pssst...

my friend jodi is doing an incredible giveaway on her blog.

you should head over to passport in my pocket and read about all the wonderful things jodi shares... trips and adventures, great books, art, music, and food, interesting interviews, and quite a bit of insight and inspiration.

want to know one more secret?

the biggest reason that i love jodi and her blog?

because i truly believe that our mutual wanderlust and overwhelming desire for adventure makes us kindred spirits. that among other things.

xoxo

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reason no. 683 why i love my husband

a few days ago husband came home from the grocery with a cantaloupe. 

the conversation that ensued was as follows:

husband: so i got this because it was on sale.

me: ooh yum, i love cantaloupe {as i proceed to smell said melon.}

husband: {looking perplexed} why did you smell that?

me: that's how you know if it's ripe.

husband: hm. i saw some lady at the store smell them. i tried it too, but i didn't smell anything, so i just picked one at random.

{insert picture of a very confused looking husband in the middle of the produce section trying to smell cantaloupe melons.}

reason no. 683 why i love husband?

he smells cantaloupe at the grocery store beside soccer moms just to make sure he brings home a good one.

xoxo

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these boots were made for walkin

and that's just what they'll do. one of these days theses boots are gonna walk all over you...

i just can't wear my cowboy boots without singing that verse at least once.

{as a kid, i used to strut around the house in cowboy boots singing this song at the top of my lungs. some things never change.}

this is what i like to call a "running-errands-around-town-all-day-so-i-want-to-be-comfortable-and-warm-but-still-be-cute" kind of look. it's also a good "i-just-came-from-a-yoga-class-and-now-have-errands-to-run" look.

 

  {iphone likes to peek out of the side pocket of this bag. hello iphone!}

sweater, anthro; jeans, target; boots, vintage; bag, urban

what do you wear on your days spent yogaing, grocerying, targeting, shopping, running to the bank, post office, etc?

xoxo

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2. 28. 10

we now no longer camp as for a night, but have settled down on earth and forgotten heaven.  
~henry david thoreau

my little heart is longing for adventures lately.

for warmer spring days to go camping, for roasting marshmallows and making smores, for day hikes to the top of a mountain and eating lunch surrounded by the beautiful view, for the serenity of down time next to a campfire with my best friend.

where do you go to get away from it all?

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as if i needed another reason to love nyc...

...enter the vault by lisa perry.

the vault will be downstairs of perry's flagship store on madison ave that was once a citibank and will offer up to 75% off of merchandise from current and past seasons. there will be racks ranging in price and a table of pick-me-up items {accessories, trinkets, etc} at even lower price points.

the bright colors are so happy and inviting! but the thing that i love the most?

the actual vault of the old bank is an installation featuring large costume jewelry and money spilling out of the boxes. ingenious. j'adore.

it looks like a summertime trip to nyc may be a necessity sooner rather than later.

xoxo

images courtesy of lisa perry

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happiness is...

sharing stories over a good cup of coffee. 

somehow happiness is happier, sorrow is less sorrowful,  laughter lasts longer, hurts are eased or forgotten, and souls are mended. i am a firm believer that conversation and coffee are powerful tools.

{for my coffee buddy. miss you.}

xoxo

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winter slight

january and february are typically the dreary months here in the south. it's cold, windy, and rainy, and all i can think about are sunny spring days filled with floral skirts, sailor-inspired dresses, picnics, camping trips, and sandals. this year my winter slight is especially bad. mr. groundhog did not see his shadow, which means six more weeks of winter, and let me tell you, mother nature is serious about this extended winter. just last weekend we got six inches of snow, and it never snows in ga.

all that being said, i have absolutely fallen into a winter fashion slight. i spend my days bundled up in sweaters & scarves, with my skinny jeans tucked into boots so as to keep my feet warm. that's why the outfit posts have been lacking lately. {one can only post so many outfits of this sort} i have managed to pick up a couple spring/summer pieces {on sale!} that i am slowly bringing out into these cold winter days hoping to speed up spring's arrival.

tank, f21; cardi, target; cigarettes, urban; heels, h&m; neckalce, anthro

this past weekend, however, the temperatures reached a glorious 60 degrees, and the sun shone for hours on end {not just a peek out from the clouds here and there that has been the recent trend}. i know that the cold weather will be back before spring actually arrives. nonetheless, i have made it a personal goal to wear at least one article of bright color each day to officially end this winter slight of greys, blacks, scarves, and sweaters. what are you doing these days to combat the winter blues?
xoxo


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vancouver or bust

i love the winter olympics, {snowboarding, ice hockey, alpine skiing, downhill races, and figure skating? yes, please} so i have been in heaven lately with all the olympic coverage on the news.

