Author: Carrie

Christmastime at Club 33


Thanks to Carrie’s awesome job, we got to go to the legendary Club 33 at Disneyland on Friday night for some fine cuisine, good company and Disney cheer. We’ve been waiting for this for a LONG time, and now we finally go to go! Club 33 is one impressive place!

First things first, after entering the “secret” entrance, we were immediately transported into a timeless supper club, where people are dressed well and you are treated like true VIPs. After being seated at our table, we were asked if we’d like a drink! Cocktails at Disneyland? We’ve reached a new level, Cosmopolitans have never tasted so good – especially with that exclusive Club 33 swizzle-stick!

We had to take in all the surroundings – and there was a lot to take in. The fine china, for one:

And all of the classy menu items …


Tough choices!

Ed decided on the Veal, which was delectable, and Carrie chose the John Dory, which if you’re unfamiliar, is a very tasty white fish. The presentation was just 5-star!

Afterwards, we got to sit on the balcony and watch Fantasmic! It was pretty cool to see Disneyland from above … it was awesome, actually.

A lovely night indeed!

p.s. Only 10 more days ’til Christmas!

A Day in Little Tokyo

Today was a fun filled day of art and Japanese wackiness. We headed up to Little Tokyo to catch the amazing Murakami exhibit at MOCA and then on to the Giant Robot retrospective at the Japanese American National Museum. Both were fantastic and made us want to reach our goal to visit Japan sooner than later!


First things first – Murakami. Nothing can be wackier, and nothing made us happier than to see this work being featured at MOCA. The trademark Japanese anime style has infiltrated our culture and shaken things up as much today as all of the big time artists in the pop art movement did in the ’60s. Murakami’s world is a different world alright, and we like it. You feel like a child, but at times the subject matter is very adult. You can’t take pictures in the museum, but we managed to find a few out there on the good ol’ world wide web.




The space was so transformed into this crazy land that the walls in some areas were covered in eyeballs – or flowers – and bright splashes of color were everywhere. Then of course there were the sculpture pieces that looked like space age plastic cartoon characters that were adorable and disturbing all at the same time.

We loved it!

After taking in all of the Murakami madness, we decided to stop by Starbucks – after all, the red cups are here, and Carrie couldn’t be happier!

Next up was the Japanese American National Museum (JANM). We hadn’t been there before, and were glad to finally visit. Giant Robot is a magazine that we’re both big fans of. Basically, it’s an artsy magazine featuring work by edgy artists and art school students that features hip pop culture references and tongue-in-cheek humor. It’s super cool and pure eye candy to look at.

The art was awesome and we were excited that they let us take a few pictures inside.



JANM also has another really interesting exhibit going on at the moment called Common Ground and it has tons of photos, posters and objects telling the story of 130 years of Japanese American history. It was pretty amazing and we both were pretty moved by it.

As it turns out, the museum also has a super cool gift store and we know that one day in the future when there is a cool little baby Kim, we will have to buy this shirt:

All in all, it was an inspiring day – and we say if you haven’t gone out and caught an art exhibition lately – get out there and see something!

Happy Birthday, Dad!

We all got together tonight to celebrate the infamous Lardog and his upcoming 59th year! The whole crew made it over to our house before heading out to dinner, and a good time was had by all.

We have to admit though that Miss Ella kinda stole the show (you know we love you though, Dad! heh heh). Come on – how can you resist this face?

We even got to see her new teeth!

You can see all the rest of our evenin’s shenanigan’s by clicking the album thumbnail:

Happy Birthday, Dad!

HAPPY 59th DAD!!!

Year One.

Yesterday marked our 1st wedding anniversary! It’s been a quick year and a very good one! We reminisced yesterday by having breakfast at the Museum. However, our friend and amazing wedding photographer, Suzi Q. gave us the ultimate anniversary wish with an awesome photo recap of the wedding.

Check it out here!

A Brief Distraction from Paradise

Well, we’re back from Miami, and sadly, we didn’t blog as much as we would’ve liked! But we can’t say we thought too much about it…if there was ever a place that could tear us away from the computers and hecticness of everyday life, it was Miami. It’s a beautiful and exciting town – and we made a pact this would be the first of many trips!

This is just a little bit of what we saw once we got out away from The Standard. We wanted to see a little bit of architecture. And that we did. Some highlights…


This crazy “living room” was an art installation that sat on an intersection down in the Design District. Looks like we missed it in it’s glory, as you can see that there’s some kind of construction going on – it looks like items have been removed and there’s a fence around it now, but it is quite something to see. We like that we caught a man walking in front of it, you can get a sense of scale.

Also near the area on Biscayne Blvd., there are old, run-down 1950’s motels with some pretty cool signage. It’s probably better at night, as thy’re neon signs, but you get the general idea (and again, Carrie’s got a thing for cool signage):


After we saw all the poor, sad motels of yesteryears, we saw a classier lady – the Bacardi Building. Pretty amazing:

We weren’t exactly sure what this was right next door to the Bacardi building, but it sure looked cool:

That concludes our mini architectural tour. We could absolutely kick ourselves, as we didn’t capture any of the most amazing parts – and that was the Art Deco! Seriously, South Beach almost seems like a movie set, the buildings are all pastel and colorful – and they are so well maintained that they almost look like facades. They were amazing.

This was by far our favorite though:

This is the exterior of the Standard Miami – it used to be this old spa called The Lido. It’s so cool they kept the exterior unchanged, it’s pretty groovy.

p.s. This one is for the Subcat crew: we caught a shot of the famous tattoo shop, Miami Ink (for those who do not know, Miami Ink has been a show running on TLC for 4 seasons now). No tattoos for us, but the place sure was hoppin’ and lots of people were hanging outside trying to get a peek in: