Stationery

New Pens!

9:36 PM

Not many people know that I am a bit particular with my stationery supplies. I love a good bit of stationery and when I discovered Marvy's Le Pen collection, I was immediately hooked.

They have quite a variety of colours and it's perfect for colour coding notes. These are thin felt tip pens and write quite smooth. One of the pens I have, the light blue one have been through quite a journey, meaning, someone had borrowed it, used it to doodle and almost ran away with it.

Unlike the Staedler pens, Le Pen doesn't hold up quite as well and the pen itself is quite thin that it makes it hard to get a good grip to write. Other than that, it's a good pen and the colours are vibrant.



Food

Cupcake Takes The Cake

9:21 PM

Cupcakes! It's been the craze for the last couple of years and although I know some people who have gotten on the cupcake bandwagon and selling them for a profit, I strictly stay on baking for fun arena.

I'm testing out a new recipe, Khalua & Dark Chocolate Mocha cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting. I will update if the cupcakes turned out and the overall verdict.

I made about a two dozen cupcakes to bring to a crab feed we're attending.


They look fine and when I touched the top, they seemed bouncy and light, not at all dense. So off I went and frosted the cupcakes with the cream cheese frosting and sprinkled some Wilton candy bits on top.



Update: I was going to post the recipe after coming back from the crab feed. My family loved the cupcakes, the chocolate, Khalua, and the mocha flavors came through and the cream cheese frosting complemented the flavours. Unfortunately, the initial "bounce test" proved wrong. The cupcakes were  quite dense. So until I perfect this cupcake, I'm not going to share the recipe.




Food

Gianni's Pizza

4:30 PM

When it comes to pizza, I'm a bit picky. I'm not a big fan of the big pizza chains. I'm more of a mom-and-pop pizza kind of girl. Although, on occasion, I do order a pie from Little Ceasar's, which some people think is the worst out of all the pizza chains.

During my time as a Scuba Divemaster and the plenty of trips to Monterey to assist instructors on student's final exams on scuba diving, we found this amazing pizza place with some friends. It's called Giani's Pizza. By the looks of lines and the wait times, you can tell that it's a place that the locals go for great pizza.


The restaurant offers a variety of items that range from pizza to Italian food to frozen desserts.

Their pies are definitely delicious. The crust is moist and crunchy all at the same time. Although I'm a veggie pizza consumer, I can say that their combination pizza is delicious. Yes, I'll eat a combination pizza (I'll pick out the meat) when it comes to this place.

They've also got breadsticks, which are also delicious and made fresh daily. It's reasonably priced and for the amount of food you get, it's worth it.

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