we recently dined at union in old town pasadena, which serves northern italian cuisine using locally sourced ingredients.

not only did we keep hearing amazing things about the food at salazar, but everytime we drove by, it was packed, and the patio looked amazing.

in the last couple of weeks before we (almost) left for china, i really wanted to go to a curtis stone restaurant. the remaining available reservations at maude didn't work with our schedule, but were able to get a good time at gwen.

providence is arguably one of the best restaurants in the city. we went and it was so so good and exceeded all expectations.

i had the opportunity to go to charcoal for a work event recently, which was great because i got to try a lot more dishes than i normally would be able to when it's just the two of us.

one of the foods we ate a lot of when we thought we were leaving LA? TACOS, of course. wemade a special trip down to costa mesa just for TACO MARIA; we specifically went at lunch time so that we could eat all the tacos.

i haven't been to animal in years and james had never been. i definitely had high expectations after so much time, and the experience did not disappoint!

the best meal of our austin getaway was at counter 3 . five . vii. we loved everything about the meal, every detail from design to service to food was expertly addressed. 

one place we found in the rainey street historic district of austin was emmer & rye. for a spontaneous meal in walking distance, we were seriously impressed.

the real reason we went to iceland and got our scuba certifications last year? to dive the silfra fissure. 

we celebrated our third wedding anniversary with a cozy and delightful meal at dill in reykjavik.

one of our favorite coffee shops just opened up a heckuva lot closer to us!

pelican launched last night with a pop-up at pine & crane in silverlake! pelican is "taiwanese popup dinners focused on familiar southern taiwanese flavors, presented in new ways."

matur og drykkur means "food and drink" in icelandic, but is also the name of a quaint restuarant in reykjavik.

i hadn't heard of kinjiro before my brother made reservations, but i'm so glad he did because we had an amaaaazing izakaya dinner.

we only had one chance for dinner in seattle, and it also happened to be james's birthday.

my family has always like going to steakhouses for a nicer dinner or special occasion. there are several we usually frequent, but we were looking to try something new and reserved a table at alexander's steakhouse

brooklyn's popular weekly smorgasburg market opened in LA at the alameda produce market! the weather was over 100 degrees, but there were still lots of people out to get their bagels, lobsters, pizza, ramen burgers, coffee, noodle bowls, tacos, banh mi, hot dogs, poke, popsicles, etc!

we are already huge fans of b.s. taqueria, and couldn't wait to try broken spanish! the food was ridiculous. comforting, flavorful and a whole new experience with mexican food for me.