#1 Muddy Buddy - let's check something off the bucket list!
before
after!
teamwork win!
#2 Quality time with my buddy CT. We played SF tourist (my city is cooler than yours!) and got some mooncakes (happy tet trung thu!), egg tarts, and pastries from golden gate bakery. MY ABSOLUTE FAVE!!!! The last 3 times I stopped by there they were closed...so excitement doesn't quite describe how I felt when I bit into one of these babies.
#3 Beautiful moon time. The moon was GIANT yesterday, a glowing ball of cheese. Not only was it gorgeous, but we got to watch it rise over the bay bridge while reflecting on the water. It was moving so quickly that there were a lot of tourist camcorders recording it as I shouted..."dude, our earth is rotating. THIS IS COOL!"
if only i had a tripod and zoom lense!
#4 OMG!!!! Charles Phan, the multi-millionaire who owns the slanted door - a 4 star Vietnamese restaurant on the Embarcadero waterfront bought me dinner. Okay, to clarify, he is friends with a friend who invited me out to join him and this amazing man for dinner at his restaurant. He treated us to $400+ worth of fine food and drinks, >3 hours of engaging conversation, a tour of his kitchen, and a private viewing of the construction of a nearby waterfront bar he is building. It was pretty amazing. Better yet, he has some interest in revolutionizing hospital food and so he gave me and my classmate's his cell number so we could keep in touch and possibly get something amazing going with him and UCSF.
Funny thing is - I was always against going to this place because I couldn't imagine paying so much for Viet food. $38 bo luc lac? ARE YOU NUTS? Well, the food was delish and the environment was great and he has a lot of interesting values he places in his cooking that I think makes the place worth it...to those who can afford it. I also love it when someone in my community makes it. He went from a mission hole in the wall to this. wow.
