KTWN ART WALK.

 

 

  

Last week Victor and I walked the streets of our neighborhood for Koreatown 'Art Walk'. Koreatown Art Walk takes place every last Thursday of each month. It was our first time, we have gone to the Downtown LA art walk but this art walk is totally different. The art walk in downtown is huge with blocks and blocks of local artists showcasing, and food trucks lined up along the curbs. Ktown art walk is different in the way that it is set up and this probably has to do with it just starting a couple months back. I'm sure tons more artists will start showcasing and the number of people attending will grow as well. I enjoyed the map we received at The Wiltern with 5 galleries/restaurants/studios that were participating. It was fun to look at the map and see where we were headed to. We ended up going to 3 of them and the best one was the studio of Ann Bridges (which I took most photos of). Her work is amazing and she was super sweet! Most of her work is inspired by the buildings in Koreatown, we even saw a painting that featured our apartment building. After spending a few minutes looking at her work she invited us outside to take in the incredible view of Los Angeles. Victor and I were camera crazy; taking photos of Wilshire Boulevard, Hollywood, and Koreatown. The last bad quality photo is from this guy who asked to take a photo of us two, not the best but I still like it! I'm so glad we took the time to support our community and explore our city. Can't wait for next months!

PICNIC.

It was a beautiful Saturday afternoon in Los Angeles and I decided to take advantage of my free time (while Victor was at work), and plan a surprise picnic in our beautiful apartment courtyard! The courtyard is so peaceful with a water fountain, and surrounding greenery. I picked up a few ingredients from the grocery store and whipped up a "DIY Burrito Bowl" with lemon pepper chicken, salad, tortilla chips, rice and beans, and black pepper/Caesar dressing (my take on a 'Chipotle' burrito bowl). Victor was very surprised to find a note on our dining table and even more surprised to find out that we would be having dinner outdoors. My surprise picnic was a total success!

CHEERS TO THE WEEKEND

KNICK | KNACKS.

A mutual friend of ours made us these 

amazing collages:

This week I wanted to make a post about cute favorite 'knick knacks' that we have in our apartment. I've had this post in mind for a while but kept putting it off. I finally took photos of some of my favorite pieces. Our apartment is still not fully done (decoration wise) but the small stuff we do have we make it work. I give most of the credit to Victor. He pretty much puts things together and it totally works. We have a lot of pop of color, lots of orange, green and pink. I remember going to Victors old studio when we first started dating and loving the decor so I trust his decorating ideas. I love the 'Life is beautiful' piece, it's Victors beautiful writing and that actually hangs right above our bed. I think it's a great reminder to enjoy life and appreciate what we have. The collages were a Christmas gift to us from a mutual friend. Side story regarding this mutual friend, I actually met her at work and when I started talking to Victor and his mom about her we found out that they knew each other but had lost contact. Weird how life works out and how small the world is. She picked some of her favorite photos of us, made these two collages and framed them. We were so surprised when we saw them, a lot of these photos we both had forgotten about. It was a very thoughtful gift and we appreciate it so much. I am planning on making a video of our apartment soon so keep an eye out for that! Now I have to work on a small project for Victors birthday that is coming up!

DIN-DIN.

Another day, another dinner party! Tuesday night Victor and I went over to my friend Koko's apartment at 'The Embassy' for dinner. The three of us took a walk to the local Ralph's to pick up some last minute ingredients. She whipped up a delicious baked parmesan chicken with fettuccine alfredo pasta, garlic bread and a simple salad. We had wine, chatted a bit, and even ended up doing some karaoke with Victors iPad. Please excuse the last not so great photo of our dinner. I was so excited to eat that I totally forgot to take a nice photograph before I started chomping down on it. This was a fun night and I love the chalkboard decal in her dining room! Filled with hashtags - OFCOURSE I wrote one of my own!