boxy bear's adventures

yummy homemade tacos for dinner!

hope everyone is having a wonderful holiday season! i’ve been a busy lil bear — going to holiday parties and spending time with family and friends. of course, consuming lots of yummy food is part of the holidays. i got this cookie box from a friend with homemade cookies, isn’t it so nice? i meant [...]

who else is addicted to frozen yogurt?! it’s one of my favorite snacks, but grabbing to too often does add up…so now i would like to share some good news: until Dec. 11, print out & bring this coupon for a buy-one-get-one-free deal. woohoo!

…with vanilla ice cream! it was soo yummy, i ate the whole thing all by myself. here are the before & after photos: before: the cake was all warm & melty inside, and the vanilla ice cream nice and cold after: it looks like a big mushed up melted mess now, but oh so yummy. [...]

i’m usually not a fan of beer, but this one tasted like blueberries, yum. and the bottle is awfully cute…

it’s dineLA restaurant week ! a great opportunity to check out restaurants in the los angeles area for a discount, and possibly find new favorites i had lunch at vinoteque on melrose yesterday and was pleased with the delicious food. it’s a cute lil place with both garden and indoor seating. my dear friend and [...]

i love going to ikea to browse furniture and home goods, and what makes a visit to ikea even better is the fact that they sell food to satisfy my munchies after i’ve spent hours walking around the huge warehouse. i usually always grab a hot dog and soda, but on my most recent visit [...]

finally, here are my photos from my camping trip over the weekend at the lower kern river. i had so much fun relaxing and am so excited to share my photos! i took sooo many pictures and i hope you guys will go through them all to see my adventures and yummy eats we stayed [...]

a few days ago, i received a kabocha squash (a Japansese version of winder squash), and i had no idea what to do with it. thank goodness for the internet! i googled and found many recipes for preparing this tasty and nutritious squash/pumpkin, and chose to go with a simmered kabocha recipe found on champuru.net [...]

i’ve been hearing about The Annenberg Space for Photography and today i finally gave it a visit! The Space is located in the Century City neighborhood of Los Angeles, and is a gallery of digital and print photography. Admission is free! The current exhibit is the Pictures of the Year International (until November 1), which [...]