Your Nautical and Coffee Obsessed Best Friend: From Travel to Fashion and Everything in between
"At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us." ~ Albert Schweitzer Last Day of June It figures I would be getting around to finally posting this on the [...]
"Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas." ~ Calvin Coolidge Christmas Cards Call me old fashioned, but I LOVE snail mail. There is nothing better then sending or receiving a handwritten [...]
"At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us." ~ Albert Schweitzer I am not sure I can put into adequate enough words to express how grateful I am [...]
The most beautiful cosmetic you can wear is a healthy skin.— Jane Iredale Meeting "Jane" My best friend and fellow Jetsetting Blonde, Sarah has been singing the praises of Jane Iredale since I met her. An extremely talented cosmetologist, she knows the ins and outs of good, long lasting, healthy make-up. I was [...]
"Illness is the doctor to whom we pay most heed; to kindness, to knowledge, we make promise only; pain we obey." ~ Marcel Proust Slackin’ Kate I have slacked horribly with keeping up with my blog, comments, emails, and basically life in general the last two weeks. Just when I think I have caught up, [...]
"The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members." ~ Coretta Scott King THANK YOU JAMIE! I was generously nominated by the incredible Jamie at Don't Give A Jam for not one, but TWO awards! Since life has been insane, I haven't gotten around to doing them until [...]
"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 [...]
"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 [...]
"A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself." ~ Jim Morrison Augusta After leaving Jekyll, we stopped in St. Simons for some lunch and then drove to Augusta, where Rhiannon lives with her husband and two adorable pups. I was staying the night with them before heading back to the Concrete [...]
"Brooklyn's good. Brooklyn's funky. Brooklyn's happening." ~ Waris Dirie Brooklyn Bridge/City Hall Saturday dawned way to early, even for this usual morning gal. Originally we were going to do sunrise on the Brooklyn Bridge. But thanks to our ten mile trek and Mother Nature deciding her hot flashes were over, we caught an extra hour [...]