Kidorable Wear

I hate rain, so anything that makes a rainy day seem a little better, I will buy! And eventhough today is a gorgeous and sunny day, I justified my purchase of this adorable rain coat with the fact that I can never find anything cute for my 19 month old son to wear. This is a painful but true statement. I don't know how many more years of torture I can handle of walking into a store and seeing rows of cute dresses and pink and green outfits and then you find the lonely boy section which consists of the same plaid shirts and khakis. This blog would be a lot more interesting if it was filled with pictures of a cute Asn girl dressed in a pink and green dress, with a white cardigan, white tights, and pink Hello Kitty shoes. Yes, I have thoughts about this!

Korean cooking: quick and yummy

My typical working day is comprised of me getting up, get Ethan ready for his day, go to work, come home, and start cooking dinner for my husband and I while I'm feeding Ethan. And the rest of my week is the sentence before times 4. Then weekends fly by as we try to fit in "family time" and leisurely activities such as grocery shopping, cleaning, and walking Blair (our dog) for more than 5 minutes at a time. This is where Korean food comes to the rescue. It is by far the simplest way to eat. Just about every dish requires these main ingredients: garlic, sesame oil, soy sauce, and sugar. But in my case, I usually go to Korean Korner and pick up some pre-seasoned galbi and panchan and voila, dinner in 15 minutes.

Doing the flap...

With mother nature finally coming to her senses and giving us sunshine all of this week, I decided to think about spring and everything that it means to me - cleaning, allergies, Easter, pollen, skirts without tights, Claritin, pastel colors, and did I already mention allergies? One of the trends I want to try is the girly flaps that I've been seeing on a lot of celebrity looks and magazines. Here are a few of my favorite:

Taiwanese beef noodle soup

This is a late post but better late than never, they say. During the snowmageddon 2010, I noticed that everyone somehow turned into culinary experts and were displaying their creations on Facebook. Among the most popular dishes was the Taiwanese beef noodle soup. I often indulge in this hearty soup at Joe's Noodle house. However, since I had no way of getting there and was completely snowed in, I decided to take on the challenge. Out of all the recipes out there, this one seemed to be the one that I could make out (mainly because I had most of the ingredients on hand with a few substitutes).

4 hours later....

exploring prints

So lately I've been noticing a lot of prints for dresses and tops on one of my favorite blogger's pages. I am currently adoring Yumi Kim's collection. But since I can't afford even the items on sale due to our upcoming life changing event*, I am forced to find the "Looks for Less" options. It is somewhat rewarding finding a steal but those prints are totally calling my name! So I found one of these options below that I'm completely torn on...Some look cute on the model and then questionable on their own, what about the quality, how short is it?! all these questions and more...help!

1. This first option is from Forever 21. I like the print eventhough it's defined as "Cheetah" (I'm not a huge fan of animal print. I don't like the matching belt but that can be easily switched.

2. This second option is from American Eagle. It is a pretty standard flower pattern but I'm digging the pleating and the pockets!

3. I just love this unconventional shirt dress and the fact that it's not plaid! I live in my plaid shirt, but lately I've been seeing it everywhere!

FLIP FLOPPIN'

Old Navy is having their flip flop sale..but they're not telling you about it, so stalk up on them now! You know they're only good for one season but for $1.99 (or 2 for $5) who cares?! Plus, they're not as deadly as JCrew flip flops. I haven't met anyone who hasn't fallen flat on their face (butt, cheek, arm, or nose - ouch!) while wearing Jcrew flip flops. Sorry Jcrew, love you but you need to change your flip flop manufacturer. Happy floppin'!