abbot kinney has been one of my favorite streets in los angeles since my days dancing at yuri grigoriev school of russian ballet in venice beach. that was back when the pinkberry had just opened which has since closed (r.i.p.)… ah the good old days! now, my go-to places on abbot kinney are firefly, urbanic paper boutique, gjelina’s for lunch (post to come) and lemonade for snacks and drinks (which is coming to fashion island soon… yay!).
every once in a while on my walks around campus, i would bring along my pola if it was an especially pretty day. wherever i see these pictures on my wall, i am constantly reminded of how blessed i was to live in such a beautiful place. i think the first picture perfectly sums up new zealand: rustic and green with a limitless, sprawling sky. God bless new zealand
i finally found the time to scan in some of the polaroids i took in new zealand this past semester. one of my biggest regrets first semester was not bringing my polaroid camera so i made sure it tagged along with me when i went back again. as i looked through the pictures i had captured, all the amazing memories from the semester came rushing back. these are a few of my favorite polaroids that i will cherish forever.
1. lunching at mister d’s// 2. the tauranga shoreline// 3. my bedroom second semester// 4. the most lovely sunset i’ve ever seen// 5. boats in russell// 6. graduation dinner, one of the best nights of my life// 7. on the rotorua tarmac once last time
i don’t go to san diego too often but when i do, i always seem to end up in the design district. a few days ago, my mom and i visited san diego to get some gifts and do some shopping. though we didn’t stay long, we had a fun time eating yummy food from whole foods and looking around the stops. my favorite shop is solo on cedros street. everything in the store is so inspirational and unusual and i want just about every book on the book tables. here are a few pics of some of my wanderings around the store and some of the beautiful things i found
at my college, graduation dinner is a bit like prom. everyone gets dressed up, goes out to a local restaurant and has a blast. i don’t think i have ever laughed more than this night. we have all gotten so close and i can honestly say this has been one of the best seasons of my life thus far. these people are some of the funniest, sweetest, most caring, most encouraging people i’ve ever met. it’s so sad to be moving on but i’m so excited for all of our futures. luckily, a few of us live in california so we’ll hopefully be seeing a lot of each other but its pretty hard to comprehend that we won’t be together as a school again. though i’m moving on to other things (update soon), i’ll always look back on my time in new zealand fondly. God is good
i love all things french so this little french cafe by the church was a real find! their gluten free pancakes were surprisingly good (but isn’t everything with nutella good?) and it was a great time of fun and fellowship with some of my favorite ladies. i sure love saturdays!
