tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28833586279405323672024-03-13T08:24:57.011-07:00{hanna manna}Hanna K.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14292047096742329607noreply@blogger.comBlogger188125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883358627940532367.post-7280921889228437322011-08-29T10:49:00.000-07:002011-08-29T10:49:19.059-07:0018 Days in New York18 Days in New York
has meant
hot piping thin pizza
bagels with cream cheese
sweat soaked exhaustion
dreaming in map terms and streets and stops
I have fallen in love with city parks
Riverside
Prospect
Central
blunt straight talk
friendly passerby
cute hipster bakeries and pies
longed for home
longed for a home here
Hanna K.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14292047096742329607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883358627940532367.post-86425928383070833462011-07-20T16:31:00.000-07:002011-07-20T16:31:58.055-07:00I breatheI let go
I laugh, I chat
I breathe
I let go
I stop trying so hard
I am in the moment
The moment is me
I am me
It's that simple
and that hard
sometimesHanna K.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14292047096742329607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883358627940532367.post-75728859881002287112011-07-13T14:04:00.000-07:002011-07-13T14:04:48.293-07:00Summer is Passing and New Things are HereHullo. It's been so long since we last talked!
May, June, July proved to be challenging months of discernment that left me needing a private space to contemplate and be. Somehow, blogging was too loud, and I needed things to be as quiet and veiled as possible.
Big changes are coming up. I'm moving to New York City. I'm leaving my job. I'm becoming a graduate Hanna K.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14292047096742329607noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883358627940532367.post-37664644769865564182011-05-02T09:43:00.000-07:002011-05-02T09:43:43.054-07:00Summer is here!Snippets, pieces, thoughts, and fragments. It's Monday!
Happy Birthday to my talented and compassionate brother Sam who was born on May 1. Sam continues to inspire me and has become a good friend in the last several years. I'm so glad to be part of his life. May you grow in peace, wisdom, vision, and see the fruit of your labors this year.
Yesterday, J. and I went Hanna K.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14292047096742329607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883358627940532367.post-72079933565703328522011-04-25T12:14:00.000-07:002011-04-25T12:14:52.377-07:00a personal retreat: It's not about what you do, it's how you live
This past weekend, I decided to listen to my heart and go on a personal retreat in Montecito (Santa Barbara). It was the perfect gift to myself, a way to embrace my darkness and experience my rebirth with Easter. If you've never been to the Immaculate Heart Center for Spiritual Renewal, go. It's quite a find.
As soon as I walked into my room with the antique furniture, Hanna K.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14292047096742329607noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883358627940532367.post-44722229735924540602011-04-19T16:16:00.000-07:002011-04-19T16:16:52.526-07:00Today's BlessingsA great conversation with a co-worker on learning how to be true to yourself in the workplace and navigate complex interpersonal relationships. Best takeaway question: What do you need to do to move forward? Another great quote: What do you need to do to own your own soul and not let an organization or someone else own your soul?
Homemade Mole from Melania. Oh my Hanna K.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14292047096742329607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883358627940532367.post-56219603168109029362011-04-15T11:03:00.000-07:002011-04-15T11:08:56.665-07:00Dreams changeI remember gulping when reading Mireille Giuliano in Women, Work & the Art of Savoir Faire: Business Sense & Sensibility when she said something along the lines of , "Dreams change. You move on. You get new dreams."
I used to think dreams were this true spiritual thing that never changed, that was part of our soul makup, and that we needed to achieve them no matter what Hanna K.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14292047096742329607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883358627940532367.post-43914755425780835282011-04-14T11:25:00.000-07:002011-04-14T11:25:29.865-07:00SpaciousnessSpaciousness. Rest. Love. Forgiveness. These are the graces I ask for in my day today.
Yesterday at the train station, I found an ipad. I looked down at my feet and there it was. At first I thought someone must have dropped a cover but when I nudged it, it had definite heft.
I was of course, tempted, like anyone else to think maybe this was my lucky day to Hanna K.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14292047096742329607noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883358627940532367.post-36393395654233664852011-03-07T15:47:00.000-08:002011-03-07T15:47:52.937-08:00I loveSometimes, it's just so good to write about what we love, for our souls and for our future growth.
