Cindy and Joey first met through each of their best friends who had been dating each other for about a year. It didn’t take long before Cindy and Joey were inseparable. Some of their earliest dates were at Delfina and the surrounding area in the Mission District of San Francisco, so we returned to the…
Aakriti and Chris first met when she interviewed him for a job. It was 9 in the morning and only thing Aakriti was interested in was her coffee. But over the next few months, they got to know each other, and after Chris’ constant pursuits, they finally went on a date and never looked back. On a…
Esther and Robert will soon be wed in their destination celebration in Thailand, but first, we met up for a lovely San Francisco engagement session, complete with their fluffy little dog Soju. See some of the favorites from this gorgeous couple below! Anna Wu is a wedding and portrait photographer based in San Francisco. She…
Kim and Joir-dan met in high school, but it was not love at first sight. They annoyed each other and then became friends before they finally started dating in college. They lived all over the United States and spent much of their relationship long-distance from each other. Almost eight years later, they got engaged. We…
Since the beginning of 2014, I have been working on my year-long personal project, Art for Art. Once a month, I find a fellow photographer whose work I admire, and I photograph them; they photograph me. View the full set of previous shoots in the series here: Art for Art. October’s shoot was with Matthias. Our Styles Anna: Matthias has…
Thanks to an awesome hotel deal, I snagged a $25/night stay at Hotel Tomo, an adorable boutique hotel in San Francisco’s Japantown. Sure, it was a random Tuesday in the middle of the week, but I am not one to pass up the opportunity to enjoy a “staycation” right here in San Francisco. So I packed…
“I fell in love like you fall asleep: slowly, then all at once.” The quote from The Fault in Our Stars perfectly describes how Dora fell for Ken. It took two years of friendship before they began dating, but once they did, everything came together perfectly. And one day on a pier just behind Coqueta restaurant in…
Since the beginning of 2014, I have been working on my year-long personal project, Art for Art. Once a month, I find a fellow photographer whose work I admire, and I photograph them; they photograph me. View the full set of previous shoots in the series here: Art for Art. September’s shoot was with my friend, neighbor,…
Alcatraz is just one of those tourist destinations that I’ve never really felt compelled to visit. It’s right there in the middle of the Bay, so close and yet so far. But the thing that finally pushed me to buy a ferry ticket was hearing about a new art installation that just opened on the island: Ai…
For Jesse’s October visit to San Francisco, I got to do two tourists’ staples that I have still not managed to do in the six years that I’ve lived here: ride bikes across the Golden Gate Bridge and take the ferry out to Alcatraz Island. We’ll save Alcatraz for another post, but here’s our bike…
They met at the CIA (the Culinary Institute of America and not the Central Intelligence Agency). They had grown up across the country from each other, Ashley in Pennsylvania and Chad in Las Vegas, each with a wide range of interests. But their love of cooking drew them to California. They bonded over food, laughter, and wine,…
This is for anyone who has ever felt not-good-enough; for anyone who has been frustrated by their own impossibly high standards; for anyone who struggles. My friend Talya wrote this little prayer for herself and posted it on Facebook months and months ago, and when I initially saw it, it just seemed so beautiful and–…