Pretty Geeky

After seeing what The Huntington had to offer, I enthusiastically declare my love of the place! I thoroughly enjoyed what each garden had to offer in lush vegetation and marvelous (Japanese and Chinese) architecture. It’s an ideal place to experience natural & cultural beauty and variety.

Three hours in and we still had to rush to get to the art gallery before closing time.

“Luxurious feast awaits”

I can’t say enough about the beautiful art collection they have at the Huntington, timeless and extraordinary works of art. Also, it’s always interesting reading the story or history behind a painting if there is one.

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alldoneup :: Jun.01.2008 :: Days of my life, Photography, Places and Vacations :: 4 Comments »

We took a trip to the San Juan Capistrano Mission this past weekend and I was impressed and astonished by it’s history and architecture. It’s a lovely place to visit if you have time…and a camera (being that it’s surrounded by beautiful gardens and historic ruins and all that good stuff). To read about it’s history go to sjchistoricalsociety.com

Enjoy the plentiful pictures!

The Serra Chapel.

Construction of Mission San Juan Capistano, “Jewel of the Missions”, began in November 1776. Father Junipero Serra named it for St. John of Capestrano in Italy, a warrior priest of the 15th century. This is the seventh in the chain of missions founded by Father Serra.

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alldoneup :: May.27.2008 :: Days of my life, Photography, Places and Vacations :: 10 Comments »

We visited the Carlsbad Flower Fields this weekend and what a spectacular array of flowerage, I was riveted by their colorful display!

Ranunculus in bloom
They grow millions of these flowers to harvest the ranunculus bulbs. I felt like running through the fields and picking a bouquet full of them but I contained myself, barely. =d

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alldoneup :: Apr.28.2008 :: Days of my life, Photography, Places and Vacations :: 10 Comments »

Temecula Wine Country

We visited the Maurice Car’rie Vineyard & Winery and being that the vineyards looked like vast grave fields this time of year, we decided to go wine tasting instead. I’ve had muscat wines before so I wasn’t surprised I liked their Muscat Canelli and the Sara Bella worked for me as well since I prefer sweet wines.

It was my first wine country experience and hopefully not my last because Mr. Grapevine, where art thou?! Not to mention getting a bit tipsy from all the wine was quite memorable and something else to look forward to again. =D

alldoneup :: Apr.03.2008 :: Days of my life, Photography, Places and Vacations :: 3 Comments »

Clickable: Fresno New Year Gathering
For those of you who aren’t aware (which is prob the majority…no offense taken) we have special events to celebrate the new year in individual cities where there are larger populations of Hmong people, I imagine there could be as many celebrations as there are states. It’s great for the singles crowd because you have ample opportunity to find a new year’s eve date before the actual new year…if you can’t get lucky in one city, try another!

Well, for me it holds more meaning than that but no need to go into it right now since I have pictures waiting to be seen. =D

A few of us in our tradition Hmong outfits . Me minus the hat, can’t mess with the hairdo you know…seriously though, I think my head shrunk (that would explain the missing braincells)…I can’t find one that fits properly. Good thing is that there is always next year, hooray for tradition!

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alldoneup :: Jan.08.2008 :: Days of my life, Photography, Places and Vacations :: 3 Comments »

Corona Del Mar
Me and the boyfriend decided to stop at the beach this weekend to capture some night shots….which basically amounted to a lot of blur and noise but a few came out really nice so I thought I’d share them. I love how you can see the stars in the very last picture and someone decided to take their sailboat out so we got a cool subject to work with too. =p

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alldoneup :: Dec.03.2007 :: Days of my life, Photography, Places and Vacations :: 7 Comments »

Damn, the things we do for family! Looking like early Halloween party goers, we had to wait in line for FIVE hours to get in the first day of the event but we finally made it in after much deliberation (”forget this” was said quiet a few times within the five hours) and got our four day pass-hardcore baby!

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alldoneup :: Nov.12.2007 :: Days of my life, Places and Vacations :: 4 Comments »

I had a chance to go to an exhibition [Fashion in Film: Period Costumes for the Screen] at the Paine Art Center this past summer. This was soo exciting for me, getting to view up-close-and-personal some of the beautiful dresses I’ve seen on the big screen which then afterwards found me wishing for days that a time machine would be invented so that I could begin the most successful career as a woman back then, a courtesan, ha!

A quick quote from the site about the exhibit before I go into picture posting mode.

“The exhibition features thirty-six period costumes worn by movie stars such as Elizabeth Taylor, Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman, and Gwyneth Paltrow in major motion pictures, from critically acclaimed films Dangerous Liaisons and Sense and Sensibility to blockbusters Indiana Jones and Titanic. The Paine’s presentation of the exhibition uniquely sets the elaborate costumes within the grandest rooms of the historic mansion…” - thepaine.org

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alldoneup :: Nov.11.2007 :: Days of my life, Fashion, Places and Vacations :: No Comments »