I normally raid ramen places when I travel because it's one of my favourite meals, this time in San Francisco I stopped at Ramen Underground, a small restaurant on Kearny Street. I ordered...

Having visited the Ippudo in Sydney [https://www.beautemia.com/restaurant-review-ippudo-westfield-sydney/] and Tokyo and absolutely loving it, I had high hopes for the one in New York. We were staying in the Westside...

While travelling to different places I like to occasionally try the fast food to see how they differ from other places. This trip I visited the classics KFC and McDonald's 😁 KFC I appreciated...

While visiting the Czech Republic I had dinner at the Czech restaurant Mlejnice. The building and decor was very traditional, with ploughs on the roof and other farming implements on the roof and...

While in Sydney I couldn't help but eat at Ippudo which I visited while in Tokyo last year. If you're not familiar, Ippudo [http://ippudo.com.au/] is a famous Ramen Restaurant chain...

I hope every one of you had a great Thanksgiving! :) It's Black Friday here in the States, so everyone around me seems to feel very festive already as the real holiday season's coming....

After a bit of shopping at Bellevue Square, my man and I headed to Lincoln Square to try Baron's Xi'an Kitchen & Bar for dinner. We were quite surprised that we didn't need to...

As I briefly mentioned in my recent visit to Nordstrom for the annual Fall beauty event [https://www.beautemia.com/la-prairie-review-platinum-rare-spa-facial-shopping-haul-ft-cle-de-peau-beaute-make-up-nordstrom-fall-beauty-trend-show/] , there was a lunch gathering for La Prairie VIP clients in Bellevue....

The beautiful La Prairie counter manager Michelle told me during the last La Prairie facial event that there would be a big gift with purchase (La Prairie body / hair products + 2 eye creams...

Yoko [http://ysnail3.blogspot.com/], the nail artist that I normally see is away for two weeks, so I saw Saki instead. I wasn't quite sure how good or skillful she is, but...