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September 18, 2004 2

Alpine Villege (Torrance)

By in 17: South Bay, Shopping

German mugs! Went to Alpine Villege today, a little-German+Swiss+Austria area with market, shops, restaurant and cultural events at Torrance. Turns out it’s Oktoberfest right now! The waitress in the restaurant gave us a pack of coupons for 50% discount but as we don’t care for beer so we didn’t go/nor plan to. So why the […]

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September 17, 2004 3

Daikokuya (Little Tokyo)

By in 06: Downtown LA, Favorite Food Entries

Daikokuya is a ramen place at Little Tokyo. It is nostalgia-Japan inside, full of collections of vintage signs, posters and billboards. Daikokukya Ramen $7.50. I like the soy sauce marinated egg (? not sure how to called them ^^;;), I like how the york is not fully cooked! The soup is supposedly special pork bone […]

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September 15, 2004 8

Cheebo (Sunset)

By in 08: Hollywood

Cheebo on Sunset is one of the regular places we go during work. It’s casual Italian cooking (pizza, sandwich, salad) with organic ingredients. They said their animal are hormone-free and free-range and the vegetables are certified organic. Many items on menu are cater for vegans and vegetarians. So naturally(?) it attracts hipsters people. We don’t […]

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September 9, 2004 6

Monterey Bay Aquarium (Part 3)

By in Collection, Travel

Last time there was a LOOOOONG impossible ticket queue so this time we reserved tickets. My main purpose is to see their Jelly Fish collection!!!

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September 8, 2004 4

Carmel-by-the-Sea (Part 2)

By in Collection, Travel

Carmel is like a seaside village out of a children’s storybook. The streets are filled with small boutiques, art galleries and antique shops inside quaint cottages. The pic on left is The Tuck Box English Tea Room, doesn’t it look like a Hobbit’s house? ^_^ Right pic is just a miscellaneous alley that’s everywhere in […]