wish trees

Little Tokyo, Los Angeles.

Hello friends.

This weekend was quite eventful. 

On Saturday, my friend Angel and I met for lunch in Uptown Whittier where we 

stumbled upon an old car show that was going on (second to last photo). They had a

ton of vintage cars, it was pretty neat. After my friend Tyler and I drove up to the Getty 

which was so incredible, I couldn't help but to instantly fall in love with the place. 

(middle batch of photos). And lastly, on Sunday night a few of my friends and I 

drove up to Little Tokyo to have dinner at a restaurant called Orochon Ramen. 

My guy friends are fans of the TV show "Man VS Food" so naturally they suggested 

this place. I must admit, it's worth all the hype and I definitely recommend it. We 

had an awesome view of the city (last photo) and after dinner we walked around 

Little Tokyo where we came across a dozen wish trees. I was excited to see them, 

I've only seen photos of them in your blogs. Before leaving, we all wrote and hung 

our wishes from one of the trees. I love knowing that my wish is hanging amongst the 

hundred others. This weekend I felt so hopeful and wish I could spend more of my 

days walking around the city at night, exploring. The city lights comforted me in 

ways I did not know were possible.

Also, here's another song I'd like to share with you. I've had Adele's album 21 on repeat 

for the last few weeks.

This last song on the album is heartbreakingly beautiful.

thoughts of home

All right everyone, so this month is the second edition of Lauren’s "Get the Picture!" This month's theme is home. I had originally planned to photograph my room and home but then decided I wanted to challenge myself a bit so I went out and photographed my hometown Whittier. Since I spend a majority of my time in Los Angeles, I often like to refer to it as "my city" yet Whittier is where I live and where I grew up. I love it here.

(If you haven't checked out Lauren's blog, you really ought to! Click on the button at the end of this post to check out her blog.)



This is Central Park and just down the street is Uptown Whittier. Abraham and I go to Uptown a lot since there is a movie theatre, record store, book store, vintage shop and plenty of good restaurants.



Uptown Whittier is filled with historic houses such as this one.



Many of the historic houses have some of the cutest gardens I've ever seen. I officially want my very own garden :)



Can you believe this is Children's art? They are so cute! (The next three photos are random shots.)





Yesterday I signed up for YELP. I decided to sign up since I always read Yelp reviews before I try out a new place (99.9% of the time the reviews are accurate). Are any of you on there? Leave me your link if you are and I'll be sure to check it out :)

Elephant Gun

Hello everyone. In case you were wondering, I've been spending most of my time buried within the pages of my math book (which is why I haven't been commenting as much but I will soon, I promise!) I'm really horrible at math and I have to work twice as hard just to get it. English has always been my best subject, what's yours? I would also really love to hear your plans for school, what do you plan to major in? I'm still undecided and I only have a few months left before I have to transfer. Maybe your plans will inspire me, who knows :)

Good news is I'm off Wednesday so I get to take a break from school. Abe and I might go to Chinatown. I've been wanting to go there! :) Well, I'm off to study again. I hope all of you have a goodnight <3

Uptown Whittier