deux jours à Paris

Notre Dame | Pompidou

Japan: Miho Museum {August 2011}

 

During my first semester in college, I took an intro to architecture class. We spent a day watching a film about I.M. Pei, his work on the Miho Museum and the bell tower at Misono (seen from the Miho Museum). The film made a lasting impression on me and I knew that I had to see the Miho Museum in all grandeur. The lighting, symmetrical geometry and the location was simply inspiring and a living rendition of the lost horizon.

Hawaii {August 2011}

 

North Shore: Laniakea Beach 

 

We love being with the turtles and swimming with them. One of the turtles swam behind me and breathed above the waters!

 

as a true Mat Kearney fan, I listened to his new album, Young Love on the day of release

 

Ko'Olina: the prettiest sunsets.

 

Ko'Olina: I want to live here.

I want to go sailing one day. This is the same place where I saw Pirates' Black Pearl.

Hawaii is truly paradise and home to me. I can never get enough of being a beach bum, exploring new beaches and the aloha spirit.

Melbourne, Australia {June 2011}

 Great Ocean Road: where I fell in love with lamingtons and The Twelve Apostles.

 

I want to live here.

 

Fitzroy Gardens: Cooks' Cottage. One of the grandest brick puzzle pieces.

 

Queen Victoria Market: a lively culture I will never forget.

 

I thought these bikes were really cool!

 

Federation Square

 

walking to the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV)

 

NGV: where I began to understand and learn from fashionistas.

 

The Forum: my favourite venue, ever. Where I saw Joshua Radin!

 

Melbourne Museum: where I studied artists' portfolios and the concept of real design.

 Rose Street Art Market: I wanted to take everything home with me. Thanks Jess at Truth.Be.Told for telling me about this place and being my guide to all things Australia!

Not pictured and noteworthy: Costco and Phillip Island's penguins!

Melbourne, I love you. Every year when I go to Australia, I fall even further in love with the Down Under. Someday, I want to move to this truly magical place.

Japan

Photos: vending machine, Nagoya Castle, one of the temples at Kinkaku-ji in Kyoto, orange wonder, sake at Meiji-Mura in Inuyama (Frank Lloyd Wright!), fancy traditional Japanese dolls.

Hong Kong

Photos: holiday display, stumbled upon a crustacean, Sham Shui Po, lollipops! (with the notorious Chungking Mansion in behind), top of Sha Tin shopping mall, snowflake.