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    • orange county

      Posted at 8:00 am by jasminedesirees, on February 2, 2018

      I mentioned here that we started a list of things we want to do now that we’re living in Southern California, so I thought I would share. I love to do anything outdoors, especially hiking or anything to do with the ocean, and there are also random activities and restaurants I’ve been wanting to try.

      I’m definitely still learning my way around here, so maybe some of these will get knocked off the list once I learn more about them, and I’m sure there are lots I’ll be adding as I learn about new things, so I’ll update this every once in awhile to see where we’ve been and what we thought, and any new additions.

      On that note, if you have any recommendations for things or places you love to visit, please leave them in the comments section!

      Activities
      Concert at the Hollywood Bowl
      Weekend trip to Catalina Island
      Scuba dive
      Rent this AirBnB Airstream in Malibu
      Run and Yoga at Santa Monica Pier
      Surf lessons
      Stay overnight at the Beverly Hills Hotel
      Movie on the rooftop of the Montalban Theater
      Camp at Joshua Tree National Park
      Rose Bowl Flea Market
      Weekend away in Palm Springs
      Rent paddleboards in Long Beach
      Go to a Speakeasy
      Skating at Hotel del Coronado in San Diego
      Griffith Park Observatory
      Visit the Flower Market

      Restaurants
      EggSlut (I’ve been here a couple of times, in Vegas and Venice, but it’s so good I’m going to leave it on here.)
      Salt and Straw
      Petit Trois
      Pizzeria Mozza
      Gjelina
      Malibu Farm
      The Bungalow
      Ivy at the Shore
      Grand Central Market
      Creme and Sugar
      Anaheim Packing House
      Spire 73

      Hikes
      Devil’s Punchbowl
      Mt. Baldy
      Sturtevant Falls
      Escondido Falls
      Bridge to Nowhere
      Rose Valley Falls
      Top of the World
      Solstice Canyon
      Del Cerro Park
      Shipwreck Hike  (we actually did this last weekend, post coming soon!)

      Posted in California, life, Los Angeles, travel, USA | 0 Comments | Tagged hiking, Los Angeles, orange county, restaurants, southern california, things to do, travel
    • asia sf

      Posted at 8:04 pm by jasminedesirees, on April 10, 2014

      I’ve been wanting to go to Asia SF for ages, it’s basically a San Francisco rite of passage and I knew it would be a really fun night out, I just needed the right person to go with.

      Asia Sf is a bar and restaurant where all the waiters are in drag, and they do cabaret/burlesque style shows on the bar as you eat.

      I took my sister when she was in town last week, and we had a blast.The show was great, everyone was there to have a good time, and the waiters looked amazing, one of them had the best legs I’ve seen on anyone, period.

      The food was delicious as well, which was a pleasant surprise, and their lemon drops were divine.

      I would definitely go back there with anyone visiting the city, as they say at Asia SF, “welcome to San Francisco, where the women are strong, and the men are beautiful”.

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      Posted in California, exploring, San Francisco, USA | 1 Comment | Tagged Asia SF, burlesque, drag, drag queens, exploring, restaurants, San Francisco
    • south

      Posted at 10:38 pm by jasminedesirees, on January 16, 2014

      Happy long weekend!

      We are driving down to L.A. tonight, leaving right after work. I’d much rather drive down at night, it’s just 6 hours of singing and sleeping and then I wake up and we are there (sorry Derek).

      We don’t have a lot of plans, we’re going to tour a few universities tomorrow, but other than that we’re just going to creep around and explore, and try to decide if it’s somewhere we’d want to live.

      Other tentative plans include:

      A visit to the Santa Monica pier (and the Brandy Melville store right beside it)
      Breakfast at Toast Bakery
      A hike at Runyon Canyon
      Dessert at Bottega Louie
      The beach
      Visiting with Derek’s family

      And we found a really neat place to stay on AirBnB, it used to be a Catholic rectory so it has really neat architecture and stained glass windows, and a huge garden. And also a claw footed tub. I may never leave.

      I’m prettttttty excited to get going, is it 5 o’clock yet?

      Posted in beach, California, Los Angeles, travel, USA | 0 Comments | Tagged Bottega Louie, Los Angeles, restaurants, Santa Monica Pier
    • eat all the things.

      Posted at 9:07 pm by jasminedesirees, on August 22, 2013

      I have a friend coming in to town over Labour Day weekend from L.A., and she was wondering about the best places to eat in San Francisco for a truly delicious, unique experience. I asked my food-loving co-workers for suggestions, and I got a lot of feedback. It turned into a pretty impressive list, so I decided to share it.

      I’ve been to the first few, and really enjoyed them, and I’m pretty excited to start eating my way through the rest of the list.

      Tacolicious– The tacos here are really delicious, they have a bunch of different kinds, and they have really interesting margarita flavours to try as well.

      Spruce– This place is a little more expensive but it’s really funny because if you go in here, every.single. person. is eating a burger. Their burgers are amazing, their fries taste like potato chips, and they gave us a free giant cookie when we came in for being first time visitors, but I was already so full from eating everything else that I was like “I’ll never be able to eat this cookie, I’ll have to save it for tomorrow”. And then I ate the whole thing before we even made it home.

      Cafe Delucchi– In North Beach, the “Italian” part of the city, I went for dinner here a few weeks ago with my Italian girlfriend and it was so friggin good. Then we went across the street for hot chocolate and cannoli’s, it was one of the best meals I’ve had in a long time.

      Tartine– I’ve never been here but I’ve had food from here. It’s pretty much an SF institution, and their flourless chocolate cake might be the best thing I’ve ever eaten.

      Flour and Water– Pizza and pasta, came very highly recommended

      Thanh Long– Vietnamese fusion cuisine

      Burma Superstar- Apparently a very unique experience.

      Yank Sing– Deem Sum

      State Bird Provisions– This place has a constantly evolving menu, and is apparently a cliche, but classic San Francisco suggestion

      Golden Boy– People are pretty crazy about this pizza place.

      Frances– A bit expensive but really good food-

      AQ– Uses seasonal ingredients to make brand new

      Mission Chinese– Life changingly good Chinese.

      Swan Oyster Depot– A place to get very fresh seafood. I’ll be taking my sister and brother-in-law here for sure.

      Foreign Cinema– I’ve heard the food here is amazing, and the really cute thing is that they show movies on the wall of the court yard.

      AsiaSF:  It’s a bar and restaurant but the servers are really beautiful drag queens. It’s apparently a must do for visitors to the city, I might take my sister there when she comes in to town tomorrow.

      The Latin American Club: If you like margaritas as much as I do, and I’m not sure that it’s possible to, you should check this place out.

      And the final suggestion I was given: get a bacon wrapped hot dog in the mission. We used to go to Mazatlan all the time to see my Grandpa, and the bacon wrapped hot dogs they sell on the street at 2 a.m. are a thing of beauty, so we’ll see. Big shoes to fill, and what not.

      I’d love to get more suggestions, so if you have any for me, please leave them in the comments. 🙂

      Posted in food, San Francisco | 0 Comments | Tagged food, foodie, restaurants, San Francisco, Spruce, State Bird Provisions, Tacolicious, tartine
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