2023 December List | ๅไบŒๆœˆๆธ…ๅ–ฎ

Cincinnati Zoo Festival of Lights

https://cincinnatizoo.org

This light festival is worth every penny! It attracts quite the crowd. We came here every weekend in December. The cold weather and the colorful lights really bring out the holiday cheers!

้€™็‡ˆๆœƒๅ€ผๅ›ž็ฅจๅƒน๏ผŒไฝ†ไบบไนŸ็‰นๅˆฅๅคšใ€‚ๅฏ่ƒฝๆ˜ฏๅคฉๅ†ท๏ผŒ็‰นๅˆฅๆœ‰็ฏ€ๆ—ฅๆฐฃๆฐ›๏ผ12ๆœˆ๏ผŒๆˆ‘ๅ€‘ๅนพไนŽๆฏ้€ฑ้ƒฝๅ ฑๅˆฐ๏ผŒๅฐฑ็Ÿฅ้“ๆˆ‘ๅ€‘ๆœ‰ๅคšๆ„›ใ€‚

Truva Turkish Kitchen

http://truvaturkishkitchen.com/

Hard to find restaurants in Cincinnati that both UN and I wonโ€™t stop talking about. Truva is one that we both agree that we will go back to again and again. Everything from the atmosphere, to the quality of the foods, to the level of service, simply beyond reproach. Their portions are shareable with friends, but they also have individual sized options.

ๅœจ่พ›่พ›้‚ฃๆ่ƒฝๆ‰พๅˆฐๆˆ‘ๅ’ŒUN้ƒฝๆ„›็š„้คๅปณไธๅคช็ฐกๅ–ฎ๏ผŒไฝ†Truvaๆ˜ฏๆˆ‘ๅ€‘ไธ€ๅ‡บ้คๅปณๅฐฑ่ชฌไธ‹ๆฌก็ต•ๅฐๆœƒๅœจๅ›žไพ†็”จ้คใ€‚ๅพž้คๅปณ็”จ้คๆฐ›ๅœใ€็พŽๅ‘ณๅฏๅฃ็š„้ฃŸ็‰ฉใ€็†ฑๆƒ…่ฒผๅฟƒ็š„ๆœๅ‹™๏ผŒๅฎŒๅ…จ่ธฉไธๅˆฐ้›ทใ€‚ไปฝ้‡้žๅธธ้ฉๅˆไธ€็พคๆœ‹ๅ‹ไธ€่ตทๅˆ†ไบซ๏ผŒๅ€‹ไบบ้ปž้คไนŸๆœ‰ๅ–ฎ้ปž้ธๆ“‡ใ€‚

Carabello Coffee

107 E 9th St, Newport, KY 41071
https://www.carabellocoffee.com/

My friend M organized this winter only coffee tasting activity for us. I was worried that I wouldnโ€™t be able to fall asleep after, but I slept like a baby! Chayne is our barista, he curated the different types of coffee and paired each one with some music and little games. Carabello Coffee has been doing coffee tasting for the past 8 years. No ads, only by word of mouth. Yet they attract coffee connoisseurs from all over the country!

ๆœ‹ๅ‹M็œŸ็š„ๆœ‰ๅค ๆœƒๆ‰พๆดปๅ‹•๏ผๅ†ฌๅญฃ้™ๅฎš็š„ๅ’–ๅ•กๅ“ๅšๆดปๅ‹•๏ผŒไธ€้–‹ๅง‹ๆˆ‘ๆœ‰้ปžๆ“”ๅฟƒๆœƒไธๆœƒๅ–ๅธถๅคšๅ’–ๅ•กๆ™šไธŠ็กไธ่‘—๏ผŒ็ตๆžœๆ™šไธŠ็ก่ถ…ๅฅฝ๏ผChayneๆ˜ฏๆˆ‘ๅ€‘็š„่€ๅธซ๏ผŒไป–็…ฎๅ‡บไธๅŒ็š„ๅ’–ๅ•ก๏ผŒ้‚„้…ๅˆ้Ÿณๆจ‚ๅ’Œๅฐ้Šๆˆฒ๏ผŒ็œŸ็š„ๅพˆ้ฉๅˆไธ€็พคๆœ‹ๅ‹ไธ€่ตทไพ†ใ€‚Carabello Coffeeๅทฒ็ถ“่ˆ‰่พฆ้€™ๅ€‹ๅ’–ๅ•กๅ“ๅšๆดปๅ‹•ๅ…ซๅนดไบ†๏ผŒไธๅคชๆ‰“ๅปฃๅ‘Š็š„ๅ’–ๅ•กๅบ—๏ผŒๅ…จๆ˜ฏๆœ‹ๅ‹ไป‹็ดนไพ†็š„๏ผŒๅฐฑ็Ÿฅ้“ๅคงๅฎถๆœ‰ๅคšๅ–œๆญกใ€‚้€ฃๆœ‹ๅ‹็š„่กจๅ“ฅๅœจไธนไฝ›้–‹ๅ’–ๅ•กๅบ—้ƒฝ็‰นๅˆฅไพ†้€™่ฃกๅ“ๅšๅ’–ๅ•ก๏ผ

