A few months ago a friend of mine had suggested I try Le Tote. I had tried Stitchfix a while back, and had mixed reviews. A lot of the stuff they had sent me was cute, but after three boxes … Continue reading
I don’t know about you, but I was a little late to the game on being obsessed with Serial. Have you heard about this podcast series? I listened to the first episode of two a while back with my brother whilst driving to Tahoe one long snowy trip last winter. Then I kinda forgot all about it.
Well, during my trip to Maui a few weeks back, I kinda listened to seasons one and two. It just, kinda happened! They are the easiest podcasts to listen to, I swear! In season one the author Sarah Koenig investigates the murder of a young girl name Hae Min Lee in Baltimore in 1999. A while later, her ex-boyfriend Adnan Syed is arrested and later convicted of killing her, and is currently serving life in prison. She interviews just about anyone she could to see if he really did it.
Season two is a bit more recent, and focuses on a U.S soldier named Bowe Bergdahl who was a POW of the Taliban for about 5 years, and was only recently released. Most recently, the army has charged him and is investigating the particulars of why he walked off from his post.
I mostly just laid out on the beach and had my headphone in and played episode after episode, it was just that good.
Have you gotten into either season one or two of Serial? Any other podcasts I should get into?
Love,
-S
This last week I was on holiday with A. We had decided in early January that we wanted to do a week in Hawaii, and had been trying for months to get our group of friends to commit. When we saw that we had the same week off for our February break, the first time we had overlapping breaks in the last few years, we booked our flights to Maui later that week.
In many ways, A and I are different. But in our love of travel, we are the same. I booked the rental car, and she a lovely, recently updated condo through VRBO. The last week of work I was simply counting down the days until there was sunshine, beaches and fruity drinks in my hand!
The first day we picked up groceries at whole food and then hit the beach after dropping our stuff off the the condo. We lounged for a while, and then picked up some delicious food at a tasty restaruarant called Nalu’s.
I ate this fantastic thing.
I need to find more places down here in San Jose that have acai bowls, as I’ve recently come to find that they are amazing and I don’t know where they have been all my life.
Any acai bowl places you would recommend? Any recipes I should try to make at home?
Love,
-S
Last weekend my best friend A and I went to the mall, officially looking for bathing suits for Maui. I had my mind on another piece of clothing that I wanted to try on to see if I loved it in person as much as I loved it online. I was thinking, no dreaming of a J.Crew vest that I had spied on their website a few days earlier. I usually like to look at my purchases online and consider them for a few days before making the purchase to make sure I will use it and love it.
We tried on a few things (ok, really we just tried on hats, see above photos) at Nordstroms before making our way over to J.Crew. I tried on the vest and promptly fell in love. I seem to love all things navy, and gingham, and this jacket had pockets! It was in short, the golden trifecta!
I took it home and am now thinking about naming it. Any suggestions? Have you ever had a piece of clothing that you just had to have?
Love,
-S
I personally love Valentines day. It’s fun to pull out a nice outfit, do your hair and makeup, treat yourself even to a new nail-polish, fuzzy new socks, tasty meal or a new book. I think of Valentines day as a day … Continue reading
My mother and I have tried making macarons before, to a limited degree of success. As such, my mother conspired to sign the two of us up for a baking class at Sur La Table. Last weekend, my mother and … Continue reading
Two weeks ago my best friend Annie and i flew to Florida. We have had this trip planned since last fall, and to say we were excited is a bit of an understatement. We flew out Friday and stayed at a local hotel adjacent to the park. We ended up getting a park to park pass so we could visit Diagon Alley and Hogsmeade, which were basically the only two sections of the Universal Studios Park that we were interested in.
It was, without a doubt, the best weekend I’d had in a long time! We started off in Hogsmeade and then took the train over to Diagon Alley. I took a ton of photos, so this might be a long post.
I was like a kid in the candy shop, running around looking at everything and snapping a ton of photos. It was beautiful and sunny day. I tried the butterbeer nervously, but it was delicious! MY favorite was walking through all of the amazing decorations that that mimic’d things from the book (potions classroom, great hall, etc) as we waited in line for the ride inside of the castle.
I ended up getting a Chocolate Frog and a Gryffindor wax seal as my two momentos for the day. I feel like I need to have some sort of a harry potter party as an excuse to use my new seal!
Are you a harry potter fan? Are you excited about the new harry potter Hogsmeade coming to L.A this spring?
Love,
-S
I have a habit of collecting arcane and trivial things, such as wax seals. I have a few now that I like, and use often when sending out formal letters like party invitations and thank you notes. My parents know my hobbies well, and thoughtfully gifted me with a new wax seal and colored wax. I was so excited to use it on my thank you notes. I was pretty pleased with the results!
What do you think? Are unique seals, handwritten letters and waxes a thing of the past? Do you have any unusual hobbies?
Love,
-S
One of my goals for 2016 is to be more healthy. I’m aware that looks like different things for different people. For me, I noticed a big shift when I transitioned out of college and into the workforce. I hadn’t … Continue reading
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