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Jeff and Flora
www.jeffreyandflora.com
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We're a couple from California who love to travel and explore. Our blog is about the things we see and do, as written by Flora.
#70997 in All , #67 in General Travel

Breaking in our Backyard

Im baaaaack!  Its been almost a month since I last posted, but this little house has been keeping me very occupied. I painted almost every room of our house, including some of the ceilings, unti...

1 day ago

San Francisco International Beer Festival 2012 (Or, How We Celebrated Buying a House)

Last weekend was one of the best weekends Ive had in a long time. Partly because we bought a house (thats kind of a big deal), and partly because we had friends come into town to celebrate with. Its ...

04 may 12

This Old House (Is Ours)

For those of you that dont follow me on Instagram*, heres some big news: Jeff and I got the keys to our new house last Friday! Im pretty sure we set a new record for fastest house-hunting, becau...

02 may 12

Farmers Market at San Pedro Square Market

On Saturday, I hopped on the Light Rail to meet up with a friend at the farmers market at San Pedro Square Market. Held every Saturday on West St. John Street (in between Almaden and San Pedro),...

23 apr 12

Mr. Chewy Review & Giveaway {Sponsored Post}

Our dudes, Stanley (brown nose) and Little Joe (black nose). In case you havent noticed by now, I am a little obsessed with my dogs. When it comes to my dogs food, I am rather picky. Ive fed Stan and...

19 apr 12

San Jose Taco Festival of Innovation

Tacos, friends, and lots of sunshine made for a perfect day this past Saturday at the San Jose Taco Festival, held at History Park. Organized by the folks who put on Movable Feast, the San Jose Taco ...

17 apr 12

Blue Skies Ahead

A friend of mine had some errands to run in San Francisco last week and I couldnt resist the opportunity to tag along. The weather was a little brisk, but the beautiful skies made up for it. These ph...

09 apr 12

A MVBL Feast

Every Friday at the corner of Canoas Gardens and Curtner Avenue, hungry folks wait in long lines to order street food from a caravan of brightly-painted food trucks. These arent your average roach co...

06 apr 12

Japanese Friendship Garden

I vaguely remember coming to the Japanese Friendship Garden as a kid on a school field trip. The things I remember most are feeding the koi fish in the ponds and being shooed off the grass by park ra...

28 mar 12

A Night at the Shark Tank

We were at HP Pavilion last night to watch the San Jose Sharks beat the Colorado Avalanche 5-1. The Sharks played really well and won in regulation. The Tank is usually a loud place, but last night i...

27 mar 12

Notes on Repatriation

Drinking lime juice in a plastic bag.  Joo Chiat, Singapore.  Its been a little less than two months since we moved back to San Jose and, to be honest, the settling in process can be summed...

22 mar 12

St. Patricks Day

Cousin Sarah and Jeff L to R: Me, Jeff, Jess, Nick, Sarah, and Dan Three years ago, we spent St. Pattys Day in Tacoma, Washington at the Friends of Cancer Cure Annual Crab Feed with some of Jeffs fam...

22 mar 12

The Last Kampong in Singapore

When I used to live in Singapore, I often wondered what it looked like before the gleaming skyscrapers and sterile HDB flats took over the skyline. In less than 50 years Singapore has gone from being...

19 mar 12

What is a Fiddlehead?

I never paid much attention to superlatives until I moved to Singapore. Things and places in Singapore are often lauded for being the First, the Tallest, the Only, the Largest, etc. Now whenever I se...

07 mar 12

Head for the Hills

Jeff and I took a break from the world this weekend and went up to his familys cabin in Californias Gold Country. The cabin was a big part of Jeffs childhood and triggers lots of happy memories whene...

07 mar 12

Lately, According to My Camera

One good way to get your mind off the repatriation process is to book your schedule full so theres not much time left to really think about it. In our case, thats exactly what weve been doing. Jeff a...

25 feb 12

Samuel Adams Brewery in Boston

"You looking for Sam Adams?"  The man standing outside of the Stony Brook train station had already begun to nod approvingly before we even had a chance to answer him. Im sure hes used t...

24 feb 12

Lifes a Beach

When I was an undergrad at UCSB, I spent a lot of time at the beach. Sometimes Jeff and I would ditch class and drive up Highway 101 to have lunch on one of the many Santa Barbara beaches. During one...

23 feb 12

Team Singapore Goes to the World Pond Hockey Championship

Each year in February, about 8,000 people come to the quiet village of Plaster Rock in New Brunswick, Canada for the World Pond Hockey Championship. For four days, 120 teams play hockey on frozen Rou...

19 feb 12

Importing Your Dog to the US

After all the stress of exporting our dogs to Singapore, I was worried about how hard it would be to get Stan and Joe back into the United States. Luckily for us (and them), it was a breeze compared ...

30 jan 12

Happy Chinese New Year!

Chinese New Year is an absolutely beautiful time to be in Singapore. The decorations around town are so vivid and everyone seems to be in a really good mood. Last year we were on our way back to Cali...

30 jan 12

Moving Day

Before: stuff to be shipped After: all boxed up Before: The Pidge, being disassembled After: The Pidge, all wrapped up Six boxes. Thats how many boxes it took to pack up our belongings to ship to Cal...

30 jan 12

Red Dot Reflections

Im still finding it hard to believe that were about to head back to California for good, leaving Singapore and all the great friends weve made here. It was a little under a year and a half ago that I...

27 jan 12

Singapore Slingers: New Year, New Season

The Singapore Slingers opened the third season of the Asean Basketball League against the Indonesia Warriors a little over a week ago (the Warriors beat the Slingers 79-59). The season got off to a l...

23 jan 12

Pliny the Elder, Now in Singapore

Pliny the Elder is the name of a double IPA from the Russian River Brewing Company in Santa Rosa, California. Jeff loves it because it is so hoppy, but another reason why he and many other beer ...

18 jan 12

Getting Ready for Chinese New Year

The streets of Chinatown are lively and colorful on most evenings, but its during Chinese New Year that visitors really get to see the neighborhood come to life. I love navigating my way through the ...

10 jan 12

A Day at the Singapore Zoo

After living in Singapore for almost a year and a half, I finally visited the Singapore Zoo last month while my sister was in town. Ive visited the Night Safari and Jurong Bird Park already, but of t...

08 jan 12

The Highest Urban Craft Brewery in the World: LeVel 33

Did you know Singapore is home to the highest urban craft brewery in the world? Singapore loves superlatives, and this place is one more to add to the list (see Tanyas blog post about superlativ...

08 jan 12

Back to Pulau Ubin

Having visitors is really fun because I get to play tour guide, which I really love to do. My sister Fauna came to spend Christmas with us and of course to do some sightseeing. Singapore might be sma...

03 jan 12

Looking Back, Moving Forward: 2011 in Review

It feels like only yesterday that we were ringing in the New Year and looking forward to whatever 2011 would bring. Twelve quick months later and were wondering what 2012 has in store for us. Th...

31 dec 11

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