the greatest reward and luxury of travel is to be able to experience everyday things as if for the first time. | bill bryson (via) i think one of the greatest gifts of living in a city that many consider to be a vacation destination is to occasionally do just as the quote above says -"experience everyday ...
words to live by
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blog crush friday: i’m not here to make friends
with just weeks away until the highly anticipated (at least it is in my household) premiere of the bachelor and the kick-off of "juan-uary" overall, today's crush is keeping with that theme. on a whim, drew hoolhorst (yep, the same one from "rocket shoes" and of former blog crush friday fame) wrote a recap of a bachelorette episode that ...
no picabo street
seeing that snow is falling in most parts of the country and it's only a matter of time until i see goggle and beanie-clad selfies clogging up my instagram newsfeed, i thought i'd share my snow-sport testimony. or you know, the lack there of. so enjoy. file under things i forgot to learn how to do ...
more rosemary less synchronized swimmer
i bought a blue shower cap the other day. it's really blue. like the color of a smurf. i had been wanting to get a shower cap to make those days when i don't wash my hair (see also: most days that end in "y") an easier endeavor. well that, and honestly, how fun are shower caps? ...
it’s okay to be a glowstick
image via: pinterest. i stumbled upon this print today on pinterest and was immediately inspired by the clever comparison. i think it's safe to say that no one voluntarily requests to be broken. but sometimes it takes a good old-fashioned shattering of self in order to gain the wisdom and perspective needed to truly shine. so ...
so this is christmas
i sang my first christmas carol of the year yesterday. mixed in with the traditional worship music, our church band snuck in a few festive melodies to honor the season. and despite the fact that we're already entering our second full week of december, it still hadn't felt like the christmas season until i uttered ...
blog crush friday: that kind of woman
sometimes you just need a little inspiration -a quote, a photograph, a song lyric. nothing too showy, nothing too flashy, just honest words and beautiful snapshots of humanity strung together by the occasional personal confession or original prose. lucky for me (and for all of us, really), said inspiration exists on the interwebs. the blog that kind ...
two words
i heard a radio bit the other day that really resonated with me. it was simple, really. if you could write your 16-year-old self a two-word letter, what two words would you choose to send? of course, being the loquacious person that i am, my first thought was ONLY TWO? i only get two words to ...
trigger (un)happy
while my mom and i were shopping in santa barbara, i decided to try on a couple of pairs of pants from a retailer that outfits nearly half of my wardrobe. you'd think that since so many garments boast this store's name on their label in my closet, trying on their trousers would be an ...