Off the top of my head and heart:
I love...
- red shoes
- comfortable sexy shoes
- lipstick from Shu Uemura
- Bobbi Brown palettes
- California sunsets
- the sand in my toes
- shopping with a friend
- girl talk
- magazines
- a clean apartment
- healthy, delicious, home-cooked meals
- dinner Hanna K.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14292047096742329607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883358627940532367.post-23489618314636771782011-03-03T15:02:00.000-08:002011-03-03T15:02:20.777-08:00Sittin' with the HipstersThis week, I've spent time in Hollywood, Larchmont, Silverlake, Highland Park, and of course, Echo Park. I even got a chance to eat my fave duck noodle soup at the charming Daisy Mint in Pasadena.
Here's what I've noticed about hipsters. They might look homeless and not quite groomed, but they will have no problem paying for expensive coffee. They will also most likely be Hanna K.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14292047096742329607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883358627940532367.post-3729705224756800862011-02-25T09:25:00.000-08:002011-02-25T09:25:47.777-08:00City Sights: Food BankIt's my third time riding the train into the city and even though I ran into a major freeway car accident, got off on the wrong exit and got lost, didn't validate my ticket for fear of missing my train, I got on and made it to L.A. And for the first time, my bus was right there as soon as I got to the bus stop and not 40 minutes late.
There was a light sprinkle of rain and I shared the busHanna K.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14292047096742329607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883358627940532367.post-34289301417866834412011-02-24T14:44:00.000-08:002011-02-25T09:06:23.931-08:00Mikah Vu BairdI saw this baby, and I was smitten. When my dear friends have babies, I just fall in love with them. It's incredible--overcoming fear to bring life and love and a whole new person into the world.
Mikah is just shy of 2 weeks old.
May you be blessed and know peace, joy, and abundance.
Welcome Mikah! Hanna K.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14292047096742329607noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883358627940532367.post-16744975860259252472011-02-08T08:38:00.000-08:002011-02-08T08:38:13.005-08:00It's been a long long timeI've been thinking about you and this blog. The last few weeks were a whirlwind. I gave notice at my UCI job, took another job, and have started commuting to Echo Park, Los Angeles. I'm getting used to the long drives by listening to Haruki Murakami on my ipod and tweaking with departure times.
How are you? I'm still getting my feet on the ground. It's been busy, Hanna K.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14292047096742329607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883358627940532367.post-42171640398255252062011-01-21T09:39:00.000-08:002011-01-21T09:39:49.148-08:00Write Like A {via therumpus.net}
Are you into advice columns? I never was until I came upon Dear Sugar's column at therumpus.net, an online literary community headed up by Stephen Elliot of The Adderall Diaries. She made the phrase, "Write like a motherfucker" take on a whole new life. She is a diva, a goddess, a mother, a sister, a friend, the voice you need to give it to you Hanna K.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14292047096742329607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883358627940532367.post-82735991063701524172011-01-18T20:57:00.000-08:002011-01-19T09:03:45.502-08:00Europane
One of my favorite places in the world is Europane in Pasadena, CA, and this is an almond brioche. I hope you try one of these soon with a cup of strong coffee.Hanna K.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14292047096742329607noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883358627940532367.post-54770735264439483222011-01-18T10:25:00.000-08:002011-01-19T09:04:07.050-08:00Downtown
Downtown L.A. at sunrise is achingly luminous and beautiful. Here's a favorite from a weekend shoot. I took the shot from the roof of a parking garage next to the flower market.
