Nautical Inspiration

Well if you have to work on a Saturday, it should at least look like this....

Working at our one of our annual fundraisers, a memorial regatta in Redondo beach to benefit cancer research (message me to learn more and/or how to donate!), only furthered my obsession with nautical inspired style.


Last trip to H&M, I seriously only had eyes for red, blue and stripes. I was drawn to some fabulous pieces with a running mind of endless possibilities and pairings. It was a sad, sad day for my budget that's for sure. Outfit posts to come (but only after I purchase this baby....

Canon t3i

I can't get enough - the look is classic and so so easy to wear..... quick, fresh summer outfits - yes, please!

Some of my favorite nautical inspired pieces

1. Dress - River Island 2. Striped Flats - Ruche 3. Clutch - Tory Burch  4. Bangle - Nordstrom 5. Tank - Forever 21. 

6. Dress - Mango 7. Sandals - Splendid 8. Wedge - Jessica Simpson 9. Shorts - Piperlime 10. Scarf - Piperlime 

I wish every weekend could be Carmageddon!

If you don't live in LA,  I'm sure you've still heard all about the closure of the 405 freeway on CNN.  With the media deeming the closure of the 'moving parking lot' as Carmageddon, Angelenos were sent into a frenzy. But with hype and drama, also came amazing deals!

Retail therapy for your traffic blues...
Double-Shaka, a boutique in Santa Monica, offered all suits regularly priced at $50 for $40.50

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Platino, a jewelry and handbag boutique on trendy Montana Ave in Santa Monica, offered 15% off all regularly priced items. SO BUMMED I worked all day Saturday and missed out on this sale. It's a hidden gem I tell ya!

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Many restaurants and bars, like Gladstones in the Pacific Palisades, offered drink specials and select menu items for $4.05. 

On the west side? Inland? Car-mageddon.com was created to help Angelenos find deals all over the city. 

In honor of the closure, Jetblue offered flights from Burbank ---> Long Beach for $4 each way!!

Some may ask why???  What is the point?! Because it is awesome that's why!! 

A co-worker of mine took this 20 minute flight and said the experience was well worth it! Once on board, each passenger received a JetBlue gift bag.  The flight attendants even offered 20,000 miles to two passengers whose birthdays were closest to April 5th (4-05..get it?!) At the Long Beach airport, all passengers were welcomed to a Carmageddon buffet including a '405' decorated cake.  The aircraft flew directly over the '405' - so passengers could look out the window and see that the dreaded freeway was actually all clear. I'm not sure if the hysteria scared residents to not leave their homes or if this was just blown way out of proportion, but this is what the '405' looked like on Carmageddon....

 All I can say is if traffic looked like this on the weekends, I would be heading to the beach a lot more often!

colored skinnies half off!

Still craving bold colors this summer? ME TOO! I want a pair of these..

or these....

and these... 

Hop on over here for a killer sale on these fabulous trousers. 

quarter of a century in nashville.

I was recently asked if turning 25 made me feel anxious in any way. Not at all actually - maybe that is because Brad turned the big 3-0 a month later.  He will always be older and that will forever make me feel young. Ha sorry baby... please don't tickle torture me.

But in all seriousness, life after college.. yeah wasn't so easy. I've heard co-workers and friends say numerous times they would never want to go back and relive those years. In theory, you're young, care-free, gravity hasn't taken over your body yet, and you have money in the bank to spend on y-o-u.  But in reality, at least for me, I was a stress ball 90% of the time. Constantly stressed about what path to take and figuring out "what I really want to do with my life" and figuring out how to pay my bills but still have that so called fun.

From career changes with countless hours of applying to jobs I never heard a dang peep back from to several rejection letters to a fair share of tearful calls back home to mom, I can finally say I feel like everything has fallen into place and 25 is going to be the best year yet.  I have been with the most amazing man for two years now and landed the perfect job.  All I can say is God bless the broken road. I am so thankful to have finally found exactly what I was looking for - both in love and work.

Alright, I won't get all sappy on ya'll, but I do want to share some pics from my 25th birthday celebration in my favorite (well one of my favorite) cities!

NASHVILLE, TN 


I'm a country girl at heart. I could listen to country music all day every day and I am proud of it! But aside from the fabulous live country music, Nashville simply as it all.  Lush beautiful landscape, outrageously good food - you know the kind that makes you feel guilty for days but its so good you can't resist - friendly faces, all in all it is just a great city.

 Best Sushi in Nashville - Virago.

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Best Bar - If you love country music as much as I do, check out Legends Corner. You can find Todd Sansom there on Saturday nights. Awesomeness. They play all the best hits...Johnny Cash, Zac Brown Band and everything in between as well as some original songs. 

For delicious tacos, Taco Mamacitas is a must. I had The Memphis and it was out of this world. You can view all their specialty tacos here.  Feeling pizza? Head to MAFIAoZA'S for sure. Yeah I did my research... probably gained 10 pounds in one weekend but whatever it was my birthday!

We went to Cabana for my official birthday dinner - It is "you'll need to unbutton your jeans to stand up" good.  Try the lobster brie mac-n-cheese! We went small plates style so we could try a little of everything, and all that was ordered was lick your plate worthy.  Also, their strawberry cake is sinful. 

Forgot to take a picture before I devoured it. 

 

mom and dad - the cutest, best parents in THE world.

For the tourist - Opryland, Broadway, The Parthenon and of course the Country Music Hall of Fame...

...you may even stumble across this guy :)