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friday five

Oct 7th

Posted by andree in events

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I’m baaaack!  For this Friday Five, here’s what I’ve been up to since March…

    1. I went to Wondercon in April. It was nerdy and amazing. The best part was sitting in on the Dr. Who panel, which included Neil Gaiman.Wondercon
    2. For spring break, the bf and I went to New Orleans. The architecture was pretty, the effects of Hurricane Katrina are still visible, and the food was unreal. Mmm, beignets.Beignets
    3. This summer I spent a month in Guatemala so that I could study Spanish.  I took five hours of Spanish class each day, but I also got to travel around the country a bit. The Maya temples in Guatemala are pretty incredible. Tikal
    4. After I got back to the states, I spent some time with my family and friends in the Midwest. I also got to visit the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, which was also nerdy and amazing.Museum of Science and Industry
    5. Now I’m back in California and loving the bay area.  Two weeks ago I went to the 4th Annual Salsa Festival in my town.  I live in a predominately Hispanic part of town, so the Salsa Festival was the place to be. Great food, great music, great dancing.Salsa Festival
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los angeles

Mar 24th

Posted by andree in travel

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Last week I went on a school trip with all of my students (yes, all 92 of them) to Los Angeles. It seemed like a crazy idea, but the trip was a success. I took my camera with me and snapped as many pictures as I could. Here are my favorites:

Westwood

Westwood

UCLA

My students at UCLA

Downtown LA

Downtown Los Angeles

Splash

At the hotel pool

MOCA

LA Museum of Contemporary Art

los angeles, photography

el hueco

Mar 22nd

Posted by andree in food & drink

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One of my favorite things about living in the bay area is the food. I’m serious. We bay area dwellers are so spoiled with amazing food, both in variety and quality. It’s one of the reasons I have a hard time imagining living anywhere else (sorry, Mom).

Peruvian Popcorn

Peruvian "Popcorn"

Anyway, my boyfriend and I recently came across El Hueco in Redwood City. El Hueco is a hole-in-the-wall (which is appropriate, since el hueco means “the hole”) Peruvian restaurant nestled in a small strip mall off Woodside Road. The restaurant is tiny; I think I counted a total of eight tables in the dining room. However, the food was INCREDIBLE.

El Hueco’s specialty is ceviche (also spelled cebiche), which is seafood marinated in lime and salsa and served cold. We ordered a mixed ceviche that came with octopus, shrimp, clams, mussels, fish, corn, and sweet potato. Yum. Sometimes the lime can be pretty sharp with ceviches but ours was milder than usual and I thought it was perfect.

For my main dish, I had adobo de chancho, which was pork cooked in chica de jora (corn beer). It was sooooo good. My boyfriend had carapulcra, which had chicken, pork, peanut butter, and chocolate in it, if I remember correctly. Both of our dishes were served with rice and potatoes, which is a nice change from the usual rice and beans fare of other Latin American restaurants.

I’m already looking forward to going back again soon so I can try out some of the other dishes. It is definitely worth a visit if you’re in the neighborhood.

El Hueco is located at 593 Woodside Road in Redwood City.

food, peruvian, redwood city, restaurants

monday update

Mar 21st

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Hi all! I realize I missed my last Friday Five. I’ve been trying so hard to stay on top of posting and last week I slacked a bit. I was in Los Angeles on Friday… that’s a good enough excuse, right?

I some fun things to write about – my trip to LA with my students, a new restaurant, a movie review – this week before I leave again on Thursday evening for Denver. So come back soon and there will be some new posts!

xoxo

pi day

Mar 14th

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What do you get when you divide a jack-o-latern’s circumference by its diameter?

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Pumpkin Pie!

Happy Pi Day (3.14) everyone!

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    • andree: It smelled really good! I didn't try it because of my chocolate allergy.
    • Renegade: The "popcorn" looks nommy. ^^ I'm having a hard time imagining the taste of chicken and pork...
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