chicago in a weekend.

the whole fam met up in chicago mid-april (yea yea, that's how behind i am) to celebrate my mom's 60th birthday. that's all four of us sibs as well as all our respective spouses and children. it was a whirlwind weekend (arrive 5am saturday, depart 8pm sunday) but it was definitely fun to see everyone, explore bits of the city, catch a cubs game and of course, hang out with my adorable nieces and nephews. here are some of my favorite photos:

stormcloud at sciarc40

we checked out stormcloud, by our friends at oyler wu collaborative, at the sciarc 40th anniversary party. it was pretty awesome.

mumford and sons in san bernardino.

we went to see mumford & sons play in san bernardino a couple weekends ago! we stopped in arcadia on our way and had a very tasty late lunch at din tai fung first, of course. for the rest of the evening we packed a cooler of PB&J's, homemade omusubis, water, gummy bears, and bananas. what else could one need?

coffee at home; recently.

we've started making coffee at home via frenchpress a lot lately, and only buying coffee in the mornings once a week. we're saving a lot of money. and getting more exposure to some really tasty coffees as well!