We met up with Jim & Kelly tonight at NEX in Oakland. The pressed watermelon salad was excellent as was the duck confit. I don’t have a small camera anymore so I had to make do with iPad photos.
We really should do this more often.
NEX nite
Little House
This morning we met the Yuen’s for a late breakfast at the Little House Cafe‘.
S100
S100 just got announced. I anticipated this so my S95 ebay auction will end in less than a day. Meanwhile I pre-ordered the S100 at Amazon.
What’s new you ask?
- New Digic 5 image processor 6X faster than previous one. Better noise reduction & higher dynamic range.
- Lens is f/2.0 a 24-120mm equivalent from a 28-105mm .
- Canon made CMOS sensor with better microlenses.
- ISO 6400 max.
- 9.6 fps in the burst mode jpeg only.
- Full 1024 video which I could care less about.
- Built in GPS.
9-11-11
As the 10-year anniversary approached, I wanted to commemorate those who died by photographing the Flight 93 memorial in Union City. I’ve investigated this place earlier and noticed all the up lights so I came last Friday to shoot a nightshot. Unfortunately they did not illuminate the memorial like I thought they would.
Vietnamese 7 courses of beef
After the Chocolate Festival, Teddy & Christine took us out to Anh Hong Restaurant. As usual I got so excited by the food, I forgot to photograph it.
Ghiradelli Chocolate Festival
Today we ventured into the city via AC Transit, then took the Muni F line to the Ghiradelli Chocolate Festival. The stand out for me was the Chocolate Vodka!
Ramen Quest #4
Today I met Jon for lunch. We ate at Santouka in the Mitsuwa Shopping Center. Funny we both got the #4 salt ramen.
Way back when…
My Cuz Hester got hold of some old family photos and this 1 caught my eye. That’s my Father middle right. The resemblance is scary.
Leftovers
I found some of Daddy’s leftover steak and since neither one of us got to eat it yesterday I made a steak, broiled mushroom & quail egg salad for dinner. Had to follow this up with a Chocolate martini.
Labor Intensive 2011
As it is customary we celebrated Labor Day at our place. We had the family over armed with appetizers and we served a smoked duck appetizer as well. On the menu kalua pork with pechay, grilled ribs, steak salad. Kathy brought over a tofu salad. For desert Aunty Janet brought a great high calorie Okinawan purple potato hoapia pie and I made chocolate martinis. As usual we were so focused on the food I didn’t take any photos. Oh and I was on call and didn’t know it til my phone started ringing.
