This Mother’s Day I happened to be in Honolulu and I gifted myself a photo shoot jog in downtown.

Running Around Town - Walkable Neighborhoods

met a new friend at a coffee shop a couple blocks from my condo and we discussed how great it is when the neighborhood you live in is walkable.

mid-century, architecture, everyday life, pereira, landscape, pasadenaCarol ChinMay 4, 2025pereira, architecture, mid-century, pasadenaComment

Travel - A Trio of Mid-Century Buildings on Kauai

It’s great to have a few architecture places to visit bookmarked so that I can pull them out when J. asks “Where to?” On Kauai, I wanted to visit two places and lucky for us, they were located right across the street from each other in Lihue.

At the end of this post - a bonus beach park find.

architecture, travel, hawaii, cruise, mid-centuryCarol ChinFebruary 19, 2025hawaii, mid-century, architecture, alfred preisComment

Neighborhood Field Trip - Eagle Rock

There is a lovely neighborhood in Eagle Rock just below the 134 freeway. It’s a small 2 mile stretch with an eclectic mix of residential architecture.

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