing guy in the metro station who, under normal circumstances, would only look at you sullenly when … Continue reading
There’s food. Then there’s good food. Then there’s really good food. Then there’s absolutely amazing, out-of-this-world, I-need-to-have-second’s food. Then there’s Brenda’s french soul food. The end. (No, not really. Don’t go yet!) Yeah. It’s that good. Normally, I would enjoy writing a longer introduction, but … Continue reading
You know, I’ve been thinking a lot about my life philosophy lately, or a personal motto to live all of my days by. Call it a fifth-life crisis, if you will, but I’ve recently realized that I actually have no idea what … Continue reading
‘Tis a rare occasion when you find a college student on a budget dining out in downtown San Francisco, where even the simplest dishes can rack up high prices – but, as circumstances would dictate, I found myself standing outside … Continue reading
Trust it to San Franciscans to combine two of life’s most widely spoken-about pleasures – cookies and sex – into an appetizingly-smelling, intriguingly-looking, slightly raunchy, I’m-not-sure-if-I-want-to-take-my-grandmother-there cookie store. Appropriately called Hot Cookie, this one-stop cookie shop is located right across … Continue reading
It’s what the French call “joie de vivre,” and what we call “a joy of living“: the sense of absolute pleasure that we feel when all is right with the world, and our souls are resting contentedly in our bodies. … Continue reading
I never thought that I would ever experience a reggae, salsa, and calypso fiesta in my mouth all at the same time…until my friends and I discovered Coconuts Caribbean Restaurant and Bar, a feisty restaurant tucked away in downtown Palo … Continue reading
Perhaps it was the freezing weather – or maybe the grey skies that screamed “winter!” despite it being in the middle of July – that led my taste buds to subconsciously seek out a cuisine from one of the most … Continue reading
Ah – what better way to start a blog (and the day!) than with a fluffy, doughy taro bun? This delectable delight, snatched from the shelves of 85 Degrees Bakery Cafe in Irvine, CA, looked so deliciously tempting this morning that … Continue reading
