A Weekend in Los Angeles: Marina del Rey

After some time spent in Venice Beach, I made the trek on foot to Marina del Rey, a small seaside neighborhood on the Westside that's home to the largest man-made harbor in North America. It sports about 5000 boats, and it also has a small beach that's more understated than its neighboring ones of Santa …

A Weekend in Los Angeles: Venice Beach

Following my time revisiting Santa Monica a few weekends ago, I headed over to Venice Beach next, also for a revisit. It'd been over three years since I was last in Venice as a proper tourist (granted, I'd been in Venice a few times over the past few months, but just for a quick meal), …

Happy Mother’s Day 2023

Today is Mother's Day in the United States, and it's another year to celebrate all of the moms out there who love and sacrifice for their children, to raise them to be who they are to this day. For me, it's always a bittersweet holiday, to remember and cherish my own mother, who sadly passed …

A Weekend in Los Angeles: Santa Monica

It's been ages since I last posted a "Weekend in Los Angeles" post, so for the month of May, I'll be posting a few places I've gone to this past month-- starting with Santa Monica. It's been nearly eight years since I played proper tourist in this popular beach town in Los Angeles; technically, I'd …

Happy One-Year Anniversary, My Love <3

Today (April 30th) is my one-year anniversary with my partner. Our first date was exactly a year ago to this day, and it's incredible just how long, yet how short it feels. It feels as if we've gone through many years together already, but I love it all the same. Never thought I'd ever be …

20 Lessons I Learned in My Twenties

Hello! Today is my birthday, and today, I turn 30. Wild to believe that I've been on this Earth for three decades. Three whole decades of learning, growing, and changing to be the person I am today. Especially my twenties: I went from being a college student figuring out what I wanted to do with …

I Got Full-Time Telework!!!

Photo by Andrea Piacquadio on Pexels.com Hello, folks! Finally, after two-and-a-half years, I got the offer to work from home-- full time! It's been a long, frustrating battle with admin just to be able to get this, and in the end, I got it! I started my first day on Monday: it was sort of …

Valentine’s Day 2023 <3

Greetings! Today is Valentine's Day, and it's actually the first Valentine's that I'm celebrating while not being single. Kind of surreal to realize this, but I love it all the same (no Single Awareness Day for me, haha)! This is also the first Valentine's Day together with my partner, J: we booked a nice dinner …

Happy Lunar New Year 2023!

Greetings! Today is Chinese New Year (aka Lunar New Year). Being Chinese-American myself, I'm celebrating the new year with my family with good food and good company. I passed the time with a simple, but nice lunch with my extended relatives at home and then also out to eat this weekend. May the Year of …

Astra Lumina: A Light Show Experience REVIEW

A couple of weeks ago, I attended Astra Lumina, a temporary light exhibition in Los Angeles. I'd first seen the ads for it on Instagram, and I was keen to go. That said, I bought the $38 USD ticket and, along with my sister and partner, we headed out for the first slot of the …