Kat's Notebook

I’ve been living in the Bay Area for more than 5 years now and I can count with my fingers and toes the number of times I have toured San Francisco city. My tour is usually around Union Square, Market-Powell St, Embarcadero/Ferry Terminal, and Chinatown which is one of the reasons I got tired of [...]

For my 4th of July long weekend, my friend invited me to join her and her friends to Las Vegas. I’ve already been to Las Vegas before but as her friends said that didn’t count because I was with my aunts and I basically just played tourist. This time around I was with good company [...]

It’s more than 2 months since President’s Day weekend as I write this. Continuing where I left off from my Washington DC adventure, I now head to the first President of the USA’s home in Mt. Vernon. Having not attended school here in the US, all I know about George Washington is that he’s the [...]

My wonderful vacation in Washington DC had me thinking of moving there. I could imagine myself immersing in the city’s culture with its free entrance to museums, national parks, cherry blossom trees, majestic buildings, the White House…I could go on and on and on. It was hard to squeeze in all the tourist spots in [...]

When my friend from Washington DC invited me to go to Washington DC, I didn’t hesitate from accepting the invitation. I only needed to find a long weekend so I wouldn’t use up my vacation leave. So when I bought tickets from Feb 17-21 2011, it was pure unconsciously coincidental that it was President’s Day [...]

A trip to Washington DC brought me to this TV-celebrated cupcake shop, Georgetown Cupcake. Actually I’ve only heard about this from my friend who’s living in DC and she told me that I should try their delicious cupcake before I leave. I knew of Cake Boss and Ace of Cakes but Georgetown Cupcake didn’t ring [...]

Going to Oregon I had no idea which restaurant is good or cheap or locally renowned. Thanks to yelp.com and Yahoo travel guide, I put down in my itinerary which food I really wanted to try in Portland. But this is the summary of where we ate in Oregon. 1. Wiley’s World Pasta Shoppe Eatery [...]

Oregon is north of California and 11 hours drive away from the San Francisco Bay Area. I wish I have a lot of time to explore Oregon but since I only have 4 days in my pocket and 2 days are spent on driving, I have to plan really hard and manage the top most [...]

Our family’s big trip of the year is to Oregon. We have been invited to my cousin’s wedding reception there; since we haven’t been to Portland and it’s drive-accessible from the Bay Area, we made the trip. From our place to Portland it was 11 hours and change. It’s a good thing both my dad [...]