A nice personal touch on a top seal of this mass-produced yogurt, a segment which marketers apologetically call Fast Moving Consumer Goods. Santa Barbara

If washoku is inscribed as world heritage, so should the American motels be. This accommodation format provides a set of functionality, flexibility and a bonus nostalgia to all car travellers, with low cost. This one is in classical L-shaped layout, and ease of access to our car from the room was fantastic after experiencing all sorts of parking lot […]

This unique label instantly grabbed my eyes when I shop at a nearby Whole foods market. Nice waves and fun guys, a SoCal style. Santa Barbara

Just a few doors down from Monterey Bay Aquarium full of family groups, student tours and Cooking for Solutions 2014 attendees like us, there’s this classic example of super normal, a design without designing, a two-story wooden structure which once hosted a dream of biologist-businessman Ed Ricketts. I learned from the website of City of […]

A beer in my hand, my eyes on the sleepy harbor All afternoon in this lovely seaside cottage… Monterey

Watch out, a self-driving car! Well, statistics says its much safer than a conventional man-driving car. The car is surely recognizing us as risky thing with lots of human errors. Mountain View

Terracotta-inspired colors can be spotted in many streets of Pacific Coast　towns throughout California, paying homage to their Hispanic heritage.　This wooden facade of a small grocery store painted with bright terracotta stands beautifully against the dusk. Half Moon Bay