We went to New York for two days, but it felt like we were there for at least a week! This trip wasn’t really about the sight-seeing. Instead, it was about the people we wanted to meet and visit. Okay, and it was a little bit about the food. We took the train into the city and walked around practically EVERYWHERE because we were cheap and didn’t want to spend too much money on the subway, especially after we found out that they got rid of their one day fun pass! Of course it had to rain ALL day and that made us now weak-sauce Californians both catch some nasty colds, but it was fun and refreshing to visit our old stomping grounds again. Joe turned to me at one point and said, “I kind of miss this… the walking around.” Yeah, me too. [...]

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I am currently in Philadelphia without the husband, who is the designated photographer, but I wanted to take advantage of my family and some of my old school friends for a Small Bites photo shoot. This East Coast “photo shoot,” was accomplished through me taking all the pictures through my phone. It included two different states, three cities, two babies, and a pair of expectant parents. Here’s just a little tidbit of what my friends and family accomplished together. I’m definitely one lucky duck to have people in my life who gladly offer up their babies to be my models…free of charge! I even got an offer to photograph another baby when I get back to California. Yup, we are surrounded by babies right now, and that’s why we came up with the idea to start a foodie onesie line in the first place.

We did have to battle against some quick moving little ones, which resulted in a whole slew of unfocused, majorly blurry pictures, but I think we also got a few good ones. [...]

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I’m usually good about keeping you updated with what’s going on and what I’m up to, but before I knew it, I was packing my bag and up in the air already. Well, after an all-day excursion of two plane rides, including a layover in Houston, and an over-priced Panda Express lunch at the airport, I’m here in Philadelphia, my home town.

I arrived on Wednesday and have been very occupied with my family and especially my nephew. The first and last time he saw me in person was when he was 3 months old, and now he’s turning one! In Korean tradition, when a baby turns 1, you have this big celebratory shin dig called a “dohl.” So I’m here for that. But I’m also going to be making the most of my 2 1/2 week trip by meeting up with as many people under the sun as I can.

Joe will be joining me here next week. But before I left him behind, I made sure that my non-cooking husband would be well fed. I made huge batches of three different dinners entrees in one night and froze everything in individual portions for him. Yeah, sometimes I even surprise myself. [...]

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