This week is restaurant week in San Diego. So for the restaurant this year, we chose the Rancho Valencia at the Rancho Valencia Spa & Resort. Talk about a nice and swanky place. The menu was pretty good, filet mignon, crab cakes, grilled ahi, and vanilla creme brulee for some of us.
The trip to get there was quite stressful to say the least. Sometimes, having gps may help or not. GPS systems know that roads exists but they don't realize sometimes those roads have gates on them. Anyways what should have been a 20 minute drive turn into the 40 minute boondoggle. After much tension between my dad and I, we finally arrived at the restaurant.
Luckily the food was pretty good and we all had a pretty good time. The final bill came out to 320 with tax and tips. I guess next year, we should really map out the roads a little better.
Thursday, January 11, 2007
Friday, January 05, 2007
Finally 2007
Well it's been awhile since I have put any new blogs up. Well just a little update, sometime in February/March we will be getting a small addition to the family.
Yup Justin Quach will grace us with his presence. So these last couple of weeks we have been busy with getting Justin's room setup. We purchased for him furniture from Babys R Us. Turns out we got a really good deal from the place. Pictures will be coming soon.
On January 28, we will be picking up my mother-in-law from LAX International. I look forward to her cooking and presence. Finally someone who agrees with me instead of Lulu.
Next month will get busier with Lulu trying to get all her grad school applications turned in. She has applied at UCLA, Stanford, USC, and SDSU. It will be tough while she is in school but we'll tough it out til she comes home in 2 years.
Yup Justin Quach will grace us with his presence. So these last couple of weeks we have been busy with getting Justin's room setup. We purchased for him furniture from Babys R Us. Turns out we got a really good deal from the place. Pictures will be coming soon.
On January 28, we will be picking up my mother-in-law from LAX International. I look forward to her cooking and presence. Finally someone who agrees with me instead of Lulu.
Next month will get busier with Lulu trying to get all her grad school applications turned in. She has applied at UCLA, Stanford, USC, and SDSU. It will be tough while she is in school but we'll tough it out til she comes home in 2 years.
Monday, November 07, 2005
Almost there
Well it's almost time for the days to come to hours to minutes. We will get to start the beginning of the Quach family story and see how far it takes us. There are so many preparations and things to do before the time and hour but it will all be done and then well I think we can just smile and laugh about it. OK soon you will want to read the other blog ....
Monday, October 17, 2005
Birthday Dinner
We went to Lucadia pizza to have dinner for my birthday and well even though I received an free entree, it was not exactly a great meal. I ordered an Italian sampler was so so but first we tried to order their seafood pizza on thick crust. Turns out that the Carmel Mtn Ranch restaurant does not have them for whatever reason. Then my dad tried to order a Samuel Adams and they were out. Then to top it off, they did not have hot sauce, not even tobasco .... what a drag. Luckily one of the cooks had the good old asian hot sauce and the family platter was really good. We ended up with enough leftovers for 2 meals .... so damn need to stop eating and more exercising to loose some of the weight I have gained in the last week.
Tuesday, October 11, 2005
Thursday, October 06, 2005
AC control
Well today Daniel and I figured out how to control the ac perfectly ... We have the perfect paperclip to control the thermostat. I will include some pics and other instructions but finally we are comfortable in our offices.
Wednesday, October 05, 2005
Just moving parts of my China Blog over
Wednesday, October 05, 2005 
This is a sneek peek of our Wedding Album. You will have to wait until December to see the real deal just like everyone else.
Monday, July 18, 2005
Wedding Invites
Well on Monday night, well Tuesday morning technically, I finally ordered our wedding invites for the reception here in San Diego. It took a little work but its finally done. Its amazing how expensive those suckers were but sometimes you just do what you have to do. I am also setting up this to be my main blog or something not sure what yet since there is not RSS setup for blogspot yet. Anyways you can see that I have a link to my daily blog which serves a different purpose than this one. I think later on this blog will become my more family oriented blog with stories about our travels and other fun things that our family will embark upon in the coming year.
Anyways here is a preview of our wedding invite
Anyways here is a preview of our wedding invite
Monday, September 19, 2005
Another Wedding Banquet
Friday night my dad tells me after dinner, his friend George and him had talked to the manager of the Emerald Restaurant and that he wanted Lulu and I to have a wedding banquet there. What’s so funny is that the guest list was supposed to be around a 100 people but has now shot upwards of that number. The final number is still not reached yet but expect a pretty good showout for this little shindig. Also have been chatting with Lulu about all the events so we are quite busy preparing for two events. Ok well time later for more details.
Wednesday, September 14, 2005
Finally ... the time has come
Well we finally got the good news last night at 7 pm. Lulu has her visa and now we just have to wait until November to celebrate our good fortune. She said the interview took about 1 minute and that the Visa Officer was not really paying attention to the pictures that she was showing him. There were several questions but nothing really in depth.
