How about this heat wave, California? You will never hear me complain about SUNSHINE and WARM weather. Well, actually…never say never. As I type this, my ankle is starting to swell and my pitting edema is kicking in…which always freaks me out. But at least the June gloom has subsided (for now). The day [ Continue Reading … ]

I am born and raised in Southern CA, but at the age of 30 I decided to pick up and move to NYC (read about it here). It didn’t take me long to snag the nickname “California”. It may or may not have had something to do with the fact that I actually went out [ Continue Reading … ]

I took these photos several weeks ago, back before our wildflowers completely died off. They lasted longer than usual this year because of all the rain we’d been having but still not long enough if you ask me! Now my husband has weed wacked them all down and this location will soon be home to [ Continue Reading … ]

I saw this dress on Lulu’s Instagram feed over a month ago and immediately purchased it. It is almost an exact dupe of the Reformation dress that I fell in in love with last Summer…only it was a fraction of the cost! But being the bad blogger I am (oops!), I never get around to [ Continue Reading … ]

Back in April, myself and a handful of bloggers were invited to attend Cabi’s first-ever #CabiBloggerDay held at their home offices in Southern CA. We kicked off our morning with a pink champagne toast and then had the most delicious welcome breakfast with Cabi’s CEO Lynne Coté & the Cabi executive team. It was so [ Continue Reading … ]