Rusk Kitchen and Bar

https://ruskcincy.com/

The salmon Banh Mi that I ordered was โ€ฆ ordinary! I rarely give out this kind of review, but their sandwiches are no better than homemade! Good thing they have delicious cocktails.

ๆˆ‘้ปž็š„้ฎญ้ญš่ถŠๅ—ไธ‰ๆ˜Žๆฒปๅฏฆๅœจๅคช...ๆ™ฎ้€šไบ†๏ผๆˆ‘็œŸ็š„ๅพˆๅฐ‘้€™ๆจฃ่ฉ•ๅƒน๏ผŒไฝ†้€™ไธ‰ๆ˜Žๆฒปๆฐดๆบ–ๅฐฑๅƒๆˆ‘ๅœจๅฎถ้šจไพฟๆบ–ๅ‚™็š„ๆ„Ÿ่ฆบ๏ผไฝ†ๆˆ‘้ปž็š„Love Juice่ชฟ้…’็‰นๅˆฅๅˆๅฅฝๅ–๏ผ

Museum of Natural History and Science

https://www.cincymuseum.org/sciencemuseum/

This city never fails to surprise me! The Museum of Natural History and Science has many exhibits. Even its building is full of history! I want to get annual passes for the girls, so much fun here!

ๆฏๆฌก้ƒฝ่ขซๆˆ‘ๅ€‘้€™ๅŸŽๅธ‚้ฉš่‰ท๏ผไบบๆ–‡ๆญทๅฒ็ง‘ๅญธ้คจๆœ‰่ถ…ๅคšๆฑ่ฅฟๅฏไปฅ็œ‹๏ผŒๅค–้ขๅปบ็ฏ‰ไนŸๆ˜ฏๆปฟๆปฟๆญทๅฒ๏ผ้Žๅนพๅ€‹ๆœˆๆˆ‘ไธ€ๅฎš่ฆๅนซๅฏถๅฏถๅ€‘่พฆๅนดๅก๏ผŒ้€™่ฃกๅคชๅฅฝ็Žฉไบ†๏ผ

2022 December List | ๅไบŒๆœˆๆธ…ๅ–ฎ

2022 came quietly to an end, how was everyoneโ€™s year? From being pregnant in the beginning of the year to our babies being three months old now! Time really flew by. Looking back there were too many blessings to be counted!

2022ๆ‚„ๆ‚„็š„้€ฒๅ…ฅๅฐพ่ฒ๏ผŒไธ็Ÿฅ้“ๅคงๅฎถไปŠๅนด้Žๅพ—ๅฆ‚ไฝ•๏ผŸๅพžๅนดๅˆๆ‡ทๅญ•ๅˆฐ็พๅœจๅฏถๅฏถๅ€‘ไธ‰ๅ€‹ๆœˆๅคง๏ผŒๆ™‚้–“ๅฟซ็š„ไธๅƒ่ฉฑ๏ผŒไฝ†ๅ›ž้กง้€™ไธ€ๆ•ดๅนด็œŸ็š„ๆ˜ฏๆปฟๆปฟ็š„ๆ„Ÿๆฉใ€‚

Izola

710 13th St Suite 300, San Diego, CA 92101

Known as the best croissant in America! (click here for UN and Iโ€™s review) Thanks to our cooperative babies for sleeping very well the night before, we were able to get up early and leave the house on time to make it down to San Diego for some croissants. On Christmas Eve, not many people were on the road, usually a parking spot in downtown is rare to find, but we found one right in front of Izola. When we got there, there was a sign out front that said โ€œsold outโ€, and some customers in front of us left in disappointment. But we drove for almost an hour, I had to at least go in to check out the place for myself. There were two lines, one for online pre-order, and the other for walk-in order. I refused to believe all croissants were sold out, so I went to the guy at the cashier and asked. He told me they only have original croissants left, but in 15 minutes there would be more options coming out from the oven! Even my mom was happy for us hearing the good news!

