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CHOCOLATE

It sounds terrible and food snobbish, but I can no longer consume cheap chocolate happily. I’m willing to pay for the REAL stuff, and no–Gharadelli and Lindt do not count. Lindt is good, but when its available everywhere its just not what it used to be.

The other day I walked into a gourmet chocolate shop in Noe Valley, they sell high end chocolate from all around the world. I’ve seen Vosges Haut Chocolat on the Food Network multiple times, and meant to drop by when I passed the boutiques in SOHO last summer, and Ceasar’s Palace last fall, but never got to try any until one of my old co-workers brought some back home from her trip to NYC. Anyways, I got hooked and I found the bars in the store. I bought two, one for me and a bar for Paul’s birthday. I bought him a “Mo’s Bacon Bar.” Yeah, pork and chocolate, you’ll laugh, but its an amazing combination. I don’t even eat pork but I had to see what the it was like when the store owner offered me a piece to try.

Its crack dude, I’m telling you. Not just the bacon bar, all of their chocolate is good, and it should be cause its fking expensive, its $7 a bar in their own boutiques and on their website, but I pay $8 a bar in SF. Plus, like any high-end food you don’t “consume” this stuff. You have to savor it, enjoy it, and eat it piece by piece. A bar will last me a long time because the bar contains eight squares and I only eat one square at a time, and I break that square into four tiny pieces. So a bar will last–$8 for chocolate–its totally justified, completely justified.

Hell yeah I spend my money on food.

Food, travel, and design, my three passions.

Damn apartment search.

If you didn’t know… looking for an apartment in SF is basically like going to a job interview every damn time. The competition is fucking tough. We saw five places yesterday, we saw the same couple at three out of the five looking for something within the same budget. The second place we saw was beautiful, and everybody wants it. Jeff and I are hella trying to play up the “we recently got engaged and we’re ready to start our lives together” deal, we’re milking it like its our only hope, and the fact that we’re two new professionals to SF who can’t stand the commute to the South Bay every night. UGH. Some property manager/owner is gonna have to throw us a bone cause the rental market is ridiculous right now. Plus, we can only afford a studio cause thats all we can do with our budget.

So… you guys can visit, but umm… its not gonna be your second home, if we’re lucky we’ll get 400 square feet. Haha……. damnit… as long as we find a place, I’ll be happy.

For future reference, taking a few shots then later screaming your heart out to karaoke, while being on the cusp of becoming sick, is NOT a very good idea.

We went out for Mr. Paul Abadilla’s 24th birthday, by celebrating with cuban food, DnBs, & karaoke out in Cupertino (private singing rooms are the shit).

Happy Birthday Paul!

Today.

I spent my day on my feet at a photo shoot in Potrero Hill. It was my first professional shoot, I didn’t really do much, but it was a good experience. We were shooting OralB Toothbrushes and USB Cruzers, both products we designed:

It was cool because while we were working upstairs Northface was photographing their catalog pieces downstairs and Restoration Hardware was photographing their textiles right next to them. Hella pro yo, I would’ve taken pictures but I didn’t want to set off any lightboxes/flashes in the building.

Tomorrow I’m at a another photo shoot the whole day. It should be fun one, we’re photographing everyone in the SF and Palo Alto branches for our holiday card, including myself.

Damn work. I love it though.

GAP Holiday 2007:

John Krasinski aka JIM from “The Office:”

Will Arnette & Amy Pohler (one of my role models)

More this weekend…. Hopefully some photo blogs to come, hopefully….

Random Thoughts [no time for formating my ass needs to be in bed asap]: _6am wake up _9am arrive at work with some breakfast _6pm waiting for the damn #19 muni bus _7:30pm get home, spend dinner with family _9-11pm gym _12am hopefully in bed/lights out _no time for myself _if i had time for anything it would be YELP _one day i’m gonna throw a water bottle at a crazy person for making loud noises for no damn reason _its one thing to be homeless–i’m sorry _but its another thing to be homeless and crazy _i’m doing a good job ignoring pigeons, so far… _i’m used to people smelling like curry or onions, sometimes even b.o., but i hate hate hate when people smell like “old” or like moth balls. if you don’t know what “old” smells like, smell someones breath after they haven’t opened their mouth for two days. _i’m invited to the company xmas party, its some fancy stuff and semi-formal, i need a dress. i’m excited, i have a company xmas party. _problem is i don’t get paid until the day before the xmas party _i buy so much food, there are so many places to get food…. _i spent $20 on gourmet chocolate today and it was so fking worth it. _more later, again…

Werk.

So far work has involved me running all around the city to gather props for
an upcoming photo shoot. I’ve gone from SOMA (where our studio is) to Lower
Haight to Castro, from SOMA to Castro again to Noe Valley, all in two days.

I’m muni bus master already.

I never thought public transportation would run this much of my life.

MORE LATER….

Laters.

I have plenty to say about work and my crime fighting adventures in the city. However, this is my only free night this whole week, and I’m going to watch mindless tv and hopefully get to bed early.

My condolences Mr. West.

Kanye lost his Ma.

Nevvvvermind.

I found it, in case you wanna cop one yourself, find it here: 2ktshirts

Ugh. Can’t find it, its circa 2001. I don’t believe it exists anymore.

BUY ME THIS ONE THOUGH!!!