for a quick update on non-Panamanian stuff we’ve been up to.
Last weekend, I was sick and literally spent the entirety of Saturday in bed. This was not very exciting. But the weekend before that, we hopped down to SoCal for a quick trip home. We spent 3 short but action-packed days doing fun stuff like this…
Watch a friend get married…

Congratulations Vi! Not only was her wedding GORGEOUS and romantic and wonderful, but she was wearing an awesome dress. This may make me sound shallow and frivolous, but I’m always a little disappointed when I go to a wedding and don’t love the bride’s dress. This was not an issue with Vi- the girl has style. And her dress had pockets. POCKETS: making good dresses even better since the beginning of time.

We got to see old friends (like Helaine, who I am stealing all these pictures from. Thanks/Sorry!)…

And the highlight of the night- I got to be part of an “Asian Party Face” (aka “look at me, i’m intimdating and i don’t smile at bitches”) group photo. (Some explanation in case you didn’t go to high school with a bunch of nerdy Asian kids who refused to smile in pictures until they were past their self-conscious teenage taking themselves too seriously phase.) Seriously, after all those years of AP/IB classes, this definitely makes my life feel more complete.

Earlier that day, we made the trek to Little Saigon to eat some Banh Mi deliciousness. Mary came with us and found more evidence of my family’s not-so-secret obsession with personalized license plate. ::sigh::

6 sandwiches for $10? Joy. Eating out of a stolen shopping cart in the middle of a parking lot? Even better.

Watching my mom share the fruit she bought at the magic fruit store and try and tell this random women who only spoke Vietnamese where to buy the best cherries? Priceless.

But the best thing of all was finally noticing that Mike was wearing THESE sunglasses all weekend and remember just what a giant dork he really is. (Note: I like dorks.)
































Welcome to the adventures of Aubrey and Michael. We plan on using this blog to keep our family and friends back in California amidst on our new adventure here in Seattle Washington!