So...I'm not sure which cave I was hiding under all these years, but I just recently heard about HPV and the vaccine for it, so I thought I should share to anyone who has not yet taken the vaccine which can help prevent cervical cancer and genital warts (if you take the Gardasil vaccine that is. There are two different types, Gardasil is from Merck Company.) You can google HPV for yourself for more information. HPV is a sexually transmitted disease, so it is best to take it before you are active, but even if you are, it should be... Continue reading

"Remember You Don't Stop Laughing Because You Grow Old, You Grow Old Because You Stop Laughing" Continue reading

I'm excited to start chronicling my food cooking escapades! Good recipes will be shared...and I'll shovel my cooking disasters under the rug somewhere if they come...haha I kid... Being a lactose-intolerant person, it is a bit ironic that I love cheese. It's just I get sick after eating them. A bit sad if you ask me. That's like saying you love dogs but you're allergic to it. After looking at so many inspirational food blogs on normal everyday Joes like you and I making cheese at home, I have decided cheese-making is my next culinary goal. =) I'll start cooking... Continue reading

My faith in humanity and Parking tickets. I had the sheer luck (sarcasm) to receive two parking tickets in Berkeley last week, a whopping $46 dollars each, for being parked in the same spot for 5 hours, by the same Officer "Banjo," and chalked up twice. So I went to the Berkeley Parking and Permit Center (I can't recall the exact name) to pay for it on Center Street. And the very very nice generous, words cannot describe how wonderful...dismissed both of my parking tickets! whoo hoo. Word of Wisdom: if your nice clerk lady has a paper cut, offer... Continue reading

"when a woman shops, no logic is required nor often used"...this can be so true sometimes :) Continue reading

Pumpkin Muffin Recipe and photo from Savory Bites...It's delicious! Ingredients: Pumpkin Filling 1/4th of a Kent Pumpkin 1 tablespoon butter 1/4 cup brown sugar 2 tablespoons water Muffin Batter 1 cup all-purpose flour 1/2 cup self-raising flour 1 cup white sugar 1/2 cup brown sugar 1 teaspoon salt 2 teaspoons baking powder 1 egg 3/4 cup water 1/4 cup cooking oil (vegetable, canola, etc) 2 cored, peeled, and chopped apples Recipe: Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Cut the pumpkin into cubes of 1 inch thick. Add the pumpkin into a bowl along with all the sugar, water and... Continue reading

yes people do drive like this...ridiculous Continue reading

oh Italy...! this is what i get for reading food blogs, especially savory bites'. Doesn't that look amazing though? Continue reading