home again

coming home sux.  i'm dealing with post-travel unpacking and laundry.  but monday i will go to sweden!  tune in for my pics.  i'm bringing my computer this time....yay!
here's a cute kitty i saw on the beach yesterday in carlsbad. ( i walked with my parents in the morning before going to the airport).  st. louis = landlocked = sux.

mom and dad

mom

more la hijinx

copied these from becky's camera:

my mom and i and some guy with great sense of humor (popped his head into our pic, haha)

thank u m + d!

poor me, ikea-less in st. louis.  boo hoo!

delicious:

i ate half of this already:

winter tribute to my birthplace...

...the much-maligned LA!!

drool.. (and bitternesss!)

my top referring location for this week:  STUDIO CITY, CA. ! 

THANK YOU, EVEN THO' YOU ARE PROBABLY RELATED TO ME!!

(above: martha stewart's favorite cupcakes--Vanilla Bakeshop-- featuring my dearest cousin EMMA QUAN, now studying partying a sophomore at UCSD!)

balboa park, san diego (ok, not la, but still so.cal)

mom doing stretches (?)--she's very fit

my dad (left)..ok, that's not fair, haha, here's my dad:

FUN at IKEA

(which we do not have in st. louis--very bitter!)