Last Day of Summer

Can you guys believe the summer has come to an end? I can't believe it. Fall arrives tomorrow and today we had some rain. I can't say that I'm ready and I'm starting to fear we have lots of cold days ahead of us. Like a typical girl, I am excited to switch up my wardrobe and makeup and start wearing some of those beautiful fall colors. 

Wildflowers

I went on a hike on Monday. I was hoping for clear skies, sunshine and clear views but it was the total opposite. May gray was in full effect. However, my beloved California continues to take my breath away! Crystal Cove was covered with beautiful wildflowers within every turn. The sun slowly started to burn the marine layer and eventually crept through. 

Dreary Paradise

A new year is upon us! Welcome 2017! I know, I know I'm 10 days late. 

You guys, California is finally having a real winter!! We've had rain almost on a weekly basis and its been cold (for California standards). Anyways, its a new year with so many changes upon us, saying good bye to a president and experiencing a new one that scares most of us. I don't know how the next four years will be but all I can do is hope for the best. 

When the unbelievable became reality, I'm not going to lie, I was angry and in disbelief. As the days and weeks have gone by I've sort of accepted it (insert eye rolling emoji). I think to myself, it's their turn. When you're a kid your parents teach you about sharing and caring. They teach you that everyone gets their turn and you need to be respectful and let your sibling or friend play with the toy for the same amount of time you got to play with it. So that's what I tell myself, it's their turn. 

 Hey you never know, maybe he'll get impeached. 

FBF, TBT, & WBW

If you have any sort of social media you're familiar with the hashtags #FBF,  #TBT and #WBW, if you don't you're probably wondering what do those letters stand for? I'll tell you.

FBF = Flashback Friday
TBT = Throwback Thursday
WBW = Way back Wednesday

Essentially, on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday people post old pictures that were taken prior to social media being available and providing a glimpse of the past. Do you guys go back in time and share old pictures? I don't, and I have tons of old pictures. I'm not sure why I haven't joined the hashtag bandwagon, I guess I just think Instagram is about the now and as you add pictures to your profile you are creating a diary of your life. Does that make sense? However, the other day I was looking through some old pictures of the travels I have done and I found some cool pictures I thought I could share.

My first throwback/flashback/way back is from a trip to San Francisco my husband and I did in the fall of 2011. On this trip we drove up the 101 freeway and made some stops along the way. When we arrived in San Francisco we roamed the city, went to Sausalito, Muir Woods, Alcatraz and of course checked out the Golden Gate bridge.

 Keep in mind these photographs were taken on a simple camera and a cell phone. Also, don't you just hate when you take a nice picture and wish it was taken with a proper camera or take picture while walking fast trying to catch up??  Most of these pictures were taken under those circumstances. I digress, here we go...

If you live in California this is a must do road trip!

I hope you guys enjoyed this post, I'll be sharing more in the next coming weeks.

Museum Day

I initially wrote this post to describe interesting facts about the museum, but then I thought you can find those details online if you google the museum. So I decided to write a brief recap of our experience. Saturday my mom, sister and myself decided we would escape the heat and hang out at the new Broad Museum in Downtown Los Angeles.  The admission free, but you need reservations. With no reservations we made our way to the long line of people like us that had no reservations. After standing in line for less than 10 minutes, a gal comes up to my sister and asks if we are a party of three. Turns out she had three reservation tickets and was not going to use them. Just our luck we were a party of three. We rushed our way to the line with people that had tickets and after 30 minutes of standing in line we were inside the museum.

The museum is three floors and the majority of the galleries are on the third floor. As soon as you enter  you see a 105 foot escalator that takes you up to the third floor.  Knowing nothing about art we started walking around and reading the descriptions of pieces that caught our eye. While there were plenty of pieces that were interesting and looked very intricate there were some pieces that made us wonder if these pieces were really considered art. We joked that we could probably create something nicer. As we kept walking, we came across some pieces that also made us wonder if they were appropriate for children. We were not alone with this thought, we saw some parents that seemed concerned of what their kids were seeing. With no kids in our party of three, we kept walking.

All in all I thought it was a very cool and interesting experience. I think my favorite pieces were the large installations,  some of these pieces are pictured above.  One of the coolest installations at the Broad was Ragnar Kjartansson, The Visitors. I don't want to give too much away but it's a nine screen video installation and it should not be missed. What we did miss was Yayoi Kusama's Infinity Mirrored Room, there was a five hour wait! It looks amazing and hopefully we can go back soon and check it out. 

If you find yourself in the Los Angeles area you should definitely check it out!

p.s If you are able to visit The Broad Museum take some time to appreciate the building itself, that alone is a piece of art!

Things that scare me... part 1

Chicken, wuss, scaredy-cat are all things you can call me and I'm okay with that. Some info about me, I'm scared of roller coasters and reptiles, to name a few. To my surprise, this weekend I was exposed to both.  They do however make for nice pictures. 

These pictures were taken with my iphone 6. 

p.s. you're probably thinking part 1? Yup, I have many fears.