'Til Monday: A Summer Memory

Looking through our photographs, I  came across a bunch from one of our favorite summer adventures :  movies at a drive in. While visiting my parents in NJ, we took our children to the same drive -in theater I grew up attending.  A few things about it changed,  but the overall experience remained the same.  It was just as exciting as I remembered it.  The kids we're overjoyed by the entire thing:  sitting on the hood of the car, munching on popcorn, watching the sun set and the screen light up.  We had an amazing summer.  Here's to a new season filled with adventures, lots of friends and family gatherings.  Happy Autumn, everyone!

Do have a favorite summer memory?

Loving: Muted Florals

Lately, I've been attracted to muted florals.  Their patterns and tones are openly romantic yet curiously timeless, and may inadvertently add elegant touches to one's home OR closet.

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Are YOU a fan of softly-hued botanical patterns?

Out And About: Big Daddy's Antiques

One of the home goods stores I've really wanted to visit ever since we returned to the Bay Area was Big Daddy's Antiques.  Last week, I finally had the opportunity to experience this amazing retail destination.  Walking through it, one feels as though a theatrical event just wrapped up or is about to happen.  Surrounded by unique vintage finds, large scale lighting, cooing doves and dramatically displayed merchandise, one is totally transported to an artfully curated, timeless space.  Take a look at some of the visual impressions Big Daddy's Antiques left me with:

Big Daddy's Antiques can be found here.

Update: Knowing A Little About A Lot Or.....

My attempt at honing one single avocation has been complicated by a series of requests.  Since I posted this a few weeks ago , I've embarked on an exciting design project, been commissioned to create several botanical arrangements and hired for my first [professional] photography session.  It's as though the energy I devoted into sharing my insecurities over knowing a little about a lot transformed into wonderful opportunities.  I haven't yet decided which area I'd like to focus on because they're all exciting and each one is challenging me to deepen my knowledge within it.  Maybe I'm destined to be a jack of "some" trades?!?

Have you ever put your energies into something mentally to have them become tangible in some way?

I also want to thank the readers that reached out to me privately to share their thoughts on what they do, their personal struggles and the dreams they have for their future.  May they all realize.

'Til Monday: 5 Friday Favorites

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