My first hosting experience in my new flat.
Cake all around.
A rosemary olive oil cake with swiss buttercream labneh frosting and crazy piping. Inspired by a cake decorating class at @reccreate_collective with @maria___amaria
May 2025.
Healing vibes. & The start of a new era.
It’s crazy that I couldn’t bend my knee less than a year ago. & that my apartment felt unbearable to live in at some moments. & that I get to hug some friends consistently now instead of sporadically. & that I got the pleasure of recovering by the ocean air. & that I was able to find my words in clay still, especially in the hard moments. & that I know myself the most I ever have because of all this.
Life was so twisty turny windy wild this year and I wouldn’t have it any other way.
February 2025. The artsy part.
Returning to LA with the decision to leave it was so bittersweet. But I started packing and soaking it up as much as I could in the meantime. I didn’t know when I would move for sure but it was inching closer and I made a pact with myself that when I felt it in my body I would act on it and start making plans. Oh, and I got a California tattoo too.
Life on the mountain, January 2025.
This trip was like a warm hug.
The miles of endless skiing and adventures. Going out-of-bounds. Views above the clouds of Yotei. The food and the memories. Eating bao buns and ramen and matcha slope-side. Incredible dinner experiences thanks to @stephanietravelsto . Dancing in an ice cave and stumbling onto secret record bars. And phenomenal company the entire time.
January 2025, pt. 1
A rollercoaster of a month followed by a rollercoaster of a year.
I started the year in Brooklyn, experiencing winter here for the first time in years. It felt like life shifted when we went through the horrible feeling that the fires brought and being on edge everyday during that time. When I came back to LA, I wasn’t sure if I wanted to leave for Japan, with the state of the city and my anxiety of the unknown. I’m so glad I did though, it was the reprieve I needed and it really changed everything for me.
I know that the fires shifted so many people’s lives in a magnitude I can’t even compute and they are still navigating that, my heart goes out to them. It feels like LA is still working through those scars, especially with recent events. It is such a resilient community. I am so proud of being a part of it for as long as I was, it still feels like home in so many ways. How could it not?
