Author Archives: mapwanderer

[39/365] Bird Outside The Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco, California, USA

As we walked along the water surrounding the Palace of Fine Arts, I spotted this bird through the tall green grass. The water and the reflections behind it create such a sense of peacefulness. Lovely day in San Francisco!

[38/365] Purse & Outfit, My Grandma, San Jose, California, USA

 My grandma is stylin’! After we left the Grand Century Mall right in the heard of Little Saigon in San Jose, we headed back out to the car and I snapped a photo of my grandma’s purse and outfit. I think its because I was eying the purse – I think I want one!

[37/365] Ice Skating Rink, Santa Monica, California, USA

Ice skating outside in Santa Monica, just steps from the Third Street Promenade was so much fun! I haven’t gone in a while, so after quickly getting over the initial fears, I was able to build up confidence and enjoy myself. 🙂

[36/365] Fogo de Chao, DineLA Restaurant Week, Beverly Hills, California, USA

Another amazing dineLA Restaurant Week experience! This time, the place was Fogo de Chao in Beverly Hills, an all you can eat Brazilian BBQ restaurant. When our circular cards were turned to green, the employees walked throughout the restaurant, offering just one of the 15 different meat options from chicken to beef to pork cooked […]

[35/365] Palace of Fine Arts Closed, San Francisco, California, USA

I’ve been wanting to go see the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco, but unfortunately, it was closed off that day!

[34/365] Cafe Was, Dine LA Restaurant Week, Hollywood, California, USA

Live to eat. DineLA Restaurant Week 2010 is in full effect. What restaurant did we choose? Cafe Was in Hollywood. I love the ambiance there! It’s a French bistro type restaurant and the center of the dining room has this amazing piano that rotates slowly as you have dinner. While we were there, there was […]

[33/365] Building Along the Water, San Francisco, California, USA

I can’t remember seeing what this building was exactly, but it was right along the water, in great view of the Golden Gate Bridge. Loved the puddle of water and the great reflections in it!

[32/365] Bicycles, San Francisco, California, USA

Nice, sunny day at the park as we walked towards the Golden Gate Bridge!

[31/365] Claire, Joyce, Steven & the Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, California, USA

I’ve been wanting to take pictures in SF for a long time. I love bridges, and not to mention, I had great models to work with! =P The rain had stopped from previously in the weekend and so the weather in the city was really nice. I like how candid this photo was.

[30/365] Nemo, Union City, California, USA

Of course, when I come home, I’m greeted by Nemo. He’s gotten big!