I was two hours early for a meeting at UCLA yesterday. (Don’t ask! Okay, it’s because I was worried about being late and didn’t want to get stuck in some traffic jam on the way so I left really early.) Since I had time to kill, I decided to cruise over to Rodeo Drive. [...]

This weekend was Lovely. Yes, with a capital L. I had another small victory over stress in my life too by intentionally not thinking about work or work related projects and instead focusing on relaxing and hanging out with Matt. Honestly, it wasn’t too hard with the weather being so perfect – all I wanted [...]

Today I took a walk at 10:30am because I was nearing a mini breakdown. Normally when I’m stressed, I plunge headlong into my workload, refusing to let it win. But today was different for some reason. I literally got up and walked out of the house. I felt guilty, really guilty, because I know [...]

Nothing makes me forget about a stressful day quite like a walk on the beach. Matt and I have been so busy lately, me with work and him with mid-terms, that we haven’t been out to the water for awhile. We actually grilled dinner tonight and then took a walk. It was a perfect [...]

When we moved to Pasadena in 2009, I was amazed at the vegetation in our neighborhood. There were countless kinds of succulents, Aloe taller than myself, several varieties of palm trees (my favorite!), as well as all the regular trees and flowers we see all over the country. At dusk, our entire yard and [...]

When palm trees are in clusters, I always imagine they are elephant legs. Don’t they kinda look it?!?

Our cute town during sunset. I need a bigger lens for my iPhone to capture it all. Ha!