my best friend’s wedding.
This past weekend was filled with wedding festivities as my best friend Val married her longtime love! It was such an amazing couple of days spent with my dearest friends. I have a group of ten...
View Articleweekend trip to san luis obispo.
There’s nothing quite like a physical change of scenery to boost my mood and give me a fresh perspective. This past weekend, John and I spent a night up in San Luis Obispo and we had the best time....
View Articletravel town.
After talking about taking a trip to Travel Town for months, John and I finally took Briar yesterday and had so much fun! It’s a free open air museum situated in Griffith Park with lots of old trains...
View Articlesanta barbara museum of natural history.
This past weekend was one for the books! On Friday, my mom and Briar and I took our third trip to Disneyland for the week (had to maximize my annual pass until it expired!). Then on Saturday we went...
View Articlesolvang.
This past weekend we joined John’s family up in Solvang for a little day trip and we had so much fun! The weather was total perfection: cloudy, cool, and feeling like Fall. I’ve been to Solvang a...
View Articlesanta barbara wine tasting.
There are two things I’ll never turn down: wine and Santa Barbara. Lucky for me, I was invited to spend a day up in SB exploring their Urban Wine Trail in celebration of my sister-in-law, Jamie’s,...
View Articleweekend hikes.
These past few months have brought A TON of rain to Southern California which has been so wonderful. Not only is great for the endless drought but it has really made the natural landscape incredibly...
View Articlecambria with two kids.
Two weekends ago we loaded the kids in the car and drove up to Cambria for our first family-of-four vacation! I finally understand what people mean when they say that vacations with kids are not...
View Articlesummer at underwood.
I’ll be honest: I don’t love where we live. As hard as I try to get on board with this city, it’s just not my jam and it probably never will be. I could be a Debby Downer and rattle off a ton of...
View Articlecommunal coffee.
Whenever I’m traveling, one of my favorite things to do is to check out the cool coffee shops in the area. I went to college in San Diego and have been back many times since but had yet to make it to...
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