Lulu arrived in Guangzhou on September 12, in order to pay the vis fee on September 13. Then she and her mother went to the Consulate on the 14th. She was there at 7:30 am and there were only about 40 people. She waited with her mother until they got inside. She says in the end it was rather anticlimatic and that she is happy to hear those words, "congratulations you have been approved".
Now we count down until we get to November again. November 19, 2005 - The Shanghai Ritz Carlton - the wedding of Luan Quach and Lu Lu, 5 pm local time. Invites are being ordered and soon we shall all meet in Shanghai.
Lulu arrived in Guangzhou on September 12, in order to pay the vis fee on September 13. Then she and her mother went to the Consulate on the 14th. She was there at 7:30 am and there were only about 40 people. She waited with her mother until they got inside. She says in the end it was rather anticlimatic and that she is happy to hear those words, "congratulations you have been approved".
Now we count down until we get to November again. November 19, 2005 - The Shanghai Ritz Carlton - the wedding of Luan Quach and Lu Lu, 5 pm local time. Invites are being ordered and soon we shall all meet in Shanghai.
Tuesday, August 02, 2005
Still waiting
Well I was waiting when lo and behold ... the email finally came. YES YES YES. Anyways will be busy I guess prepping my honey for the interview. Anyways looking forward to the good news on 9/15 ... you know what I mean. Ok thats it for now ... to much work to complete ...
Friday, July 29, 2005
Still No News
Well there was a flood of interview dates this week on the www.candleforlove.com web site but so far no interview for Lulu. I am hopeful that by next week she will be scheduled for an interview the week of September 12th.
This week some sad news for Lulu and her family. Her grandfather passed away and today they cremated him. He led quite an interesting life from the stories I have heard from Lulu. It will be interesting to hear more about her family history in the future. Well hoping again to hear positive news next week.
This week some sad news for Lulu and her family. Her grandfather passed away and today they cremated him. He led quite an interesting life from the stories I have heard from Lulu. It will be interesting to hear more about her family history in the future. Well hoping again to hear positive news next week.
Wednesday, July 20, 2005
Sneak Peek of our Album
This is a sneek peek of our Wedding Album. You will have to wait until December to see the real deal just like everyone else.
Monday, July 18, 2005Shanghai Trip July 2005
Well I just returned from my Shanghai trip and it was exhausting. I went to work today so I did not get a chance to write much in my blog.
Many things happened on this trip. We finalized many of our wedding plans such as the place we are having the banquet at (The Ritz Carlton), the 14 hours of picture taking we did, and the 2 Wedding Planners to assist us on that day. We also got to see some of the outfits we will be using for that day.
On the first day I arrived, the weather in Shanghai was 109 degrees. It was fricking hot I tell you but luckily it was night time. I was able to breeze through customs and got to see my honey within 30 minutes of arrival. We took the bus back to her home and then started the unpacking process of all the stuff my mom had me bring over for Lulu. I do not really remember what happened but I am sure we had something to eat and probably a massage.
The next couple of days we spent shopping, getting massages nightly, and eating out. We got to catch Batman Begins and Mr and Mrs Smith on the big screen. We ended up eating out quite a bit since we had to meet with Lulu's friends almost nightly. It was really fun and all eating at all the yummy restaurants.
One of the other things we had to do was receive some guests for Lulu's company. Man some people are so cheap even when they don't have to be. Oh well I just went along for the ride and enjoyed the experience.
On the other hand, we had quite an experience taking pics at Paris Photo Studios. It took about 14 hours total with 10 hours on the first day and about 4 hours the next day for the outdoors pics. We had to do makeup for several hours and also change into 7 different outfits. We ended up spending more money then we had planned but the pics look good so oh well right.
We also had to hurry up and find a new place for the wedding banquet when our original hotel screwed us up by upping the cost for having the banquet. Luckily we were able to book the Ritz Carlton for the banquet. In fact, it should turn out rather nice since they seem to know how to make their customers happy. After we called them , within the hour, they had messenged us their wedding package information. That sealed the deal for me with such good customer service.
Apparently this year, everyone is getting married on November 19. We called the Grand Hyatt and several other places before we got lucky (well except for the wallet). All together this trip was quite fun and exciting. I hope that we get to see our pics although I will have to wait until November to see the albums. Here is a link to our pics from the trip - view pics.
Many things happened on this trip. We finalized many of our wedding plans such as the place we are having the banquet at (The Ritz Carlton), the 14 hours of picture taking we did, and the 2 Wedding Planners to assist us on that day. We also got to see some of the outfits we will be using for that day.
