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