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City travel- Portland, Oregon three-day trip plan

why a weekend getaway in Portland is a good idea! Hi friends, How’s your 2019 so far? Time really flies, It is already March. can you believe it? 2019 to me is quite an adventure, many trips planning forward, with gratitude of the lessons we learn from last year and full enthusiasm in my heart.…

City Travel – Easy, easy, the Big Easy New Orleans

By: Gabrielle Arciniegas December 9, 2018December 11, 2018

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The city has two faces “America has only three cities: New York, San Francisco, and New Orleans. Everywhere else is Cleveland.”- Tennessee Williams Today we are going to share with you a short city trip in New Orleans. To visit one of the oldest cities in America, 300 years of history (Older than the independence of…

Visit Colombia Part one- Trace yellow butterflies flying in Bogota

the southern beauty beyond belief I still can’t believe I was there. First of all, I never think of one day I would go there, to a far east Asian girl Colombia is a place in books and TLC shows, I never thought I would have a chance to visit until I met my love…

A soul for a soul cake- Halloween traditional food

Trick or treat! Happy Halloween, Mister. Today we are gonna talk about a little bit history of Halloween, as this is the most fun day in autumn, full of spooky decoration, and monsters or superheroes show up around in town. It’s really unique from any other holidays. But in the other hand, I also find…

Pumpkin power up

wellness for our furry friends So it’s officially pumpkin season, and we can see them everywhere. I like pumpkin but my love is just ok with it, therefore, didn’t cook too much pumpkin for him, but I cook pumpkin every week… wait… for whom? hehe, the answer is for our little fur friend- E4 the…

Red is for tomato soup

By: Gabrielle Arciniegas October 16, 2018October 16, 2018

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Food history of America project two Hi friends, I would like to share two good finds recently, one is called America cookbook, the other is 1896 Boston cooking school cookbook. These two bring me so much joy, especially the America cookbook, talking about history going back to 300 years. Many women dedicated themselves so much…

Never end summer calls for lemon ice cream (no machine)

When life gives you lemons, make it into… lemon ice cream Food history of America project one Is summer coming back again? Recently the weather in San Diego is like summer in daytime but fall in the night time. to be frank, I love the weather of SoCal, it’s always so pleasant, however, the heat…

Fall for it – Chinese divine Mooncake

When loving you to the moon and back, it happens in the kitchen too. My dear friends, I am so so so happy to share with you today’s recipe. It is a honor to show you one of the sweetest festival of China, which I share the culture with in my hometown- Taiwan, at this…

Bean soup is the new black! Memento of Merida

Find the culture intimacy from the soup Hello, my friends, I had made a promise that I would share some inspiration recipe from Mexico. It’s been a while, why took me so long?:P Well….the truth is… the black bean soup is SO delicious which we always finished it before we can take a picture! Am…

The most delicious triangles in the world

-make yourself the yum Chinese rice dumplings (you can think of them as “Chinese tamales”) Hello friends, I would like to introduce to you one of my favorite festival foods- Chinese rice dumplings. This is always on my comfort food list, although usually, they are not common foods that restaurants will sell daily since it…

Travel in Prague part two- city walk, museums and Český Krumlov

Prague is fairly budge-friendly city to travel in Europe. see our tip itinerary and tips right now!

Travel in Prague Part one – Back to gothic times for a treasure hunt

Feeling art in every detail Last year we finally had a chance to go travel abroad together in Europe which was always a dream, so much history, so much art we had been craving to see for so long, we had no doubt when the time came to buy the tickets and just go! Our…

What is it about “authentic”?

By: Gabrielle Arciniegas March 24, 2018July 5, 2018

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My dear friends, Do you feel the spring is coming? When we went on the street we found some flowers blooming! how lovely spring is! btw, have you watched a show on Netflix called ugly delicious? It’s a really nice show talking about different foods and the historic backgrounds behind them. We enjoy it so…