After Eton, we went to lunch at our favorite Japanese restaurant – Shinano, located in Solon, OH. As usual, we had a hard time deciding on what to order but we finally settled on an unagi (broiled eel) and yakiniku (sautéed beef) meal. For sushi, we ordered unagi maki (eel again), philadelphia (smoked salmon and […]
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Eton Chagrin Boulevard
For day 2 of our mini-vacation (Wednesday), we spent the morning at Eton Chagrin Boulevard. Eton is a shopping center in Woodmere, another suburb of Cleveland, OH. We normally go there to shop at Trader Joe’s and Penzeys Spices and occasionally, Sur La Table and Barnes & Noble. Besides these stores, another thing that attracts […]
Hudson, OH
Alex is in day camp all of this week, so Keith and I took the opportunity to have a mini-vacation of our own. Yesterday, we explored downtown Hudson for the very first time. First stop was Great Lakes Baking Company. We were impressed with the beautiful and delicious-looking selections. For breakfast, we tried a lemon […]
Summer Evening
We spent a gorgeous evening at one of our favorite parks earlier this week. It feels like precious moments such as these are harder to come by nowadays (we are either too busy or too tired), which makes us treasure these times even more.
Picking Blueberries
Blueberry season is in full swing right now, and I managed to persuade Alex to go pick some with me yesterday. It was cloudy, breezy, and cool (another weird summer day) but just perfect for blueberry picking. :) {For the past several years, we have been picking blueberries at Voytko Farms in Auburn Township, Ohio.}
The Many Faces of Cyber
We’ve been enjoying dinner in our backyard these past few days, and I took the opportunity to take some new photos of Cyber last night. Enjoy! :)
Flowers Everywhere
A lot of the flowers in our garden are in full bloom! All that weeding and mulching paid off after all (I try to remind myself of that often). :)
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Happy Father’s Day
Although seafoods were fresh and plentiful back in Malaysia, I had eaten a lobster only once before today, and that was almost 20 years ago. I had it in a restaurant, and it was hard, rubbery, and bland and I thought to myself, “This is what I’m paying for?” I had often thought of trying […]
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Our Easter Dinner
In the evening – it was grilling time! We wonder why we don’t do this often. :) Note: Recipe for grilled pork can be found in a previously published post – Macaroni Salad and Grilled Soy Sauce Pork. For a bolder flavor, I divided 5 pounds of pork tenderloin into two bags and marinated each bag of meat with the […]
Our Easter Day
We spent our Easter with each other and we took opportunity of the gorgeous day to clean up the yard and put some plants in the garden beds. :)