Pomodoro is awesome!

Deron and I decided to venture out and try a new Italian restaurant that we've never been, and it's awesome!!! It's called Pomodoro in Point Loma. It's delish and it's so affordable!

Had the burrata salad. Blew my mind. I think creativity wise, it's not the most whimsical dish I've had, but it's a solid dish! A glob of burrata melty cheese on top of sauteed spinach with fried garlic bits and cherry tomatoes in an olive oil sauce. It's really awesome.

Deron had the homemade gnocchi in a cream sauce. It's so good! The gnocchi is home-made and soft but firm, and the cream sauce is on the light side with hints of speck. The sauce is delicious and the gnocchi is too, sooooo good.

Had the BEST black ink linguine ever! The linguine is fresh pasta and cooked al dente and cooked in this seafoodish cream sauce (which is again not too heavy, and soooooo flavorful) with leeks and bay scallops. What really tops this dish was the huge perfectly cooked shrimp which was sweet and just sublimeeeee. AHHHHH. Soooo goood.

Okay, I'm done drooling over this place. :)

More upbeat!

Hi guys!

In a more upbeat mood since my last post, so I thought I'd share. :)

Just finished booking all the hotels, train tickets and plane tickets, rental cars for our Europe trip! Lier and Ariane are on board with us for the France segment, so I'm happy!

So the current route for my trip:

Venice --> Verona --> Geneva --> Nice --> Paris --> Rome --> Florence --> Sienna --> Rome.

It's going to span over 3 weeks, never been on such a long trip, hopefully it wouldn't be that bad.

Gonna be an Italian princess in Florence! We got a nice room in an ancient castle for two nights... woot woot!

I have to say, I'm looking forward to this trip so much, definitely more than my defense and probably more than my wedding. I'm sure my fiance will agree. Ha!

Weddings are such a waste of money. It completely changed my concept of money! In the past, we'll be like oh 20 bucks, that's cheap. Now we're like oh 300 bucks for a celloist? That's cheap. I feel like I'm being ripped off. Sigh.

In the bubble now, before my paper gets back from review (which will prompt another frenzy of experiments and writing), and before my dissertation is sent out, and I have to meet with one of my committee members in mid-June.

Have to enjoy this moment before it's gone. Could be any day now.

Gonna take our engagement pictures this weekend! I bought a nice dress from A&F, and will have my makeup professionally done, so I'm excited! :)

I guess I should go to work... I guess. :P