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Shop Local This Season

Christmas is just a little over a week away. Are you ready? Forget shipping charges & hoping your orders arrive on time. Forget long jaunts up to crowded malls for the same old generic presents everyone is giving and getting.

Local shopping has a ton of advantages. Local shops are right in your neighborhood. No shipping [...]

Haikuesday!

A forest of libraries/ a library of trees

This week was filled with new friends & old friends, old world wine tastings & newfangled monuments to consumerism. The highlight was definitely the look on my best friend’s face when we walked her into her surprise bridal shower. It was so hard to keep it secret, [...]

Magic Monday

Goodbye, summer!

Monday: How long has it been since you’ve been on a bike? Grab a bicycle & go for a spin. It’s the most fun, freeing thing anyone can do.

Tuesday: It’s getting close to jack-o-lantern season! Pick yourself some apples & carve them into something awesome!

Wednesday: It’s wine harvest time! Find the nearest [...]

Fashion Friday: What I Wore

Baby wine

On Sunday, I attended a pig roast at Natali Vineyards to benefit the local food bank. It was a beautiful day filled with sun, the scent of roasting pork & a variety of delicious wines. I wanted to wear a cool, comfortable summer dress & enjoy my day among the grapes.

A date [...]

Haikuesday!

Love.

Another week gone & all I got was another roll over on my life odometer. Actually it was a busy week filled with hope, fancy events, thunderstorms & movies. I did, indeed turn a year older. I had a fabulous excuse (finally) to wear my Betsey Johnson dress & my new bootie/sandal hybrids. I [...]