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spiders. I am deathly afraid of cockroaches (but don't get me wrong, I'm scared of big hairy spiders too). In saying that, I’d rather have a spider on my face, than a
cockroach anywhere near me.<br>
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So you’re probably wondering what the cockroach dance is. It
basically consists of hopping around on your tip-toes, alternating from one
foot to the other, while trying not to touch the ground at all so that
cockroaches can not run over your feet.<br>
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And this was my first experience of Singapore. In my head, this
was my rationalization of Singapore thus far:<br>
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</xml><![endif]-->I felt the heat creep up on me slowly as I walked off the airplane. Even inside the airport terminal, I could feel the oppressiveness of it. The closer I got to the exit, the more the heat engulfed me and the more my reality set in. And then the sliding doors opened and here I was, in the middle of hundreds of people, and a suffocating heat that made every pore in my body scream. Hello, Bangkok.<br>
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heading to Singapore, so after checking into the hotel, we hit the streets to
find our first meal. A restaurant wouldn’t do. We were hungry for more than
that; a cart by the side of the road, filled with mysterious delicacies only
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So here's to wherever the wind blows me. <br />
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~CCathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08000915953613493561noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2375262031548233924.post-54771026482991186012012-02-22T09:00:00.000-08:002012-02-22T09:00:04.149-08:00Photos: Cherry BlossomsI went to Japantown over the long weekend to pick up some Japanese treats that I have been without for a few months now. Little did I know that I'd find myself smack-dab in the middle of an anime convention! It was really fun to see everyone dressed up in their funky costumes, walking around eating ice cream and having a good time.
On my way home, I ran into these gorgeous cherry blossoms in full bloom! I love how pretty cherry blossoms are and how they can instantly make a boring old street look beautiful.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Building in Chinatown, San Francisco</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A sunny day at the Trump Hotel, Las Vegas</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pier on the Embarcadero at night, San Francisco</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ships in the bay, San Francisco</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hidden nature in the city, San Francisco</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wall art, Los Angeles</td></tr>
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<br />Cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08000915953613493561noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2375262031548233924.post-40492688433190083872012-02-19T21:14:00.000-08:002012-02-19T21:14:30.171-08:00Vintage Photos: My Family<div style="text-align: left;">
My mom sent me some vintage photos of my family the other day, and I can't stop thinking about them. I feel like I'm looking into a time-machine, and I love it. I wish I could have been a part of those pictures. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My grandma in the 60s, very pregnant with my uncle.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My great-grandma on Christmas Eve in the 60s</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My dad in his first kung-fu film in the 50s</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My great-grandma and my grandma dressed up for a night out.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My grandma and (biological) grandpa on their wedding night.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My grandma on the beach in the 50s.</td></tr>
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<br />Cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08000915953613493561noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2375262031548233924.post-61845767967595785822011-12-06T16:45:00.000-08:002011-12-06T21:56:09.081-08:00Remembering: ThanksgivingI wasn't planning on posting anything about Thanksgiving because my celebrations tend to look pretty much the same each year. It normally involves my whole family in LA, a huge turkey and lots of friends. But this year was different. Looking back at the photos of this year's dinner, I realized how special it was to be able to spend the one-on-one time with my aunt.<br />
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Typically, I would be fighting the crowds at Oakland Airport on my way home to LA. This year though, I happily opted to stay in the Bay and celebrate with my aunt who lives up here. Neither of us are big turkey fans, so we decided to go the non-traditional route and had a Thanksgiving melting pot of different foods. We spent the whole day together just hanging out, watching movies, eating and chatting. I loved it!<br />
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I think as long as you're with people who you love and who love you in return, then it doesn't really matter where you are or what you're eating.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Breakfast of champs: champagne, cheese and crackers</td></tr>
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<br />Cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08000915953613493561noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2375262031548233924.post-5979334231222181662011-11-25T15:11:00.001-08:002011-11-27T16:14:55.200-08:00Harvest Hell {Guest Post}I've always wanted to do a series of guest posts written by friends and family, but I just haven't gotten around to bugging enough people to write something for me. Luckily for me, someone actually wrote something for me without too much pestering on my end!<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"> </span><br>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Below is a post written by my good friend Dustin who recently spent a few months harvesting wine in Oregon.</span><br>
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are all familiar with the idiom “this is when we separate the men from
the boys”. Well, the harvest season in any wine producing region across
the world is truly an example of the men proving that they are men, and the boys falling to pieces. </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"> </span><br>
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That's okay, he's like the dealer to my food porn addiction and I'm still planning to hussy up every buck I have to make sure the supply never runs dry.<br>
