a short break on Sawtelle

Last Saturday, after my friend and I finished midterms, we decided to take a break by exploring Sawtelle Blvd, which is a short distance away from UCLA. I have never heard of Sawtelle until my friend mentioned it; but I was nonetheless excited to go. Sawtelle Blvd is a street with many Asian stores [mainly Japanese]; including small clothing / speciality stores, Japanese restaurants and markets, and of course, many desert places. There was also a Michaels on the street, so of course we took inside as well

We headed out in the morning and took a bus. The Santa Monica bus [big blue bus] is only 50 cents for UCLA students! I should utilize the bus more.. 

a crisp fall day in LA

On Sawtelle, there are several small stores selling various of items, many with cute / interesting designs. Although they were much to expensive for me to even consider buying, just looking at these quaint products made me quite happy.

It has been a while since I've anything close to good sushi, so this lunch was quite satisfying. 

We stopped by a Japanese stationary store, which had a lot of cartoon plush, stationary, and overall very cute items, including the fruit bean bag plush that I'm holding 

Of course; boba was a must on this trip! 

Stop by Michaels! I forgot how much I have missed crafts and making handmade things.. Oh the summer days when I had time..

it's only November, but already Christmas - related items are appearing on the shelves. All the festivities is quite exciting!

Overall, this was a short, but relaxing trip..  I look forward to the many other small adventures I will have during college. 

bye bye until next time ^