Mid-Year 2025 Travel Review

Thought I’d change things up and do a mid-year travel review. Sometimes the end of year sneaks up and a larger year end review gets missed. In the first half of 2025 we visited Hawaii (twice), the Bay Area CA, Austin TX, and went on some local SoCal trips.

hawaii, travel, Mexico, Bay Area, san diego, TexasCarol ChinJune 24, 2025Travel, hawaill, mexico, Austin TX, Berkeley, san franciscoComment

Hawaii Architecture - 4 Cemeteries

Here is a roundup of the latest visits to cemeteries on O’ahu - mid-century and modernist goodness!

architecture, spiritual places, modernist, mid-century, hawaiiCarol ChinFebruary 19, 2024architecture, spiritual places, hawaill, hawaiianmodernismComment

Highlights from Hawaii - Fall 2023

Lots of modernist and mid-century architectural highlights from the latest Honolulu visit - we’ll start with a pet hospital, a Googie event arena, a concert hall & an open air concert venue.

architecture, googie, hawaii, mid-century, modernist, travelCarol ChinOctober 17, 2023archiecture, hawaill, mid-century, googie, modernistComment

Spiritual Place - Thurston Memorial Chapel

A 2023 architectural highlight was my June visit to the Thurston Memorial Chapel located on the Punahou School Campus in Honolulu. The chapel visit was exactly what I needed to lift my spirits.

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