It seemed like Year 2020 just started a few weeks ago, but we are already in March. During the first week of March I took a trip to Las Vegas. I had the chance to meet my friends for afternoon tea and eat at my favorite restaurants.
Little did I know all of the places that I visited in Las Vegas would all be closed due to the coronavirus outbreak. I’ve been staying home with my family since I returned from my Las Vegas trip.
With everything that is going on, I am grateful that I can be home with my loved ones. Thanks to all the people working in the health care for risking their life to save people. Please be safe.
For the rest of people, if you have no essential business that requires you to go out, please stay home.
Below are the things I did this month, before the pandemic quarantine. I plan to do more cooking and baking while I stay home everyday.
New Nails
Last month I had red glitter nails with gold accessories and one gold glitter nail with red crystals on each hand. (Click here to see the picture.) I think the red crystals stand out more when they are placed on the gold glitters instead of on the red glitter nails, which I had back in November.
For this month, I wanted more gold glitter nails with red crystals than my usual favorite red nails. In additional to red crystals, I have light pink crystals on my index finger and pinky. To showcase the crystals, I decided to go with plain red instead of glitter red nails on my thumb and ring finger.
(My gel nails for March 2020 — I have more gold glitter gel nails with crystals than last month.)
New Coffee
Nespresso just released new flavored coffee and espresso. As usual, I want to try each new flavor. The new flavors for the Nespresso’s Original line are Cocoa Truffle, Caramel Crème Brûlée and Vanilla Éclair. And the new flavors for the Nespresso’s Vertuo line are Hazelino Muffin, Caramel Cookie and Vanilla Custard Pie. My favorite picks are Vanilla Éclair for the Original Line and Hazelino Muffin for the Vertuo line.
(My morning must-have drink — Nespresso coffee.)
Afternoon Tea
In the beginning of March, while I was in Las Vegas, I met with my friend who lives in Las Vegas. We had the afternoon tea at the Tea Lounge in the Waldorf Astoria. My overall experience of the afternoon tea there was great. Everything was delicious and the company was wonderful, as always.
(Having afternoon tea at the Tea Lounge in the Waldorf Astoria, Las Vegas. On the right is the dessert portion of our afternoon tea.)
New Beauty
Pat McGrath released a new Opulust Gloss. I bought this new lip gloss in Venomistress (which I wore in my picture below) and Glowing Garnet. The formula of this Opulust Gloss is not sticky, but they stay put on the lips surprisingly well. If you are into sparkles and shimmering lips, you’ll like these as much as I do. I plan on getting more of it in both Lavendering and Dreamcatcher.
(Picture: Use the latest one taken in Vdara shows the lip gloss.)
Cooking
My family has been making homemade dumplings from scratch since I was a child. To make dumplings, you’d need to make the filling with meat and vegetables, knead the dough, and roll the dumpling skin, then wrap the filing in the dumpling skin. The only thing I I knew how to do was to roll the dough into dumpling skins and wrap the dumplings with filling.
This month, I wanted to learn how to make dumplings from scratch all on my own.
(These are my homemade dumplings. It’s my first time making them from scratch on my own.)
The Cover Image: I was getting ready for the dinner at Harvest restaurant in the Bellagio hotel, Las Vegas. In the picture I am wearing Pat McGrath’s Opulust Gloss in Venomistress. I think this purple/fuchsia glitter lip gloss matches well with my Self-portrait sequined minidress in black and green pattern.
