Saturday, January 27, 2007

Monday, January 22, 2007

Gardens Rock





at UES - laboratory elementary school at UCLA

Saturday, January 20, 2007

Friday, January 19, 2007

Inspired



What I do when I have Fridays to myself.

Wednesday, January 17, 2007

Daikokuya




Ramen with Elise and Jeannie after a day of playing drums at Inner City Arts.

Monday, January 15, 2007

Grandma



Friday, January 12, 2007

you silly fish head



That's half a fish head. Fish monger? Catfish? We waited a long time for this dish - the most popular one at Hunan Restaurant.

Hunan cuisine is smothered in oil. Why? I didn't think to ask Chin Chuan that night, but my aunt knew why.

She said that a long time ago, men in China attended schools far from their hometowns. The women in Hunan would have to travel long distances to bring food to their husbands. In the winter, pouring a generous layer of scalding hot oil over a dish (soups, noodles, etc.) would keep the food from going cold. With all that oil, did the men ever make it home to their wives?

Our food was very, very hot. Not for the faint of heart.

Thursday, January 11, 2007

Sunday, January 7, 2007

Saturday, January 6, 2007

Mom



mom,
posing in the afternoon

slava's snowshow
introduced her to royce hall

she bought his music
he's a clown you know, you must

we devoured monkey bread
from B&L's on 3rd St
like we always do

on the drive home with mom
with me,
behind the wheel this time