…Especially when it involves time with Will in San Francisco, family bonding and foooood!
I was born in SF and my heart belongs to this wonderful city. Whenever I’m able to spend some time in The City, it’s such a treat. On Friday, Will and I crossed the bridge for an adventure. We went into Japantown, explored, ate and shopped. We LOVE Daiso…everything is $1.50! We had lunch at Kushi Tsuro which was amazing and found frozen Takoyaki at Njinya Supermarket that we can’t wait to have for Lenten Friday this week. We also had a delicious snack at Belly Good Cafe & Crepes! Yummy boba and adorable crepe 🙂
Then we went into the Haight-Ashbury area to check out consignment shops. It’s our latest hobby! We’ve been able to find a lot of great things and Friday, I splurged a little on a matching vintage Gucci wallet and purse. I love ’em and it was actually Will who spotted it 🙂 We went to Cha Cha Cha for dinner, which is one of our favorite spots in SF. As always, SF never disappoints! 
My sisters came to visit us this weekend 🙂 I always love seeing the kids and spending time with family. Of course, with family time comes really good food. My sister Rose and I cooked Saturday dinner which consisted of pan-fried swai fillets and her specialty garlic noodles (just like Crustacean’s and Thanh Long’s in the City). We all watched Pitch Perfect and little Abby Rose slept in my bed with me! She’s so cute…can’t explain how much I love this little girl 🙂
(Abby Rose eating rice cereal for the first time!)
On Sunday we went to church, watched my niece’s basketball game, took the kiddies to the park and of course, ate more delicious food! My mom made her specialty kare-kare (a Filipino curry/stew type of dish made with a peanut butter sauce, oxtail and veggies) and ukoy (a fried patty made of bean sprouts, shrimp and tofu). I was so stuffed on Sunday! I was so sad to see my sisters and the kids go that night 😦 It’s so rare we all get to spend time together, I hope it won’t be too long ’til next time!
Today, in an attempt to burn off some of the delicious food I ate this weekend, I went for a run. Boy was I sluggish! Every bite I took these last four days slowed me down, lol. It didn’t help either that I hadn’t worked out since Wednesday night. I did finish a 5K, ran some errands and went to the gym to do some strength workouts and the exercises my PT wants me to do. I’ve gotta get back on track this week again! Going to take it up a notch for the last week of the month 🙂
dear abby 