Tweeters here are chosen for their quality and usefulness of their tweets.  No fluff here! You can subscribe to my local-news twitter list, or simply read more about why you should follow:

The following are worth turning on mobile notifications for:

@SDFU – San Diego Fire-Rescu – ZERO fluff, critical information for your safety.  If you live in San Diego, following this tweeter is a must!  

The waters off Mission Beach are closed because of a shark sighting.Advised to stay out of the water until 12:15 p.m. Friday.

— SDFD - Official (@SDFD) August 25, 2011

@CALFIRESANDIEGO –

Smoke may be visible in many parts of the county. This is due to a controlled burn west of Pine Valley

— CALFIRE INFORMATION(@CALFIRESANDIEGO) January 4, 2012

@QuakePrediction –

3.5 earthquake hits high risk area ENE of Coachella, CAearthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/sh…

— Earthquake Forecasts (@Quakeprediction) January 6, 2012

@ReadySanDiego –

Get disaster ready for 2012. countynewscenter.com/news/be-prepar…

— ReadySanDiego (@ReadySanDiego) January 6, 2012

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The following tweeters are recommended followings, but not necessarily worth turning on mobile notification for (especially if your mobile plan limits your SMS texts):

@SDGE – power outage?  Or is it just your home?  All is answered with a tweet from your local power company.

NEW JOB OPPORTUNITY: Media & Employee Communications Manager. Interested in applying? Please visit: cot.ag/yKMZ2E. Req #: 11-10492.

— SDG&E (@SDGE) January 6, 2012

@SDFoodTrucks – Don’t laugh!  You never know when the urge for a foodie excursion hits. When you do, SDFoodTrucks is your friend.  

Headed out to PB tonight? Check out Chubbys, Thai 1 On, and Pierogi Truck on Garnet! I can't wait to dig in to... fb.me/199NwQryA

— SDFoodTrucks (@SDFoodTrucks) January 7, 2012

@KPBSNews the best local tweets for San Diegans

Algae biofuels inject money into San Diego's economy: kpbs.org/news/2012/jan/…

— KPBS News (@KPBSnews) January 6, 2012

@SDWasteNoWater their profile says it all: “The City of San Diego’s Water Conservation Program provides information, resources and programs to help San Diegans use water wisely.”

Get out this weekend and enjoy the beautiful weather. Go for a tour of the Water Conservation... fb.me/17XTepZJC

— SD Waste No Water (@SDWasteNoWater) January 6, 2012

@MayorSanders – He’s your Mayor and mine!

In one week, I'll deliver my final State of the City address. We have a big year ahead! Join me Jan. 11, 6 p.m., Balboa Theater. #SDSOC

— Jerry Sanders (@MayorSanders) January 4, 2012

@TEDxSanDiego –

A San Diego icon :( “@sandiegonews Comic-Con Co-Founder Passes Away: Richard Alfbit.ly/zGgjkk”

— TEDxSanDiego (@TEDxSanDiego) January 6, 2012

@BalboaPark – Tweets about San Diego’s most beautiful park! 

RT @sdnhm: Are you ready? Online ticket sales for #Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition at theNAT go on sale this Monday

— Balboa Park (@BalboaPark) January 6, 2012

@PassportBalboa – More tweets on the latest happenings in Balboa Park

Passport to Balboa Park now includes 14 attractions - go to http://www.balboapark.org and click on the Passport "Learn More" link.

— Susan Batt (@PassportBalboa) January 6, 2010

@ZionMarket -My Favorite Grocery Market!

