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THIS LITTLE PIGGY

This is just too cute, just look at the little piggy baos! They are a sweet treat from Steamy Piggy in San Diego. They are rice buns with a custard center orignated from Southern China literally called yellow milk baos. These baos are also a staple of Dim Sum, one of a few desserts the Chinese serves. But the ones you see at Dim Sum restaurants are usually just white, round, little buns like these, not adorable little piggies! When I saw the pictures of the pigs on Yelp, I had to go there for them. We stopped there for dinner after our day at Balboa Park ended. It's too bad that the food at Steamy Piggy was actually not very good. The piggy baos themselves weren't the best tasting either (yes, despite their adorableness, I ate them). So sadly, we will not liekly be dining there again. However, the piggies are worth documenting on my blog, aren't they ADORABLE?!!?!? Buzz took the first picture with the iphone XR which is even better than my iphone 11...sigh. Enjoy the piggies!

Posted on July 22, 2022

BALBOA PARK

I am always in awe each year as we get close to the 4th of July that I don't have a panting, drooling, frightened dog pawing at me all day and night long. Having Toby for 14 years, New Year's and 4th of July have always been tough. He was so afraid of fireworks. But thankfully, Kepler could not care less about fireworks! He snores through the loudest bangs that would even make me jump. Even after three years, I'm still in awe that Kepler isn't afraid of fireworks!

This 4th of July, we decided to head down to San Juan Capistrano and spend two nights at Mr. BAW's aunt's house. Because she's half way between us and San Diego, we used her house as a base for going down to San Diego. She was always welcoming and she even graciously watched the kids (even made them dinner) and gave us a date night! Sadly, the resturant we went to was not worth mentioning. In addition, Dana Point is at the heart of Orange County (aka OC) and it is a VERY, VERY wealthy and conservative community. During dinner, I experienced some discrimination (mainly in the form of being treated rudely by some people) which added to the bad dinner experience. But before dinner, Mr. BAW and I did walk around Dana Point and got to see some pretty spectacular views. There were these beautiful elephants around town and in front of the art gallery that painted them. Enjoy the pictures below.

Then the next day, we all went down to San Diego, which is only an hour from her house, and enjoyed a full day of dining and browsing Balboa Park It's been years since we've gone to Balboa Park, but I've always enjoyed it. The kids barely remembered going, even though we've taken them many times before. This time, they got to thorough enjoy the park. We took them to the Model Train Museum and all had a great time. Some museums are paid (like the Model Train Museum) and some are free at Balboa Park. There was a free art museum we browsed and a place where Ahgoo got to make her own hat out of brown paper.

Lastly, I do want to tell you about the restaurant we went to in San Diego that had amazing pastas and dessert. We thoroughly enjoyed Cesarina They make their own fresh pastas and have a variety of choices. The pasta was perfectly cooked, even the kids loved it. My favorite though, was the Tiramusu. They actually pour the espresso over ladyfingers at your table and then layer on the mascarpone. Sadly, I was too mesmerized by the dessert assembly process to take any dessert pictures. Reservations is a must, I couldn't get dinner reservations that Sunday so we went there for lunch instead. Enjoy the rest of my pictures from Balboa Park!

Posted on July 15, 2022

PYRAMID LAKE

This year's Father's Day, Mr. BAW requested to go camping with a few friends at Pyramid Lake. We've always driven by Pyramid Lake on our way somewhere else. So we packed up the kids and the dog and headed for an overnight stay at the Pyramid Lake campsite. The only downside was that the campsite was not actually by the lake, it's about a quarter of a mile north of the lake. But we drove to the lake and spent the afternoon there, which wasn't a bad thing.

The campsite itself was actually not great. It was surrounded by hills on three sides, making the campsite a bit of a wind tunnel. Our tents were pretty pushed down most of the night! In fact, two of our poles snapped! Thankfully, we were ok inside the tent. I actually was able to sleep pretty well dispite the constant wind. Kepler slept in the car because he's a terrible tent sleeper. He would constantly walk around inside the tent throught the night to give each person kisses, waking up everyone. Besides the constant wind, our campsite was also right next to a red ant nest!!!!!!!!! I HATE red ants, one bit me and it was like toxin was injected into my foot, it was extremely painful for like six hours! But I plowed through, Ahgoo and I built a barrier out of rocks to prevent the ants from wandering over to our tent. Mr. BAW, of course, went major fancy with dinner. He grilled an amazing steak with mushrooms and beans. He even made a camping brownie which was a big hit with everyone.

The highlight of the trip was swimming in Pyramid Lake. There were nice cabanas that I got to hung out at. The kids went right into the lake, eventhough it was cold. Kepler also immediately jumped in to rescue his beloved ball! There were not that many people in the area we hiked down to. There were only a few people on jet skies and boats but the lake is pretty big so we were not worried about Kepler running to other people. Overall, we had a nice time at the lake and Mr. BAW got his Father's Day wish to go camping. The best part of it all is that I was not bitten by any red ants!

Posted on July 1, 2022

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