Gavin, My Lil Muse In Me

The absence of my blog posts probably makes this abundantly clear but yes, it’s been quite a hectic time. Balancing work and pregnancy has kept me busy and I finally found a moment and sometimes that is as good as it gets. I never thought when I started this blog that I would get to a point where I would literally have a ‘muse’ inside of me. This muse, our first child, a boy named Gavin. It’s all too surreal. My husband and I are waiting his arrival and it could be any day now as I am in my 40th week. We were just kids when we met 10 years ago and here we are preparing to have our first kid together, what a blessing. It’s so crazy to think that this little guy who has captivated me with his movements, contorting my stomach from side to side will be joining us in the real world. He’ll be a big part of everything I do and now this blog will be an adventure I get to share with him. So here’s to 2012 and looking forward to you, Gavin.

These photos were taken by our photographer friend Kirk Tran and a couple shots of me taken by my hubby

 

 

Photo shoot starring Lux

By occupation, I am a photographer and really it’s been my calling for as long as I can remember. I think lot of my thoughts are in still images and it’s sometimes the only language that makes sense. I’m pretty booked on a regular basis with portrait sessions and I feel blessed to have a job that I love. So I had a real treat to work my creative juices into a photo session with a local band Lux. I’ve actually known Leah the female member from our high school days, how time flies. Leah and David are working on putting their first full length album for Lux. If you want to check out their sound and help them kickstart their album just click on Lux. You can also check out their facebook page and show them some love.

In less than 9 months…

It’s been a while since I have had time to catch up on the blog. We were gone traveling to Korea for a month, than a last minute trip to LA and coming back home with work piled up, it’s been crazy. Add to the mix is my little bun in the oven. Yes, the hubby and I were trying for a little one and we were surprised before our trip. This will be an amazing year for us. After 10 years of dating (I still count our dating anniversary) and  it will be 3 years of marriage, we feel truly blessed. Of course being the total dorks that we are, we felt obliged to share with our family and friends with a little song number. It’s not like we have Beiber Fever, but the song “Baby” was our first thought for obvious reasons. Hence a little youtube video was born to embarrass our little one someday. Little did we know that our friends and family loved it so much they would share it so enthusiastically, it ended up on the tastefully offensive blog which led to a post on tosh.0. So our video now has had over 70,000 hits and of course with all the love, there were a lot of haters to come around. But who cares about them? We feel blessed of our growing family and we were thankful for all the kind words. Yes, this is not so much about fashion, but there definitely is a”muse” in me I hope that I can keep the blog up even in the midst of our big change. I’m not sure if I can pull off the prego look, but here’s to trying! Oh and if you would like to take a look, here’s the video too haha.

That Summer in Italy…

I can’t believe it’s taken me a year to post about this but here it is… that summer in Italy. Just about this time last year, my good friend Diane and I planned an spur of the moment trip to Europe. It was beyond words amazing. These photos are in no particular order… just to recap some events. We climbed 463 steps up to the top of the Duomo, ate ice cream, watched a flash mob on the spanish steps, visited St Peter’s Basilica, shopped till the store owners gave us evil eyes about closing time, snuck photos of David’s fine derriere, drank absinthe with some strangers, photo op around the Colosseum, joined the herds of people to sit down for the greetings with the Pope and tossed our coins into the Trevi Fountain to just name a few things. The video is from the mass we were able to attend with the pope. This tribe from Africa had traveled to see the Pope and performed a dance for him. Pretty amazing and I was lucky enough to share it with a great friend, the lovely Diane. In a couple of weeks, I’ll be heading out to another epic trip. This time with the hubby to the motherland, South Korea. Haven’t been there in 10 years, but looking forward to the experience with my husband which will be his first time! But before that, I somehow have to get all my work done. I wish those “easy” buttons from the Staples commercials were real…

Hawaiian Summer

Just got the Free People May 2011 catalogue in the mail. I think Free People clothes are best in the summer. They nail their staple bohemian chic looks. This catalogue was photographed in Hawaii and it’s got me daydreaming about the palm trees. I love the loose fitting, not so put together relaxed look. If only I could master those soft wavy beach curls. I hope Seattle gets an amazing summer, since we pretty much didn’t have spring. Man, I really wish I could be this chick chillin on a palm tree right now….

Snake in the Grass

This week has been crazy and maybe my computer knew it. It wouldn’t let me login to my blog and I didn’t really have the time to figure out why. But hey I’m here now and that’s what counts, right? I managed to get in a  long overdue pedi finally and i thought these sandals deserved a date with my feet. I can’t remember the name of this OPI color, but it makes me wish I was on a Maui Beach, so I’ll call it Maui Pink. Fitting, no? Not a big fan of snakeskin, but the Chinese Laundry sandals were just too cute to pass up. Hopefully, Seattle will start to average higher than it’s one day of sun per week soon. Happy Friday Everyone~!

Spring for a Day

I’m pretty convinced Seattle has decided to just skip spring this year. May is just around the corner and there were snow sightings yesterday, just crazy. So when we do have our over 60, sunny days like last Sunday, it’s pretty much like a national holiday. After my shoot was done, we were able to get out and have a picnic and a little walk in the park. Fond memories considering I am miserably sick at the moment with a cold that is definitely no picnic.

Dress Ross, Steve Madden wedges, rosary from Italy, fish chain street vendor in NYC