Sunday, June 17th, 2012:
So I totally did not realize that I decided to go to Norcal during Father's Day Weekend. Oops. But it's okay because Chinese Father's Day is on August 8th (8/8) so I have another chance. Lauren and her family invited me to tag along with them for their Father's Day festivities, which was really nice of them! I went with them for a dimsum brunch at what they said was the most authentic Hong Kong-style dimsum place in Chinatown, though I didn't catch the name of the restaurant itself...(Self-reminder to ask Lauren later!)
Again, when Lauren's family eats out they do it big! There was so much food and the dimsum was definitely some of the best I've had. We got there pretty early, around 10:30 am-ish and already there were so many people there for Father's Day!! Glad we got there early, because the line later on to even get a number was ridiculous. So again, no photos of the meal but it was a really great meal!
Afterwards, Lauren's family went to watch a movie and they dropped me back off at Chinatown so I could do some solo souvenir shopping and Chinatown exploring on my own in the afternoon. I swear Chinatown is seriously like a corner of Asia transplanted to the U.S. complete with shopkeepers that don't really speak English. pwahaha. It was great, but made me miss my China adventures from last summer.
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| I liked the lanterns. Cute touch. haha |
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One of the buildings was a...bank?
Lauren told me something about it, but I forgot >< |
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| Juxtaposition of Western and Eastern architecture! |
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| Pretty-looking antique store :) |
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| Gate that was the official entrance to Chinatown! |
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| Statue of a monkey playing a harmonica? |
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| More Chinatown lanterns! |
My evening was spent at a Uni dinner reunion at Delancey Street Restaurant. Honestly, I only knew Christina, so introduced myself to the others. The others were pretty familiar with each other though, so I just sort of listened to them talk the whole time. It was entertaining to hear them talk about Uni days and teachers I had been taught by and crazy stories, even though as the youngest of the group (Class of '09) I couldn't really share in their memories. I also was reminded that I feel like the type of people I met at Uni and the type of people I have met at USC are definitely different in their general demeanor, which I find interesting. I hope wherever I go to medical school will have people of a demeanor closer to the friends I've met at 'SC. :)
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| While waiting, I took a picture of this cool-looking boat |
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| Nice shot of the bridge :) |
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