Mission Beach Cafe - Truffle Fries with Parmesan

Okay, this is why I love food.

Getting together with friends and trying out new restaurants is one of our goals for 2010. There are just so much that our city offers when it comes to food. We hit up Mission Beach Cafe several weeks back and trust me, these truffle fries were gone before I was even done taking my photos. =P

Snoopified

Yup, it's that time of the year when the Lo's bring out the snoopy Christmas collection. We essentially snoopify our house, our Christmas tree, even our PJs with Snoopy related items (well, snoopy PJs are year-round). It's actually quite fun to bring out 5+ tupperware of snoopy Christmas decorations. Since I've been quite busy with photo shoots lately, we had to push out our Christmas decoration this year to a Monday. Still, with Christmas music in the background, the night was still filled with great Christmas spirit.

Here is a glimpse of the snoopy madness:

This year, we added a new collection item: a Snoopy Countdown display!

One of my favorites of all ornaments.

These are not snoopy ornaments, but Jenny and I bought them during our first Christmas together.

Too much snoopy for Sally to handle.

My Super Adorable Nephew | Baby Nate

Thanksgiving is for spending time with family and what better way to celebrate this year's Thanksgiving than doing a photo shoot for my baby nephew. Here a few shots from the photo shoot. Enjoy!

Baby Phoebe | Teaser

I just love Baby Phoebe's expression. It's priceless.

Iron Chef Night - Pear and Pumpkin

Our second iron chef night was fantastic!! Everyone stepped up and really focused on winning! Every dish tasted awesome and looked beautiful. It was great for the eyes and even better for the stomach. Just posting these pictures makes me hungry. Can't wait for our next iron chef night.

Our menu for the night

Prickly Pear


Asian Pear


Sliced Bartlett for Pear Wafer


Baking two Japanese pumpkins

Sean's Pear-Pork Dumplings




Carol's ingredients for her Pumpkin Sticky Rice


Shirin's Pear Jello with White Grape Sparkler




Dan's Pumpkin Biscuit with Pear Butter and County Ham


Shea's Roasted Pear Arugula Salad


My beef-bourguignon in a pumpkin bowl


Carol's Pumpkin-Chinese Sausage Sticky Rice


Brandon's Carmelized Pear with Grilled Pork


Steve's Pumpkin Mashed with Pumpkin-glazed Meatloaf

Jenny's Winning Trio Pear Sorbet (Prickly, Asian, Bartlett) with Pear Wafer


Shirin's Pumpkin Spiced Hot Chocolate

Little Ryan Photo Shoot

I had such an awesome time photo shooting my little nephew. The weather was perfect and we had the entire baseball field to ourselves!

We found out the way to get Ryan to smile was by waving to him. That's why you'll see quite a few pictures where he's waving at the camera.

Here are some of my favorites from the photo shoot: