So I’m in Dallas visiting my parents again, and as you all know by now, I get spoiled with food whenever I am home. Love registers most loudly through eating in my parents’ home, and sometimes when I’m really lucky, my trip home coincides with certain fruits in season. The picture above is of the tropical fruit chôm chôm (rambutan), …
Lone Star
 I finally unpack my suitcases from the Dallas trip, but it’s just a matter of time before I refill them with necessities for the next trip that’s happening in a couple of weeks. No disclosure yet as to where I’ll pop up next, but if I’m lucky I’ll get to hear a few languages totally foreign to my ears. …
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Time Flies When Life Happens
 I’m packing again. This time I’m heading back to Big D to spend Father’s Day with my parents. Most people love the heat, but I find it even more challenging to pack for extremely warm climates than cold ones. Layering is my specialty; sun exposure is not. Remember, I’ve been living the life of a vampire for the last …
My Bottomless Pit
 This morning I had a meeting near the Knox/Henderson area of Dallas and then had lunch with a good friend at Chuy’s, a Tex-Mex joint on McKinney.  As we were chatting about the soap opera going on at her job and the jewelry we’ve been making on the side, I wished I had brought my camera to photograph the …
Now Eat This: Days 1 & 2
 Call me crazy but after one full week of being home from the last trek, I traded sunny, warm LA for rainy, cold Dallas this week. But the trade off is visiting my beloved parents and eating the best home cooked Vietnamese food in the world. My mom has spoiled our taste buds for life, so if I’m a …