I believe earlier this year I had a star sighting of Debra Messing in NYC. It was definitely a pleasant surprise. But given it happened in NYC, the probability of seeing someone famous would be much higher than many other cities.
But yesterday afternoon, while Mike and I were doing errands at our local strip mall. We saw someone whom we are hugh fans of. Our very own Michael Buble. Out of all places, he showed up at our neighborhood plaza. Let's just say we were star struck. The only regret was that we didn't have a pen nor our digi-cam with us. Otherwise we would have a visual for this post.
Where did we find the recipe?
Thanks to dad who gave me the recipe over the phone
What's in it?
Pork chops and onion
After tasting?
Great dish with rice! Let's just say it was sooo good that we ate all those within two meals. 
Where did we find the recipe?
Thanks to mom who found the web site with this recipe. (For those who don't know Chinese, msg me and I'll translate)
What's in it?
Minced Dace flesh (that is ground fish meat where you can buy in most Chinese grocery store in the fish section) & green peppers
After tasting?
Delicious! Taste like the ones in restaurants. Not too much fishy taste from the stuffing, which is exactly how we like it. This conclude another success!
It was the Pride parade this past Sunday in Vancouver. Mike and I didn't exactly planned to attend the event, but we thought it would be nice to go blading again by the seawall. Since the Pride festivities take place on English Bay after the parade, we were welcome by a large happy flamboyant crowd during out blade through to Stanley park. There were various concession booths and a big stage with many singing performances. We hung around for a bit. Took some pictures, listened to some live music and snooped out to see what's at the booths. Then set off on our blading trek.
Today is Mike's birthday. After all the eating, drinking and cooking in class last night, we decided to take it easy on the actual big day. So we bought and made our version of Roscoe's chicken and waffles for brunch. Roscoe is one of Mike's favorite place to eat in LA. 
To work off all the grease, we went blading by the Seawall. It was fantastical! As we haven't blade in ages, we were so afraid we forgot how to. But I guess it's like riding a bike. Once you learned it, you will always know it. After blading, we wanted to enjoy every last bit of the sun for the day. So we drove down to the Spanish Bank and just chill on the beach. But we didn't end up staying long b/c it got kind of chilly and windy.
Since it has been a long eventful day, we spent the rest of the night relaxing in front of the TV. While we were watching Saturday Night Live, I realized the most important part of Mike's B-day is missing. His birthday cake! So i quickly went into the kitchen and tried to make something similar to a cake, where he can blow his candles and make his wish on. (FYI: i did thought of buying a real birthday cake a day ago, but it's only the 2 of us, plus i don't want to force ourselves to finish a cake by ourselves) Then I remembered the waffles we had this morning. Viola! I made him a Milo vanilla ice-cream sandwich. It was a delicious sent off for his BIG day.
For Mike's birthday this year, we thought we would celebrate it by going somewhere or trying something new together. So after much searching and consulting, I found this casual participation cooking class offered by Cook Shop. The class sounds quite interesting on their web site. So i signed us up and there we went. It is a 3 hours class with 18 people plus the chef. The chef that night was Romy Prasad whom is the executive chef at Savory Coast Restaurant. It was a 5 course menu. We really enjoyed the atmosphere and the food, and also found the class very informative. Through interaction, the chef shared a number of his cooking techniques with us. Mike definitely had a good time. Then again, he's not a hard person to satisfy. All he needs are great food, a little wine and good company (that's moi). =D
The weather has been really great the whole week, so Mike and I decided to get ourselves a nice summer tan. So we have been to the beach a handful of time for numerous hours in total. But every time we compare ourselves with others in yoga class, we still seem to be the palest ones there. Either we are REALLY pale to begin with, or our skins just doesn't absorb sunlight.
