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Eating Through New York | New York, Part 3 of 3

By
Anna
– May 17, 2013Posted in: featured, personal, places

Following my posts on Manhattan and our excursion to Blue Hill at Stone Barns, we continue the New York love with more ventures across the boroughs in search for good food. In fact, this post revolves almost entirely around food, so if you are very hungry or hate looking at food, consider yourself warned. Join me as we eat our way through New York!

First, a Filipino restaurant called Krystal Cafe in Queens.

Those purple yam pastries were the best. After dinner, we went to SriPaPhai in search of mango sticky rice, but after we were finally seated were told that they had both sold out and would not serve us only dessert. So then we continued on to Ayada Thai where we acquired the desserts to go… and then ate them out of the back of the car. Mission accomplished!

On Sunday morning, I headed to Brooklyn to meet up with my friend Jen. She and Clay have an amazing apartment with spectacular views of Manhattan.

Jen and I took a stroll down the Brooklyn Promenade and ended up under the Brooklyn Bridge at The River Cafe, which just so happens to be her wedding venue for this fall! I cannot wait!

Next up, Jesse joined me in DUMBO for Smorgasburg!

 

It’s a food festival crammed into an old abandoned tobacco warehouse. And it’s delicious.

After a nice sunny picnic, we headed even further into Brooklyn and stopped by Brooklyn Fare and a beautiful flower shop.

Back in the Wall Street area downtown:

An image from my Monday morning visit to the 9/11 Memorial.

That evening, a lovely sushi dinner at Sushi Azabu.

Afterward, drinks at the Tribeca Grand.

Last day of the trip was an encore of our Japan trip. First we met up for tea and desserts (before dinner) at a Japanese tea house called Cha An.

Drinks at the Bowery Hotel:

And then it was time for the finale, Bohemian New York City. We had eaten at the original Bohemian in Tokyo, so I had to experience the New York version as well!

Tiffany and Hagan were the first to arrive.

The food at Bohemian New York was definitely much more western fusion style. The uni croquette and mac n cheese pretty much summed that up. It was all quite delicious, if completely different from Bohemian Japan.

Ting & Jason and a familiar guitar motif.

Jesse and me.

And this is what happens at the end of the meal.

Thanks for another great trip, New York. Til next time!

Anna is a wedding and portrait photographer based in San Francisco. Follow her on facebook or subscribe to her blog for the latest on her food, photography, and travel adventures.

New York

Part 1: Manhattan
Part 2: Blue Hill at Stone Barns
Part 3: Eating Through New York

Bridgette & Ryan | San Francisco Engagement Photography

By
Anna
– May 15, 2013Posted in: engagements, featured

Bridgette and Ryan first met in Michigan, where they worked together at a communications company. Their first date was at a friend’s show at a music hall in Detroit, and they have been together ever since. After several years living in Michigan, they decided to move to California, and San Francisco was the lucky city to receive them. I had the pleasure of hanging out with these two on a gorgeous afternoon in the city. We started in their beautiful apartment and headed to the nearby Bernal Hill for some gorgeous golden light.

 

 

 

Congratulations, Bridgette & Ryan! Looking forward to the wedding this fall!

 

Ballerinas in Taipei | Pointe of View

By
Anna
– May 13, 2013Posted in: ballerinas, featured, places

Every Monday, I feature an image and backstory from my Pointe of View series. 

In celebration of Taiwanese American Heritage Week, I wanted to share just one of my favorite images from our ballerina shoot in Taipei, Taiwan. When I visited Taiwan back in February, I had the opportunity to meet these two young ladies who are close friends at the Taipei American school. We headed to Beitou and roamed the streets, attracting attention from passersby and finding great settings in tucked away corners. Even the seeming simplicity of this image, with its soothing geometric curves, belies the complexity of ‘Taiwanese American,’ with these Taipei American School students set in this district once colonized by the Japanese as a hot spring town. The Taiwanese American story is complex and ever evolving, but it’s a part of my identity I’m proud to embrace.

 

Ballet dancers: Iris Hsu, Kendra Flemming
Assistant: Deborah Flemming
Location: Beitou, Taipei, Taiwan

Pointe of View is a ballerina series by Anna Wu Photography. The Kickstarter project raised over $12,000 in a month. If you didn’t get to order your copy of the book yet, sign up here to be notified when more copies are available for purchase.

Cami & Eric | Wedding Album

By
Anna
– May 10, 2013Posted in: behind the scenes, for clients, wedding albums, weddings

It was so wonderful to photograph Cami and Eric’s wedding in Seattle last summer, and it is so exciting to see their wedding come to life in their heirloom wedding album. I think Cami and Eric did a great job selecting this beautiful mosstone leather for their cover. It’s a beautiful neutral that fits perfectly with the photographs inside. They opted for a 10×10″ album and a mini to go with it.

These albums are impeccably made, with beautiful flushmount images that are printed in a full bleed, going right up to the edge of the page, with a tiny fold down the middle that is scarcely visible.

A full spread dedicated to the thoughtful wedding details:

And a bit of a size comparison between the 10×10″ full album and the mini.

Absolute treasures. Love!

Gardner Family | Ojai Family Portraits

By
Anna
– May 8, 2013Posted in: families and children, featured, lifestyle, places, portraits

What an honor it is to photograph the Gardner family year after year after year. This is the fourth time I’ve had the privilege, and the first time (officially) that I got to photograph them at their home in Ojai. What made this portrait session extra special was that it was a gift from Aaron’s father.

As always, the session was full of laughs and love. Isla continues to be way cooler than I could ever hope to be. And Miles found his inner clown in front of his captive audience. We were all in for quite a treat this afternoon!

Isla and her loquats fresh from the loquat tree

Miles and Doobie enjoy a special bond.

Miles rides Doobie.

And then Miles licked a tree. Who knew he was such a ham?

This expression!

And of course, an awesome family portrait to round things off!

Anna is a wedding & portrait photographer based in the San Francisco Bay Area but available to travel worldwide. She drove 1500 miles on this road trip which included San Diego, LA, and of course, this little town of Ojai, located just north of Ventura and east of Santa Barbara. Follow Anna’s adventures on facebook and book her in your own town some time!


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