Business Hour: Thursday to Sunday, 8 am to 1 pm

ๅƒๅˆฐๅ‚ณ่ชชไธญๅ…จ็พŽ็ฌฌไธ€ๅ็š„ๅฏ้ Œ๏ผ๏ผˆๆˆ‘ๅ’ŒUN็š„ๅƒๅพŒๅฟƒๅพ—่ซ‹้ปž้€™่ฃก๏ผ‰ๆ„Ÿ่ฌๅฏถๅฏถๅ€‘้…ๅˆ๏ผŒๅ‰ไธ€ๆ™š็ก่ถ…ๅฅฝ๏ผŒ่ฎ“็ˆธ็ˆธๅชฝๅ’ช้˜ฟๅฌค่ƒฝๅ‡บ็™ผๅˆฐSan Diegoๅƒๅฏ้ Œใ€‚ๅฏ่ƒฝๆ˜ฏ่–่ช•็ฏ€ๅ‰ไธ€ๅคฉ๏ผŒๅธ‚ๅ€ๆฒ’ๆœ‰ๅคชๅคšไบบ๏ผŒๅนณๆ™‚่ถ…้›ฃๅœ่ปŠ็š„downtown๏ผŒๆˆ‘ๅ€‘็ซŸ็„ถ่ƒฝๆ‰พๅˆฐ้–€ๅฃ็š„ไฝ็ฝฎใ€‚Izolaไฝๅœจไธ‰ๆจ“๏ผŒไฝ†่ฝ‰่ง’ๅ’Œ้–€ๅฃ้ƒฝๆœ‰ๆ”พๆŒ‡็คบ็‰Œใ€‚็•ถๆˆ‘ๅ€‘่ฆ้€ฒๅŽปๆ™‚๏ผŒๅœจๆˆ‘ๅ€‘ๅ‰้ขไธ€็ต„ๅฎขไบบ็œ‹ๅˆฐ้–€ๅฃๅฏซ่‘—Sold Out๏ผˆๅ”ฎๅฎŒ๏ผ‰ๅฐฑ่ฝ‰่บซ่ตฐไบบใ€‚ไฝ†ๆˆ‘้€™ไบบ๏ผŒๅ”ฎๅฎŒ้‚„ๆ˜ฏ่ฆ้€ฒๅŽป็œ‹ไธ€ไธ‹๏ผŒๅคชๅฅฝๅฅ‡ไบ†ๆฒ’่พฆๆณ•๏ผ่ฃก้ขๆœ‰ๅˆ†้ ๅ”ฎ้šŠไผๅ’Œ็พๅ ด่ณผ่ฒท็š„้šŠไผ๏ผŒไธๆญปๅฟƒ็š„ๆˆ‘ๅ‘ๅ‰ๅ•ๅบ—ๅ“ก๏ผŒๅบ—ๅ“ก่ชช๏ผšๆˆ‘ๅ€‘ๅชๅ‰ฉไธ‹ๅŽŸๅ‘ณๅฏ้ Œ๏ผŒไฝ†15ๅˆ†้˜ๅพŒๆœƒๆœ‰ไธๅŒๅฃๅ‘ณ๏ผๆˆ‘็š„ๅคฉๅ•Š๏ผŒ้€ฃๆˆ‘ๅชฝๅชๆ˜ฏไพ†้™ชๆˆ‘ๅ€‘ๅƒๅฏ้ Œ้ƒฝๆ›ฟๆˆ‘ๅ€‘้–‹ๅฟƒ๏ผ๏ผˆๅŽŸๆœฌๆˆ‘ๅ€‘ๆƒณ็ถฒไธŠ้ ่จ‚๏ผŒไฝ†้คตๅฎŒๅฏถๅฏถๅพŒไธ€็œ‹๏ผŒๅ…จ่ณฃๅ…‰๏ผ๏ผ‰

