Burnie Fuchs (1932 - 2009)

One of my heroes just passed away.
His name was Bernie Fuchs.

He passed away on Sep. 17th at the age of 76.

I actually had a chance to go see one of his gallery shows last year in Telluride, CO. I bought tickets to fly, but couldn't find any affordable place to stay since Telluride is a popular vacation spot for rich people. So, I couldn't go, but I ordered flowers from a local flower shop there and sent them to the gallery for the show's opening.

According to the woman who helped me find the flower shop, he was a little surprised to see flowers from a fan who he never met or even heard of. He still accepted them, and the lady said she also gave him my e-mail address. I was excited and thought I might receive an e-mail from him one day, but it never happened. He could have already beeen sick at that time. The lady still made my day by letting me know that the Bernie Fuchs got the flowers and my e-mail address from her.

I lost my chance to meet him forever, but I still have the chance to experience his beautiful paintings in person and I am really looking forward to doing that.

If you would like to know more about him, click here or here.

Birhday

It was my 28th Birthday yesterday.
My husband took me to the Cheesecake Factory.
Look at this decoration! :)

Back in California

We are in San Jose now!

It's really hot here every day!
According to my husband (who lost 10lb in 3 weeks while I was gone), it got much hotter the day I arrived.

According to my friend in Cleveland, it started raining right after I left.

So, my husband said...

"Ohio cries when Yuka leaves,
and California smiles when she arrives."

LOL

He can be such a corny bastard sometimes!

This is now a favorite restaurant of mine.
PLUTO'S specializes in salads.
We usually order salads with one kind of meat and seven different toppings.

Yum yum...

Flowers are blooming like crazy here! :)

Good bye Cleveland

One lady from AG offered me a ride to the airport.
Zipper really liked her, and she really liked him too.
It was really sweet of her to offer.

Thank you so much! > G

Last day at work

Time passes so quickly when you're having fun.

Can you believe this?
Two ladies from the conventional team organized a surprise farewell party for me!! I had no idea! Donuts, fruits, cookies, bagel, muffins, quiche...

Thank you sooooo much!!! > Connie & Cynthia ♥

This guy even baked blueberry muffins! :D
It was surprisingly good.
Thanks! > J

This lady made this delicious bite-size quiche.
Thank you! > T

My two bosses.
Thank you! > D & J


...and THANK YOU for everyone!

I had such a great time at American Greetings this summer.

(This was my way to say "thank you" for the team.)
(This was another way.) I was there for only 10 weeks, but it took me a few extra hours to clean and empty my cube.

Good bye American Greetings!
Good bye Cleveland!
I would love to be back one day!

Musical "She loves me"

Another weekend, I went to see a musical called "She loves me" at a small theater called rabbit run theater. It was a cute little theater, and the show was great! The main character was performed by one of the card planner I worked with at AG, and I went there with couple other people from AG too.

Thank you! > E & D

Photo with the star of the night.

You were great! > B

Museum and Chinese food

This one weekend, I went to the Cleveland museum of art with my friends.We had no idea, but they had the Asian Family Festival Day!
And then, we went to a Chinese restaurant.

It was so good!

We had a good time.

As you see, we really had a good time! lol
V & G

V & Me

They are awesome! :D