Wedding: Elizabeth & Loc

03.20.2010
Kim Son Jefferson

My friend from college, who also happens to be best friends with my long time family friend, got married last month and I attended her reception at Kim Son. She had over 500 guests! Wowsa! The bride was stunning as she rocked two gorgeous gowns. I really liked her dancing dress. The food was great as usual. I love the food at Kim Son. It actually occurred to me that I've never took pictures of these 7-8 course meals that is traditional at Chinese/Vietnamese weddings. I can't really speak for any other Asian race. But I shall do this at the next wedding that I attend. If there was an award for biggest group of enthusiastic dancers, this wedding would take it. Usually, it takes a while for guests to start migrating towards the dance floor and will do so towards the end when all the typical wedding stuff is over with like cake cutting and the bouqet toss. Not at this wedding. The dance floor started getting packed half-way through. Either the bride and groom's group of friends just like to party or that Vietnamese band is just that good!

Omg. Look at the little flower girl. So cute. I think her mom is super relishing in having a girl.

Restaurant: El Patio

2416 Brazos
Houston, TX 77006


I will probably never ever go back to El Patio ever again. Unless, friends just simply insist on going there. But you know. I've got great power of persuasion. We started off trying to meet some friends for brunch at Cyclone Anaya. Even at 2:30pm on a Sunday, Cyclone Anaya was still facing hour long waits. Argh. Seriously? Big poppa and I had parked several blocks away and noticed that El Patio seemed liked a cool place to go so we suggested everyone meet there instead since there was also no wait. We ended up seating ourselves cos there was no host/hostess. After a century had passed, we had only received the complimentary chips and salsa. They were obviously short staffed and the few staff that were there were not capable of juggling multiple tables at once. I can talk the talk cos I've waited tables before. But MAN. We weren't aware of the time that had passed cos we were enjoying the chit chat but then thirst and hunger sets in and we wanted to order NOW. Still, no one came. Another annoying thing is that they had this DJ upstairs that was BLASTING music extremely loud. Are we that old that we wished they would turn the volume down just a tad? By the time someone had come, we decided to leave and go back to Cyclone Anaya. Our friend who was there first had put his name down and by the time we had made the walk back, our name was being called. Perfecto!

Musik Mundi: Vanessa Carlton

I know right? Vanessa Carlton? I have never liked any of her songs cos I found her voice to be slightly annoying. So high and thin. Like my own Asian voice. I know so little of her that I'm surprised to learn that she's already made two other albums after her hit A Thousand Miles from way back when and she also has a new album slated for release this year. I thought I was fated to never like any of her stuff but then I heard Who's To Say, and it's not bad and kinda catchy. The track on my playlist is pretty crappy. It's good enough that you can get the gist of the song but it starts to skip around towards the end.

*photo courtesy of amazon*


Vanessa Carlton
Album: Harmonium (2004)
Song: Who's To Say

Shoes: Adonya

A super long time ago, I bought these espadrille wedge sandals from Baker's that were literally glued to my feet. I LOVED them. I wore them all the time cos I felt they went well with casual and semi-casual outfits. And with so much wear, it was expected that they would eventually come apart. I've gone back to Baker's to see if they had the same shoes or maybe something similar but no cigar. And I've been looking. For quite some time now. I bought these wooden clog sandals from Aldo about two months ago that I thought would be an adequate replacement but man, they freaking hurt my feet! I think they need to be one size bigger but I had them shipped cos they didn't have them in the store and blah blah blah lazy lazy lazy. So to get to the conclusion of this story, I finally found some sandals that I like and are sooooooooo COMFORTABLE. I'm not 100% happy with the way they look but they're good enough. The leather is soft and the height is perfect. The sandals were purchased from Piperlime.


Nine West Adonya
Cigar
$69.99

*photo courtesy of piperlime.gap.com*