Bonjour, mes beaux amis!
Oh how I have missed you and the blog!!! It has been quite some time since I was last here, but as you probably surmised from my previous few posts, I became unbelievably busy with a couple little projects called WEDDINGS! I actually held two wedding receptions, one on the east and one on the west coast. As any girl who’s planned their wedding knows, ONE wedding is enough to exhaust you – let alone two. Continue reading
Bonjour, mes beaux amies!!
My wonderful friend and her awesome husband threw the funnest “Yacht Social Club” themed party over the weekend, and it was just so beautifully thought out and designed, I could NOT help but snap away with the camera. Continue reading
Bonjour, mes beaux amis!
The weekend has been busy thus far with wedding things, decisions and fun stuff like TASTINGS! Even though I’ve been counting down to our wedding date in October, I don’t think I’ve shared that we are actually having a second reception in November closer to home in San Diego! So yes – it’s been double duty for us as far as planning is concerned… exhausting, chaotic but also ridiculously awesome and tremendously fun! Not to mention – we’ve gotten the chance to sit through TWO TASTINGS! Yeah, the wedding planning doesn’t suck. Continue reading
Bonjour, mes beaux amis!
This week has flown by already – I woke up this morning and couldn’t remember what day it was! But I did realize I hadn’t blogged in a few days, and I was itching to say hello!
My wedding is exactly 100 days away!!! EEEEEEEEK!!!! Continue reading
Bonjour, mes beaux amis!
It’s a short week for us in the US since Friday is the 4th of July. This weekend my other half and I decided to take it easy this weekend for some time to catch our breath after lots of recent travel, work and general chaos. Some of that ‘take it easy’ time will include some reading (I’m about 3/4 done with Philip K. Dick’s The Man In the High Castle), as well as catching up on some TV/movie watching!
.And hopefully we squeeze in a few healthy activities too – which reminds me, I’ve been meaning to share my Breakfast Boost smoothie recipes! Here’s the first of a few recipes I’ve been tweaking:
Bonjour, mes beaux amis!
I hope you had a wonderful weekend! My weekends always seem to go by too quickly, but I’ve started mentally enjoying Mondays a bit more as a day of transition and reflection from the weekend into the craziness of the week. Fortunately, my Mondays have recently become less hectic from go, and I definitely think it’s been a huge help to ease into the week as opposed to hitting the pavement fast-first.
This past weekend, I did some self-reflection about a number of things: Continue reading
Bonjour, mes beaux amis!!
The past week has been whirlwind for me with travel, introducing my parents to my parents-in-law, and finalizing more wedding details. Needless to say, life has been hectic recently. But there’s no feeling like finding a home away from home in another great city, and for me that city is Philadelphia! I have experienced some incredibly heartwarming and inspiring moments in Philly in between all the recent hectic times, and it’s those moments that have moved me to appreciate everything I have presently and the many blessings to come.
The best way to show my appreciation of those blessings is to share them with others – so, voilà! Continue reading
Bonjour, mes beaux amis!
I recently shared that I am just four months away from my wedding (eeeeeek!)!! In fact, I just got the call that my wedding dress has been shipped and is ready for me to pick up. And we all know what that means: that dreaded profane FOUR LETTER WORD…
diet.
However, I just read Continue reading
Bonjour, mes beaux amis!!!!!
I’m baaaaaa-aaaack!!! I couldn’t stay away forever. I did lose about an entire year of having the time or energy to blog, but let’s just get back up and keep going as the saying goes, right?
So much has happened in the last twelve months, from good to bad to ugly and back to amazing and incredible and beautiful. C’est la vie, non? Continue reading
Bonjour, mes bons amis!
We finally made it to the weekend! It’s been quite a week – but what better way to relax than by getting in the mood for “the greatest two minutes in sports” with Kentucky-inspired cocktails, smoky southern BBQ and of course, a fancy big hat! (We really need more traditional occasions/reasons for wearing big hats like the Derby…)
Churchill Downs has hosted the Kentucky Derby for 139 years
{photos from top left: pberry / jackiembarr / JoeyBLS Photography / Velo Junior / Nikki McLeod}
Bourbon is a personal favorite of mine, so I enjoy watching the event with friends, pretending to be at Churchill Downs wearing a big hat of my own with a delicious bourbon cocktail in hand. Needless to say, I needed little convincing to share some of my own Derby inspirations.
We need more reasons for bourbon cocktails and big hats…
Finally, as old-school and traditional as the Kentucky Derby may be…
Kentucky Derby in 1955
… today’s Kentucky Derby is anything but stuck in the past.
Kevin Krigger, Kentucky Derby jockey hoping to win the garland of roses.
And I’m off!
Have a wonderful weekend, mes bons amis!!
♥ – LBH
la belle hibou 