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Alright, in reality, I like the way he thinks and expresses himself. Sometimes crude, sometimes harsh, almost always sarcastic, but frank and to the point. I appreciate honestly without all the BS. I like the fact that he can sit at a bar in Boston and take shots of whiskey with the locals, and the next week sit down to a typical, yet basic family meal in Vietnam, and have a good time either way. I like that when he's eating, he can get along with everyone (have you seen the Ted Nugent episode?) Yes, he's rough around the edges, but no one is perfect.<br>
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Last weekend's trip to Marin by ferry to go get a pumpkin! </div>
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(PS. Just noticed how ugly this post looks on Safari! Check it on using Firefox instead!)Cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08000915953613493561noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2375262031548233924.post-69799224416003642222011-10-28T02:15:00.000-07:002011-11-01T15:36:17.967-07:00Tales From A Cafe: Nightmare"He looked through me like I was thin air. I'm so stupid. He didn't even remember me and that night wasn't even a month ago..." Her mind kept wandering back to the last hour before she had left the restaurant. The bus ride seemed like an eternity, and she still had a few blocks to walk before reaching her apartment. The signal was red; she waited to cross the street. The light above her flickered on and off, and finally shut off leaving her standing in the dark.<br>
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Startled, she shook off the cold, pale hand and ran across the street. Once on the other side, she turned to look back, but the girl was gone.<br>
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"This town is creepy," she thought to herself as she hurried home. She felt a sudden gust of wind and sensed that someone was following her.<br>
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She glanced over her shoulder and saw the girl following a few paces behind her on the opposite site of the street, head bowed.<br>
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The <i>thump thump thump </i>of his heart only loudened as he grew suspicious of their words. "What are they talking about? Did I just hear my name? Why are they talking about me?" Thought after thought rushed through his mind even though he knew that the probability of him being the subject of their conversation was close to zero. After all, he had only seen them from a distance getting into the elevator before the doors closed tightly shut.<br />
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He glanced through the peephole of his front door again. Nothing. "They must be around the corner," he muttered to Sophie, his white and orange tabby cat who brushed up against his legs.<br />
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The first thing I was told after having been welcomed into the flagship San Francisco spot was that <a href="http://umamiburger.com/">Umami Burger</a> proudly grounds their own meat every day, processes their own cheese, pickles their own vegetables, and that the word <i>umami </i>means savory. You should expect all of their burgers to be rich in flavor, juicy, and cooked medium-rare.<br>
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I first read about Umami Burger on one of my favorite blogs, <a href="http://cupcakesandcashmere.com/umami-burger/">Cupcakes and Cashmere</a>, and haven't stopped hearing about it since (my LA-based friends can't help but gush over their obsession with it). So naturally, when a co-worker casually mentioned that he had just had lunch at the new restaurant, I -literally - ran over to check it out. I wasn't the only one who was excited to be there - a reporter from the SF Chronicle was there interviewing the staff and taking photos.<br>
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Luckily, I had just missed the lunch rush, and was able to sit down at the bar immediately. I asked the bartender what the most popular burger was and he suggested either the Umami Burger or the Hatch Burger. I chose the Umami Burger since, hey, it's Umami Burger, with a Japanese Caprese Salad to start.<br>
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This city will always have a special place in my heart. I lived there for a year while I was in college, and loved every minute of it. It's in Europe, and has played a significant role in the history of cinema due to one of it's countrymen.<br />
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Thanks again to <a href="http://www.budgettraveladventures.com/">Jeremy at Budget Travel Adventures</a> for this weekly segment.<br />
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~CCathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08000915953613493561noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2375262031548233924.post-88342126903216405812011-10-10T16:29:00.000-07:002011-10-11T00:48:39.337-07:00Tales From A Cafe: Rainy DaysI started writing with the intention of writing yet another cover letter. But I got distracted and wrote this instead.<br>
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Despite the rain, tourists kept coming in. Something about the cable cars on a rainy day seemed to catch their attention. Whatever it was that got them out in the rain, she wanted no part of it. She was content wrapped in her oversized wool sweater, sipping on her hot mocha, and had no desire to walk the block and a half back home to use the Internet. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Let's start off with an easy one. But as they get harder, I'll post more hints and maybe even tweet a few throughout the day.<br />
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Here goes...<br />
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Hint: I live in this city. This is one of the bridges that connects to it. What bridge am I on?<br />
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Inspired by <a href="http://www.budgettraveladventures.com/community/where-in-the-world-am-i-17/">Jeremy at Budget Travel Adventures</a>.<br />
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Update: Good guesses, guys! Yep, that's the Bay Bridge in San Francisco. Thanks for playing :)Cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08000915953613493561noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2375262031548233924.post-2887309169225237502011-10-04T00:55:00.000-07:002011-10-11T00:43:46.384-07:00SFO -> PDX<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;">
