First of all, I have MAD RESPECT for food bloggers and am a bit intrigued by them. Even when I was living in NYC, one of my favorite Sunday activities was reading the Food section of the New York Times with a soy latte in one hand, as I chilled in Union Square Park. OMG, I’m tearing up just thinking about it.

But seriously, they are very passionate about food in the way that I am about writing or music or making comedy shorts… its as if they speak another language and are quite angry if you aren’t a foodie like them. I could never be a part of their world thought I’d love to be a fly on the wall in their conversations.

We actually also went to a bakery in K-town that had Pot Bingsu, which is a Korean Red Bean Dessert over Ice and Fruit. This is quite the popular Korean dessert and I remember very distinctly when my Mom and I shared a Pot Bingsu when we were in Korea together. We were in the Kang-nam district of Seoul, which is like Soho in NYC, and we were at this WAY OVERPRICED cafe, but it was absolutely fab. I was only 17 at the time but I remember it being one of the coolest moments I ever had with my Mom.

Here’s their pretty cake display. So delicious looking.

And the Pot Bing Su.. I had a few bites and it was cold and creamy. Nothing compares to what I had in Seoul though…

And I saw this trailer for “Julie and Julia,” with Meryl Streep and Amy Adams…and FELL IN LOVE!! I love movies like this especially when they’re about people in NYC. Its about finding out your voice…via cooking.
Check it out! I cannot wait to see this..it makes me want to open a cookbook. Well, not really, but possibly.

I try to spend Saturdays NOT in front of my computer because…

1) My booty needs a break. It’s like, “Excuse me, Kat, but can you NOT sit on me all day. Instead why don’t you just go walk somewhere that’s not a treadmill.” Point taken, booty.
2) I live in freaking Los Angeles where the weather is ridiculously gorgeous and most days I’m inside working so I don’t take advantage of it. Need to start!
3) I try to do things that are different whether its going to an art show (and not understanding the paintings…no offense, but I pretend I do) , going to a comedy show, or checking out a new movie. Okay, that still involves me sitting on my booty, but at least I’m not typing.

Anyway, this Saturday, I hung out with my new friend Alice of Kogi BBQ who is also a writer and has a passion for writing about food. Seriously, we were hanging out and it made me want to learn to cook or something because I couldn’t add to the conversation. Usually, I try to stay far away from the kitchen because cooking annoys me, but I’m going to be making more of an effort. I think.

We went to the K-town street fair right on Olympic/Normandie

And there were these ADORABLE LITTLE KIDS onstage doing a rendition of BOA’s “Eat You Up.” OMG this kid in the middle was hilarious and they were so into it. CUTE!

And finally got to try KOGI BBQ. Mucho deliciouso!!! Seriously.

And also tried this corn situation which is roasted with Mexican hot chili pepper flakes. Very good. I couldn’t finish it b/c it was ginormous but it was yummy

And check out these chickens roasting over a spitfire… didn’t have any, but if I were a vegetarian, I’d be calling PETA.

All in all, it was a fun Saturday afternoon hanging with some new friends and seeing parts of LA that I don’t get to see too often. LA is definitely a city where you have to make an effort to meet new people or try new things because you’re always in your car.

I’m going to make more of an effort to do so!!!

Random, but I was cleaning out my camera and found these pics of the book, “Stuff White People Like,” which is also a REALLY POPULAR BLOG. It’s quite funny to read actually and haha…“ASIAN GIRLS” is their top post.
Not sure exactly how I feel about that. Oh yeah, um..objectified. And gross.

Trust me, I know what the “Asian Fetish,” is all about and even wrote a post on Manolith a while back called, “Top 10 Things You Should Know About Dating Asian Girls.”

I had to take pics of the book for the blog!!

The Asian Girls Pages… Are you kidding me? LOL

Also, there was this book about the fabulousness of Chuck Norris. What’s the obsession with him?

We’ve all heard the story by now about the death of Michael Jackson, the reigning King of Pop, who had such an extensive musical history of number one hits and who has show business in his blood.

I remember watching “Black or White,” on MTV at my cousin’s house (b/c we weren’t allowed to watch cable at my own house) and thinking that it was one of the coolest videos ever because the point of the song was that it doesn’t matter what race you are, your ethnic background, religion, whatever…

It made me smile because I would watch the news and think, “Unfortunately, that’s all people actually care about even if they say it doesn’t matter,” and then there was this song that was like, “Nope, it just matters who you are on the inside.”

I probably read WAY too deep into that, but it was a song that always stuck with me.

The world has lost a true artist.  RIP Michael Jackson. BTW, this is one song that I also really adored from him, “Man in the Mirror.” He’s the one musical artist that my Mom and I both adored. She was more of a “Thriller” gal while I thought that music video was genius but extremely scary.


ABC with the Jackson 5

And “I’ll be there.” LOVE THIS SONG.

One More Chance

Did you hear the story of how Johnny Depp gave his waiter a $4,000 tip?  I think its sort of fantastic and generous, especially because I waited tables for a LONG TIME during high school, college and after college in that, “Oh snap, I need to supplement by office job income,” period.

I remember how rude people were and also the times when people were quite kind-hearted and generous.  I can’t even imagine what I would’ve done if I’d received such a huge tip.  Freaked out, probably.

You know what they say… for you ladies out there… The way a guy treats a waitress is how he’ll treat you.

I’ve been on dates before with guys who were super rude to the servers and was like…uhh... I’m leaving.

Lesson: Respect everyone from the bus boy to the CEO!  Respect and smiles are free so give them away.