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So we should’ve been home by now but our journey home took a little detour (lightning/thunder took out power in the Minneapolis airport so our flight got cancelled) so we’re currently staying overnight in Detroit (Romulus, to be exact). Oh well…we get a free night’s stay in a hotel with 2 meal vouchers. We decided to all get our own room, each with a king bed…because, why not right?

As you can tell, we ate a lot. We would eat at once place, then drive to another place to eat some more. We would try to plan another activity in between (museum, shopping..) but with so many good places to eat, we wanted to fit everything into our schedule.

Day 5

Rebel Bite food truck: I LOVE grilled cheese

Food truck! Lobster sandwich..mm

Roscoe’s Chicken and Waffles (I think we ate here shortly after eating at the food trucks above)

A walk along the Santa Monica pier and beach
Right: HIMYM, anyone?

The Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA)
Left: Graffiti art on subway trains
Top-right: LV purse, graffiti style
Bottom-right: Banksy

Left: Far east…movement?
Left, top-right: Finish the bowl of bikkuri don in 15min and get it for free!
Bottom-right: Hansen’s Cakes…where Khloe Kardashian and Lamar Odom got their wedding cake (there’s a picture of them in the store window)

Delicious ramen (I’m not really a ramen person but I quite enjoyed this place)

Day 6

More food from food trucks!
We tasted goodness from the NomNom truck and Tempura truck

Next up, Getty museum (free admission!)

Beautiful architecture

Sapp – Thai boat noodles. SO good!

My favourite dish from this place

Left: Thai iced tea…mmm refreshing

Shin Sen Gumi (an izakaya kind of place). Everyone who worked there was super nice!

Hello from California! It’s sunny here but apparently, small patches of clouds renders the day “cloudy”. Anyway, the weather is pleasant…not as hot as we wanted but that’s ok, as long as it’s not raining/pouring, we’re happy.

I was hoping to do a daily highlights reel of this trip but it is now day 4. Apologies.

Here’s a really quick recap of what we’ve done the last 4 days minus day 3 which will get a post itself. Ok so here goes:

Day 1
After a 7-hour adventure (with a layover in Minneapolis), we arrived in LA!

Father’s Office: burger + fries + salad = delicious

Monte Alban: Mexican food, grasshoppers

Other places: Santa Monica

Day 2

In-n-Out

Food truck

La Brea Tar Pits

Kodak Theatre, Hollywood

Day 3
Workshop (more to come)

Day 4

Warner Brothers tour! (Can you identify which set appeared in which movie/tv show?)

Umami burger

Griffiths Observatory

A little shopping

Jitlada

Other stuff: Scoops (crazy flavours!), Melrose

These are just snapshots of our trip and not even the best ones And I’m not even kidding when I say we ate a lot. More to come!

I’m soooo incredibly excited to share these photos with you! I’ve been looking forward to Richard and Assunta’s wedding for quite some time because we’re in the same small group which makes it extra special! I think half our small group (which isn’t really so small anymore lol) was helping out in some way…from officiating, GM’ing, ushering, and behind-the-scenes stuff! <3

I loved everything about the day! First, the weather was PERFECT. Saturday was a sunny and comfy 15 degrees, sandwiched between cloudy, rainy days

The church, Timothy Eaton Memorial Church, was beautiful with lights that lit the altar area. I really liked it because it made them stand out and against the distant background. I also didn't feel like the church was too dim overall so that was a plus.

I looooved the colour theme! Yellow is such a happy colour and the bridesmaids looked great in it!

Anyway, here are some my favourites of the day. I'm sure the official photographer of the night, Chris Luk, and his second shooter Glendon Tang will show their amazing work soon

Also, be sure to watch the Same Day Edit (SDE) by StoriesWorthSharing! Seriously, you need to watch it

The invitations, programs and menus were SO nice! I loved the illustrations and the quality of the paper!

Ah they grow up so fast

Just. Too. Cute.

Such a special moment.

I love this one.

Fist-pumping Rich lol