GOOD FRIDAY.

Cute journal at Cotton On in Santa Monica.

Being inspired by 'Good Friday' and being super hungry, I decided to cook up a good meal for Victor and I. I got off work a couple hours before him so I had enough time to run to the grocery store and buy a few ingredients. I'm not the best cook, but I actually took the time to make this happen. I thought of the recipe in my head. I bought chicken breast and stuffed them with diced 'Italian style' tomatoes (they were seasoned with garlic, basil and oregano). I let the chicken breast marinate in the tomato sauce, and added a bit more garlic salt and basil with a few crushed red peppers. I grilled it all together along with fresh garlic and BOOM! I had two flavorful chicken breasts! I paired this with a light salad, some wheat pasta and garlic Texas toast. After dinner we headed down to Santa Monica and walked around the 3rd Street Promenade. We finally made it to Santa Monica, for the past 3 weeks I've been bugging Victor about going haha. We ended up leaving after about an hour and a half and stopped by Victor's favorite doughnut shop: Krispy Kremes.

HERE'S A VINE ROUND UP OF OUR 

GOOD FRIDAY:

(if you have vine follow us, @J_Hdez//@Victor_Go)

FAVES.

* the title photo is a view from our apartment, with the font it really looks to me like an album cover art and I LOVE it! You can see the Downtown LA skyline just below the 'A' *

With this blog post I felt like sharing a few favorite photographs of mine: favorite photographs that I've taken, and favorite photos of Victor and I.

CIRCA 2009 PHOTOGRAPHY:

Favorite shots of Victor and I :

2013 has been pretty good to me, it actually doesn't feel too different. I just feel something inside of me wanting to experiment more, experience more, and try new things as well as go back to a hobby that I loved growing up. I've been getting into videos and video editing. I would like to practice more on that, and hopefully start making videos soon. I'm feeling very inspired by the city, sky scrappers, and sun glares. I've also been wanting to get back into photography. Straight out of high school that was one of my favorite things to do (I received a Nikon coolpix p80 as a graduation gift from my parents). I loved playing with my camera, setting up photo shoots with my sister Julie, and taking my camera wherever I went. At times I revisit my flickr account and think back to the boy I was back then. This past year I've been relying wayyyy to much on my Iphone for photography, and I'm going to try and change that this year. 

ONE PHOTOGRAPH AT A TIME.  

FLASHBACK FRIDAY.

filming Victor for a future project (stay tuned!). 

I've been so busy working and getting into car accidents that I hardly had time to blog! Now that the holidays are soon approaching it seems like all the beautiful holiday decor is making me feel more calm. This Friday night Victor and I had a great "flashback" date, going back to the Johnny Rockets on Melrose (where we first met) to celebrate a month-a-versary. Two years and one month!! I picked him up from work, tried to be a gentleman and opened up the car door for him. I always try and remind myself to do this more often but sometimes it's too late as he has already taken a seat. I will try to make this a habit! I loved seeing him smile and be surprised when I got out to open his door. I set my IPod to play "Enchanted" by Taylor Swift (one of our favorite songs by her). Dinner was pretty good, minus the weird annoying people that surrounded us but what can you do. Victor surprised me with tickets to the 'Hollywood Museum'! I have always wanted to go! I'm a sucker for old Hollywood, and anything to do with movie film locations, props, etc. After dinner we had a mini photo shoot (of course), a top secret film shoot, and then headed over to The Grove for a quick stroll under the bright Holiday lights. I've always loved the Holidays and I am so happy to have someone to share all the festivities with! Speaking of festivities we have been invited to a few Holiday parties so I will be posting photos from them asap! We ended the night by taking a trip to our local 7-11 and getting hot cocoa. This was a flashback Friday that I won't ever forget!

@VICTOR_GO // @J_HDEZ