Do you have a “spot”? A table at your favorite cafe, a bench with your favorite view of the park? I’ve always wanted to frequent a place enough to have a spot, but I don’t leave my place much these days. Since the new year started I’ve been changing that in my own ways. It’s […]
Went out to Marina beach park to try and catch the lunar eclipse. Something about listening to the ebb and flow of the Sound and chasing the clear patches of sky made me feel really melancholy. It was cold and I didn’t have a proper lens, but it was a beautiful night that brought me […]
It’s been awhile! I feel like I say that every December, and every December I try to update my backlog of entries on this blog to make way for the new year. There’s a bit too many to make it by the 1st of January, but I’ll do my best. Ever since Thanksgiving ended, I’ve […]
Angela and I have been talking about taking another trip together since we went up to Vancouver for New Years. We’re both really chill, go-by-the-flow travelers, and it’s always such a joy going places with just the two of us. It seemed like such a fun idea to spontaneously go somewhere, so we picked New […]
At 9PM the night before, I got a text from Marina asking if I wanted to join her for a morning hike. Lately I’ve been wanting to go camping and hiking again, so I jumped at the opportunity. I’ve been staying up late playing video games until 6AM, but thankfully I woke up on time. […]
Today marks the start of our three week trip to Australia and New Zealand. We’ve been planning this trip for months, so it was exciting and exhilarating for it to finally be happening. And exciting it was — right off the bat! Due to a delayed gate at LAX, we almost missed our connection because […]
Tucked away in Granite Falls, the Tsubaki Grand Shrine of America is the first Shinto shrine built on American soil after World War II. Tsubaki America Shrine was established in 1986 in Stockton, CA by Rev. Dr. Yukitaka Yamamoto the 96th High Priest of Tsubaki Grand Shrine in Mie, Japan. Tsubaki America was the 1st […]
On our way over to Tsubaki Shrine, we passed by a park entrance and decided to turn around and check it out! It was my first time actually seeing the backroads of Arlington, so I was really amazed how peaceful and secluded everything felt. The rain was still coming down, so we decided to keep […]
Back in 1904, with the North American cement industry thriving, Robert and Jennie Butchart moved from their home in Ontario to the west coast for its rich limestone deposits. There, they developed a quarry in order to facilitate the demand for Portland cement. Near their quarry and cement plant, they also established their home. These were […]
Daniel has a great love of bugs, something I’ve grown to be fond of as well in a broader scope. I have a big soft spot for butterflies and caterpillars, but it wasn’t til we started hanging out more that I came to appreciate other types of bugs and insects. When you spend time with […]