some of my favorite moments thus far:

{shaun white winning gold in men's halfpipe}
i really enjoy watching men's halfpipe snowboarding because it is something that i would never be able to do. the thought of doing three or four flips over six feet in the air with a snowboard attached to my feet sounds like absolute fear to me, but it's just another day at work for shaun white.
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{lindsey vonn winning gold in women's alpine skiing}
because hers is just a really good story {overcoming an injury and being thought of as a "pin up girl"} & because she is a girly girl who is also outdoorsy. {she fits right in here at hiking in stilettos.}
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{shani davis winning gold & apolo ohno winning silver in speed skating}
because i really like speed skating for some reason & because shani davis supports an organization to bring speed skating to inner city kids in dc.
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image credit ohno

 

{the tango by russian ice dancers oksana domnina & maxin shabalin}
as a dancer myself, {although not of ice}, i really appreciated their grace and poise. one of my pet peeves with dancers of all types is closing in of the upper body {ports de bras for you dancer types}. the reason that this team displays such ease on the ice has a lot to do with their open & lifted upper torso. in short, it was a beautiful tango.
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it would take too long to list all of my favorite moments from this year's winter olympics. perhaps i will make it out to see some of the events in 2014....

what are some of your favorite events or olympic moments?



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happiness is...

homemade {individual} chicken pot pies on a really cold winter night, shared with someone you love.

how are you surviving the cold these days?

xoxo

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the state line felt like the berlin wall*

on our honeymoon i made it my personal goal to take a picture of every state line that we crossed. seeing as how i have never actually driven across the country, it was kinda important to me. besides, it was quite a fun way to pass the time.


more honeymoon pictures soon, i promise!
xoxo

*any takers on the title lyric??

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snow day in the south

it rarely snows in my corner of the country, so when we got 6 inches of snow this weekend, the city basically shut down. husband and i played a bit, made a snowman, took some pictures, and then holed up inside with a warm fire and a good movie.


hope you had a happy winter weekend.
xoxo


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2. 14. 10

"when we die, we will turn into songs,
and we will hear each other and remember each other."
~ Rob Sheffield


{happy valentine's day}


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a sad sad day

what an extraordinary loss of unique genius.
this says it better than i can.


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every day is like sunday

sundays are always bittersweet for me.

i wake up excited to dress up, go to church, see all the wonderful young couples in our small group, and learn about faith. church is followed by a lunch date with husband, which is especially lovely on pretty days when we can eat outside. our afternoons often consist of a trail run or bike ride or something to get us outside for a while.


it's around 3 or 4 o'clock that the bitterness arrives. i just don't want the weekend to end. i always want just one more day without responsibilities or obligations... one more day to just be with k.
ya know what i mean?

outfit details: cardigan & black skinnies, urban; shoes, lizard thicket boutique; necklace, anthro; purse, charming charlies

i never let the bitter overtake the sweet. sundays are so fun, and usually a homemade dinner and baking cookies ends our weekend on a perfect note.

even despite its bittersweet tinge, i think that sundays are my favorite day.


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aww, shucks

i've said this before, and i will say it again, i have the best readers in the world.
seriously, reading your comments and advice really makes my day, so when april of the right hypotenuse, told me she tagged me with a blog award, i was quite giddy. thank you april! you are too too sweet. {don't you just love her blog name by the way? i always liked the right triangles best in geometry class.}

ahem, and now...
seven things you probably don't know about hiking in stilettos:

1. i graduated from agnes scott college with a french major & chemistry minor. {read: i am a total nerd-o}

2. when i was five, we were coming home from christmas eve at my aunt's house when we saw our neighbor dressed as santa entering his front door. i was so scared that santa wouldn't leave me any toys because i was awake, so i hid in the closet & wouldn't respond to my mother's calls for 45 minutes.

3. i am addicted to long-sleeved, tissue weight t-shirts. i have one in every shade of every color of the rainbow, but i mostly wear them at home.


4. i spent 20 years of my life dancing, from the age of six up until after college... ballet, modern, graham technique... i still have my very first pair of pointe shoes.

5. i prefer odd numbers and lower case letters & avoid even numbers and upper case letters whenever possible.

6. one of my nicknames in college was "granola." it referred to my hippie tendencies of hiking/camping, wearing teva sandals, and being a veggie {see below}.

7. i genuinely like vegetables, pretty much all of them. broccoli, asparagus, brussel sprouts, cauliflower, spinach, you name it. in fact, i was vegetarian for a while.


i hope you enjoyed that little "get to know you" session. i really like learning quirks about my friends. that is actually one of the things i am enjoying most about being recently married. that being said, i am passing this award and it's seven facts along to each of you! i want to know what makes you tick :)

xoxo


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