This week, I’ve been squeezing in some last bits of summer. Over the weekend, Rama and I took a morning swim. Yesterday, I indulged in a tangerine (scented and hued) pedi. And tonight, I’ll cut into what may be the last watermelon of the season. I know that the summer temperatures will remain for many […]

Me and Calder I met Calder last week, and he is like nothing and everything I’d imagined. His eyes change from blue to gray and his skin from pink to brown. He has a million facial expressions. He is tiny and adorable and precious. And he seemed to change and grow so much in the […]

On the menu this morning: fresh blueberry pancakes, apple-smoked bacon and strawberries. Wherever we do end up, I vow to have more brunches and dinner parties and people over for no reason at all. I love setting the table just right, turning up the tunes and making a meal that makes me proud. I love […]

Today’s our 2nd anniversary! Our second year of marriage had more bumps and twists and turns than we’d expected (and probably would have liked). But a little bit of faith, a whole lotta laughter and an endless supply of googly-eyed love has pulled us through. I know our marriage is just a toddler, but like […]

God speaks to me in yellow flowers. I first noticed them during long drives to and from my parents’ house the weeks before our wedding. My mind was crammed with to do lists and worst case scenarios, and the stress weighed down on my shoulders like bricks. But every time I saw those yellow flowers […]

Most of the photos I took while in the Philippines were of the house where Grandma and Grandpa lived. My mom, an architect, designed it in the ’60s, and my family stayed there whenever we visited. I love that house. I realized that with Grandma now gone, the house may never be the same, and […]

This week zoomed by without a single tale to tell, but this weekend promises celebrations of a long life and a baby on the way, good conversation with friends and time to create and contemplate. There will be stories. And if I have to, I’ll make them up.

Rama and I hosted our first official portrait party this weekend and it was so fun. Each person posed for 2- and 10-minute drawings, while the other 5 of us sketched like mad. Our friends were wonderful sports, and the artwork (which Rama will probably post on The Portrait Party over the next few weeks) […]

As I stepped out to do some errands this evening, I noticed that the asphalt was dotted with tiny white petals from a nearby tree. It was the closest thing to snow I’ve seen all year, so I snapped a shot. Sometimes, I swear, Los Angeles can be so beautiful. I’ve been noticing it more […]

We got a tree, after all. An adorable 4-foot-tall tree that sits in the corner of our apartment. The tiny tree has brought us lots of joy during this season of rushing to get work done, enduring city traffic, battling colds and flus and everything else that comes with this time of year. We’re leaving […]