็‡Ÿๆฅญๆ™‚้–“๏ผšๆ˜ŸๆœŸๅ››่‡ณๆ˜ŸๆœŸๆ—ฅ๏ผŒๆ—ฉไธŠ8้ปžๅˆฐไธ‹ๅˆ1้ปž

Capital Seafood Restaurant

770 Spectrum Center Dr Suite 770, Irvine, CA 92618

Have you heard of the saying that โ€œafter having kids, all your meals are eaten coldโ€? When the food came out, our babies started to get really fuzzy, so UN and I needed to take them out and leave my mom by herself at the restaurant. By the time we got back all the food was cold. But this is what made this restaurantโ€™s food special: their cold dim sum dishes were still so delicious!

ๆœ‰่ฝ้Žโ€็”ŸๅฎŒๅฐๅญฉๅพŒๅƒ้ฃฏ้ƒฝๆ˜ฏๅ†ท็š„โ€้€™ๅฅ่ฉฑๅ—Ž๏ผŸๆˆ‘ๅ€‘้ฃŸ็‰ฉไพ†ๆ™‚ๅ‰›ๅฅฝๅฏถๅฏถๅ€‘ๆƒ…็ท’่ตทไผๆฏ”่ผƒๅคง๏ผŒๆˆ‘ๅ’ŒUNๆŠŠๆˆ‘ๅชฝไธŸๅœจ้คๅปณ่ฃกๅŽป่™•็†ใ€‚ๅ›žไพ†ๅพŒ้ฃŸ็‰ฉๅ…จๅ†ทๆމไบ†๏ผŒไฝ†้€™ๅฐฑๆ˜ฏ้€™้คๅปณ็š„ๅŽฒๅฎณไน‹่™•๏ผŒ้€ฃๅ†ทๆމ็š„ๆธฏๅผ้ปžๅฟƒ้ƒฝ่ถ…ๅฅฝๅƒ๏ผ้‚ฃ้นนๆฐด่ง’ๆ˜ฏๆˆ‘ๅ€‘็š„ๆœ€ๆ„›๏ผŒๅค–็šฎ้…ฅ่„†ๅƒ่ตทไพ†้‚„็‰นๅˆฅ้ฆ™๏ผŒ็ฌฌไธ€ๅฃไธ‹ๅŽปๆˆ‘ๅ’ŒUN๏ผŒๆˆ‘ๅ€‘ไธ€ๅฃๅŒ่ฒ็จฑ่ฎš้€™ๅฎถๅบ—ใ€‚ไปŠๅคฉ้ปž็š„ๆฏไปฝ้ปžๅฟƒ้ƒฝ่ถ…ๆปฟๆ„๏ผŒUNไธ€็›ด่ชชๆˆ‘ๅ€‘ไธ‹ๆฌกๅ›žไพ†่ฆๆŠŠๆฒ’้ปžๅˆฐ็š„ๅ…จ้ปžไบ†ใ€‚ๆˆ‘ๅ€‘ไนŸๅพˆๆ„›็‡’้ดจ็šฎ่›‹็ฒฅ๏ผ

San Diego Botanical Garden Lightscape

Quail Gardens Drive and, Ecke Ranch Rd, Encinitas, CA 92024

Last day of 2022, we came to the San Diego Botanical Garden for the light show. Hmmmโ€ฆ how should I describe the light show? We all agreed that the light show in Japan made our expectations too high, but Iโ€™d like to come back during daytime.

2022ๅนดๆœ€ๅพŒไธ€ๅคฉๆˆ‘ๅ€‘ไพ†้€™่ฃกๆ…ถ็ฅ๏ผไปฅๅ‰ๅœจ่–ๅœฐ็‰™ๅ“ฅไฝ้€™้บผไน…๏ผŒๆˆ‘ๅ€‘็ฌฌไธ€ๆฌกไพ†้€™่ฃกใ€‚ๆ—ฅๆœฌ็‡ˆๅฑ•้‚„ๆ˜ฏๆฏ”่ผƒๅŽฒๅฎณ๏ผˆๆœ‹ๅ‹ไนŸ้€™ๆจฃ่ช็‚บ๏ผ‰๏ผŒไฝ†ไธ‹ๆฌกๆˆ‘ๆƒณ็™ฝๅคฉไพ†ๅƒ่ง€ๆค็‰ฉๅœ’ใ€‚