emi wants stars for her bday, so we take her to meet octavio at INDOCHINE, and they had a nice chat about cooking and being chefs, etc........indochine is the relatively new and only vietnamese place in town!!!!! octavio is ecuadorian from DC...and started this place with a vietnamese friend.....

i had a chicken pho, pretty good and clean, but nothing like hanoi.....

anyway, then all emi wants is a new tattoo for her bday......stars behind her ears......we all accompany her, and jess & she also connect on the cooking and baking, and we decide to head over to her place later to make dinner (well, i had class, so jazz & i showed up late.......) they made an amazing quinoa risotto & jess made her grandfather's cookies.....with the kallari chocolate!!!!!

(ps. we are in the kitchen of the house jazz & ana maria designed.....amazing kitchen!!!!!)
(all previous activities of the day are in mariscal, the thriving alternative neighborhood)