Woven Wanderlust
Style, Travels, Food, Shopping, and Culture — from a short vantage point.
15th June 12
The Tartinery, New York

The Tartinery, New York

9th September 11
Gaeng Massaman Gai & Garlic Eggplant Two delicious dishes! Why are eggplants so freaking tasty and why did I not know that before this year? 

Gaeng Massaman Gai & Garlic Eggplant

Two delicious dishes! Why are eggplants so freaking tasty and why did I not know that before this year? 

8th September 11

Pink Elephant Thai

I’m a sucker for anything pink. Normally, I hate eating out at Thai restaurants because nothing could ever compare to mom’s home-cooking. However, when things are too far gone to even be considered authentic, I’m a little more open-minded— hence, how we ended up at Pink Elephant Thai. It felt like I was eating inside a Christina Aguilera music video circa 2000, which if you know me, was totally right up my alley. 

27th June 11
Firefly Restaurant in Noe Valley This is where Rob & I went for our dinner out after a week of staying in and cooking. New American cuisine with portions that were just the right size that we could justify ordering dessert. It’s also named after one of my favorite television shows, heh!

Firefly Restaurant in Noe Valley

This is where Rob & I went for our dinner out after a week of staying in and cooking. New American cuisine with portions that were just the right size that we could justify ordering dessert. It’s also named after one of my favorite television shows, heh!

10th June 11
The Madonna Inn

The Madonna Inn

9th June 11
Alex’s Gold Rush Steakhouse @ The Madonna Inn View from the lobby— I told you, it’s Disney’s fairytale princess crack house up in here. 

Alex’s Gold Rush Steakhouse @ The Madonna Inn

View from the lobby— I told you, it’s Disney’s fairytale princess crack house up in here. 

9th June 11
Alex’s Gold Rush Steakhouse @ The Madonna Inn So, there exists this ridiculous place in SLO called The Madonna Inn. These are pictures taken from inside their steakhouse— it’s basically like they hired a Disney Princess as their decorator and I mean that in the best way. The Madonna Inn is a total tourist trap but sometimes doing stupid shit like that is a lot of fun. The food was okay and overpriced but hearing Rob comment on how “this is what people in Britain imagine America to be like…” was pretty priceless. 

Alex’s Gold Rush Steakhouse @ The Madonna Inn

So, there exists this ridiculous place in SLO called The Madonna Inn. These are pictures taken from inside their steakhouse— it’s basically like they hired a Disney Princess as their decorator and I mean that in the best way. The Madonna Inn is a total tourist trap but sometimes doing stupid shit like that is a lot of fun. The food was okay and overpriced but hearing Rob comment on how “this is what people in Britain imagine America to be like…” was pretty priceless. 

19th May 11
Cocoa covered Ice-Cream at Zoetrope Cafe. Very decadent, indeed.

Cocoa covered Ice-Cream

at Zoetrope Cafe. Very decadent, indeed.

19th May 11
The Sentinel Building So, I’ve always proclaimed the Sentinel Building as my favorite piece of architecture in San Francisco. I love the color, the vintage feel, the rounded dome at the top, the triangle shape. The way it represents something of the past in the otherwise more modern and sky-scraper filled financial district (it does sit right next to the Transamerica Pyramid). I’ve always been intrigued by the restaurant at the bottom so Rob took me there for my birthday dinner! When doing research on the restaurant, I discovered some crazy things— like the fact that the building and restaurant are owned by the Coppola family and that a part of the Godfather was in fact written in that very cafe. Yes, my favorite movie of all time was written by my favorite family in film in my favorite building. Yes, I was dorking out inside all over the place over this fact.

The Sentinel Building

So, I’ve always proclaimed the Sentinel Building as my favorite piece of architecture in San Francisco. I love the color, the vintage feel, the rounded dome at the top, the triangle shape. The way it represents something of the past in the otherwise more modern and sky-scraper filled financial district (it does sit right next to the Transamerica Pyramid). I’ve always been intrigued by the restaurant at the bottom so Rob took me there for my birthday dinner! When doing research on the restaurant, I discovered some crazy things— like the fact that the building and restaurant are owned by the Coppola family and that a part of the Godfather was in fact written in that very cafe. Yes, my favorite movie of all time was written by my favorite family in film in my favorite building. Yes, I was dorking out inside all over the place over this fact.