Couple of Keys | Keys open doors.

spotted.

( By: paola | 25-04-2012 | Shoes | 1 Comment )

yong & i’s fifth anniversary is in two weeks. a few weeks ago we started going back and forth about gifts. we’ve never been the types to care about when we gift each other anything, dates are truly meaningless. so last week i surprised him with a nike fuel band. this week i received the beauties you see above. i’m slightly obsessed with them. the can’t stop staring type of obsessed. i’ve been searching high and low for an exposed metal heel. my favorite shoes can always easily double as a weapon. *swoon*

for jorge.

( By: paola | 23-04-2012 | Daily, Photo Diary | Comment? )

sixty.

( By: paola | 23-04-2012 | Daily, Personal | Comment? )

if you would’ve asked me 4 years ago how i’d be celebrating my mom’s 60th birthday i would’ve told you that we’d be half way around the world, drinking wine and shopping it up. shopping was my mom’s favorite past time. something she lovingly passed on to me. this past friday i had to settle for shopping for lots of comfy nighties, socks, and slippers. things to make her (elongated) stay at the nursing home a bit more comfortable. i had been hesitant to buy her such things because i kept telling myself she wouldn’t be staying for very long. recently, i was slapped in the face with the truth when i had to disenroll her from her daycare program. “you can enroll her again when she’s ready to come home…” they said. seems like nobody is willing or able to tell me when that will be.

uncertainty can be such a bitch.

happy birthday, mommy. come home soon.

One Day in April.

( By: paola | 18-04-2012 | Daily, Photo Diary | Comment? )

the other louie.

( By: paola | 31-03-2012 | Photo Diary | Comment? )

steph was in town last week living the good life. we got to hang out all day saturday and i treated her to brunch at bottega louie since she was dying to visit. however, steph is anti-breakfast foods so she opted for a burger. i decided on french toast and turkey sausage. yummy in our tummies all around. we did a little walking and shopping in old town pasadena. ended the day with homemade flautas and some yummy drinks.