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picking the perfect outfit to sport for america's birthday is always something i look forward to. this year i decided to go back, way back, all the way to my high school graduation dress. i've held onto it all these years partly for nostalgia, but mostly for the fact that i've yet to find a silhouette like ...
now that memorial day has come and gone, i feel like summer is officially here. that means two (of many) things: white denim and summer fruit. S and i attended a barreBQ (a barbecue with my favorite barre babes) a couples weeks back and i was in charge of bringing the fruit salad. i may ...
if we had to choose a favorite restaurant -or at least one that has been tied to some of our favorite memories together as a couple, it would be vintana wine + dine in escondido. it was one of the first restaurants we went to on a double date night with my parents and it's ...
to me, french girl style is the epitome of chic. always classic, never stuffy or overthought. simple yet thoughtful and always worthy of replication. today it was the inspiration for this outfit which i happily created with a few pieces of my closet i had never thought to pair together until now. j.crew top (similar) || ...
after a morning of hiking on saturday, S and i were hungry for a good meal. so for date night, we tried out birdseye kitchen, a hole-in-the-wall thai restaurant that came highly recommended. madewell tank (sold out) || madewell jeans (similar wash) || urban outfitter booties (similar) anthropologie clutch (similar) || JORD watch (c/o) || bareminerals lipstick in "risk it ...
after falling in love with stowaway cosmetics face products, i decided to order three of their creme lipsticks as well. of their seven shades, i opted for three -champagne (an everyday nude), peony (the perfect classic pink) and scarlet (a sassy red). truth be told, i've never finished a tube of lipstick. i've come close, but ...
as we've long-since established, i'm a sucker for stripes. and black and white. and well, really pretty dresses. so when i spotted this dress in banana republic, it was like all of my favorite things had gotten together and made a baby. and that baby was the perfect silk drop-waist dress. aside from the fact that ...
my parents took me to europe the summer between my freshman and sophomore year of high school. we began our adventure in london, traveled to belgium, the netherlands, germany, switzerland, austria, and italy, and ended the sixteen-day journey in paris, france. though we only logged a total of 36 hours in the city of lights, it ...
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.