This summer is about bright, solid colors to show the happiness of being back in the sun after a long year of work. With so many textures and prints, you can always stand out on the beach – in...
Imagine the day when we can embed technology seamlessly into our lives until you dont even notice its there. A team at Google is currently working on Project Glass which will blend the device into ou...
Don’t you just love the simplicity of picture books? This one is about a bear looking for his misplaced hat. His journey to find the hat is told all in dialogue with other animals. Some are honest, s...
This year, my school UC Santa Barbara is hosting a Relay for Life event on its campus. Members from each team walk the track for 24 hours to raise awareness of cancer and money to fight back against ...
Do-it-yourself paper garlands have been popping up everywhere in the blogger world and on Pinterest. It’s a perfect way to put accent on your bare walls. My materials came from papersource. All you n...
He could possibly be the coolest song-writer ever. [source] Okay, it might be an understatement to say that I am fascinated about the legacy of Bob Dylan. Even though there are only a hand ful...
Susan Cain makes a wonderful case on the power of introverts, and this may even be the singular solution to change the way ideas are born. “Theres zero correlation between being the best talker and h...
One of my favorite movies recently is Like Crazy, a small film directed by Drake Doremus, with Anton Yelchin and Felicity Jones as Jacob and Anna. It’s a simple story of two people falling in love an...
Jeannine’s, downtown Santa Barbara We celebrated my 21th birthday in downtown Santa Barbara. The place was busy when we got there but the staff was so friendly and nice, they sat us at a table outsid...
Theo Jensen is an artist, but he’s more than that. He builds life forms that are able to walk on their own using the wind. They walk on beaches and they are tough enough to survive obstac...
This is just simply awesome. The artist is Chan Hwee Chong.
Professional photos taken by our friend Lauren Kanegawa.
I saw 50/50 last weekend and it just proves how well Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Seth Rogen work together. They’re best friends who found out that one of them has cancer. They dealt with the...
Last week I finally moved into my studio apartment in Isla Vista. I really love the balcony by my bed and how cozy my bed is. My furniture came from a lot places: found, bought, given....
We went for a drive to downtown Sacramento where I visited the Crocker Art Museum for the first time in my life. It’s a little sad that I’ve never been there before, especially having li...
There’s nothing sweeter than childhood innocence. My little cousins came over yesterday to celebrate my mom’s birthday and it was so cute to see them so excited just to sing ‘happy birthday’ an...
I’m so excited to start living in my first apartment in a few weeks! Lately, I’ve been looking around for interior design inspirations and Ikea is one of the few stores I love to shop at (I eve...
I love watching movies because for two hours, I get to escape from the realities of my life and be purely an observer. Recently, I got to watch Our Idiot Brother and was in for a pleasant surpr...
What if you can go back in the time when life was beautiful and where you can have dinner and dance with your favorite literary writers and artists? That’s exactly what happened to Gill one nig...
MOVE from Rick Mereki on Vimeo. LEARN from Rick Mereki on Vimeo. EAT from Rick Mereki on Vimeo. These videos have further convinced me that the simple concepts of moving, learning, and eating are imp...
I love anything sweet and I recently went to a party with a pavlova – a meringue dessert cake with toppings of fruits. I just had to make my own cause I can’t find it anywhere else. ...
The juice from aloe vera plants have beneficial properties that treat inflammatory and dry skin. My grandmother grows these and I recently got a chance to use them for my own skin. There ...
My bunny has grown so big since we got him. He’s also very spoiled and naughty as he finds his way onto plants and chews them to the ground… Yet, we always love him anyway, despite his b...
Dia Frampton, whom you may remember from Meg&Dia, is the cutest artist with an amazing voice. She was also one of the finalists on NBC’s show The Voice. Here is her rendition of Mumfo...
Yesterday, I took my new baby bunny outside for an afternoon on the grass. He seemed very happy to be outside! It’s very healthy for him to get fresh air and open area to run and play. It...
This summer, I adore dresses with longer sleeves and soft, airy materials. There’s also always enough room to add more or less with accessories, like a fedora, a watch, or a even a nice novel f...
beet cake from tiger in a jar on Vimeo. Cooking is an art form in itself. I need to learn how to cook in my tiny studio apartment kitchen this summer. We lack an oven, a proper stove, and...
I absolutely loved the message in The Company Men. Not only does it perfectly deal with the hardship of losing a job, but it presents the many possibilities of life afterwards. The movie also does ...
Some photos I took on my iPod while walking on the campus beach. The app I’m using is Cross Process.
When I was in high school, I had a journal that I kept with a list of all the things I’m grateful for or what made me happy that day. It was free of negativity or pessimism. Some days wer...
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