It was our first time at the L.A. Zoo and we live only 10 minutes away.

But now we are members so we can visit anytime we want!

This little guy was so happy to see all the animals in real life.

Trust me, he was happy :)

I was as amaze as he was or maybe a little more?

After the zoo we went to eat ice cream. Oh man, look at this. It was humongous!

Then we went to a pizzeria and ate pasta and brick oven pizza.

So fun. I can't wait to do it all over again.

I apologize for the lack of posts. I've been busy editing photos from recent photo sessions but I am finally done, yay! And I can relax and enjoy what's left of President's Day.

Here are some of the photos I've taken from my last photo shoot. Isn't she just stunning?

I wish I can share all of her photos with you!
I have a ton of photo sessions coming up. I'll go and chill now while I still can. Life is good.

Breakfast 6:30am
I made chocolate chip french toasts.

While eating I made these for my girl's closest friends

Marshmallow sticks. Aren't they so pretty?

Made these rings out of pipe cleaners

9:am
I blew balloons then after a dozen, I felt dizzy! Good thing I found a pump and I got to finish blowing up 40 red and white balloons!!! Then impatiently waited for this little guy to wake up...

11-ish

He finally wakes up. He loved it! The first thing he said? "but pink is for girls Mama"

Then my mr. gave me $$. so romantic right? hehe So I've decided to do a tea party with my girls, so after picking them up from school we went to a parisian bakery.
We bought boxes and boxes of treats!
Then passed by In and out. They had burgers. I didn't eat.

Here are some of what we bought.

Our Valentine tea party!

Not only pretty but so good too!

I finally got to buy Shiseido.

The perfect make-up for Asian skin

Dinner
8pm
We went to Chinatown to eat. We had fried rice, crispy noodles, calamari, fried chicken, broccolli and sweet and sour pork.I ate like I'm not already stuffed.

Waiting at the restaurant for food on Valentine's Day was dreadful. We waited on our table for an hour. Food orders were messed up, the servers were going crazy, they even forgot to put salt on the calamari and didn't do anything about it when we complained and hot tea came when some of us are about to choke. It was chaotic but we completely understand.
Happy Valentines Day! A day late but I hope you had a blast. How was it?

500 Days Of Summer

Waiting For Forever

A Lot Like Love

UP

The Notebook

Reality Bites

Benny And Joon

Gnomeo and Juliet

Breakfast At Tiffany's

Yesterday was our tattoo party/yard sale. It was so much fun! I had a small tattoo done but that deserves another post.

It was done at our home by my son's godfather.

Then my family and my cousins went to a korean bbq restaurant.

Love this.

Then we went to hunt for desserts and then went totally crazy and almost bought all the desserts on the menu.
People in line were not too happy.

After desserts, we went to get blu-rays, my cousins slept over and then we watched 'THE THING', it was pretty good but not crazy good. It kind of reminded me of the 80's movie The Blob.

It was a beautiful day and it was nice hanging out with some of my favorite people in the world.

Yesterday we went to one of my favorite places in Culver City called Royal-T. We were there at the Alice Premiere and some other art exhibits in the past. I've heard that there was a Cosplay event happening so we drove through terrible traffic to get there.

We had this Jasmine blossom tea that we always order and as always it was quite a treat watching it blossom inside the tea pot. We are always in awe as if it was the first time.

After this girl got interviewed, it was our turn. My girls and I were interviewed about Japanese pop culture in California. It was for a tv show called Mr. Sunday on Fuji tv in Japan. It was quite a long interview, how I wish we could see a clip somewhere. I remember many years ago, when I was 19, I was standing on a street in Beverly Hills when I was approached by a couple of Japanese Photographers and asked if they could take a photo of me for a Japanese magazine about L.A. street style.
I remember I was wearing my bell bottom denims, plum doc marten boots, a vintage shirt and a huge Tommy Hilfiger duffel bag. I wonder where that photo of me ended up but I know it's somewhere out there, lost in Japan just like what will happen to this video of me and my daughters. I find it quite amazing that I feel so connected to that place that I've never even been to.

We had the usual high tea we always get but it was quite a disappointment since there were no macarons or cupcakes on them. I was looking forward to it but this is what we got. Still good and still pretty.

I only had the berries, these treats disappeared before my eyes. My kids are dessert monsters, I swear.

I had this green tea matcha flan. It was good. I finished it within one minute.
After this place, we went straight to a photoshop meet up nearby and I made a new friend which rarely happens so I'm quite proud of myself.

I blogged about Royal-T here and here on my old blog.

More photos here and here.

I came across this website and I wanted to share them with all of you. It's truly worth a read.
I think that a lot of us tend to dwell on the wrong things that inhibit us to do great things. Everyone, all of us! are capable of doing amazing things but we are the ones who are stopping ourselves.
I think, no I believe, it's time to move forward and not look back! And let's all stop changing other people and begin changing ourselves.

Please put down that tv remote right now and start reading. It would do you good.

30 things to stop doing to yourself
30 things to start doing to yourself

I came across Betsey Johnson's 'twitter machine' and got a glimpse of her office. It's the prettiest office I've ever seen!

What's not to love? Imagine going to work everyday to this! Imagine being sad in this environment...So NOT HAPPENING!

I love Betsey!

Sorry about the lack of post. It's been crazy around here.Swamped with both upcoming and past projects. I have this event coming up too (sorry infos were blocked) and I need to get everything organized for the yard sale.

I'm also getting a new tattoo (will be my 6th!) and I don't know what to get yet. I'll show it to you when I get it!
Any suggestions?

Jude Law

Jude Law, he's like wine, as he gets older, he gets better.

That face + talent + accent... Perfection.

I will never get tired of that face, would you?