As many of you, I hope, know, I rep the Bay Area hard.
And I rep our food even harder.
I mean…with Mexicans being the OG homies and now Vietnamese taking over, it is only expected that we have the BEST Vietnamese (Vung Tao in Downtown, San Jo) , and the best Mexican. Except…what I’m about to share with you isn’t the best Mexican food joint, but DAYAM their secret sauce “the orange sauce” just has everyone dying to know WTH is in it. The “orange sauce” has this undeniable rich bite of spice and fat that can’t be placed, and the heat just kicks in on you. Definitely NOT a Tobasco or tart taste, but more home cooked, slightly smoky, and creamy without any taste of milk or ranchy-ness. I can’t tell you, but I swear them mexicanos can be as shady as us Viets. Damn the genius who decided to call our “special sauce” that makes every meal “fish sauce”. Good one.
Have you guys had it? What do YOU think is in it??
much as I am thankful every single day for my bombtastic life, can we please consider having more holidays where we bring people, food, and thanks together?? Hallmark would have a field day, and 
Oh, and then there’s my j-o-b. Are you serious with giving me the best career a girl could ever dream for where I play dress up to get onscreen and make some stylish smiles?? My path to empowering people is barely just beginning, and I’m so appreciative of the lil signs you give me to push me along. 
And omg (pardon the pun) you’re pretty spectacular with these friends you’ve filled in my life. I have such a creative combo of caring people, and can write a book about what makes a good friend. 
(They get your inappropriate jokes, help you get the ugly cry out, bring you food from fave places when they think of you, yes, TELL YOU when you’re fat, oh and my fave, actually volunteer to help you pack & move.) Then there’s so many fantastic things in my every day too that I hafta squeel over, like mint fro yo when I can find it, gorgeous Runyon canyon romps to the top, the way Nicole Millen fits, the really burnt roasted brussel sprouts, any great sale, Ca Kho (Vietnamese claypot fish), the McQueens in Lady Gaga’s video,
toothless kids, Asset spanx, socks from Target, naps, my legs that never gain weight, Modern Family, a hug back, my job as a server way back when. And Lasik.
Love,
