after taking a taxi to our hotel and checking in, we learned that we had been upgraded to a suite, so that was pretty awesome. on the heels of days of bathing suits, cut-off jeans, and air-dried hair, we decided to get a little dressed up for dinner. y'all, a shower, good blow-dry, and a striped ...
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adventures in australia: chapter four, part two
while tuesday had been all about koalas and kangaroos, wednesday was all about seals, err, australian sea lions, to be exact. we woke up early, made breakfast, then ventured to the tire store to get our flat repaired before finally heading out to seal bay. home to the third largest colony of australian sea lions, the seal ...
adventures in australia: chapter four, part one
we left melbin with the sun's arrival. another morning, another early flight. err, this time, flights. the first took us from melbourne to adelaide, and the second -in a much smaller plane, mind you, from adelaide to kingscote, one of the main cities of kangaroo island. truth be told, when i realized just how small of a ...
adventures in australia: chapter three
you still with me? k good. if you thought sydney was fun, just wait until i tell you about melbourne. oh and just so you're informed, it's actually pronounced "melbin" -emphasis on the "mel." in the words of M, "you don't want to sound like a tourist now, do you?" our flight to melboune on saturday ...
adventures in australia: chapter two, part two
[sydney: days sunday through wednesday can be found here] thursday began with another mat pilates class and a soy flat white from porch. then it was off to stretch a different set of muscles. my shopping muscles with a visit to the surrey hills neighborhood for some boutique perusal. M had also recommended that i visit ...
adventures in australia: chapter two, part one
if you're just tuning in, i'll give you a quick recap of chapter one: i flew 15 hours and watched four movies in a giant airbus to sydney. my luggage made the trip as well, as did some unwelcomed nerves. but by the time M had retrieved me from the airport, i was ready for ...
adventures in australia: chapter one
chapter one. the flight. because when you spend 15 hours on an aircraft, it deserves its own post entirely. duh. but let's back up two point five, shall we? mad love, props, and thank yous to my glorious parents who chose to spent their friday night carting my booty up the 405 to LAX before my ...
adventures in australia: preface
so here's the thing. i have attempted to compose a recap of my australia trip nothing short of a dozen times. i thought about simply posting 100 photos with descriptive captions and saying something clever like "a picture's worth a 1,000 words, here's 100,000 of them." i thought about doing a play by play of ...
adventures in amtrak-ing
armed with a sack lunch and backpack, i climbed aboard the coaster with a few chaperons and two dozen of my fourth grade classmates en route to san juan capistrano early that spring day. seeing as fourth grade (by far and away my favorite grade from elementary school) curriculum focuses on the work of father ...
adventures in redecorating
i woke up new year's day with a bee in my bonnet. which is terrifying considering the fact that i'm fairly certain i'm allergic (to bees, not bonnets). maybe it was the fact that it was officially the first day of a brand spanking new year, or the fact that i had been spending way too much ...
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shawna leeann rivera
san diego-based style blogger and twin mom to henry & delilah. curator of simple, affordable fashion. lover of my husband, family, coffee, traveling, and the bravo network.