Hello Kitty's 35th Birthday

http://www.royal-t.org/
8910 Washington Blvd
Culver City, CA 90232
T 310 559 6300
F 310 559 6633

http://www.japanla.com
648 N. Fuller Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90036
(323) 934-5201

Think your a hard core Hello Kitty Collector? Then guess again. This past weekend I had the opportunity to check Three Apples' Hello Kitty Exhibit, celebrating her 35th birthday. The event was held at Royal T in Culver City, and here artists and collectors came from all over the world to show their support. Even local celebrities such as Kimora Lee Simmons and Paris Hilton came out to participate in this event. Jaime Rivadeneira was asked to curate this event, because she owns JapanLA, a famous japanese pop culture shop located in LA. The event will only be held until november 15th, so get in while you can! You can check the Royal T website to meet artists, or join in for their workshops. My personal favorite included the Hit + Run Crew(hip-hop icons in the silk screen industry). There will be artwork and rare toys available for purchasing, especially those of you that would like to own a piece of history. There will also be a dining area served by ladies in french maid outfits(popular in japan). From hello kitty pancakes to hello kitty cupcakes, this place has it all! Come see Hello Kitty at her finest before it's too late!

oh yea btw, there were a lot of pictures lol...

Mom's Lobster Chow Mein

My family doesn't eat lobster the traditional way americans eat their lobsters. Don't get me wrong, I have nothing against steaming a lobster with garlic butter and lemons, but when she cooks up a lobster, she goes all out. It may not be made exactly the way they do it at chinese restaurants, but the aroma alone is enough to knock your senses out. She almost always has a healthier way of cooking things lol. Anyway, this is my mom's version of Lobster Chow Mein. yum =)

Lobster Wars

Friday Oct 30th, we decided to go lobster fishing out of San Diego landing. San Diego is suppose to be the lobster central of California. All of us have paid our dues lobstering out of Huntington/Long Beach area without much luck. I've also heard Dana Point to be a good area, but my buddy that fished out of San Diego a few times already and limited out every single time. However, with the weather change and a bright moon, it could turn either way. I'm not a big fan of the landing at San Diego, because there isn't a dock you can just walk your boat in. Its also has a has very small area to maneuver, and if you don't know what your doing, theres an very good chance you WILL hit the jetty not too far behind you. Anyways, we packed the promar traps with bait and let them soak for about 30 minutes. First trap had nothing, but the 2nd trap jeff pull up 2 keepers. I was excited after that and pulled the 2nd string of traps. I ended up pulling the biggest lobster of the night weighing in at 6.5lbs! Very exciting stuff, but to make the long story short, the Navy ended up kicking us out of our spot and so we ended the night with only 11 lobster and one big spider crab. We tossed back about 8 huge snails, that i didnt know if we could keep or not and a bunch of spider crab which I didn't care for unless they were huge. So in the end we picked up about 30lbs of lobsters. Even though we didn't limit out, it was by far the the most fun and productive trip I've ever been on. The monster lobsters really made up for it. They are such beautiful creatures(and tasty too) lol. The scenery in San Diego is so nice, if I had more time I would've gone just to take pictures, and there was no way I'd bring my camera on board the boat. Salt water is not your friend when it comes to valuable electronics. I Hope you all get to experience the joy of catching your own lobsters someday! Very hard work, but well worth it! =)