giada at the white house

i'm watching The Today Show with Matt Lauer and Meredith Vieira right now and they just finished showing a segment with Giada de Laurentiis (host of Everyday Italian on FoodTv) who also happens to be the granddaughter of the famous film maker. anyway, the segment was about Giada's trip to the White House where she toured the kitchen and talked to the First Lady about their Valentine's celebration. she also talked to the Bushes' personal chef.

now everyone knows that President Bush's personal chef is Filipino. i've known about it. since the Clinton days. problem is, i have always had this picture in my mind that she looked like a plump old woman who cooks nothing but Filipino comfort food (think Mama Sita). boy, was i totally wrong. first, she's not an old lady. she's a great looking youngish lady who is very personable and highly educated. her name is Cris Comerford and she cooks gourmet meals. incidentally, Cris is short for Cristeta. so there, i was wrong about my assumption of her.

on another note... i did get my usual flowers today. i commented over at PinoyMomsNetwork how i always get flowers on my birthday, on valentine's day, and on our wedding anniversary. that's aside from the usual presents. of course, i've come to expect them but now, the excitement is over what colors do i get this time?



this time, i got two dozen assorted ones. there was a time a got all purple ones (my favorite color, isn't it obvious) but hubby says they look drab and dead. one time i got peach-colored ones. not a fan of the color but they were surprisingly beautiful. in any case, i love it that hubby is thoughtful enough to give me these regularly.

for the 5-year old's school valentine's celebration, i had to make goody bags for each of his classmates. i wanted to be creative so i set out to stamp each child's name on the label. not. it would've taken hours to finish if i did that so i resorted to hand writing them instead.