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Currently listening to: M-86 - "Lower Your Eyelids to Die With the Sun"

amelia + duke

 photo from sanfranciscochronicle.com
I usually don't repost other people's photos on my blog, but I loved this find so much, I had to put it up. It's of Amelia Earhart and Duke Kahanamoku during her stay in Hawai'i circa 1930. I can't get enough of old photos, especially from that era.

I found the photo from my most recent blog discovery: VELOKOVA. I love her blog so much, and with as many blogs as I follow both here and in my other feeds, this one really stood out to me since it captures two things I love dearly: photography and travel. Check it out if you love both things as much as I do...and if you love the great outdoors as well. I'm smitten!

On another note, I have a couple of rolls of film from my recent trip to LA that I'm getting tomorrow, so hopefully I'll have some new pictures to post shortly.

gloomy saturday

just some random 35mm film shots taken around the island.

The weather has been so cloudy and gloomy all day. Feeling sort of uninspired. Thankfully the sun's starting to peek through a little...

happy friday indeed!

-I started leaving all those agricultural checkpoint stickers on this suitcase a couple of years back...like little mementos of each trip.
-The view leaving O'ahu. I love this view but it also makes me a little sad...leaving always sucks.

I will try my hardest to get out there and take some new pics this weekend. I haven't had any chance to at all in a couple of weeks since getting home. Happy weekend to everyone :)

lightleaks and horizons

We started this morning walking Laniakea, watching the surfers. Unfortunately, there were no turtles that day...none.
This roll got stuck in my Diana camera and I had to force it out, hence the light leaks. Not sure why it even got stuck. Toy cameras are so unpredictable.

On another note, you know what else is unpredictable? Life. There's been sooo much going on right now, it's hard to keep up.
I'm hoping to have a relaxing weekend. It's weird that I say that when it's only Tuesday!

I just started Bikram yoga yesterday hoping to find some stress relief, but I was wrong! It was THE toughest workout i've been through so far! It was so challenging to just stay in the room which is heated to 108 degrees at 80% humidity...it was ridic. The postures were pretty much the same from what I'm used to with Vinyasa yoga, but that heat/humidity really got the best of me. I'm gonna stick with it for a month though...I need a challenge like this right about now.

Have a great rest of the week everyone!

otto cake

Otto Cake is a funky little bakery tucked away in Honolulu's Arts District (in Chinatown to be exact).  This little bake shop serves up some of THE best cheesecakes I've ever had. I admit, it's the punk rock roots that first drew me in to this inconspicuous little bake shop, but it's the cheesecakes that leave me wanting to tell everyone I can about it. We recently tried the lilikoi cheesecake, and ohmygod, it was a-mazing. Definitely worth a visit.

P.S. I apologize for the onslaught of Hawaii pics...It's been too crazy/busy around here lately to take pics of daily life. Hope to get back into some form of normalcy soon.

Currently listening to: Belle and Sebastian-"Me and the Major"

waimea falls

Ahh...nature is awesome. I can't believe I'd never been to Waimea Falls before. The park has a really nice paved hiking trail and lots foliage and flowers from different tropical countries. I chickened out when it came time to go swimming in the waterfalls. The water was freezing! I left that to my nieces, and they had so much fun. Now I kinda wish I went in the water...next time for sure.

oahu polaroids pt. 3

What can I say...I took lots.. These are just some of my faves.
I miss it all so badly.
Hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving weekend filled with lots of good food, friends and family.
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