Hey babies it is Friday at
12:24 am right now oh
shoot - it's actually Saturday. Duh. It's been a really long week and
last week, I told you guys that I have some news to Share and
This is actually the last time that I will be filming in this kitchen.
Yes, it's the end of an era.
I remember back in 2009 when I first posted a video which was
ridiculous, I laughed my whole way through and I made my take on the shaking beef, Vietnamese shaking beef.
Hi everyone! So today I'm going to be making my famous, shaking beef.
But I decided rename it rocking beef! So we are going to be serving it with tomato fried rice.
This was where honey suckle was born but
it's my last night here um and
We've just been through so much together that I felt like I really wanted to share with you guys like what's going on.
My family, Nate, me, Erisy, and Ollie are
upping from the Bay area and we're leaving to go down to Southern California in LA particularly.
Um, why are we doing this? Well actually I
never left the Bay area even for college
I went to school locally and I
Just never left and so there is just something inside of me that's like I need to go have an adventure
Go live somewhere else while Erisy is still young enough to uh
Before she's in school, and so Nate and I talked about where it would make sense to go first, and we thought LA.
It's close to
Home still but we're actually kind of in where the industry is;
Um, we'll try it out for a year, and then my dream is to actually go to Hawaii next!
Um maybe live there for six months to a year and then after that Nate was interested in going to Boston
So we're just going to try to lift the vagabond life a little bit
But honestly who knows I don't know if I'll like LA I
actually do we heat the traffic in the bay area, so I'm like going into the belly of the beast in Los Angeles, but
You know there's lots of good food there, and so at least I can show you guys around a really good
Trendy restaurant, and show you what the latest food trends there, kind of recreate it at home
but yeah, I just wanted to share this moment with you guys this kitchen actually is really special to me because
Um,
I moved in with Nate
Shortly before I got married or we got married and then when we got married like a year later
We moved back here.
This is like my family's Condo and I had free reigns to
remodel, do whatever the heck I wanted with it of course
I had to pay for everything, but it was really like a chance for me to tap into my inner
interior designing
skills and
Make it my own
So I wanted to make it very syllable something that was clean and I got a lot of inspiration from fixer-upper
Joanna Gaines, and so I wanted to have like a
sleek, yet
farmhouse-y look to it. So I decided to go with the subway tile and then for the cabinet I had
Actually, I was a little bit stunned when I saw the Cabinet's installed because I actually thought they were supposed to be white
But when they came and they were installed they were like this oyster gray color which in the end it totally worked out fine
I actually grew to really love it
but those small details I
The show room was very dark and yellow so I thought I was looking at white, but it turns out that it was grey,
So that was totally my fault.
But then for the details on the handles I wanted something very
Polished so I went with these gold brass handles
I found them online and I'll link to them if you guys are interested and to match with the gold handles
I got this gold faucet that is so beautiful and I didn't want to go for your typical like silver
Handles and faucets. I just wanted something to make my own
yeah, and then I also got this giant sink because I
Always had those split tubs growing up like there were these two
Sinks, and I really didn't like it. I just wanted something big that I could just put
Food in I mean I mean I don't put food down the sink
But like some room to drain my noodles
Wash my vegetables like I just needed more space and so
Yeah, this kitchen is super special for me um it was actually where I first
bathed Erisy too in that tub!
Anyways, it's bittersweet
Anyways, I am really excited for our new chapter though in Los Angeles um maybe I'll give you guys a house tour once we're settled
And down there, but the kitchen is
Amazing and I cannot wait to film more food videos
Lifestyle, fashion, I don't know I think I will definitely tap into other areas
Because just LA is so inspiring every time I go down there, I just feel alive
Maybe because it's not so cold, and I'm cold all the time up here, so
the bright, sunny
weather will really
Infuse me with more creative juice and who knows. What do you guys want to see?
I always get questions from you guys about my tops, my clothes, where I got the bowls and all that stuff
So I thought you know I should start making content about that and really share
you know like where I get my supplies how to style a kitchen or an
Outfit I don't know I will come up with stuff.
But if you guys want to help me and tell me what you want to see I would really appreciate it.
Comment below and I will see you guys very soon~
Bye guys!!
And to celebrate let's pop some champagne.
Cheers guys, thank you so much for all of your love and support this past-
I don't know how long it's been, a few long years
It's been so much fun to grow with you and to learn more about you guys and just to
Make delicious food with you. I hope you will join me in my next chapter and
cheers to many more fun adventures~ Byee!!
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