Thoughts of Becoming Whole // Love Letter, April 2022
A few weeks ago, I came across an old baby photo of myself. What struck me in the image was how much space this 6-month-old baby filled up in the... Read More
BK Love Letter by Wakako
Excited to share our space with you again! // BK Opening Hours
Greetings from Altadena!We are thrilled to share that we will start transitioning into offering brick & mortar opening hours again! I only have one word. Grateful! I am so grateful... Read More
Lean into the Magic of Connection // Love Letter, February 2022
Greetings from Topanga! Here is a big and open-ended question to start this love letter. Have you ever wondered about the infinite possibilities of the invisible networks that are interconnecting between... Read More
Beyond What Meets Our Eyes // Wakako
As you might already know, my relationship with the first Traveler’s Notebook started back in 2008. I still vividly remember when I stumbled upon the TN Brown at Itoya in... Read More
Soaking up the Fullness of our Day // Love Letter, January 2022
A new year greeting to you and your loved ones. I hope you enjoyed sailing through the holiday season. I like to take a moment to thank you for being... Read More
"Trust the Process" in working with a 100 year old house
Six months into the renovation, our house is slowly starting to take its shape. Inevitably, a project like “home renovation” has a definite ending, more or less. Yet, I found... Read More
"Being Present" as Our Gift to the World // Love Letter, December 2021
Happy Holidays! I hope your month of December is going well so far. At the BK studio, we celebrated the milestone of hosting holiday opening hours with a small group... Read More
Weight of our Analogue Artifacts // Love Letter, November 2021
Greetings from the autumn season in the canyon. This past month, we finally moved into our still-under-construction house. Rain was coming into the forecast, and we hectically moved everything out on the... Read More
Nature Tells us to Play // Love Letter, October 2021
If you have been around BK for a while, you probably know I become obsessive about running when I start gearing up for the annual Los Angeles marathon. After taking a year... Read More