On the way back from NYC in September was the last time I took flight. The longest non-flying period time it has been in two years. Eric’s mom was laying over in LA where Eric’s sister and aunt live so we decided to take a weekend trip. We did our magic on the airlines again and got hella cheap tickets.
Originally, I knew my mood and feelings were changing but I didn’t attribute much to the weather. In the past month when I realized I hadn’t seen any sun*shine* or blue in the sky. I thought maybe there is such a thing as the lack of sunlight really making people feel SAD. Being in LA’s 70+ degree weather with sunny skies confirmed it.
Born in East LA’s ghettos, a good number of layovers in LAX and one trip where I was basically in a hotel room the whole time had been my previous experiences with Los Angeles. So in two days, I got to check out Hermosa Beach and Venice Beach as the most fully dressed I have ever been at a beach. No matter how bird shit covered the sand was and how thick the view of the smog of LA was, I was just stoked to be close to the familiar smell of ocean. We got to check out the LA convention center that was having an International Art show, walked Venice beach very interesting strip of shops, pot doc shops and people (in shorts, might I add!)
Great to hang out with family, feel the connection of generations and hear the stories and feel the love. Sun made a huge difference in my life for the weekend. Confirmed the case of lack-of-sunlight, recharged me, made me more excited to go back home to Hawai’i and now I am trying to ride the happier-than-I-was-before-weekend-in-LA train for as long as I can.

Click any photo to view gallery. This time the photos are in order. And I also cannot take photo credit since Eric took almost all of these.

School has taken over my life in exactly how I wanted it too. So now I continue to share older pictures to keep the regulars of this page entertained. I kinda of know who you are, well, at least where you are via google analytics.

I joked with Bam and Phat that since they were in Hawaii a couple of weeks before we were going to move to Seattle and they were going to open for the Blue Scholars sold-out double feature the weekend we got there, it was like a goodbye and welcome home show. It helped to see so many friends and familiar faces who now (9 month later) are closer than before. The rules of proximity. Here are a few snaps from the night one and night three (the added show after the first two sold out). It’s weird to be reminiscing about this weekend and living in a Travelodge hotel room where I found someone else’s super large false lashes stuck to the bottom of my bare foot. Time flies.