Happy Hallowe’en!

bags are packed…

…we’re ready to go

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goodbye telly.

alex and i sold our last tv today. lament. we got rid of our cable a few months ago to make sure we didn’t piss away time watching tmz when there were several important things to be done.

i’m going to miss wasting time watching mindless television. thank goodness for the internets.

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love & marriage

wedding today.

so happy.

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here comes the sun

Richie Havens – Here Comes the Sun (1971)

ho hum.

hanging around at the aiport.

flight soon.

i love travel – i hate planes.

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i’m going on a trip, goodbye

los angeles tomorrow.

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i won….

…something i didn’t even enter!

check out all the sweet merch i got from cute-n-boot’s etsy shop:

this package brightened up my whole week!

while i was opening it, i just kept thinking ‘what? there’s more?’ – it was awesome

the cards are so cute i don’t want to send them to anyone.

the note books will be awesome for my travels and i think i’m going to have to make a special spot in my backpack for these stamps:

thanks, cutenboot, for all the lovely stationary.

i hope you’re still doing what you’re doing when i return so i can stock up!

the rest of you go buy a card for your lover here!

paint chip art

this is the first thing i want to attempt when i’m done traveling.

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tourist in your own city: london, england

During my teenage years, I would visit London quite frequently because my dad lived there. Unfortunately, I was more interested in chasing around whatever boy band happened to be in the city rather than taking in the sights. Saskia is a london-based photographer who takes the most lovely photos. I am so pleased that she has done a ‘tourist in your own city’ guest post:

I have lived my whole life on the outskirts of the best city in the world -London!

There is so much to see and do! So many people! So much art, history and entertainment!

If I had just one day to share my city with you all, here’s what we’d do…

We’d start the day with brunch in the Gallery Restaurant in Selfridges department store, making time to shop while we’re there, of course! Then we’d get the Tube to Tower Hill and visit my favourite piece of London history, the Tower of London, where we would be shown round by a yeoman warder and we’d see the world’s most famous diamonds under armed guard at the Jewel Tower.

We’d then hop on the Tube again to Picadilly, where we’d walk into Soho and grab a delicious coffee and cake at Patisserie Valerie and people watch.

Feeling refreshed we would mosey on to Trafalgar Square and wander round the National Gallery admiring the works of Monet, Rembrandt and da Vinci, to name just a few.

In the evening we’d eat at Clos Maggiore before going to see a show… my favourite is Guys and Dolls but if you’d like a bit of British then we’d go to see the longest running show in the world – Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap. 

I hope you liked my recommendations. If you ever get the chance to visit London, do, it’s a truly fantastic place!

Thanks, Saskia, for sharing such wonderful  British spots &  food – full English breakfast, cake, and french cuisine for dinner – I think I’ll leave London fat and happy! Be sure to check out Saskia’s etsy shop where you can see and purchase more of her gorgeous photography. I have such fond memories of London: New Year’s at Big Ben, concerts at Wembley arena, amazing and diverse cuisine (both high end and street food), and of course just the general atmosphere of London which is like nowhere else in the world. I can’t wait to go back and take it all in as an adult!

If you’d like to be part of the ‘Tourist in Your Own City’ series – drop me a line!

woodstock

found here.

<3

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pumpkin pie for breakfast? yes, please.

ok.. so it’s not actually pumpkin pie – but it’s pretty close!

i kinda make everything kristen introduces me to. i love her blog.

you can find the recipe here.

i made a few substitutions:

i didn’t have pecans on hand so i crushed some whole almonds

…didn’t have flax either.

i used becel rsf margerine instead of butter (heart healthy & only 25 calories!)

…and i cut the brown sugar with splenda.

(yeah, i think splenda is gross too. but you can’t taste it when it’s mixed in)

so this decadent dessert breakfast only came in at 189 calories and 3g of fat.

i use the daily plate for all my nutrition calculating needs.

it’s going to take a lot of will power not to have a second serving…

tear.

i already did a post about how i was going to miss this:

bye beautiful bed. i will miss you.

i’m going to stop being a baby

… just think about everything i have to look forward to.

underwater wedding

This amazing couple had their wedding photos taken underwater.

The result was magical.

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sidewalk chalk

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inochi

saw this in los angeles last year at the museum of contemporary art:

the murakami exhibit was unreal.

when i later visited japan, i was able to buy some of his ‘low art’

i adore his work.

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just one more…

so apparently there is a whole site devoted to these gems:

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for the record, i don’t know any of these classy folk:

i’ll buy whatever gwyneth paltrow is selling

i love her.