On the first day I arrived, the weather in Shanghai was 109 degrees. It was fricking hot I tell you but luckily it was night time. I was able to breeze through customs and got to see my honey within 30 minutes of arrival. We took the bus back to her home and then started the unpacking process of all the stuff my mom had me bring over for Lulu. I do not really remember what happened but I am sure we had something to eat and probably a massage.
The next couple of days we spent shopping, getting massages nightly, and eating out. We got to catch Batman Begins and Mr and Mrs Smith on the big screen. We ended up eating out quite a bit since we had to meet with Lulu's friends almost nightly. It was really fun and all eating at all the yummy restaurants.
One of the other things we had to do was receive some guests for Lulu's company. Man some people are so cheap even when they don't have to be. Oh well I just went along for the ride and enjoyed the experience.
On the other hand, we had quite an experience taking pics at Paris Photo Studios. It took about 14 hours total with 10 hours on the first day and about 4 hours the next day for the outdoors pics. We had to do makeup for several hours and also change into 7 different outfits. We ended up spending more money then we had planned but the pics look good so oh well right.
We also had to hurry up and find a new place for the wedding banquet when our original hotel screwed us up by upping the cost for having the banquet. Luckily we were able to book the Ritz Carlton for the banquet. In fact, it should turn out rather nice since they seem to know how to make their customers happy. After we called them , within the hour, they had messenged us their wedding package information. That sealed the deal for me with such good customer service.
Apparently this year, everyone is getting married on November 19. We called the Grand Hyatt and several other places before we got lucky (well except for the wallet). All together this trip was quite fun and exciting. I hope that we get to see our pics although I will have to wait until November to see the albums. Here is a link to our pics from the trip - view pics.
Saturday, September 10, 2005
Grandma's Birthday
Well it's another party here at the house. Grandma turns another year older and we all celebrate here. It will be a drama free night where we can enjoy the passing of time. Lots of good food and drinks to bring people here. Anyways some pics later on ....
Well the party was a blast .... we had lots of food and plenty of red wine. Genesis Merlot at Trader Joes is awesome. We had to bottles of the stuff and it was quite good. Also plenty of pics to show so maybe later this week I will post them here. Anyways the wedding planning is moving along and we shall soon know what will happen.
For those who are wondering, yes November 19, I will get getting married at the Ritz Carlton ... so if your not doing anything come on by.
Well the party was a blast .... we had lots of food and plenty of red wine. Genesis Merlot at Trader Joes is awesome. We had to bottles of the stuff and it was quite good. Also plenty of pics to show so maybe later this week I will post them here. Anyways the wedding planning is moving along and we shall soon know what will happen.
For those who are wondering, yes November 19, I will get getting married at the Ritz Carlton ... so if your not doing anything come on by.
Thursday, September 01, 2005
Katrina
Well this has been quite a week in the news ... it's all about Katrina. The hurricane pretty much decimated whole towns in the gulf area. The pictures look almost worst than the tsunami that hit Asia really hard last year. The death toll is still counting ... pretty scary the awesome force of mother nature.
On the other hand, 4 dollars a gallon for gas is coming ... damn another reason to move to China I guess. Well things are moving along in all phases of life, so come on September 14. Let there be good news and let the next phase be passed. Anyways today Lulu had her medical and she picks it up next week.
Well today I heard Noelle is not going to the wedding. That's too bad cuz she was such a driving force in getting everyone to go the wedding. Ok more later. Oh also bought the plane tickets ... $634 including tax which is an amazing price. OK 70 days before we leave ....
On the other hand, 4 dollars a gallon for gas is coming ... damn another reason to move to China I guess. Well things are moving along in all phases of life, so come on September 14. Let there be good news and let the next phase be passed. Anyways today Lulu had her medical and she picks it up next week.
Well today I heard Noelle is not going to the wedding. That's too bad cuz she was such a driving force in getting everyone to go the wedding. Ok more later. Oh also bought the plane tickets ... $634 including tax which is an amazing price. OK 70 days before we leave ....
Sunday, August 21, 2005
Amber's going away party
Wow I had a slamming good time last night at Amber's going away party. One thing that was really cool was I acquired my red wine taste buds last night. I mean I like the stuff like nothing else now. Anyways though it cannot be the cheesy stuff like 2 buck chuck but stuff like Selby and Tom Robbins. Well anyways I had quite the buzz on from the wine but it was good to be free for one night. Pics to follow.
Saturday, August 13, 2005
Party at Beth House
Well there was a little get together tonight at Beth's new place. Daniel, Monica, Alvin, Kim, Kevin, Adam and Beth were there. I arrived at 7:30ish thinking that I would not be too early but I was the first one there. Hehe then Daniel showed up about 10 minutes later. I guess we figured that we would have good timing but ... haha anyways had a good time. Enjoyed it and look forward to having my own party in the near future. Maybe it will be more summerish ...
Sunday, August 07, 2005
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