Tahoe

This winter break I went to Lake Tahoe with my family. The first night we went to get pizza and coming from Los Angeles, 20 degrees Fahrenheit is pretty traumatic if I may say. 

In order to keep warm during the five minute walk to the pizza parlor I had to dress for the occasion:

Hat: possibly my grandfather's, otherwise it's a mysterious beanie found on the closet floor chez ma grandmère. 

Jacket: possibly my grandfather's, a gift to my dad which became a gift to me.

Sweater: thrift shop in Hollywood (welcome to my hood). 

Pants: style for less (I was on a budget & the pants fit right

Shoes: topshop yo. 

I hope everyone had a beautiful and magical winter break & new year! 

Artist District Treats Me Well

  So every third weekend of the month, in this little parking lot hidden inside the vast Downtown LA, the Artist District has a little flea market where artists sell their creations and/or sell vintage items as well.

Here's what ya girl got

I got a necklace, a book On Photography by Susan Sontag, a sketch/note book, and a poetry book Les fleurs du mal by Baudelaire. 

I think this necklace is super cool. 

The girl who made it makes them directly from her studio in Silver Lake. She dyes fabric and makes clothing out of them. With the leftover scraps, she stretches them over a plate of 14k gold and then attaches them to a gold choker. 

My grandma found this and bought it for me. She was really excited. I studied Baudelaire in French class, seems like a cool guy ; the artwork is beautiful. I'm looking forward to reading it. 

I got this sketch/note book at this booth where the artists took the covers of old vintage books and then filled them with blank pages. Took keep a piece of the literature alive, they cut out the first page or some pictures or illustrations and pasted them on the front, back, or both inside covers of the sketch/note book. 

This book really interested me. The back describes it as a book explaining the connection between photography, art, the conscious, and knowledge. My passion is art and my main interest is psychology, so, I mean, how much more can a book sound interesting to someone like me?! 

 It's such a cute place, the DJ is AMAZING, everyone is insanely sweet, and the stuff is so worth it! If you live in Los Angeles I highly recommend you get a taste. 

Also, did I mention they have delicious food trucks in the back? ;)

Nonna's Bathroom

In my grandma's lovely grand Hollywood home here in Los Angeles, she has an adorable guest bathroom. Covered in a beautiful red and white floral wall paper, the walls hold many art deco artworks. I can't help but admire all the little decorations and trinkets in this room so I thought I'd write about them. So here are some pictures of my favorites in this tiny square.

Two gorgeous pieces by Benti Voglio. I love these because the simplicity of the bodies and the colorful contrast behind them. I love the designs on them too.

Another painting by Benti Voglio. I usually don't like a too much white in paintings but he pulls it off impeccably.

I love this mirror. It's pretty small (looks giant in the picture) and I find it extremely adorable.

This is vintage wallpaper that my grandma put all around the bathroom.

I'm obsessed with this art deco head. I think it's so beautiful and I want it so bad!

Above the bathtub, my grandma has a shelf filled with little trinkets. 

PRAIZE JEZUS

More paintings by Benti Voglio again - white looks great.

I know it's a bathroom, but it's probably my favorite room in the whole entire house. It's compact, adorable, and has some of the best artwork. I love it. 

What Happens in Vegas, Stays on the Internet.

In February, my friend Devon and I went to Las Vegas, Nevada for some hard core gambling. No, we were just underaged, teen babies traveling with our families on vacation. Though we were legally incapable of shooting craps and winning the jackpot, we enjoyed ourselves until the early hours of the morning exploring this grand, amusement park looking hotel. With a little help from my friend Canon Rebel T3, we click, click, flashed all the way from the entrance back to our rooms.

D, clearly amused by the exciting night life.

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Vx2

Chinese New Year pt.1

V+D ♥ MK

"It's getting late"

Because my back is far more entertaining than casual, drunken, Vegas weddings.

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D - "swift"

Tastes hot, feels cold.

Chinese New Year pt.2

I really like the black and white filter usage on these pictures. I adore the contrast between the lights and darks, all the different tones of grey, etc...I feel that black and white makes everything far more intimate and emotional no matter the subject in the photograph/film/(whatever you're creating).

Friends are not disposable.

My friends all gathered up under a beautiful cherry blossom tree having a picnic. 

My lovely hound, Blaze.

An amazing sculpture we saw at a museum in DC. It was a map of the United States (obviously) and their stereotypes replaying on televisions of all different sizes.  By far one of my favorites. 

A totally unclear photo of my finger and my friends at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum.

An alley that leads to the back of Ford's theater where John Wilkes Booth,  Lincoln's assassinator, was found exiting after killing the President.  

Back of the White House, pretty self explanatory.

Front of the White House, again, self explanatory.

Washington Nationals baseball game. It was freezing.

He's super.

My boys fighting the flash.

My friend posing with a suitcase more expensive than my living quarters.

My lil Juanito and I loungin'  at a party in Topanga. 

My friend's super cool planet phone case she got at the National Air and Space Museum. 

Rub dat eye. 

Valentina, V, Me, Myself, I.

Enjoying the cold, they are. 

My growing boys, ferociously hungry, politely waiting for their dinner. 

My friends and I after a rap battle at George Washington's house. 

Tree swingin'.