The bougainvilleas around my neighborhood are in full bloom and as the weather has finally been going into cool breezy mode lately. I love it when Olivia comes to visit because she l o v e s being outdoors. She’s been learning on her own to recognize and remember how to say things like the alphabet, her numbers,  colors, animals and the sounds that they make, although, I still don’t think she’s able to roll […]

I finally visited the Asia Society for the first time since its opening  a couple years back. I’ve always driven by the minimal concrete building with its big green lawn out front and now that I live only two blocks down, there really was no other excuse I could tell myself to delay a visit. The current exhibition involved Tibetan monks constructing a mandala sand painting and visitors were able to contribute to a separate […]

A view of Houston from the flight home…

I spent the last days of summer this year in Florida with my cousins from Salt Lake City. I figure, I might as well enjoy Harry Potter World before I’m too old to walk long distances and yes, a part of me is still a very big Harry Potter geek. (Butterbeer was had and wands were thoroughly used!) We stopped by Epcot Island first and enjoyed all the mini countries. Each section was so well […]