Pretty Things

Here are some items I have been eying...
I love this bicycle necklace. I am collecting a few items of bicycle everything... I will post a bicycle dedicated post soon... i swear!

How great is this dress? I love the take off the butterflies...

... the ESCAPE...

Okay, so, more on what has kept me so busy these last 2 weeks!

On June 14th, we did the swim portion of the Escape from Alcatraz, sponsored by my company. The water was rough and we were told of increase sitings of jelly fish. I am a complete freak when it comes to seeing fish in water... especially when I am trying to swim for my life. What was I thinking... this was hard... i give total props to the full triathletes!

Here was our boat, it stopped right next to Alcatraz... 1.5miles from the beach.

Here is a picture of the Kayak helpers coming in after all the swimmers finished...

Here is a picture of us running in... luckly i was hidden behind the girl in the middle... during the swim my husband found me and swam with me all the way in... even though he could have gone faster... i totally freaked and sooo needed him by my side. I felt so lucky to have him there...

Finally, I was on an all girls race team... here I am getting ready for the biker to come in so that I can take the timing chip off her and put it on the runner. It was a great day! I can not wait to do it again next year!

What a break

Wow, what a break... so sorry.

The next few weeks will be quite busy. It all starting with an urgent request to get wedding invitations designed and printed out to my too be cousin in law. I basically have 2 days to get everything together. I am going to design the invitations while I waited for the paper to arrive. Once it arrives I plan to spend one evening printing, assembling and making lots of ribbon bows. It going to be nuts!

POST Update: I think they can out pretty good. What do you think?

Its Friday!!!!

I ran across a new blog today and pick up this Chart! I love it. First of all, I definitely need to hear more "Here, have some wine." more from my husband!! That line never gets old... I think if he follows this we are all set!

Second, if you have time, check out everything LEB, she did this wonderful before and after of a $20.00 chair she bought on Craigslist! I am so impressed... Inspiration!!

before:

Have a great weekend!

Coffee

Check out our local coffee shop stop .. Blue Bottle coffee is just the best 'cracked out' coffee in the whole world! We go to the garage door store in Hayes Valley each morning for a soy latte or personalized drip coffee. This photo is from their downtown location... they have all these crazy japanese contraptions to brew coffee....



I just love it....

Week's Obssessions

There is something about this colored pillar that I just love! We have a long living/dining room layout with tall ceilings. I feel that it would be a great addition in our corner next to the sliding glass doors or between our couch and dining space! I can not wait for the next flea market in Alameda!!

My next obsession this week, is this leather woven floor mirror. I actually purchased this item at Z gallery while attending the Union Street Fair this weekend. The leather is actual leather is not as shiny as the picture here. I now need to figure out 1. how to pick it up (preferably without the husband... he will love it once it is in the house but not so much before) and 2. where exactly I am going to place it in the house!!

Finally, I am loving antlers. I was looking for 2 tall candlesticks to place on our corner fireplace mantel. I think I may get either 2 tall antlers like the ones above or some variation of the above. The picture here is from Roost.

Empanada love

This weekend we traveled to our friends house where they were trying out Empanada recipes. These here are so good, so good i just had to share this with you!

Weekend Post Catch up!

So a few weeks ago, I blogged about wanting to try and make bagels... Well, I did make some bagels and wanted to share the final results!

I am addicted to them now. They make a perfect breakfast for our weekdays. Small, yummy, quick to eat. I would serve them up with some espresso served in our espresso cups we bought on our Honeymoon!!

Check out the recipe here!