cplbasilisk

i went to ketchikan for a couple weeks because the marines sent me. the story goes that during WWII, the US wanted to build an airstrip on native american land in ketchikan. the tribe there agreed, but they wanted the feds to build them a road from the village to the port. so about 50 years later, there we were finally building this road for them. better late than never i suppose.

i went to a friend’s wedding banquet here a few years back… and it is absolutely gorgeous! check out this atrium center that they have http://www.yanksing.com/c-venue.htm

anyway, the food is great, and i know it’s expensive. but it’s absolutely the best sea bass i’ve ever had! i want to hold my dad’s 60th birthday here if my brothers agree. and if you’re gonna have a chinese wedding banquet, this is it. and you better have lion dance!

this is where you go have dinner before you see your indie rock show at the fillmore ^_ though parking is hard to find i guess. i just park at the safeway. in addition to sushi, udon, and the usual fare, there’s a couple korean bbq places.

this is where you go to have dim sum (yum cha), attend your friends and cousin’s wedding banquets and get your chinese dvds. oh… also get the latest korean and japanese movies too. i mean, if you go to japan town for this stuff it’s gonna cost you $30 to $40.

also a hot spot for boba nai cha, chinese flavored gelato (green tea, black sesame, thai ice tea, lychee), get some dan tat at the local bakeries, and maybe watch some lion dance.

there are some newer chinatowns that aren’t so touristy, in richmond, sunset districts.

i too used to live here. hmm… back in high school we always said that the only thing you can do in moreno valley is leave. so, we did. we went to hang out in LA or newport… wandered around at UCR. really, what is there to do in moval? well, when i visit my folks, there’s BJ’s. they have great rootbeer ^_

i’m trying to get everyone to move to the bay area. see, melissa did!

studied forestry and finished in 2001! we come back just about every year for open house or chinese new year to watch the lion dance team when CSA holds their banquet. oh… plus we always hit up moe’s, firestone, and splash cafe ^_

this was the summer of 1996. i was in charlie company, back in the old corps before they instated the “crucible” into basic training. this is where one becomes a marine ^_

i was stationed here when i went to my FROC back in the summer of 1997. memories of over 115 degrees in utilities, raking sand in front of the barracks. those were the days indeed.

i lived here for about two months in a little apartment. the town is incredibly charming, but i definitely couldn’t afford it! ah.. but i can say i have lived there… and it was like a short dream.