Bon Anniversaire

I still can't believe it's been 2 years (June 22, 2010.) Altogether, we've been together for eight years...jeejush. So what's new in the LEE-LEE household? Last September, David was hired full-time at a PDS office in Hemet. Since then, it seems like we've had very little time for traveling (like we used to.) Fortunately for us, we are going to Cabo San Lucas (returning to the RIU Resort) with our good friends in August. If you didn't know by now, we like to travel with company. It just makes trips that much more exciting!

Looking back on the past two years of our marriage, I am so grateful for a wonderful and loving husband, most of all best friend who embraces me for who I am. So happy anniversary to my one and only David!!! I LOVE YOU!!! (*Elena, this is the part where you gag...is this too much PDA for you???haha*)


Married on June 22, 2008.




Two years later...happy wife, happy life!

Reunited!!!

After what seemed to be eternity (3 months), we were finally reunited! Yahoooooo!!!! We welcomed our dear FOB friend Hyunah back from the motherland while Margie came back for her monthly visit from NorCal.

Some things never change.

To top it off, we celebrated Margie's 27th birthday (our makneh of the group). This would be the marvelous cake that Sarah drove all the way to West LA for!!! It was oh~so~delicious!!!!

Are you READY?!?!

It's finally here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

New York in less than 48 hours!!!

After a month or two of strategic planning with Danny, David and I managed to surprise Elena in NYC! What she thought was a weekend anniversary trip to the East Coast turned out to be just that...with an added bonus, of course...the company of friends to celebrate with them!

I could barely contain my excitement knowing that they were going to walk through the hotel doors any minute! In this photo, David and I were sitting on a bench in the middle of the hotel lobby. Elena had to do a double take and squint her eyes to realize that it was really us! We looked like crazies running towards each other across the hotel lobby as if we had been separated for ages. And of course, Danny got the jaw-dropping surprise on camera. High five Danny!

I'd say 95% of the trip was dedicated to our love for food. As most of you may already know, I live to EAT. Here are some of my faves.















Luckily, Elena and I kept track of our exciting adventure in the big city. I'm pretty sure we left nothing out.

Here it goes:

1. Katz Deli (Lower East Side)
2. Rockefeller Center
3. Dean & Deluca's
4. Empire State Building
5. Wolfgang's Steakhouse
6. Mad for Chicken (Murray Hill)
7. Time Squre!!! (Nuts, Toys R Us, falafel sandwich, and we saw David Blaine!!!)
8. Magnolia Bakery
9. Sarabeth's
10. Central Park
11. Bergdorf Goodman on 5th Ave.
12. Trump Tower (Mozzarella Bar)
13. Dylan's candy bar
14. Serendipity (Upper East Side)
15. Subway to Soho ---> Lombardi's
16. Shopping in Soho (Uniqlo & Topshop!)
17. Dean & Deluca in Soho
18. New Wonton Garden in Chinatown
19. Massage in Chinatown!
20. Greenwich Village
21. NYU & local pub to watch Charger's game!
22. Balthazar (Soho)
23. Another massage!!!
23. Boka (East Village)

Wow. Let me remind you this was all done on Saturday & Sunday!!!

Happy 7-year anniversary Danny & Elena! We love you guys!

Where I'd rather be....

Yes, I'll admit it. I'm a wimpy SoCal girl who doesn't tolerate cold weather. So what?!? With all the rain lately, all I can think of is....

...a much needed vacation!!!

Right NOW, I'd rather be swimming at the beach, laying out and getting may damn tan on! I'm so pale!

One day, we'll revisit this tropical paradise. Bora Bora.

Holiday baking!!!!

The holidays always inspire me to get into the seldom used kitchen and BAKE like no other.

11 cookie tins, 6 dozen oatmeal toffee cookies, 6 dozen mocha crinkles, and 4 loaves of banana bread.....no joke! The lucky recipients = our families. One tin per family (7 on my side, 4 on David's.)

Here are the mocha crinkles! A delicious combination of coffee & cocoa!

The oatmeal toffee cookies.

http://www.hersheys.com/recipes/recipes/detail.asp?id=6141

(subsitute with brown sugar & whole wheat flour)

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Banana-Banana-Bread/Detail.aspx

(Subsitute with wheat flour & brown sugar)

Thanks to Sarah for all the yummy recipes! The mocha crinkles came from this book....along with tons of other great cookie recipes!

HAPPY 2010!

Somewhere on my long list of resolutions, one of them is to spend LESS time on Facebook and MORE time blogging.