Our Well-Loved Pets
This singer, whose band inspired our chihuahua's name, had a crazy rumor that he had faked his death.
Who is John Lennon?
Out of Lolo's collections, this one was the largest- and hardest to sell.
What are cameras?
Kenzo has a great collection of these iconic toys.
What are Hot Wheels?
Lolo and Lola's favorite wine to bring out for when we had guests over or a party going.
What is Lambrusco?
Two favorite fast-food chains of ours, one closer to home than the other, feature this dish as their main entree.
What is fried chicken?
Tanya's name for Penny's signature laying down pose.
What is a sploot?
Lolo's odd favorite native filipino food, being a fetal chicken or goose in the egg.
What is balut?
A baby themed collectable series that the siblings all have a soft, and maybe slightly sticky, spot for.
What are Garbage Pail Kids?
Lola had a sleep shirt, with this drink filling in the blanks- "One ___, two ___, three ___, floor!"
What is tequila?
This favorite multi-flavored Asian treat greats a bear.
What is Hello Panda?
For a little less than the first year of her being part of the family, Charlie feared all but one of these.
What are men?
Tricking all of us as kids at least once, Lolo did a killer impression of this animal.
What is a cat?
A Christmas gift that Lolo had taken everyone off guard with- upstaging a new IPhone greatly.
What is a laptop (MacBook Air)?
This citrus cocktail was popular and tried for the first time by a few at Tanya's wedding reception.
What is an amaretto sour?
Lola loved to drown salmon in way, way too much of this condiment.
What is mayo?
Brought home by Lola in a vegetable container, God knows where these two comically named turtles are now.
Who are Tod and Shelly?
To my dad's complete unawareness, Lolo snuck me out to San Francisco to see a show featuring these machines.
What are cars?
I grew up obsessed with playing with this toy collection of Tanya's.
What are wind-up toys?
I had my "first" drink, brought to me from Deyah out of one of these household items.
What is a trashcan?
Lolo's special treat he'd bring home from Ranch 99, just for me!
What are sesame balls?
This sword carrying anime character was secretly the inspiration for Rowan's name.
Who is Roronoa Zoro?
A sweet treat, that we caught Rocky licking the container of after Lolo gave him it.
What is chocolate ice cream?
The pink creature who Kenzo's first birthday party was themed after, next to Baby Shark.
Who is Pink Fong?
Deyah's iconic last words before passing out and almost landing on a hot grill.
What is "Yeah, I'm pretty high."?
During a casual after dinner conversation, I looked over to Rocky's food, to find it moving. His bowl was actually filled with these.
What are maggots?