Red Velvet

Sorry, no food post this time. But I did just finish a sexy mix just for Valentine’s day (or night). For the lovers! Enjoy :)

Donut judge me

Today I went to the Donuttery for lunch with my brother Hendrix. You heard me. Lunch. Here’s what we got. Read my review on Yelp to get a list of all the donuts in the picture below :

When I dip, you dip, we dip.

Last weekend The Gent and I went back to Adamson’s French Dip for our last meal before I headed back to Orange County. Boy, was I glad we did. This time around we decided to go crazy! So we added cheese and mushrooms!! Ugh. This sandwich literally melts in your mouth. You could read my review on Yelp!

Here I am ready to attack!

At last I see the lights

Last Sunday was extremely unplanned, random, and ridiculous. It was, however, probably the best day I’ve ever had in my 25 years of existence. I got to see the lights! But before I get there, I might as well share how the adventure began. We (GuyGuy, the gent, and I) had planned to grab brunch in San Jose. We thought we would meet up there, maybe grab some custard-filled donut holes on the way, eat, and then the gent would accompany me to Walnut Creek again to continue the apartment hunt. None of this happened. Mainly because a lot of leasing centers are closed on Sunday. Instead GuyGuy ventured with us to Walnut Creek. We ended up eating at Cheesecake Factory (you can view pictures of what we ate in the last post). Afterwards, the decision was made to explore Berkeley, since I had never been. We hopped onto the BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) for my very first BART ride. The gent suggested we get cupcakes at Love At First Bite. Somehow or another we got off on the wrong stop. We decided to walk instead of getting back on the BART. I’m not exactly sure if that was the smartest idea. We found ourselves walking the streets of Berkeley, passing some of the creepiest homes. Like this one:

I hope you (the reader) don’t live here. If you do, then I’m sorry. We sped up our walking strides when we came across this. After about a mile, we finally arrived at the cupcake shop. Unfortunately, we devoured the cupcakes and rice crispy treat before we could take a picture of it. As we were scarfing down the sweets, the gent was suddenly struck with the idea that hot dogs would be delicious. We were all in agreement.

We google-mapped our way to Top Dog. This happened to be right near Berkeley’s campus. It wasn’t as close as we thought. We walked and walked and the air grew colder. Not to mention we were being followed by a Santa/Lumberjack hybrid. We think he was after Guyguy. Naturally. Anyways… we took a detour so SantaJack wouldn’t be able to follow Guy. It was a huge relief after we lost him. We were getting really worried. We came across a Cal Berkeley store and each decided to purchase a sweater to keep us warm.

This is what we bought. Coincidentally, they all look very similar. Oh well! As we were walking towards Top Dog, someone voiced, “Good ol’ Bears!”. I took that as a compliment. Who wouldn’t like our matching sweaters? They’re so neat!

After we had our hotdog fix, we were in dire need of rest. We found a boba shop nearby to sip on milk tea and veg out a little.

This was much needed to regain  energy to make it back to Walnut Creek.

When we finally got to the car that was parked at the top of the BART parking structure, the gent started the ignition. I thought we were heading straight back to Sunnyvale. I was wrong. He drove a little further up to the highest point on the rooftop of the parking structure and parked the car. He got out and opened the truck. To my surprise, he busted out  floating lights! My heart sank. He went back to the car and started blasting “I See the Light” from Disney’s Tangled. I must’ve said “Are you serious?!” a million times. This has been a dream of mine. I totally didn’t see this coming.

I couldn’t believe this actually happened. I cried like a giddiot. This day was amazing. There really is no other way to put it.

Thanks to Guyguy, we have it captured on video:

Not East Bay, but Eats Bay

My plane landed in San Jose around noon on Saturday. The gent picked me up and we were on our way to explore Walnut Creek, CA in order to find a place for me to call home. But of course, not before he gave me this:

Nothing says I love you more than a donut!

When we arrived in Walnut Creek we were pretty hungry. We were able to avoid starving pains because he knew exactly what he wanted. Walnut Creek was the home of his favorite salad. EVER.

Cabo Chop Salad w/ Tri-tip from Buckhorn Grill in Walnut Creek. Inevitably, it became one of my favorite salads.

The next day we went back to Walnut Creek and ate at The Cheesecake Factory along with GuyGuy.

GuyGuy ordered the Chicken Castoletta,

I ordered the Luau Salad,

and The Gent ordered the Miso Salmon on brown rice. After lunch we were too full to order dessert. I know. Shameful!

Later that day we went to Berkley, CA (which I will share more about in my next post). But here’s what we ate in Berkley:

Yup! Hot dogs from Top Dog. Honestly, I’m not quite sure what kind of dogs we each got. What I do remember is the bread being perfect. We walked a long way to get here. It definitely hit the spot.