elephant woman

Hello friends!

I haven't had time to shot new places and I apologize for that. Abraham and I are using these last two weeks to save every penny for our vacation. These photos are random shots from San Diego, The Los Angeles Arboretum and Long Beach.

Two weeks ago, I changed my diet completely and have spent most of my time working out and eating healthy. Working out actually feels good.



This is my everyday breakfast. Oatmeal is great because it keeps you full until it's time for lunch.



I'm a huge fan of The Flame Broiler so I attempted to make my own version:



I change it up for dinner every night. Sometimes I make chicken fajitas or a fresh shrimp salad. (I found this dish pretty easy to make):



I hope you enjoyed the mini food diary that I've been keeping the last few days. I've also been listening to a lot of Blonde Redhead and wanted to share this song with you all. Have a great week everyone!

Elephant Woman by Blonde Redhead

swansea

I like to think images are short episodes, fragments of time frozen within four borders.












For those of you who have been reading with my blog since I blogged about Chinatown, you might remember me mentioning my future summer trip to San Fransisco. Well after adding up the expenses, Abraham and I decided to cancel the trip to San Francisco and save up our money to go to New York in December for New Years. I was really cool about staying local this summer and not traveling but about a week ago, Abe suprised me by telling me he's going to take me to Catalina Island. I'm super excited because it's semi local (the island is only a 20 minute boat ride from LA) and it won't cost so much. I've never been there and have only heard stories about when he went with his family.

I looked up some photos on Flickr to give me an idea of what to expect. The following was one of my favorites (not mine.) Clicking on the photo will send you directly to it's rightful owner.



I think it'd be fun to do a post on some of the things I want to try and do once I'm there (take a tour to see the flying fish, rent a kayak + snorkeling) and maybe give a little history on the island. If you are interested, let me know :D

I have truly come to appreciate all of your constant support and friendships, (you know who you are.) Thank you x

Aquarium of the Pacific

We spent the afternoon going through the different rooms in the aquarium. We petted sting rays, star fish, parrots and sharks.



My favorite room in the Aquarium was the Jellyfish room. Aren't they just so pretty?





Later that night, we went to a carnival. It was such perfect scenery, with all of the flashing lights and people on rides. I was tempted to take my camera with me but I decided to leave it in the car. I wanted to have fun and enjoy the moment. To really live it.

Sometimes I get so caught up with taking pictures that I often forget to really take in my surroundings. What are your thoughts? Does this ever happen to you?

On this particular trip to the aquarium, I kept this in mind. I limited taking a lot of photos and only took pictures of the things that really intrigued me. The result? Better photos and more time having fun. I'm much happier now that I found a balance.

I had no idea people had the same thoughts as me until I read this post over at Sweet Symphanie. With that being said, I leave you with this quote:

"Last night, driving back from Boston, I lay back in the car and let the colored lights come at me, the music from the radio, the reflection of the guy driving. It all flowed over me with a screaming ache of pain.... remember, remember, this is now, and now, and now. Live it, feel it, cling to it."

(Taken from The Journals of Sylvia Plath.) Have a great Labor Day weekend everyone!