SOMEWHERE ONLY WE KNOW

Shirt: Joe Fresh, Skirt: Talula, Bag: Kate Spade

Being a lil inspired by this, was out all day yesterday being touristy in Vancouver for a change. Feelin lucky to be able to walk along Robson then down to Gastown then up through Chinatown and over to Yaletown in one afternoon. Leopard-print loafers seemed the best option for my little voyage, paired with an outfit of stripes (didn't realize I was wearing that many). Really into simple jewelry these days too, silver rings and a gold necklace and random bracelets go with everything.

School starts in three weeks, first project with my grade ones and twos is a travel project. Been collecting maps from many places I've been to this summer (even one from Vancouver today, how touristy is that), they'll all be pinned up in a huge collage in the classroom. Then we're gonna add photos or ticket stubs or postcards or whatever treasures each kid collected on his/her holidays and add more and more to the collage. Maybe I'll stick push-pins with each kid's name on them to the places they've been. Doesn't have to be somewhere crazy, they could have visited Stanley Park or Granville Island, every place that is new is pretty darn cool when you're young, and Vancouver is a great city to start with...

Loafers: Forever21, Rings: Stella & Dot, Necklace: street vendor in NYC, Bracelets: vintage, Nail polish: American Apparel

Paris maps: The Cross (Yaletown)

VIOLENT COLOURS SO OBSCENE

From one camping trip to the next, didn't even unpack my bags, which explains the same black dress over and over. Spent long days lying on the dock in Osoyoos, literally did nothing and wouldn't have had it any other way. In the best company with three friends and one canine, hours of suntanning and wine touring and throwing the boomerang for that dog about a million times. Made my way to Skaha Lake for one night, the view from my tent breathtaking at sunset. Also been wearing this sparkly shirt pretty much every day since coming home from New York, all my other travel purchases in my lost luggage, which was, amazingly, waiting for me with my concierge when I got home Friday night...

Bikinis: Old Navy

Black dress: Urban Outfitters, Shades: Ray Ban

Sparkly shirt: Gap, Shorts: Lululemon

I WAS SWALLOWING THE SHINE OF THE SUN

Dress: Urban Outfitters, Sandals: Michael Kors, Shades: Ray Ban

My folks have been going to the same camping spot for twenty-nine years, so I've been going ever since I was born. Each time I go I feel like a kid again. The lake, the golf course, the crib games, the barbequed meals, always the same familiarities I love about that place. Things I'll never grow out of doing, like buying a ridiculous amount of candy from the candy store, and eating Lunchables and mini cereals, and Italian sodas and ice cream, and fireworks and the Saturday market, and watching sunsets and counting stars...

CAUGHT A BOLT OF LIGHTNING, CURSED THE DAY HE LET IT GO

Last day in New York took the ferry to Staten Island and back to see the Statue of Liberty. Flying home last night we flew through a lightning storm, never seen lightning like that before, probably one of the coolest things ever. Many thunder and lightning storms while I was out east, so different than Vancouver, kept trying to take pictures of them but photographing lightning is almost impossible. Perhaps some things should be left to our own memories, that no one but you saw or experienced. Makes those memories extra special, because you know what it meant to you and how you felt at that time, and no one can take that away from you.  

THESE STREETS WILL MAKE YOU FEEL BRAND NEW

Brunch this morning at a place that serves bottomless mimosas. Shopping in Chinatown and Soho to buy a fake Longchamp bag to pack all the stuff I've bought here, can't even come close to stuffing everything into my suitcase. Jewelry purchased from street vendors. Ground Zero and the Brooklyn Bridge and the happiest feeling that I finally made it to New York but the saddest feeling that I leave tomorrow and I don't want to...