My bestie Sara and I were literally driving up to The Golden State last week at around 4pm, when I got a phone call from Little Brother (LB), who lives in LA. LB: Where you at? Me: Just pulling up to The Golden State. LB: Nooooo! It’s Thursday! Me: What does that mean? LB: They […]
Author Archives: Kayoko Akabori
Happy Hour: Moonshine + Tales of the Cocktail Finalist!
Paystyle is out today. Moonshine has him and Vanessa busybusybusy, and they’ve relegated to the sleep cycle of a newborn (sleep early… or just whenever they possibly can). Man, if that isn’t a major life change for the out-and-about couple, I don’t know what is. But isn’t she just ADORABLE??? I’ve adopted her as Umamimart’s […]
June 14, 2010
The Chicago Ten: Frontera Grill (#4)
Sorry, these posts on Chicago are totally lagging. I’ll crank these last four out this week, I PROMISE! These will be la creme de la creme of what Matt and I ate during our trip. We went to Rick Bayless‘ well regarded nouveau Mexican joint, Frontera Grill on our first night in town. I practically […]
June 8, 2010
The Chicago Ten: Floriole Cafe & Bakery (#5)
My dear friend Leslie alerted me about this bakery when she found out I was going to Chicago. Her friend Sandra Holl had just opened Floriole Cafe & Bakery in the Lincoln Park section of Chicago, and she urged me to make a visit. Sandra and her husband had a supportive following through the farmer’s […]
June 6, 2010
Heads Up – Umamiventure #26: San Pedro Fish Market (LA)
I’ve been dying to visit the San Pedro Fish Market since Sara wrote about it a few years back. It’s the perfect summertime Umamiventure! Although it’s always summer in LA, isn’t it? Sigh. Since I’ll be in LA this week, let’s all get together and gorge on fresh oysters and crab and shrimp and drink […]
June 4, 2010
Happy Donut Day!
Today is National Donut Day! I woke up this morning in high anticipation for this and walked over to my local donut shop, Colonial Donuts. Love me a glazed donut first thing in the morning. According to Wiki, this day was created by the Salvation Army in 1938, to commemorate the ladies who served donuts […]
June 3, 2010
The Chicago Ten: Hot Doug’s (#6)
Hot Doug’s (The Sausage Superstore and Encased Meat Emporium) was really the ONLY place Matt wanted to go to during our Chicago visit. Our conversations leading up to the trip often went like this: Kayoko: Should we go to Burt’s Place for pizza? Matt: Sure, I’ll leave it up to you. But we’re going to […]
May 24, 2010
Letter from the Editor: Moving Out + Kayoko Chocolates
People have mentioned to me that they want more of an “editorial voice” from this blog. I’m a serious Twitteraholic, so ya’ll can find me there anytime for some rude and crude remarks in 140 characters or less. But I’ll do a “Letter from the Editor” once in a while, like Martha Stewart or Dana […]