LA face with an Oakland booty

Being in LA is always a gorge fest. Eating with friends, family, anyone who will sit at a table with me. And it's always an awesome adventure. Here's the rundown of the journey so far:

Friday, May 20
-Breakfast burrito with chorizo, eggs, and potatoes from some shady looking tacqueria in Burbank where the waiter guys kept calling me "Nice lady."
-Lunch with Jeanne and Karen near UCLA at some yummy salad and sandwich place. I had a grilled salmon sandwich with a tropical barbeque sauce that sounded kinda weird but was actually delicious, reminiscent of my brief stay in the not-so Virgin Islands. It came on foccacia with grilled red onions. I had a side of grilled yellow squash, zucchini, and eggplant. The eggplant was rubbery. I could have done better.
-Strawberries on the beach.

-Seafood gratin at the Curry House. Really, a dish of baked cheese. I ate it all.
-Pocky for Men and Reverse Pocky. Pineapple gummy candy. Lychee hi-chews. Green tea ice cream mochi. And smuggled vodka tonic out of a pink Nalgene bottle. All while karaoke-ing our hearts out.

Saturday, May 21
-Chicken noodles.
-Number 2 animal style with extra pickles from In-n-Out.

-Sadly, half a bag of Kettle Chips, yogurt and green onion flavored. Two large Red Vines. Smuggled vodka out of little wax cups while watching some boring movie with Orlando Bloom. The drinks only made it slightly bearable.
-Dad's birthday dinner with a whole bunch of family and a Korean actor: stir fry lobster; mushroom, abalone, and mustard greens; sugar peas with bay scallops, lily bulbs, celery, and shrimp; chicken; spring rolls; fish stomach crab soup; pickled vegetables; squid and pickled greens stir fry; steamed fish; mango mouse birthday cake; and, again, smuggled vodka, this time with cranberry juice.
-Drinks with Jonathan in shady bars.

Sunday, May 22
-Dim sum with the folks: ha gow, siu mai, fong jiao, gum sa bao, wu tao gok, dan tat, ha chen, fu jok gien, no mei gai, Chinese rice krispy treat, gok bo cha and bo lei cha.

-Sandwich with pork loaf, pickled veggies, cilantro and lettuce.
-Sundae with butter pecan ice cream, coffee ice cream, crushed Heath bars, hot fudge, butterscotch topping, whipped cream, and a cherry from Soda Jerks in Pasadena with Sophia. Fries with cheese and ranch sauce too.
-Lobster fried rice and more fish stomach soup.
-Lychee hi-chews. Scharffen Berger mocha bar.