Your Nautical and Coffee Obsessed Best Friend: From Travel to Fashion and Everything in between
"There is only one happiness in this life, to love and be loved." ~ George Sand When I found out one of my best friends had gotten engaged to the love of her life, I was over the moon ecstatic. When I say the two of them are perfect for each other, it isn't just [...]
"I'm blonde and bad.: ~ Ivana Milicevic Two of my best friends love purple. It feels like it is all around me. I admit I don't hate it, but give me blue or green any day. I admit when my hair dresser told me to use purple shampoo in between colors, I might have inwardly [...]
"I think sometimes the best training is to rest." ~ Cristiano Ronaldo Not going to sugar coat, the past week has been tough. Not only have I been dealing with the mother of all injuries, I have been warring with myself. Do you ever do that? Do you ever feel like different parts of your [...]
"Cream-colored ponies and crisp apple strudels Doorbells and sleigh bells And schnitzel with noodles Wild geese that fly with the moon on their wings These are a few of my favorite things" ~ Julie Andrews First of all I adore Dame Julie Andrews, secondly can you believe in my over a decade (almost two!) of [...]
Rules like 'don't wear white after Labor Day' or 'shoes matching the handbag' are antiquated. Modern women should feel free to experiment. Stacy London The age old question, "Can you wear white before Memorial Day and after Labor Day?" Why yes, yes you can! As Stacy London said it is an antiquated rule! No longer are you [...]
"I'm hard on myself, so I'm working on shifting perspective toward self-acceptance, with all my flaws and weaknesses." ~ Gwyneth Paltrow If you saw yesterday’s post you know that I didn’t go home for Mother’s Day. And if you read last week's recap, you also know I have been fighting the creeping crud, otherwise known as [...]
"The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness." ~ Honore de Balzac Happy Mother's Day to all the incredible Moms out there! Young. Old. New. Even those who are parents to four legged balls of love. I hope you all have a beautiful Mother's [...]
"If you can't sit in a cafe quietly and be ignored, how can you observe human nature and write a story?" ~ Evangeline Lilly I first discovered Le Pain Quotidien on one of my first ever trips to New York City. It seemed an anomaly situated on the Upper East Side against the concrete and [...]
"I cannot even imagine where I would be today were it not for that handful of friends who have given me a heart full of joy. Let's face it, friends make life a lot more fun." ~ Charles R. Swindoll Creeping Crud Apparently I spoke to soon, because no sooner was I caught up with [...]
"If you wear clothes that don't suit you, you're a fashion victim. You have to wear clothes that make you look better." ~ Vivienne Westwood I have searched high and low for the perfect Romper. With my petite height, yet working the Kim K derriere, it seemed like a romper to fit my body would [...]