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The J-OMG

August 8th, 2011 by Karen 14 Comments


Last night — my final evening in San Diego! — I ate dinner at J Wok, an Asian fusion restaurant in the East Village neighborhood.

The menu lists a mysterious dessert called the “J-OMG,” and if you ask the servers for details, the only thing they’ll tell you is that it’s supposed to make you go “OMG” after the first bite.

Of course I had to order it. 🙂

Turns out it’s a flaky pastry with tons of condensed milk, butter, sugar and cinnamon. OMG, indeed!

My eyes totally rolled back after that first bite. Just thinking about it makes my mouth water…

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A Walk Through Balboa Park

August 7th, 2011 by Karen 10 Comments















I took a walk through San Diego’s Balboa Park today with my camera…

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Can You Tell Me How to Get to Sesame Street?

August 6th, 2011 by Karen 14 Comments














I took a wrong turn somewhere down here at BlogHer yesterday but ended up on this really cool street… 🙂

Here are some random pics from the conference so far. I love to just walk around and people watch in the exhibit hall.


My nightmare!


I love Oscar the Grouch because he shares my dad’s name

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This Guy Has My Bangs

August 5th, 2011 by Karen 12 Comments








I went for a walk around San Diego’s Gaslamp Quarter after dinner and ran into a whole lotta randomness.


My nightmare key chain


Home away from home


Apparently, Tabs took a modeling job without telling me


Nothing says classy like a sparkly pink San Diego flask


Salted caramel Pinkberry, nom


A pup in the elevator

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Orchids: Yellow and Brown

August 4th, 2011 by Karen 5 Comments


I love taking pictures of orchids. 🙂

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Blooming in My Front Yard

August 3rd, 2011 by Karen 4 Comments


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Estee Lauder Fall 2011: A Quick Peek!

August 2nd, 2011 by Karen 21 Comments


See anything you like?

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What to Do…

August 1st, 2011 by Karen 36 Comments


My mom gave me a bunch of tomatoes from the farmers’ market. NOM!

What do you think I should I do with them?

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