I recently rediscovered the HUJI photo app on my phone. It acts as a disposable camera and puts a date stamp on the bottom corner and even adds light flares to mimic film photography. It’s not the same as actual film, but it does add a bit of timelessness and individuality to each shot. I used to use this app often in Japan and kind of forgot about it until recently…so this weekend I took a bunch of photos using Huji and here is the recap.
Saturday morning the sibs and I went to grab MOON DONUTS in Redondo beach. My brother’s gf drove down to hang out with us and we all cruised on over in the morning. I had never been to this spot before and was PLEASANTLY surprised!!! So yum.
The kids and I enjoyed dancing in the window reflection in the parking lot.
The youngest member of our crew: Obi! Happy as ever.
A quick drive from MOON DONUTS was the Redondo Pier. Luckily we arrived early beating the normal crowds. We found quick parking and a spot to sit down and eat.
YUMMMM…DONUTS <3 The best one IMO was the crumb donut!!
B E A U T I F U L weather and crisp ocean air. We are blessed here in socal !
I saw this cute wall of an icecream shop and told Eden to pose since she was wearing similar colors. And of course…little sis Tayah had to follow suit saying, “NOW IT’S MY TURN” lol!
We cruised around the pier for a while, looking at the fishermen, boats and letting the kids run free. It was the best start to the weekend.
Next stop after the beach was meeting up with KC (the bf :) ) and he helped me do some photo prep for an upcoming wedding I am shooting. We were feeling hungry after and decided to brave the long line at in&out HAHA and grabbed some food. Then we headed to our next destination which was: Dodgers and Pizza at my bro’s house!
Game 6 was awesome to watch all together, and we all ate Gigi’s pizza too. Now, yes, KC and I did just eat In&out but we were feeling in that weekend party mode and ate pizza too LOL!
Gigis pizza .. SO GOOD!
Jordan was very eager to eat our fries haha!
We chilled the rest of the day and watched the Dodgers win game 6 and force a game 7!! EPIC!!!!! Super fun Saturday full of some comfort food and time with the fam.
Next up: Sunday!
I woke up and watched our church livestream with my parents. Then KC picked me up and we headed out to a lunch hangout with two of his friends. We drove down to Santa Ana, had super bomb shabu shabu, and walked the shops. They have a Stussy store down there that was open and I wanted to go look for this one hat I had my eye on. *true story: I saw Lebron wearing the hat and wanted to buy it because of him HAHA - turns out they had it in stock! So I made that quick purchase and wore it the rest of the day. happy amie :)
KC then drove us to Long Beach to check out the views by Queen Mary. He went to CSULB and holds many memories in the LBC so we often drive here for fun. It was such a beautiful day out and I made him put on my new Stussy hat - does’t it look good on him!?!
After enjoying the fresh air in Long Beach, we drove back home and watched the Dodgers game 7 with my parents! We drank Mango cart, ate chips (still full from shabu) and cheered on the Dodgers as they (quite miraculously) beat the Braves to get their ticket to the World Series!! What an EPIC game!!
And lastly, I can’t end this weekend recap without pointing out a very kind gesture from KC. This past week I was feeling pretty emotional, with just a lot swirling in my head and heart. He was always a listening ear for me and approached all of my feelings with gentleness and understanding. On Sunday when he picked me up to go to lunch, he opened the back door of his car and said, “since I know it’s been a tough week for you…” and handed me a bouquet of the prettiest most lively flowers and *drumroll….PEANUT M&MS!!!!!!!!!! OMG. MY HEART. My immediate reaction in my head was, “omg. no one outside of my father has ever given me flowers!” HAHAH!!! And my second reaction was, “wow. this guy is a winner. how’d I get so lucky?”
I felt really blessed by this weekend. It was a simple two days, eating yummy food, playing with the kids, being outside in the fresh air, letting all the COVID anxiety roll off my shoulders, being with my siblings and parents, and making new memories with KC.
Wow, God is good <3