Author: Sharon

English Tea Scone

English Tea Scone

Add these elegant yet easy-to-make scones to your tea time! One of my favorite items at English high tea is scones! I always look forward to the freshly baked scones whenever I go out for some special ladies’ tea time. I am really excited when …

Chocolate Banana Cream Pie recipe

Chocolate Banana Cream Pie recipe

This velvety, creamy and delicious Chocolate Banana Cream pie is to die for! I made this Chocolate Banana Cream Pie in different occasions on Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year. It was a big hit! Here are the reasons why. The naturally fragrant vanilla and chocolate …

How much do you need to retire?

How much do you need to retire?

One of the topics I am passionate about is personal finance. It is not because I like budgeting nor I am a math nerd. But I harness the power of telling what the money does for me. In the end, it is my hard-earned money …

Beautiful things

Beautiful things

(From a wedding at Nixon Presidential Library which I designed the wedding flowers in Spring 2017) I am always drawn to beautiful things by its nature. The blue color of the sky, the grainy texture of the sand on the beach, the gradual color change …

A better you in 2018

A better you in 2018

  (picture taken in our family trip in Okinawa last August) Many of us like to think about resolutions in the beginning of a new year.  I have recently learned that instead of resolutions, I should set some measurable goals for myself. What goals mean …