Sense and Sensitivity

8/18/10

escape

C and I did a bad thing. We'd been booking everything for our Labor Day trip to Santa Barbara to help us relax during our grad school application process...Thursday night, however, I got the sudden and intense need to get outta dodge.

So we canceled all of our resos for SB and escaped off to Palm Springs last Friday night. We ended up staying at a little quiet inn with 8 total rooms. All of the rooms were huddled around a sweet private pool, so we jumped in right when we got there - instant relaxation!
We of course did the requisite Ace Hotel thing on Saturday and baked, grooved, and drank in the sun. Sunday we took the scenic route home and spent the rest of the day chillin. I'd say our lil' getaway was a success. :) We want to go back with friends in October just because it's so easy and cheap if you do it right. I simply refuse to accept that summertime is ending!

*1st image by Michelle Woo, 2nd diptych by Sara Yates Photography

8/5/10

Just had to re-post this from Katie's blog - can you believe this is lil' Emma Watson? She's changed so much since the early Harry Potter days, and I've gotta say I love it. Her new haircut is fantastic!

7/15/10

beach day

Summer has finally arrived in Southern California! Yay! I've been checking the weather.com 10-day forecast every day hoping to see a glimmer of sun, but for 2 months we've been covered in gloom.
Last night, however, I finally got to fetch our fans from under the house and turn them on full blast. Ahh, how I love oppressive heat. :)
I'm sure it's going to be an absolute zoo at the beach this weekend, but I don't care. This is happening.

My madre - around my age in Spain in the 70s. :)

7/14/10

As is typical for most starving twenty-somethings, I tell myself I'm going to see a lot more concerts than I actually end up going to. Sad but true.
However, when I heard there was going to be a concert with not one, not two, but THREE of my favorite musical collaborations...well, dang. Time to bite the bullet. Yes folks, this weekend I will be seeing:

She & Him

The Bird & the Bee

The Swell Season

Binoculars? Check.

Wine to smugly drink on our picnic blanket? Check.

Boyfriend to drag along? Yep, totally set.

Let the entertainment commence!

7/8/10

San Fran film - part 2

Ok, so in a nutshell our weekend went like this is SF:
Friday - arrive. Mission district w/friends
Saturday - Muir Woods and Sausalito, dinner at Millennium
Sunday - sailing on the bay, fireworks at night from the rooftop of a friend of a friend's. :)

A gorgeous, memorable weekend to say the least. Can definitely see myself living up there someday.
And because I'm a photo fiend, below are more shots from the weekend - these taken with my trusty Lomo LC-A+.

San Fran film - part 1

Finally got a chance to get my film developed - yay! Besides the photobooth picture and hipstamatic shot three pics down, these shots were taken with my Spirit 600 Polaroid. For the record, using a Polaroid on a wet, windy, aggressively rocking sailboat is not recommended...but super fun. :)