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Your official SNEAK PEAK at our new Art Lounge in Gotham City.
By Jane on April 21, 2011
We haven’t officially opened our doors yet but we have been working long and hard on yet another business venture. Aside from our rental properties, we also have a couple of commercial spaces uptown. In fact, they are right around the corner and in the same building as our Studio Condo. This was strategic planning [...]
Category: Random Stuff
No, this Vietnamese Jane does not want to be an Engineer for the rest of her life.
By Jane on February 15, 2010
LIFE IS LIMITLESS Since leaving corporate America and not falling back on my degree and experience as an Engineer, I have found such creativity and freedom in that I’m still figuring out what I want to do “when I grow up”. Life is short. There are so many things that interest me, that I want [...]
Category: Random Stuff
Laguna Beach: No, I’m not talking about the teeny bopper show.
By Jane on December 30, 2009
We recently were down in the OC…that’s short for Orange County if you don’t know or watch those teeny-bopper reality shows on MTV. We decided to head to the Laguna Beach so the kids can play. I’m so excited because I got a bunch of great shots. Enjoy!
Category: My Big Fat Persian Family, Thru My Lens
By Jane on June 1, 2011
For those who have kids, you know how newborns have that tar-like poo in the beginning? Well, I got to know it all too well. Whilst taking a nap with my lovie Benz, his diaper apparently slid down and little man had decided to take a dump while napping. So, much to my surprise, when [...]
Category: Dick
WARNING! Smoking causes impotence, y’all!
By Jane on November 5, 2009
I lived in Canada for about 9 months in one of the best cities in the world…TORONTO. Because it’s Canada and they have massive taxes for everything, cigarettes are no different. I was shocked when I was there about a year ago and a pack cost $10. When I lived there almost 10 years ago, [...]
Category: Random Stuff
Mommy I’m Hot, But I Want Money!!
By Jane on September 2, 2009
This is our second year having a lemonade sale. Last year the girls had great success and they’ve been begging me to do another one so they could earn some more money to redecorate their room. I’m just glad they want to earn it versus stealing it. Tomorrow is the first day of school for public school here and summer is officially over!
So, I agreed but I was not thrilled to sit in the hot, muggy sun (89F) and get eaten alive by pesky, blood thirsty mosquitos.
I contributed $9.43 to get their business going (which they gave me $6 initially), prepared the lemonade for them, and agreed to give of my time pro-bono. Thelma and Louise recruited a helper, their cousin, to assist as well.
George Costanza was on to something when he made a bed under his desk.
By Jane on November 11, 2009
I am known to be able to fall asleep anywhere, anytime, in a matter of minutes. I have no trouble sleeping on a train, a plane, in a car, on the bus, etc. I’m not narcoleptic as my dear sister would proclaim but I have fallen asleep while talking on the phone before, mid sentence. [...]
Category: Random Stuff
New beds for the girls. With the frames still in boxes, the girls have fun with the bedding.
By Jane on December 28, 2010
As you may know, the girls share a room and they also share a lounging type futon bed. We love that bed as it is quite comfortable. I also am a firm believer that making kids share a room makes them closer and teaches them to share early on. Lucy and I shared a room [...]
Category: Random Stuff
Our favorite library, the bestest kid’s library evah!
By Jane on November 30, 2010
Alright, I know I’m jumping around in time with going to Gotham City to Thanksgiving to being pregnant but now I’d like to take us back to Gotham City. Sorry, being pregnant makes you all sorts of scatterbrained. What I love about being in the city is all the culture and arts that are offered within walking distance. Within minutes [...]
Category: Random Stuff
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Thundershowers keep me stranded at the Starbucks.
By Jane on August 13, 2010
I know, tough life right? Stranded at the Starbucks. Don’t be hatin’ cause I be chillin’! With all that we do and all that we got goin’ on, this is one of my simple pleasures in life. Gots to keep Momma happy…cause EVERYBODY knows… IF MOMMA AIN’T HAPPY…AIN’T NOBODY HAPPY!! And if you don’t know [...]
Category: Random Stuff
My Benz, a player? Queenie comes visits Benz and makes a prediction.
By Jane on September 23, 2011
Look who else is visiting me Labor Day Weekend…Queenie!!! You remember my lovely (and crazy) Aunt from Toronto…Queen Latifa. I love Queenie dearly and one of the reasons I love her most is her bluntness. Remember her words of wisdom when she was in Vietnam with my parents and sister over Christmas? Well, while she was here, [...]
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Biking with my Big Belly. Still do-able.
By Jane on April 12, 2011
With Lucy in town, I thought we would get some much needed exercise and go for a bike ride. Contrary to my mom’s fears and warnings that one should not bike at 7-8 months of pregnancy, I’m still quite capable of using my skinny Sponge Bob legs to peddle myself around. Fanny Mae was quite [...]
Category: Anything Maternity/Pregnancy
Jane: Korean Tofu House and Bibimbab Newbie
By Jane on January 9, 2010
Lucy, Martha and I decide to go to Korean Town close to downtown LA to a Tofu House for lunch. I love Korean food and I’ve had Korean BBQ before but have never been to a tofu house. There are quite a few of these tofu houses in LA, especially in Korean Town but Lucy [...]
Tired, fed up, I ditch all the work and head to Starbucks and the pool.
By Jane on June 16, 2010
So by now you know that in the last 48 hours I’ve endured a sick child, running around to take care of our car business…kids swimming practice…packing, loading, driving…painting, cleaning, scrubbing…and no sleep. The next morning, Dick takes his pretty little ass’s time waking up. He doesn’t get up until like 11:00. Mind you, I’ve [...]
Category: Random Stuff
How to cut a Pineapple…as painful as it is.
By Jane on August 30, 2010
Occasionally, we will get a craving for pineapples. I prefer FRESH over CANNED (Healthier, no preservatives, not imported from China, no High Fructose Corn Syrup) and this is the season for it. However, cutting a fresh pineapple is a bit of a PAIN. Not too bad, but for someone like me who doesn’t usually like [...]
Category: Food
Recipe – Persian Rice w/ Beef & Green Beans (Loobia Polow)
By Jane on September 11, 2009
Loobia (green bean) Polow (rice) is a SUPER-yummy Persian dish that combines fragrant Basmati rice with a green bean tomato stew infused with lots of great taste and flavor. I learned how to cook Persian food from my lovely Mother-in-Law. She is infamous in her family for being a fantastic cook and so to keep it [...]
Category: Culinary Goddess, Faves
I’ve died and gone to BATHROOM HEAVEN. A look at different bathroom styles.
By Jane on February 3, 2010
In LA, whenever we go to Urth Cafe, we always pass this beautiful bathroom place. Thelma really wants to go inside so we do. Everything in this store is MAGNIFICENT!
Category: Random Stuff
City girl with country soul: We visit my neighbor’s horses.
By Jane on January 17, 2010
We have a neighbor that has horses. Yes, I know, it may seem like I live all the way out in BFE (If you don’t know this acronym, Google it or something.) but remember, I can bike to Starbucks. So honestly, I get the best of all worlds…City-like living with the benefit of a lovely [...]
Category: Random Stuff, Thelma & Louise
By Jane on June 9, 2010
Back in January, we married off my sister’s dog Oscar with my mom’s dog, Yuki. (Click HERE for the story.) The intent was so that they could legitimately have babies (even though Dick & I didn’t take this route at first). Lucy reminded me the other day that she was unsure this would actually happen [...]
Category: Random Stuff





