chaotic happiness v.2.0

more #reflection on this #thanksgivingeve: grateful to travel home, to spend time with family and friends (and the dog!), to try new things, and, ultimately, to remember those who came before me and endured so i am able to be who i am today. #latergram #family #travel #hawaii (at Honolulu, Honolulu, Hawaii)

adventures with @tracetrace22 and @kalaelae35, part 2: @nmaahc. grateful for another opportunity to browse through this space. grateful for the reminders of the struggles of those before us who endured for what we have today. grateful for those who continue to lead and lead by example today. a humbling and reflective afternoon on this #thanksgivingeve. . . . “every black american is bilingual. all of them. we speak street vernacular and we speak job interview.” - dave chappelle, 2005 . . . #history #culture #society #reflection #thankful #dmvcityliving #latergram #slomovideo #family #nakspentathloninDC (at Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture)

part 1 of today’s adventures with @tracetrace22 and @kalaelae35: watching planes land at @dulles_airport from the @airandspacemuseum #observationtower at #udvarhazycenter, visiting the @spaceshuttleprogram #discovery, and checking out the new aircraft and air-travel-related items that have moved in since our last visit in august! #family #travel #nakspentathloninDC #timelapsevideo #latergram #dmvcityliving #nerd (at National Air and Space Museum, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center)

tonight’s #dinner adventure: #assagios in koko marina with grandpa! fun times over food, wine, dessert and a window view! #family #travel #latergram (at Assaggio Hawaii Kai)

#productive morning in #VA: voted! supported the francis scott key student council association (yay homemade blueberry muffin)! treated myself to a #latte from @javashack! #dmvcityliving #civicduty #supportthenextgeneratonofleaders #treatyoself (at Arlington County Virginia – Government)

last night, @kalaelae35 and i went on a #culture #adventure to the @nationalmallnps and #IlluminAsiaFS, celebrating the re-opening of the @smithsonian @freersackler galleries. this is one of my favorite parts of “a perfect harmony,” the 12-minute animated projection on the #freer facade by @59_productions, the team behind the 2012 #olympics #openingceremonies. excited to check out the renovations and exhibits in these galleries soon. #whereasiameetsamerica #arts #dmvcityliving #latergram #latervideo #history #emojis #animations (at Freer Gallery of Art)

congrats to the winners: @cubs. #nlds #game5 #cubsvsnationals #sports #baseball #mlb. #letsgonats on to the off-season and 2018! (at Nationals Park)

winner moves on. #letsgonats #nlds #game5 #cubsvsnationals #sports #baseball #mlb #video (at Nationals Park)

congrats to @kalaelae35 @_mahiehie and shane on finishing today’s @armytenmiler! you did it despite the humid, hot and overcast weather. #hawaiiansrunninginDC #sports #dmvcityliving #latergram #latervideo (at Army Ten Miler Finish Line)

part 2 of today’s #sports adventure: game 2 of the #NLDS #postseason2017 between the @cubs and @nationals. #nats with 3 HRs tonight; 2 of them clutch multi-run HRs in the 8th. awesome home win tonight! #letsgonats #mlb #baseball #playoffs #dmvcityliving #latergram (at Nationals Park)

part 1 of today’s #sports adventure: #AFvsNavy #collegefootball game in #annapolis. go, air force! sink navy! #travel #maryland #dmvcityliving #latergram (at Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium)

from #germany to #nationalspark in 16 hours! let’s go @nationals! #travel #gametime #sports #baseball #mlb #dmvcityliving (at Nationals Park)

part two of @kalaelae35’s work trip: #germany! 🇧🇪 browsed through #frankfurt, #saarbrücken, and #kaiserslautern. celebrated ☝🏽 birthday tonight with #german food and beer (of course!). fortunate for these adventures and thrilled to celebrate @kalaelae35’s birthday across the pond! #travel (at Frankfurt, Germany)

tagging along to @kalaelae35’s work trip to #nyc this week. ate #ramen at @ramenlab; visited old stomping grounds (@orensdailyroast, @sweetleaflic); caught up with friends (@matthewpat, @leighalycen, @subie23, @jennykchoy); enjoyed quite a few cocktails at @deathandconyc, #PDT, @cricketclubuws, @exleynyc; and wandered around the city reminiscing about the wonderful friends and memories of #lifeinnyc! (at New York, New York)

first window seat in a while, so it earns an instagram post. #ORD-SAN #travel #nofilter #photo

we (@kalaelae35 and i) visited and paid our respects tonight to those who lost their lives at the pentagon 16 years ago today. we will never forget. #dmvcityliving #pentagonmemorial #reflection #remembrance (at The Pentagon 9/11 Memorial)