We passed by the Hello Kitty studio on Xin Hua Rd. on our way to lunch last week with family friends in Shanghai. Entrance to the `surreal, but nice` world of Hello Kitty The 3-story photo studio is licensed from Sanrio Japan and is the first in the world… Exterior detail Unique sights such as [...]

When my husband and I were still planning our wedding years ago, we had a hard time deciding if we were going to have prenup photos taken because back then, creative portraits seemed to be unheard of. Everywhere we looked, prenup photos looked all alike and we absolutely did not want to be stuck with [...]

I know we have many readers from overseas so if you are planning your wedding and are living anywhere near Vancouver,  I would like to invite you to check out Pelaez Photography. Rico and Gracci Pelaez are a husband and wife team who take unobtrusive, observant and gorgeous photographs. Side note: I actually first met [...]

“It’s never too late to be what you might have been,” a quote by English novelist George Elliot is a mantra that Marbee and I have been taking to heart, especially now that we’re in our *ahem* 30s.  And apparently it’s something J Lucas Reyes, a friend and colleague in graphic design recently realized when [...]

Aren’t those photos of Miramar gorgeous??! I’m a Colin Cowie fan as well, not as much as Marbee probably since I haven’t bought any of his books, but I love how he takes inspiration from the mundane (circles, for instance) and transforms those concepts into something interestingly complex and beautiful. [ insert slick segue here [...]