Your Nautical and Coffee Obsessed Best Friend: From Travel to Fashion and Everything in between
"The spirit of Christmas is the spirit of love and of generosity and of goodness. It illuminates the picture window of the soul, and we look out upon the world's busy life and become more interested in people than in things." ~ Thomas S. Monson Merry Christmas The most Merriest of Merry Christmases my dear [...]
"I love Christmas, not just because of the presents but because of all the decorations and lights and the warmth of the season." ~ Ashley Tisdale A Piece of Childhood Since I was a child, I have always loved going to The Christmas Loft. Open year round, it was the epitome of having a bit [...]
"Don't let the past steal your present. This is the message of Christmas: We are never alone." ~ Taylor Caldwell Christmas Favorites I can not believe this is the last Friday Favorites of 2019! Perhaps I will do a year cap of all my favorite things, though we only have 11 days left! It is [...]
"Happy, happy Christmas, that can win us back to the delusions of our childhood days, recall to the old man the pleasures of his youth, and transport the traveler back to his own fireside and quiet home!" ~ Charles Dickens Christmas Morning Christmas Morning has always been incredibly special and fun. As kids, we would [...]
"It's always a wonderful time to be able to settle down by the fire, enjoy the Christmas tree and the decorations, and just spend time with the ones you love and surround yourself with the people that you don't get to see enough throughout the year." ~ Jay DeMarcus My Own Little Tree My family [...]
"For me growing up, Christmas time was always the most fantastic, exciting time of year, and you'd stay up until three in the morning. You'd hear the parents wrapping in the other room but you knew that also, maybe, they were in collusion with Santa Claus." ~ Chris Pine Traditions While a lot has changed [...]
Graphic tees are vibes. And I think they're the basis of a lot of wardrobes, but that makes it challenging to distill what you're brand means within a T-shirt. Virgil Abloh Graphic Tee Intervention You know that time (and by time, I mean tennis blog posts ago) I said I needed a Pink Lily intervention [...]
"The best thing about doing those Hallmark movies is my dad loves them. My dad watches all of those Christmas movies, not just ones I'm in. He watches them all, so the first one I did, it was like my Christmas present to my dad." ~ Eric Johnson I Heart Hallmark By now I think [...]
"The earth has grown old with its burden of care, but at Christmas it always is young, the heart of the jewel burns lustrous and fair, and its soul full of music breaks the air, when the song of angels is sung." Phillips Brooks Unofficial Christmas Capital When I think of Christmas in the City, [...]
"Christmas is far and away my favorite holiday. I love everything about it, from the event that inspired it, hoping for a white one, to wrapping presents. But mostly I love having family and friends gathered, and sharing traditions." ~ Ellen Hopkins Designated Wrapper You are gonna think I am cray-cray but bear with me, [...]