Instagram makes everything beautiful. Well, mostly everything. Be warm. It’s chilly in the city.

Talk about a temperature change. Bundled up and on the run in the city.

I went on a blogging hiatus as final presentations and projects started piling up in front of me. Not quite home free but with a little more time to breathe I saw the light of day and one too many drunk Santas, reindeer, and elves roaming the city. Cool.

More interesting pictures from the past week to come soon!

I tend to look up when I walk around out in the city. Today as I shot this little surprise I was thinking back to when I moved to New York last July. Growing up on an island where the tallest building is eight stories high, I used to get a feeling of being so small next to such tall buildings. Now, I don’t think about it much and focus more on getting where I need to go ASAP. I take a lot of pictures is the open sky and architecture because its what you don’t pay attention to or notice regularly. I get excited to see open space and how the tops of buildings contrast to the blue sky behind them. New York has taught me many things, but the best is probably making the most out of what you got. Sure, I don’t look at a beach everyday or an amazingly orange SoCal sunset, but I got buildings and I’ll make the most out of that.

Yellow Cab, Yellow Empire State Building.

I ate the same thing, two nights in a row. Lots of Japanese going on in this dish.

Not everyone likes Natto, but surprisingly I do. I think it is an acquired taste from a young age. Of course being told you are eating fermented soybeans isn’t always nice to hear, but growing up I don’t think I could pick if I wanted to eat it or not. Before I said I didn’t like something I had to try it first. Most of my friends can’t stand eating the brown beans, but I love it. It’s sticky and has an interesting texture, but mixed with the right stuff (rice, nametake mushrooms, nori, and some sprouts), it makes for a delicious and semi-nutritious combination.

The Plaza Hotel, NYC

A Rockefeller Center Christmas

Today was filled with a few more circle treats than usual. Some good ‘ol Oreos and milk and Green Tea mochi. I can’t hide from being Japanese.

Today’s Instagram of Trinity Church as I lug my groceries home.

I have has an extra busy week pretending to be a tourist again. Visiting friends always being out the best in the city causing long nights and full days of fun.

A night watching the 85th Radio City Rockettes Christmas Spectacular: 1251 Avenue of the Americas/the Christmas chandelier from below/a Red Velvet Rockette cupcake from Magnolia Bakery. Amazing.