Chester's blog

My company gave all employee one week mandatory vacation with shutting down our whole facility within Independence Day. My wife and I have already spent monday thru wednesday to take baby's picture and agreed that we don't want to pass all holiday week without going anywhere else since we've canceled Vegas trip due to incredible heat of Los Angeles area. So, where can be the destination for a short two days trip? We've recalled Avila beach since there's nice seafood market and best mineral host spring resort called Sycamore. The old memory of the last year's anniversary trip reminds us the taste of crabs & oysters and there's no reason to deny this idea. Olde Port Inn at Harford Pier which is rated one of top 10 seafood restaurant in Calif.

In Korea, a good family always leave a record of photography for one hundred days old baby by a professional studio. Even though we've already taken professional pictures twice (once when we're still in hospital after delivery and the other when around Stella was two months old), Rachel wants to keep this Korean tradition, too. So, we've made an arrangement with a photography studio especially for baby and went there couple of times to take pictures of Stella. They have nice accessories, good photographers as well as variety of packages. Taking infant to strange place is always challenging but Stella went through all of schedule really good. Luckily we met a good photographer who's also a mom of kids. She knows baby and is very experienced how to treat this little one. Rachel's preparing Stella to take picture of her. Within each scene, we need to change her clothes and sooth her if she's not in good mood. Overall, she's really good girl during photog...

One not-so-sunny day, in other words, a cloudy day, we finally decided to go our community swimming pool where I've always dreamed when it's sunny and hot. Rachel put Stella a suit of bikini even though she wouldn't get wet, yet. After nice and cool swimming time, I've also taken care of my little backyard "farm". Few days later, I've planted the first chili to cook Korean soy bean soup (Dwen-Jang) and it wasn't that hot yet. Couple of roses bloom and didn't want to miss pictures of them. You can see a tiny grasshopper on a red rose.

I almost missed this little cute street in Los Angeles. Last time, I've found this street while I tried to find a yogurt place, I cleverly saved the location to my GPS for any future. But nobody knew the future came this soon. When Jintae asked me where we'd meet, instantly I recalled this place where I've constantly thought about within last few days to be. Weather's been good and I like the silence rather than crowded Korea town but is so close to there. So, we can't resist taking picture, here.

I wanted to show SDSU while their staying here. So, we've had a day trip to San Diego on a sunny day. They liked San Diego a lot! The ocean's clear and clean, the weather's beautiful.