i love fab.com seriously! this print is so cute! i have thoughts of push pins & thread tracking across it as i chart out my next road trip!!
via you and me, and the royal we
now who wants to pack the car snacks + hiking stops? happy weekend everyone! moving a little slower this morning ^_* #toooldtoparty
the weather has been absolute crap as of late so this has become my uniform (completely uninspired and just cozy).
i’ve been keeping warm with lots of tea + new to me recipes. melissa over at hunt.gather.love. recommended fermented buckwheat pancakes so i used this one by chris kresser. my modifications were to mash half a banana into the batter & i added a tiny bit of cardamom, nutmeg and some cinnamon to spice things up. i used about 3 pats of kerrygold unsalted butter to cook the cakes and i think that made them taste so delicious!
pro tip* use a cookie cutter to cut out your pancakes 
i poured all of the batter into the pan at once and made a giant cake and then proceeded to go DIY on them. i had berries & raw maple syrup drizzled over the top. the verdict? pretty tasty! i think i could incorporate these in as a weekend treat!
lastly, i wanted to share my newest obsession: dior addict extreme lipstick in the color ‘fireworks.’ i’ve been a fan of dior lip addict glow which is essentially a lightly colored balm that moisturizes your lips. the addict extreme version is a longer lasting lipstick that is semi-matte with a hint of sheen and i cannot say enough times how much i love this lipstick! it doesn’t look cakey or too matte and leaves you with that just bitten look. have you tried this?!
#firstfriday overdue! americana tattoo designs, baseball games, futuristic tiny cities & one of my favorite songs to keep me running on the adrenaline this week! click here to listen.
this week is even busier than the last complete with a fancy formal cocktail reception party, then a distillery tour & coffee dates <3 what’s one thing you are looking forward to this week?
i love mixing pattern & print! throw in some textures and i am one happy girl! i adore a man who knows how to dress! contrary to popular belief, i do not ‘dress’ nate. he is very much into classic menswear and incorporates many textures with ease. i spy little pieces with some ‘flair’ and add some interest to the outfit. a few of nate’s favorite places to shop: billy reid, park&bond, and aaron levine for hickey. i am such a huge fan of the men’s cuffed pant with the striped detail pocket! men everywhere: please buy these trousers! it shows personal style while being completely put together, it’s effortlessly fashionable. this is an example of how we would dress for a special date-night! here’s a foolproof way to spruce up this spring by bringing in the fun dimension of mixing spots & stripes. check out some of my favorite pieces below! x
hers: bag, stucco stripe songbird dress, world fair sleeveless dress
so are you team spots or stripes? or both!
coachella! i’ll make it there someday! i’ll have to share my crazy bonnaroo road trip + radiohead experience someday 
this made me laugh!
“Yo Hologram Tupac, I’m real happy for you and I’mmma let you finish but Obi-Wan Kenobi was one of the best holograms of all time!” (via @kanye)
{via kqedscience}
first off, i want to thank each and every one of you who commented, emailed, delurked and weighed in on this post. i sincerely will take every suggestion into consideration and report back in a few months hopefully with some promising results! our bodies are dynamic as is our journey through life so i’m not particularly shocked about a little bump in the road. enough about that for now
i need to catch you up on our delicious meal at cure where i had an insanely tasty beef tartare! in the meantime, i am trying to hold our window screens in place because it is gusting up to 40mph out there right now!? so enjoy this little toy: i couldn’t embed this because it updates in real time, but check this out! so interesting! here’s a screen grab of all the wind flow across the nation. science is so cool sometimes!
^_*
the weather has been insane here lately! windy one day bringing in a warm or cold front. i don’t know how to dress for this?! where did you go spring?
it’s been ages since i’ve done a progress report and there’s good reason for that! the only ‘progress’ i’ve made is losing muscle & weight that i didn’t need to lose in the first place :/. i’m attributing this to my increasingly busy schedule, decreasing my meat intake & ditching birth control. before anyone freaks out, let me explain. in true scientific fashion, let’s tease out the variables at play:
august 2011
-kickboxing 2x weekly
-bodyrock-3-4x weekly
-100g protein daily mostly in the form of red meat (lamb, beef, pork), some chicken + fish & eggs
-birth control: ortho-tri-cyclen for 2 years+
-total time exercising weekly ~4hrs which isn’t a lot for some people but it was major burnout for me!
april 2012
-stopped kickboxing around oct 2011
-bodyrock 1x weekly, yoga 1-2x & 1 cardio day
-decreased protein intake to ~70-80g daily mostly in the form of eggs + fatty fish with some red meat & chicken
-quit birth control in decemember 2011
-total time exercising weekly ~ <2hrs
what’s been happening so far. . .
-haven’t had a period in 2012, not worried as i’m expecting it to take a year to return. i am supplementing with maca powder every day for 3 wks then i take 1 week off so as to not build up a tolerance to it.
-unintentional loss of 7 lbs (i attribute this mostly to getting off the pill, note the looser sports bra in the photo i took today) also, the decreased protein intake & more casual exercise routine has caused me to lose lean muscle mass. i can deal with that but i’m also not trying to get any smaller because i feel like i look too ‘scrawny’ right now which has been brought to my attention by some others. sorry for the crappy photo today, it was rainy but i tried to give the same angle for comparison sake.
the game plan:
-cut out the cardio day in favor of gentle yoga or a short walk? exercise for me is not a means of weight maintenance i simply do it for stress relief. i am a firm believer that diet trumps exercise and my lifestyle proves my point.
-continue eating 70-80g fat daily…i’ve been doing this for 2 years now! i don’t think my stomach can handle more!
-continue maca supplmentation and practice patience for hormonal regularity.
so. i need your suggestions! any tricks/tips for not looking scrawny or for hormone regulation?
you know those days when you simply cannot wait to unwind and kick off your shoes? for me, sometimes it’s an interpretive dance session to this song in our living room (usually met with nate’s roaring laughter) or a short session of yoga. there are times when i just want to make a mess and leave it (a rare occasion for my neat freak self) and this paper confetti installation made my heart sing! by the way, tissue confetti is an easy DIY. check it here.
there is a certain playfulness about Yayoi Kusama’s work here. the blank canvas begs to be used and there is order in this chaos. you see it don’t you? love interactive art!
i have an e-cart filled with probably 8-10 peplum related items. i should stop now. this was my first piece purchased from urban outfitters in 2009. i had a hunch that these would be en vogue someday contrary to popular belief, these will not make you look broad across the hips. when styled properly, they are quite slimming drawing attention to a narrow waist. just make sure to treat your legs with some skinny jeans or shorts to complement the look!
someone told me i looked like a flower here with my green stems ^_*
here are some of my favorites:
1. lowie peplum dress
2. good sport yellow tank
3. peplum parade tweed dress
4. awear top with peplum
do you march in the peplum parade or watch from the sidelines?
