This is my public kiosk board where you can check to see if I replied to your im's or e-mails. From time to time I post my thoughts which makes no sense to anyone but me.
BCook and CocoGleam: just trying to make you two homesick by reminding you two what happens in late spring/summer in Pasaden – people having picnics at Levitt Pavilion for one of the Summer Music Festival concerts. http://www.levittpavilionpasadena.org/
First song that was on my loop in my head is current song by Fitz & The Tantrums, “6 AM”(they’ll be at the Wiltern Theatre in l.a., it wasn’t that long ago I saw this group for free and whereve they played it was packed!!)
RayM(or RM): nice to know that you like reading my e-kiosk board. This bon odori/ondo practice picture, the next one and previous three was taken last week Tuesday. Learn ondo and go to an obon festival. http://www.japanese-city.com/calendar/events/index.php?eID=30188
Matt2: I’m still online. About your huge Father’s Day get-together…make French toast or better yet eat a French toast like this at Wilshre Restaurant – if y’all don’t mind the wait while waiting for a table.
On Aloha Friday/First Friday I ondo dance(or do I just say ondo?) with these two lovely ladies at Valley Japanese Community Center in Sun Valley. The three of us are practicing our moves for Sun Valley’s Obon Festival in two weeks.
CW and TT: good to see you. Looking forward to seeing you next week Tuesday!
Good for Caribou Coffee for having a Mother’s Day special. Where my Dad and I went to buy lunch and dinner for my Mom(obviously his very dear Wife) there was no specials, but they still honored senior citizen discount and/or my KCRW membership. Never thought that my KCRW membership would come in handy two days ago.
from caribou coffee on 05/10 – Happy Mother’s Day from Caribou! Buy one drink, get one on us today, May 12.
Simply print or show this to your barista on a mobile phone to redeem.
(Just wondering…quite a few negative comments on Caribou Coffee on almost every post on their FB page. Why so much and how good or bad are they? Just curious. O.o )
Marisa Pl: Was your weekend wild and fun like this picture? If not I hope you had a nice weekend and no Manic Monday. My weekend was a 4.5/10. Today a 6. (mom/grandma+dad/grandpa – their emotions is on a roller coaster especially d/g)
from The Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival FB pg: Crash Anderson’s birthday party TONIGHT just like this girl, Helen Kim did several years ago!! You don’t have to know him, you just have to want to sing!
10:30pm-1:30am at Palm Tree L.A, 3240 Wilshire Blvd Ste 401, Los Angeles
Friends and followers: nothing to do tomorrow night let’s watch volleyball at UCLA’s New Pauley Pavilion. Match is at 6 PM and let’s cheer for UC Irvine Anteaters! Beat BYU and go UCI!
UC Irvine’s Scott Kevorken (11) and Zack La Cavera (17) defend against a shot by by Loyola Chicago’s Thomas Jaeschke in the third set of the Anteaters’ sweep of the Ramblers, 26-24, 25-18, 29-27. (Reed Saxon / Associated Press / May 2, 2013)
DanaB and Sweet Breeze: taking up on your suggestion about sharing recipes so here’s one from Christina Cooks(she’s on PBS and Create TV) and I hope you like menu(see the following two recipe posts)
I love chopped salads. They have lots of variety…you can add any veggies you like and the dressing is so yummy with miso, rice syrup and mustard that you’ll grow to love your veggies.
Ingredients
1 cup cherry tomatoes, halved
1 cup diced cucumber, do not peel or seed
1/2 cup shredded butternut squash or carrot
1 cup diagonally sliced snow peas
3-4 fresh scallions, thinly sliced on the diagonal
Several leaves butter or red lettuce
Ginger Miso Dressing:
2 tablespoons brown rice vinegar
2 tablespoons sweet white miso
1 tablespoon chia seeds
1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
1 teaspoon Suzanne’s Specialties Maple Rice Nectar
1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
Spring or filtered water
Directions
Combine salad ingredients, except lettuce in a mixing bowl. Whisk together dressing ingredients, slowly adding water to make a smooth dressing, but do not thin too much or it will not stick to the veggies. Toss salad and dressing together to coat. Arrange lettuce leaves on a platter and mound salad on top.
Makes about 5 servings. http://christinacooks.com/best-vegan-recipe/chopped-salad-with-ginger-miso-dressing
spiker2: just tweeted my reaction to byu defeating penn st in 3 sets, i think that the match is gonna very loud with extra byu and uci fans, meet up with me this saturday at ucla, 5 pm, match is at 6 pm
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