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Chima Steakhouse

Chima Steakhouse

All-you-can-eat buffet salad bar and Brazilian rodizio-style meat place. Meat lovers should pay a visit here. Perfectly grilled meats, pineapples, and quite a variety of salad bar menus. Servers with skewers of meat plates come and go seeing your tokens on the table ‘yes please/no 

Cafe Colline

Cafe Colline

All menus ordered were so tasty. I think there’s a change in the menu from time to time. An old lady sitting next to our table asked if she could take a picture of what we were having. I guess she wanted to save it 

DC Cherry blossom Festival

DC Cherry blossom Festival

It was raining really hard for about an hour in the middle of the day but it soon became sunny after that. Lovely cherry blossoms are everywhere in the National Mall and the tidal basin area. It was crowded, still cold, and hard to find 

Meadowlark Botanical Gardens

Meadowlark Botanical Gardens

It’s quite a big garden. I spent several hours taking a walk and sitting on benches in the garden. A peaceful lake scenery makes the heart calm. There’s a Korean bell garden inside. It says the Bell of Peace. A gazebo near the lake. I 

Delicious Food made at home in Feb.2022

Delicious Food made at home in Feb.2022

Fried rice(trader joe’s), oden(fish cake) soup, and pineapple juice Beef tomato fried rice with sour cream and avocado in a taco salad shell Miyeokguk (seaweed soup, grilled rice cake, seaweed, strawberry) Temaki (seaweed paper, salmon tai tuna sashimi, rice, soy sauce, miso soup and strawberry)

King Spa (Virginia)

King Spa (Virginia)

One of the decent Korean style Spas in the Northern Virginia area. Don’t forget to bring your own swimsuit to enjoy the outdoor pools. Many jjimjilbang rooms and warm resting areas. Outdoor sunloungers, pools and jacuzzis are very much enjoyable. There are separate woman and 

Washington Monument (DC)

Washington Monument (DC)

No restrooms inside so make sure you drop by one before entering the tower. Small observatory on the top level and a tiny museum downstairs. Made a reservation in advance and had a self-guided tour which took about an hour. It’s quite narrow inside but 

Getaway and Shenandoah

Getaway and Shenandoah

Beautiful fall foliage and cozy camp site in Shenandoah, late October 🙂 Getaway is one of the most convenient places to enjoy camp fires in the mountain woods in Shenandoah, I love this place.