Beautiful Losers

Hmmm . . .

It was nice to enjoy a long weekend off!  Highlights from the weekend included:

• Good food
• Time with family
• Family helping you clean your apartment (by cleaning I mean shampooing the carpets and using industrial strength cleaners to clean your bathroom . . . I was told to take the dog and leave for an hour.  The ultimate expression of Korean parental love!)   
• Taking a leisurely stroll in Griffith Park by the L.A. Observatory + bumping into man walking his parrot + man's parrot, after seeing my dad, saying "what a big boy!"
• Anne of Green Gables marathon on PBS

A day to eat.

And give thanks!  Happy Thanksgiving, friends!

Samples of my work

Arrgh! I'm a perfectionist!

I'm trying to redesign this blog . . . it's kind of frustrating. To the five people who read this: apologies if the color hurts your eyes or if fonts and layouts change on a regular basis. Any feedback would be much appreciated! I'll need to figure out what I want to do with comments also.

On a side note, here's a video from Meg Mateo Ilasco on her new book (love this):

Crafting a Meaningful Home from Meg Mateo Ilasco on Vimeo.

Thanksgiving 2010

My family and I have celebrated Thanksgiving with a more traditional American meal for the past decade or so. My mom is in charge of the turkey and I'm in charge of the sides. I'm a big fan of Thanksgiving food in general . . . I love the cranberry sauce, yams, mashed potatoes, pies . . . I love it all. I even love the dish of kimchi at our table (kimchi is a good complement to turkey by the way - especially the dark meat). But this year my family and I are going out for Thanksgiving to a Korean-Chinese restaurant in LA we go to all the time. It's been an extremely busy and relationally full season and I just don't have it in me to cook this year. And I guess I'm not alone because I've noticed that there are way more pre-made Thanksgiving meals at the stores and a lot of restaurants advertising that they are open on Thanksgiving. I guess it's the sign of the times - people are busier, there are more single parent households than ever before, and the pace of life just seems so much quicker now.
Well, maybe next year my family will go back to making a turkey and all the fixings but this year I'm going to enjoy seeing my parents, brother and sister-in-law, and eating sweet and sour beef, garlic shrimp, and noodles in black bean sauce with pork. Mmmm . . . can't wait!

Also, here are some pics of inspiration from my old roommate's wedding this past weekend. Congratulations Mr. and Mrs. L!

This gentleman found his way to our table.


Got to bring one of the floral arrangements home because I knew some people. My friend T. worked on the flowers. She's not a professional but you wouldn't have known that by looking at her arrangements. So pretty and well designed!

A nice, simple lunch

It's a gloomy day today . . . I just want to curl up with a book or watch a movie but I need to get some work done. That's okay. I like checking things off my list.

Had a simple, healthy lunch of bread, cheese, hummus, pomegranates, and figs. Many thanks to my friend T.G. for turning me onto the European style bread from Trader Joe's and giving me so many pomegranates!
I feel like this is something you would eat in Narnia or if you were a hobbit on a long journey away from home . . .

Have a great weekend! I'll be celebrating at the wedding of a good friend.

Currently listening to . . .

Neko Case! She has such a unique voice. I've been listening to her album "Middle Cyclone" all week.
And side note - still getting used to posting and linking and all that.

Things I like about fall

Cuddling with my little buddy, pomegranates, and roasted chicken on a lazy weekend.

Start

I've decided to start a blog. I hope to share what inspires me and create a space to process my thoughts and ideas. I'll also post a lot of my own art projects here. Thanks for visiting!