Want to be like Popeyes? Then why not come in right now and get your 3 spinach for only .99 cents! fb.me/10Mo5TZe8

— Zion Market (@ZionMarket) January 6, 2012

You can let Google Latitude track your time spent at work and home more accurately by updating the work and home addresses.  Here’s how:

Sign into your Google account, and go to the Google Latitude dashboard: https://www.google.com/latitude/b/0/history/dashboard

Next to your Work or Home address, click “Change” to change the respective address.  That’s it!

by DramaFever.com

I won this T-Shirt in the DramaFever.com Secret Garden T-Shirt Contest!  Secret Garden is a mega hit KDrama series that recently completed airing in South Korea.  I never knew Korean Dramas could be so funny and entertaining, but lately I found out that the variety of Korean TV genres span just as wide as American TV Shows.  If anything, Korean shows much are funnier and have more depth in plot!!!  They really deserve to be rebranded as Korean Comedies.

Kim Joo Won is a conceited heir to an Elitist family that owns and runs a department store, hotels, and resorts. Gil Ra Im is a poor and humble stunt-woman who never gives herself enough credit.  Ra Im is everything Joo Won is not, and Joo Won is everything that Ra Im is not.  One day, they magically switch bodies, and they must learn from one another through living each others’ lives.

Drama Fever’s writers sums up this TV series very well in just one line:

This highly-rated and unusual drama follows a neurotic businessman and a passionate stunt woman who come to possess each other’s hearts and bodies…literally!

I highly recommend anyone to give ‘Secret Garden’ a chance.  I dare you to watch up to the 6th episode!  Enjoy!  :)

I got my inspiration for this Kimchi Jjigae from this link:http://norecipes.com/2009/11/18/kimchi-jigae-recipe-kimchi-soup/

I made a few changes in ingredients and preparation, so here’s my spin on this recipe.

This recipe serves 4 hungry adults with rice and banchan (Korean side dishes).  Preparation: ~1 hour

Ingredients (in order of preparation):

-2 lb. pork butt, sliced (Not the actual butt of the pig, but the butt of the shouler.  I chose this cut because it is more tender, leaner, more flavorful, and cheaper meat than pork belly – which is the traditional cut used for this Korean dish)

-5 cloves of garlic. peeled.  2 cloves chopped.  3 cloves minced.

-1 cup onion, sliced

-2 cups water

-2 cups kimchi (the longer it’s fermented in fridge the better)

-2 tsp miso paste

-2 tsp gochujang (Korean Chili Paste)

-1 tsp cooking wine

-2 tsp gochugaru (optional)

-2 tsp Korean soy sauce

-1 tsp ginger

-1 tsp sugar

-1 green onion. separate base from green part, then chop both

-1 box silken tofu, cubed

Heat frying pan to medium high heat, and add the pork butt.  The pork butt will grease the pan, by releasing its own fat.  Toss/stir the pork to lightly caramelize the outer layer.   Add minced garlic, and sliced onion.  Do not cover.  Stir as little as necessary.

Meanwhile, heat 1 cup of water in an earthenware pot medium heat.  Add miso paste gradually dissolve, stir with wooden spoon.  Add gochujang until it dissolves, adding water if needed.

Back at the frying pan, Add cooking wine.

Back at the pot, when both pastes are dissolved, add sugar, gochugaru, kimchi, soy sauce, and chopped garlic, ginger, base of green onion.  Stir.

Transfer pork and onion from frying pan to earthenware pot.  Stir and cover.

Lower heat after 5 minutes.  Add tofu, and add water as needed.

Drink soju and Watch kdrama for the next 45 minutes or more.

Garnish with green onion, and Serve with rice!   AIGOOO!

What brought me back to my blog was an email update from Matt Mullenweg of WordPress.   Updating to 3.0.4 could not have been easier, just login and click update.

Now, for an update on something outside of my blog.  Yesterday, I successfully made kimchi jjigae – kimchi stew!  The idea has been brewing in my mind for a while.  It all started with an innocent google search for a simple question: “Does kimchi go bad?”  I asked because the fermenting sounds I hear when I open up a jar of kimchi made me wonder.

The short answer to that question (Does kimchi go bad?) is yes.  However, a just a little internet research will tell you that it can last a very long time in the refrigerator (over 6 months).  Ripe kimchi is especially good for recipes like kimchi jjigae.

Thank you for visiting!