Asian Pacific Film Festival

Those who know me know that I can easily pull an all nighter watching videos from my favorite YouTubers.  Thus, I couldn't pass up the opportunity to see one of my favorites, Wong Fu Productions at the Asian Pacific Film Festival this weekend and was lucky to be accompanied by a good friend who shared the same excitement, YouTube gossip, and squeals as I did!

Wong Fu Productions, KevJumba, Mystery Guitar Man

Wong Fu Productions!

Q&A with the whole gang

Washington, DC

I've been to Washington, DC a couple times, but have never really explored the city.  This time, I was determined to do so.  The Washington Monument, White House, State Capital, Lincoln Memorial and WWII Memorial were several historical establishments we were able to visit during our self proclaimed bike tour.  The weather was graciously sunny throughout and ended with an intense thunderstorm at the end of the weekend.

Home cooked oven roasted herb chicken

Exploring the city on bike

Beautiful tulip garden

@ the Newseum - a piece of the Berlin Wall

Blessed Because

New restaurants with friends - Barking Frog

Amazing concerts

One with nature - Runyon Canyon

Watching this adorable girl perform a song I taught her at her talent show

Good friends...

Two hikes...

Two movies...

Delicious foods...

AWESOME weekend

Trulyblessed!

Happy Things

Watching children interact with each other

Sauteed prawns and shoestring frites and cranberry chicken salad at Purple Cafe

Cherry blossoms

A long run around the neighborhood

Junk food and chick flicks with girlfriends

My baby girl

Pumpkin Fried Rice

After visiting the Seattle based Japanese restaurant Ginza and ordering their delicious pumpkin fried rice, I had to try to make it on my own!  Given that this was my first time cooking any type of squash/pumpkin, it took me quite a while to get it to my liking, not to mention I was also sweating like a pig hanging around the oven and stovetop for so long!  But in the end, I truly surprised myself as it turned out quite yummy!

Prepping the pumpkin/squash for roasting in the oven (I don't have a wok big enough to steam it.)

Prepping the fried rice ingredients while waiting for the pumpkin/squash to cook

Fried rice is ready!  It took a super long time for the pumpkin to soften in the pan, so I'd recommend throwing it in with the pumpkin to cook!

Dinner is served!

"How do you do?" (hat on, lol)

As Michelle Tanner used to say "Yummy in the tummy!"