Happy Friday!

happy friday! my sister is visiting this weekend – you know what that means?! FOOD! we will be heading down to san diego for a day and then checking out unique la on sunday. hope your weekend is lovely!

PAPER ART BY DANIEL CARLSTEN

Just Lucky

loving this poster design by just lucky. i love how they show their creative process on their website.

PHOTO BY RYAN P PHOTO DESIGN BY JUST LUCKY

Tattly

i'm sure by now you (if not everyone!) has heard of tattly created by swissmiss. it is a wonderful idea – i've always known i'd never be able to get a tattoo because i would never be able to commit. tatt.ly has brought the temporary tatto to a new dimension. this new design 'focus on happy' my marc johns is my favorite.

PHOTOS FROM TATT.LY

Peru [Part Four]

day four - a 3:45am wake up call to hike to intipunku, or the sun gate to finally reach machu picchu. oh what a site, you can definitely take the train as an alternative instead of hike your way to machu – but the scenery you see along the way is breath taking, no photo will ever do it justice.

PHOTOS BY JCHONG

Peru [Part Three]

day three - a long day of hiking down and up hills with a few few ruins inbetween - i loved all the colors of the growing flower/plants between the ruins.

PHOTOS BY JCHONG

Peru [Part Two]

and the hike begins! day one - mostly flat rolling hills along the river. all along the way porters carried food and cooking supplies to prepare our meals. day two – five hour uphill battle to the highest point known as "dead woman's pass", thankfully we were well prepared for our trip so the uphill wasn't as painful as we had expected.

there are so many photos i wanted to share, so more post to come next week! hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!

PHOTOS BY JCHONG

Peru [Part One]

we started our trip in cusco/cuzco - a beautiful quant little city in southeast peru. we spent three days here before the start of our four day adventure hike to manchu picchu in order to get acclimated. the weather was nice in the 70's in the day but chillier at night - much like southern california winters. they had these great alleyways that were fun to photograph.



we picked up some eats at a few different places including pastries from meli melo and huevos rancheros + a mango pancake from jack's cafe. two of my favorite dishes [not pictured] was the rocoto rellleno from quinta eulalai and the cuy pequinés from chi cha.


more to come on the inca hike tomorrow!

PHOTOS BY JCHONG

Bormioli Rocco

loving these bottles by bormioli rocco - spotted on swirl. perfect for a summer picnic don't you think?

PHOTOS FROM SWIRL

Back!

i am back from peru, what a wonderful trip. i am going through my photos and will have a full photo update later this week - hope you all had a wonderful start to your week.

PHOTOS BY JCHONG

Happy Weekend - (and week!)

happy friday! i am off to peru to hike the inca trail i'll be back in a week - so it will be a bit quiet around here till then! i hope you all have a wonderful weekend and week.

if you're interested in seeing some snapshots of my travels be sure to follow snapshots.jchongdesign.com where i'll try to post whenever i have wifi connections!

PHOTO BY SLACK12 DESIGN BY JCHONG

Wanted / Printed Scarf

i know its summer – and actually quite warm in los angeles the past few days, but i really like the print on this scarf from jcrew.

PHOTO FROM JCREW

Emily Rothschild

have you heard of fab? it an online discount site for all thing modern and cool similar to gilt or ruelala. this morning i spotted these wonderful emily rothschild mini usb necklaces. these have to be one of the coolest/nerdiest things i've seen in a while.

PHOTOS FROM EMILY ROTHSCHILD

Straw SF

hope everyone had a wonderful 4th. i had a great time with some good friends. on day one of our sf trip we had brunch at straw a carnival themed restaurant. i loved the decor of the place and it had a bunch of great tunes jamming over the speakers. we started out with jenga french toast – which wasn't actually that delicious but definitely fun to photograph. i ordered the ranchers reserve [bottom left] and a friend ordered the bearded lady [bottom right]. The food was alright (i'd recommended the bearded lady if you go) - but the service and atmosphere were even better!

PHOTO BY JCHONG

Happy Weekend!

it's finally friday and the start of the long weekend! i'll be taking a road trip up to san francisco for some good eats and even better company. i hope you all have a wonderful holiday weekend!

PHOTO + DESIGN BY JCHONG