last week i had a great opportunity to travel with andrew on a business trip to california, a destination that rarely makes the list for his trips since his company already has an office out there. we decided to seize the opportunity for me to join him, and i’m so glad we did! we started off in san diego and stayed a night with my aunt and uncle, which was such a treat, and then spent the remainder of our time in the greater l.a. area. on thursday, i had the rental car and half a day to myself, so i did some exploring and documented it to show andrew later. 
enjoy a glimpse:
i decided to take a drive down to huntington beach, and because it was such a gorgeous day, i kept driving. i was thrilled when i stumbled across newport beach/balboa island. when i was in middle/high school, i read a series of books that was based there and had always dreamed about going one day. check out the cuteness of balboa island.
as much fun as it was to be exploring by myself, i was itching for some people to photograph. there were literally great spots everywhere you looked!
these trees lined the streets of balboa, and i fell in love with them!
seriously? who has a cute post office??? balboa island does. by the way, golf carts were everywhere–people that live on the island use them as their primary means of transportation.
if people aren’t riding golf carts, they are riding bicycles. this one was tucked in an alley next to a bookstore we had checked out. again, this was photography location heaven!
as i was sitting on this bench to eat my tasty lunch from a local market (insert photo for andrew, of course), i got a phone call from andrew that his last meeting was over. he explained that it would be a while until we met up because he was all the way down in newport beach. back up. “wait, i’m in newport beach!!” turns out we were about 5 minutes from each other and got to spend the rest of the afternoon together in the setting of one of my favorite books growing up!!
while there, we HAD to get the famous balboa bars that i had read about–delicious!
after a bit of exploring, we said our goodbyes to balboa and headed back up to go out on a date night and walk on the beach~
our only photo with palm trees.
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under the pier~
sunset is my favorite way to end a day together~
and in-n-out burger is my favorite way to end a trip to california.
now that we are home and settled, i’ll be back next week with new sessions to post. until then~
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