Santa Barbara Wanderings

A last minute trip to Santa Barbara - sure thing! Let’s visit some old favorites and discover some new ones.

architecture, campus architecture, happy place, mid-century, santa barbara, travelCarol ChinOctober 22, 2021architecture, travel, Santa BarbaraComment

Return to Hawaii 2021

Just back from our first Hawaii family visit since the start of pandemic. Happy for my family to meet J. and also to play tour guide. In the past, I would visit home annually, but as my parents are getting on in years, I plan to make more frequent visits in the future.

architecture, hawaii, art, travelCarol ChinJune 13, 2021travel, hawa, musi, architecture, art, musuemComment

Still Enjoying the View

What’s new for 2021? Starting the year with optimism and continuing to share the view from Pasadena and greater LA area.

architecture, art, everyday life, travelCarol ChinJanuary 15, 2021architecture, travel, artComment

College Town (Re)Visit - Part 1

When the air quality was unhealthy due to the Bobcat fire in the Angeles National Forest these past few weeks I took to the road to visit my old college town of Claremont, about 25 miles east of Pasadena. Happily, though the air quality was generally unhealthy everywhere, it was good in Claremont!

Over the course of several morning runs, I had a chance to see Claremont anew, in a way that I hadn’t as a student.

architecture, art, claremont, travel, field trip, civic architecture, millard sheets, pomona valleyCarol ChinSeptember 28, 2020art, architecture, modernistComment

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