A friend’s giant but playful Himalayan cat outside in the backyard garden in Fullerton, CA, June 2012
A front view of the California State Capitol Building - Sacramento, CA, while on an early afternoon stroll, November 2011
Nearing sunset on Ocean Beach, August 2011
The United Martial Arts College (my father’s martial arts studio) - Sacramento, August 2011. My father opened his first dojang in the U.S. in 1964. He has had several in Sacramento and Davis. This location, by far the longest one he had, opened in 1977. I spent most of my life training here. This is all I knew for a very long time.
Coco and Junior waiting for me to slip them a yummy treat while my sister is not looking - Cerritos, July 2011
Possibly staring at dinner tonight at Newport Seafood in San Gabriel? We’ll see. July 2011
My mother’s Korean style cod stew with enokitake mushroom. It was so good to get some of mamma’s cooking. She visited and stayed over my sister’s house for a week - Cerritos, June 2011
The Two California Plaza, also known as the Deloitte & Touche Building, Los Angeles, March 2004
My dad about to enter the Chunhyang Shrine 춘향 사당 inside the Gwanghallu Garden in the city of Namwon, North Jeolla Province, South Korea, May 2009.