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What I heard from one of Woodbury residents that Woodbury, Stonegate and Cypress are all full back in May. His daughter was assigned to Santiago Hills.

I have friends tried both (Karis and Little Dynasty) for their kids. They put their kids in Little Dynasty when they lived in Westpark then Karis after they moved to Woodbury. From what they told me it seems they got better result from Little Dynasty. However, considering when kids grow up they...

Been there once last year when we visited TW. Frankly I was disappointed. The duck was good but not that great. The other dishes were just mediocre. Dragon Restaurant in Taipei is better. http://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g293913-d1583173-Reviews-Dragon_Restaurant-Taipei.html

My family and I went there last couple weekends for brunch. We arrived around 9:45 or 9:50 and had no problem to get a table upon their opening time (for weekend it's 10:00). And when we left around 11:20 We overheard the wait was about 20-30 minutes.

Plums Cafe (my personal favorite.) The Original Pancake House (my kids' favorite. Seriously thinking about opening one in Irvine.) Break of Dawn Blackmarket Bakery @ The Camp Four Sea (If we are craving for some Taiwanese breakfast.) Nick's @ Laguna Beach Cream Pan Bakery Driftwood Kitchen @...

My friend is in the same position as you. She is looking at a couple Stonetree homes and also some Portisol homes. She likes Portisol's true single family house feel but she can get a bigger house with Stonetree at the same price. That's the trade off here: 1,900 sqf true SFR or 2,200 sqf SFR...

I didn't send my kid to this school. Just want to share some of my thoughts on how to pick preschool. It's simple. If your kid loves his/her teacher, it's the school you stick with. Frankly I am not too happy with my kid's school: sub-par management, unfriendly owner, tiny playground, okay...

Haven't been here for a while. I've purchased a SFR in Irvine back in the end of 2011/early 2012 for a tad lower than 700K. Back then already tons of investors out there tried to outbid us. We were lucky the first time we checked out the house the owners were there. They showed us around. I...

I chatted with the sales at San Marcos a few weeks ago. And asked them why 3x is cheaper than plan 3. They told me that plan 3 has "location premium"... hmm... really? ::)

Well no need for translators since the docs speak mandarin. ::) 35K is exaggerated. From what I heard the $$$ should be around 15K for an all-inclusive package. Do a simple math you will find it's too expensive to run this business in Irvine. You can't compete with those in Alhambra/SG/RH...

After all this he only went to Berkeley? I though if you are in Uni High you are automatically admitted to Cal. (Sarcasm) :P My cousins went to Harvard, Stanford, Cal Tech, Brown, Princeton and Michigan... they never went to tutoring and SAT prep courses outside of the school. And they never...

Frankly after trying all the beef noodle places in Irvine, I should ask my Taiwanese friend to open one here... Her gourmet beef noodle is sensational! Chef Hung is just so-so. The main problem for me is their broth. The meat is tender the noodle is ok. But the soup is way too light. As for 101...

OK. Call me the picky one.  ;D The Peking Duck served  by Sam Woo and Capital Seafood are NOT authentic Peking Duck. First, they should use the thin pancakes/wraps to roll the duck. The puffy buns are just not acceptable. They go well with braised pork belly but not duck. Second, the duck skin...

That's why we kind of pass San Marcos. We were interested in Plan 3 but since the current phases are approaching Sand Canyon we don't bother to look at them. However, I got the feeling that San Marcos might be one of the better selling new communities for TIC after checking out all the new...

@irvinehomeowner Yes we sold our aliso house. We once considered keeping the house and renting it out but a buyer came up with a reasonable offer and the rest is history.  ;) Luckily we have a friend who owns a very nice house which happens to be available for us to rent month-by-month at a...