I feel like each day feels really long, but the weeks and months go by quickly. Fall and Christmas are two of my favorite seasons, so I am trying to soak up every small moment. I officially had my first … Continue reading
The last day or two of our vacation was spent in Florida. We flew back to the US and took a tour of the Everglades, and then poked about my mother’s hometown. It was great to finally see the house that my mother grew up in, and see the city that she spent her youth in. I had grown up visiting my father’s parents and seeing his hometown almost every summer but this was my first time seeing my mother’s birthplace. The Everglades was beautiful, and bursting with wild-life.
We grabbed lunch at Joe’s Stone Crab and it was the perfect finish to a fantastic family vacation. It took all day on Sunday to get back to California (3 flights again!), but it was worth every minute of the travel to have a week in the Caribbean.
I hope everyone is getting a chance to relax this weekend! You’ve earned it.
Love,
-S
Earlier in the week my best friend Annie had made a Facebook event about a few of us going to Capitola and staying at a combination of two beach houses. Work was stressful and looking forward to spending the weekend at the beach helped me keep it together. For me, having things to look forward to can often make or break a crazy work-week.
Saturday dawned, and I had not yet packed, purchased a camera charger/cord, or filled my tank with gas. Rushing around happened but Annie, Sunny and I finally got on the road after a few setbacks.
There wasn’t much traffic and we arrived in Capitola where it was beautiful. We grabbed groceries and went to the beach. The plan for dinner was cook-out at Marcos’s. We took a hot mess of photos not only at the beach, but also back at Beach House #1 (BH1)
The crew was: Brady, Sunny, Claire, Dana, Natasha, Annie, Greg #1, Greg #2, Sunny Maxey, Darius, Huyson, Steven, Deawodi, Gloria, Marcos, Irina, Jason and myself. More people came later, but I think this is everyone that was a good sport about being documented in the lovely photos above.
It was the perfect weekend: food, friends, and lots of fun.The beautiful beach never hurts as well!
Hope you had a good weekend!More fun things are planned, but this was the best fun I’ve had this month!
Love,
-S
I love that it is boot season!
Lately the weather here has been all over the map. Typical crazy California weather! It is cold in the mornings (like 40) and warms up to about 70-75 during the day. I feel like I should change my outfit just because of how warm and sunny it gets in the afternoon.
So, I wear lots of layer to combat this weird weather. I’ll often have a cardigan, jacket and or fleece with a skirt and boots.
But I have noticed that some of my socks from last year are looking…a little too well-loved. This is only my second season wearing boots, I know, I was late to join the trend!
I have started to keep an eye out for cute socks as I only have a few pairs of knee high and want to have options for the whole week. Especially as I plan to hunt for more cute boots. You can never have too many pairs of shoes, right?
I have seen these cuties online, but I might have to check them out in person to see if they are as soft as they look!
What do you think is the best to wear with boots? How long do your long socks usually last? Where is the best place to get some cute socks?
Ps. I also got the super cute ring-holder from my mum’s best friend, photos coming soon!
Love,
-S
Prepare yourselves: it’s a long photo-filled glorious post!
My roommate has two adorable labs. We brought them out to California in June/July and they are great company. Reeces is 9 years old and is a chocolate Lab. She is also the mother of Nala, who is a yellow lab. Nala is 4 years old. Both dogs are friendly and play well with my brothers dog Crash. Crash is just over a year old, and is a Belgian Malinois.
Reeces and Nala in Crash’s bed.
Crash! Isn’t he beautiful?
Nala loves to relax in my room, and in particular on my bed. She has become rather attached to one of my stuffed animals.
Nala loves my dinosaur teddy bear.
It was a very busy weekend. Thus the radio silence since my post on Friday morning. Friday evening a group of us dressed in our Sunday best gathered for a glass of wine at my parents house. I’m hoping this becomes a regular thing, but we shall see! After tasting a lovely chardenay, we went over to Sweet Tomatoes for a bite to eat. Robert documented our loveliness and produced these fine things:
Fancy Friday 1
On Saturday the whole family, both roommates and I went down to the premiere Bacon Festival in San Jose. We waited in long lines and then chowed down on some seriously tasty bacon filled tidbits. My favorite was the garlic and bacon fries.
The family, roommates and I.
How was your weekend? What did you do? Are you enjoying this long weekend?
Love,
-S
My roommate and I drove down to San Luis Obisbo last Saturday to attend a friend’s wedding at Santa Margarita Ranch. It was warm and sunny. The wedding was beautiful! There were people at the wedding that we knew from our bible study group, so we had a blast eating and dancing with them.
The reception was in a barn!
So yesterday my roomie and I hit the road and joined my parents at our house in Lake Tahoe. Today we went to the beach and relaxed with my brother’s pup by the water. It was a clear day with warm sunshine. It was a lovely last day at the beach before school starts next week.
We went to Chimney Beach, and hiked down to it from the highway.
A friend showed me this amazing video and I was completely blown away. Watch it!
NIGHTVISION from Luke Shepard on Vimeo.
I’ll hopefully post more photos of Tahoe later this weekend!
Love,
-S
Classy and Fabulous 
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