Christmas in Alhambra

YESTERDAY:

head to lunch around 11 am with the aunties
- HK Cafe was starting to get crowded
- Jessica came by! but no Pouya
head to visit mom afterwards
- left two bouquets of flowers
- met her new neighbors
head home to take a nap
head to Shanghai restaurant for early dinner
- there was a custom party at 5 pm
- didn’t want to wait an hour
- ended up at another restaurant
showed the aunties a Shanghai dish with lotus root and sticky rice
head home
sleep

TODAY:

work from home
ordered acai bowl for lunch
- turns out they had a BOGO deal on doordash!
meetings all afternoon
pick up Brian from Caltech around 5 pm
head back for a hot pot dinner with aunties
- showed Brian how to make sauces
played unstable unicorns with Daron, his wife, Alex, Jackie and Brian
- turns out Clarissa is a little competitive!
- Cayden, the baby was much more talkative
drop Brian off back at Caltech
- gave him a box of fancy chocolates
Alex slept over for hiking tomorrow

LEARNINGS: