What’s in Bloom - Jacaranda

We returned from our April/May travels in time to catch the Jacarandas in bloom. Here is a sampling of the Jacaranda trees in bloom on campus at Caltech.

landscape, Caltech, campus, pasadenaCarol ChinMay 16, 2026Jacaranda, caltech, tree, pasadenaComment

What’s in Bloom - Wisteria

For most of the year wisteria goes unnoticed until their month of riotous purple. This blog post is a reminder to me to start paying attention in March by re-visiting favorite sites.

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Hawaii Architecture - Along Ala Moana Blvd

On the latest visit, I spent a couple mornings in the area around Ala Moana Beach Park. My eclectic finds: a high rise by Minoru Yamasaki, art deco details at the beach park, and a new pedestrian bridge and park in Ward Village.

hawaii, landscape, architecture, yamasakiCarol ChinOctober 23, 2025hawaii, landscape architecture, architecture, minoru yamasaki, art decoComment

2 Urban Landscapes in San Francisco

For the latest Bay Area visit, I decided to visit a couple of Lawrence Halprin urban landscape designs that I could walk to from the Embarcadero BART station.

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