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<span style="font-size: small;">Portland was not somewhere I had envisioned myself visiting. It had never registered on my internal map of places to see, I had no reason to go to Portland, and I couldn’t imagine what I would do once I got there. But recently, I had a spontaneous choice to make: go to Portland for the weekend or not. I thought about it and figured, “When the hell else am I going to have the chance to go to Portland…why not?” So I booked a flight and landed in Portland a few days later.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Having done a quick Google search (and rewatched half an episode of <a href="http://www.travelchannel.com/TV_Shows/Anthony_Bourdain">No Reservations</a> in Portland), I realized Portland is a foodie’s paradise. So, being a big fan of food myself, I decided this was going to be a weekend long search for anything delicious…and boy, was I right. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The first thing I noticed when I arrived in Portland was that everyone had tattoos. Tattoo parlors were aplenty, and I saw more than one freshly inked arm in my short time there. The atmosphere was definitely not what I'm used to: totally down-to-earth in a I-wear-tshirts-and-jeans-listen-to-rock-music-and-dye-my-hair-funky-colors kind of way. But despite the tough-guy appearances, no one was rude or pretentious, everyone wanted to share with us their favorite places to eat and everyone was genuinely friendly.</span></div>
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<li><span data-jsid="text">Argentina- South America</span><span data-jsid="text"> </span></li>
<li><span data-jsid="text">South Africa </span><span data-jsid="text"> </span></li>
<li><span data-jsid="text">India - South East Asia</span><span data-jsid="text"> </span></li>
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</ol><span data-jsid="text">As I thought of the question again, I realized that I would get 5 stops on an airplane, but that doesn't mean I have to arrive and depart from the same city or even country that I landed in. </span><br />
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<span data-jsid="text">For example, I could use the first leg of my journey to stop in Vietnam, and then travel by land to Cambodia, Laos and Thailand. The second leg would leave from Thailand and land in India - where I could either stay in the south and explore Sri Lanka, or go to the north and check out Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh. From there, I could fly to South Africa and explore as much of Africa as I could. The fourth leg of the trip, I'd leave from Africa to Argentina, where I could travel over to Brazil or Chile. After that, I would fly up to Cuba, or Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras and Guatemala.</span><br />
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<span data-jsid="text">Where would <i>you </i>go if you got a 5-stop ticket around the world?</span><br />
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<span data-jsid="text">~C </span><span data-jsid="text"> </span>Cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08000915953613493561noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2375262031548233924.post-64387919206409993312011-08-29T15:11:00.000-07:002011-08-29T15:19:12.757-07:00Cover LetterDear Travel Industry,<br />
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Let me first start off by saying that I'm obsessed with traveling. I think about it all day long. I stalk it on Twitter. I fantasize about the places I could go and the people I could meet.<br />
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I am the kind of person you want to hire. I will work for you day and night, think about you when I'm not in the office and crawl out of bed at 4 a.m. when you desperately need me. I am dedicated and passionate and all those other adjectives that cover letters tend to include.<br />
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I will come to work with a smile on my face and leave with that same smile. <br />
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I will (and already do) encourage everyone to travel, to see the world, to experience a new culture.<br />
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Most importantly, I offer a history of results, as evidenced by the following travel-related activities I have accomplished:<br />
<ul><li>Born in Sweden (I'm already an EU citizen!)</li>
<li>Lived in Stockholm, Arles, Nice, Los Angeles, Lyon and San Francisco. </li>
<li>Speak French...fluently!</li>
<li>Traveled to 5 out of 7 continents (and have high hopes to visit the other 2). </li>
</ul>From what I know about myself, I believe I have the potential to make a great contribution to The Travel Industry.<br />
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Thank you very much for considering my application. I look forward to the opportunity to meet with you and further discuss my qualifications.<br />
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...Well, actually, just give me the job. I cross my heart that I'll be amazing at it.<br />
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Sincerely,<br />
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Cat<br />
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"></span> Cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08000915953613493561noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2375262031548233924.post-21107268338503147702011-08-10T20:11:00.000-07:002011-10-13T13:24:04.203-07:00Happy Birthday To Me!My birthday was a few days ago, and this year I wanted to celebrate by doing something low key. I started the day by taking a long walk with my aunt down to the water near Fisherman's Wharf, through Fort Mason and to the Marina. We decided to have lunch at this cute little place called<a href="http://www.rosescafesf.com/"> Rose's Cafe</a> where I had some amazing lemonade: sparkling lavender lemonade with a piece of mint (if you don't like sour, you might want to add some sugar)....mmm so good, I'm craving it right now!<br>
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</div>Cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08000915953613493561noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2375262031548233924.post-82011553419805717852011-07-29T20:17:00.000-07:002011-07-29T20:48:31.793-07:00What I AteNot so typical foods from my travels to Sweden:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> Fresh picked raspberries </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Greek yogurt and raspberries, a pistachio cinnamon roll and pear cider</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Homemade blueberry pie</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Diam ice cream</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Instead of sour cream & onion, they have dill chips</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Assortment of delicious Swedish cookies</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Homemade salmon sashimi and sake</td></tr>
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