Thursday, July 14, 2011
Chai tea, bagels and such like...
I'm exhausted and not quite with it yet, jet lag is the pits, I've just got back from a fab work trip, and wanted to share some photos from the trip.
Stopping off in Vancouver, Seattle, LA & finally a wee bit of R&R in Palm Springs.
Too much to see and do...and now my head is swimming with inspiration and new ideas. Amazingly I also had time to hang out with friends and catch up everyones adventures.
Vancouver
A first for me and our first stop
a couple musts for any shopping trip
We stayed at moda hotel really central within easy walking distance to Gastown and the waterfront area.
Eli
the found and the freed (pop up shop)
Chai tea latte
We then took the 99 to the US border passed through immigration and got on Route 5.
Stopped off in the adorable wee little town Edison just off the Chuckanut Drive before heading into Seattle...
Edison
Edison
We had so little time to explore the city, but what we did find we loved, it definitely deserve more time than we gave it.
The Fremont district with the cutest shops and probably one of the best womenswear shops I've ever shopped in with absolutely lovely staff to top it off.
Some pennies were spent in here...
We then made our way over to Ballard and the super cute old town...
vegetarian thai was for lunch at
blackbird fieldhouse
jhanjay thai
A quick flight down to LA, we hit the usual spots for shopping, with Sunday morning spent at the Rosebowl, I picked up some great finds for YS store, they'll be posted soon.
BBQ with friends on Sunday night.
Then for 1 night only
it was ACE!!
cocktails a-go-go
the month of June was definitely a Cocktail month...
alas due to trying to lose a few lbs for our wedding we're now on a cocktail free couple of months,
it was good whilst it lasted!
this was my version of the Southside Cocktail
Gin (obviously)
Muddled Cucumber
Sode Water
Mint
& Lime Juice
Monday, July 4, 2011
weekend
We've had a fab weekend preparing stuff for our wedding 3 months this weekend Argh!!!! Still SO much to do, but this weekend we made great strides forward and had a great time in the process...
36m of mini bunting
even Michael got creative with painting.
getting very excited now!
Friday, July 1, 2011
Napoli
I was so keen to see some of Naples, a little apprehensive too...
but everyone was super friendly and so welcoming especially when I was taking photos of their amazing shop signs...definitely a part of the city I want to explore and photograph some more...
unfortunately time was really tight...but lots to save for next time..
Friday, June 24, 2011
Found
a recent purchase an old tin that somebody kept all their bits and bobs in...it has a rather lovely collection of Italian hang tags and trims...
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