Caroline Fan
@carolinefan
Code switcher, seeker of wonder, and Chrysanthemum dog mom. I like to ask questions.
I was looking for a mystery novel written by an Asian American, and picked up this fun summer read.
Superb Tonkatsu ramen, hakata style at Kishimoto Mendo (by the owner of Menya Rui) Husband says it's on par with Ippudo (!!!) - we got 3 bowls
Here is a picture of some beautiful irises that were at the MO Botanical Garden. I'd never seen them in this color combo. (Asian) parent conversations are so fraught.
-Of the 34 ppl, 2/3 had incubation period btwn 16-28 days (2-4 wks) -Exposure to disease happened by: ---animal: 1 ---droplet/ aerosol: 6 ppl (28%) ---close contact: 26 ppl (76%) ---unknown: 1 (3%)
Finally got to see the sloth's face @stlzoo.bsky.social and this one is so judgemental
The Australian 60 Minutes reporter looks like a smug koala after interviewmaxxing
If you haven't had the pleasure of Clementine Creamery's carrot cake, it will knock your socks off. I bought a pint and ate half of it before I came back to earth.
This is very messed up and I have yet to win, so a good object lesson? Closest yet
Saw some lovely orchids today at the botanical garden. Posting to the skyline for anyone who wants to see some unique flowers. Bonus: my alt text descriptions of these orchids as a black thumb.
EU taking out the trash from Epstein files: Former French Foreign Minister Jack Lang & his daughter resigned from their positions & boards. She claims not to know anything about a joint fund of Epstein and her father, but before she was at Warner Bros for 30 years, she worked for Ghislaine's dad.
Fmr Congressman Goodlatte was the main anti-immigrant member of Congress in Virginia for decades. Except apparently minors trafficked from Eastern Europe were ok. Here are pics from his wiki profile w Hastert & Trump. Fmr Speaker Hastert went to jail after admitting to molesting boys he coached.
Thanks to the person on here who posted about packing, these are doubling as Lunar New Year celebratory foods (bc round)! These are from Helfers and the best I've had in STL!
Did @nytpitchbot.bsky.social hang it up? Cos NYT is busy bootlicking...