Your Nautical and Coffee Obsessed Best Friend: From Travel to Fashion and Everything in between
"I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination." ~ Jimmy Dean Cha-Cha-Changes Change while at times can be incredibly scary is something I tend to embrace and welcome. With the changing of seasons and whether, I tend to look at it as new beginnings. [...]
"The ocean is a mighty harmonist." ~ William Wordsworth Most Favorite-ist Place If I had to pick a favorite place in San Diego it would have to be Coronado. As a history and royal buff, I had heard of this resort town and the rumored connection between Wallis Simpson and the Prince of Wales at [...]
"Aaah, summer - that long anticipated stretch of lazy, lingering days, free of responsibility and rife with possibility. It's a time to hunt for insects, master handstands, practice swimming strokes, conquer trees, explore nooks and crannies, and make new friends." ~ Darell Hammond Summer has arrived in the Concrete Jungle I can finally say spring summer [...]
"Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it." ~ Charles R. Swindoll Missing Charleston Since I came back from Charleston, life has been all kinda of hectic with many ups and downs, (The reason my Charleston posts took forever to upload and I have been horrible about communication. I [...]
"I love going to coffee shops and just sitting and listening." ~ Julie Roberts Locally Owned Coffee Shops One of the first things I research when I travel to a new city are the local coffee shops. Obviously I love my coffee and while I might judge a place if they don't have a Starbucks, [...]
"My art is an attempt to reach beyond the surface appearance. I want to see growth in wood, time in stone, nature in a city, and I do not mean its parks but a deeper understanding that a city is nature too-the ground upon which it is built, the stone with which it is made." [...]
“City sidewalks, busy sidewalks, Dressed in holiday style In the air there's a feeling of Christmas Children laughing, people passing Meeting smile after smile And on every street corner you'll hear” ~ Silver Bells There [...]
"It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them." ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson My last major trip of the year is going to Vermont for my friends’ annual Christmas party which is held on the second weekend of December. While I always fly back to New Hampshire for [...]
"True love stories never have endings." ~ Richard Bach Symbolism Locks are symbolic for many reasons. They are solid, all but impermeable without a key. You have to make a concerted effort to break a lock, and even then it isn't easy unless you have something like bolt cutters. And who walks around with those? [...]
"When the seasons shift, even the subtle beginning, the scent of a promised change, I feel something stir inside me. Hopefulness? Gratitude? Openness? Whatever it is, it's welcome." ~ Kristin Armstrong Where are you Autumn? (Why can't I find thee?) To soon? Bonus points if you know what song I just quoted changed. While Autumn [...]