Dave's Journal: 2008

Thursday, July 31, 2008

Hair Stylist

Stylist: Maki
Muse Beauty Salon
7710 Balboa Ave. Suite 125
San Diego, CA
92111

Saturday, July 05, 2008

LA Restaurants

Maxim Cafe

Hong Kong style western dishes

18904 East Gale Ave,

Rowland Heights, CA 91748

626-913-7777

A&J Restaurant
Taiwanese

14805 Jeffrey Rd. #D
Irvine, CA 92720
949-786-3585

July 19, 2008
The Kitchen
203 West Valley Blvd.
Alhambra, CA 91801
626-289-4828
Upscale chinese cuisine, relatively speaking. Great food.

Tasty Garden
288 West Valley Blvd.
Alhambra, CA 91801
626-300-8262

July 4, 2008
Din Tai Fung
1108 South Baldwin Avenue (First store)
1088 South Baldwin Avenue (New, larger, modern looking)
Arcadia, CA 91007
626-574-7068

Phoenix Food Boutique
1108 South Baldwin Avenue
Arcadia, CA 91007
626-284-2388
Beside the drinks, casual food, it has amazingly tasty curry fish balls, not to be missed.

Friday, May 16, 2008

SD Restaurants

This is where I will compile a list of restaurants and how their fare.

Chedi Thai Bistro
737 Pearl St. Suite 110

La Jolla, CA 92037

858-551-8424

Lanna Thai Cruisine
4501 Mission Bay Dr.
San Diego, CA 92109
858-274-8424

Extraordinary Desserts - Little Italy

1430 Union St.

San Diego, CA 92101

619-294-7001

Tajima Japanese Restaurant
4681 Convoy St
San Diego, CA 92111
(858) 576-7244

Curry House - Japanese style curry and spaghetti
3860 Convoy St. #102
San Diego, CA 92111
(858) 278-2454

Ichiro Japanese Restuarant
4344 Convoy St # Q
San Diego, CA 92111
(858) 565-8603

Lorna's Italian Kitchen
3945 Governer Drive
San Diego, CA 92122
858-452-0661

Dae Jang Keum (Korean fine Cuisine)
7905 Engineer Rd.
San Diego, CA 92111
858-573-2585

Sante Ristorante (Italian) - May 17, 2008
Located at an inside street in La Jolla, not that busy compared to the ones along the coast. But this is a Gem that cannot be missed. Excellent seafood pasta, and delicious tartufo. Highly recommend.

7811 Herschel Avenue
La Jolla, CA
858-454-1315

KI sushi - May 14, 2008
I like the atmosphere and lunch is not bad for the price you pay.

Costa Verde Shopping Center
8650 Genesee Ave
San Diego, CA 92122

Cafe Coyote - May 4, 2008
Great taste of Margaritas and Mexican food.

2461 San Diego Avenue
San Diego, CA 92110

Osetra - May 1, 2008
Gorgeous and modern ambiance with a spectacular 3 storey wine collection and suspension lift for getting the wine! Expensive place, but well worth a visit. Thanks Shirley for bringing me there!

904 5th Avenue, San Diego, CA 92101
Gaslamp Quarters

Wednesday, April 30, 2008

The art of moving...

Don't let anyone tell you moving is not stressful; when you have to cross the border that complicates the matter even more.

I understand now how much my dad had to go through when he moved our entire family over. That must have been a feat of enormous proportion. He moved into a completely new culture with a different governing system. But I had no idea at the time, since I was still trying to understand why we moved and coping with adjusting to yet another move in my young life - I was 14 and rebellious.

From HK to England, to Toronto, to Waterloo, to Ottawa, there was not once that I had company while I moved. From Ottawa to Waterloo, and now Waterloo to San Diego, I'm going solo. The lesson I learned from this is that a modern mercenary has to be mobile as ever. You simply cannot keep too many things.

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Piotr Wozniak's prescription to becoming a genius

When someone spends his whole life mastering the technique of learning, you listen...

Clarify your goals, gain knowledge through spaced repetition, preserve health, work steadily, minimize stress, refuse interruption, and never resist sleep when tired. This should lead to radically improved intelligence and creativity.