My weekend was full and happy and at the same time full of stress and pressure. There's a lot going on in my life right now, lots of decision to make, lots of what ifs, lots of grad school apps and Hanna K.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14292047096742329607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883358627940532367.post-77634868007990367652011-01-14T15:47:00.000-08:002011-01-14T15:47:27.186-08:002010/2011In 2010, I
- continued art nights with Jan and welcomed Christine
- bought a dslr
- went to Palm Springs, Norcal, NYC, the United Nations, Boston, Chicago, and made lots of trips to L.A. and San Diego
- fell in love with Crystal Cove State Park
- started working to work and pay the bills
- finished the Ignatian Spirituality Retreat
- learned more about myself
- tried new things and found out whatHanna K.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14292047096742329607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883358627940532367.post-56073561547691435792011-01-10T10:32:00.000-08:002011-01-10T10:32:34.071-08:00the Worst thingI think one of the worst things you can do to yourself and those you love is to not accept yourself and be honest about who you are and what you love. It catches up to you. You can't keep it down forever.Hanna K.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14292047096742329607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883358627940532367.post-86997636045469487552011-01-10T09:15:00.000-08:002011-01-10T09:15:06.791-08:00EpiphanyLast week:
- I started tennis classes with J
- Attended a dinner/discussion group of women from my church called Wednesday's Women. I'd like to rename it, the Sacred Circle of Post-Menopausal Women. (I was the youngest person there by many years) It was an awesome, beautiful evening spent with powerful got-their-shit-worked-out group of women. Discussed moral courage and Hanna K.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14292047096742329607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883358627940532367.post-76955606528950311892011-01-03T09:40:00.000-08:002011-01-03T09:40:14.385-08:00Happy New Year's
More than 2 years ago, I posted on a now defunct blog, The Flying Nun, that one of my goals was to get a DSLR the coming summer. It took many more months but I finally have my very first DSLR camera, a Canon 60D.
It's been an incredibly exciting development in my life. I got it a few weeks ago, and I've become one of "those" people. You know, the ones that always take Hanna K.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14292047096742329607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883358627940532367.post-90295987170384054052010-12-21T09:08:00.000-08:002010-12-21T09:56:05.529-08:00Palm Springs
Jacob and I went to Palm Springs this last weekend. The desert was breathtaking, strange, and weird. We were surrounded by senior citizens, locals, and L.A. hipsters in love with all things midcentury. We went hiking in Taquitz Canyon and it was gorgeous.
Jacob tried on hats.
We ate dessert.
We hung out by the pool.
And we played with dinosaurs.Hanna K.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14292047096742329607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883358627940532367.post-51205723869990875322010-12-13T16:49:00.000-08:002010-12-13T16:50:46.533-08:002nd week of DecemberThis past week was so full of lovely people and new experiences. It taught me that good people are always worth making time for and that trying new things is exhilirating. And that sometimes, a packed schedule is an awesome thing.
- met up with my central Oregon pals Melinda and Jeff and had one big Korean night!
- discovered a fabulous korean bbq place (Great service, great meat!) Hanna K.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14292047096742329607noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883358627940532367.post-17473681288902812252010-12-09T09:23:00.000-08:002010-12-09T09:25:14.488-08:00Thursday musingsI read this article this morning about vegan sister entrepreneurs and was struck by this quote:
"She started to study for the LSAT and she became a raging [witch], so we realized she was on the wrong path," says Heather in the same chipper voice she uses to dish out nutritional advice in the cooking video. That one hits home! Do you know I studied for the LSATs this past summer? I Hanna K.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14292047096742329607noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883358627940532367.post-52655481775063823022010-12-01T08:46:00.000-08:002010-12-01T08:46:52.349-08:00The Spiral Staircase by Karen ArmstrongI hope you've all had a wonderful Thanksgiving. Mine included seeing a dear long-distance friend and her brother last minute and a snowy cabin retreat with two other couples in Big Bear. It was one of those weekends that restore you and by Monday when you have to be back at work, you feel like a new person and you wonder what happened and how and when you try and trace it back, the Hanna K.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14292047096742329607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883358627940532367.post-24734103703595182562010-11-14T21:38:00.000-08:002010-11-14T21:48:13.698-08:00Chickpea Tomato Stew
Tonight was a moment of culinary genius. Inspired by this spaghetti with chickpeas dish here, I bought some chickpeas and canned plum tomatoes the other day along with a package of diced pancetta. I needed to make some food to pack for lunch tomorrow and the refrigerator was in sore need of a cleanout. I wasn't feeling the spaghetti dish so I thought I'd get creative with what Hanna K.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14292047096742329607noreply@blogger.com3