.friday

Not sure what I am doing this weekend, but I want to go to the party these people are going to, and I want to get dressed in their closet. They look so effortlessly fabulous, don't they? I just know I would have a great time listening to all of the things they did this week, and feel they might enjoy my hearing about my bean taco recipe(see below). We will become fast friends, and if I ever paint the inside of my friggin house,(the 76 samples on the wall do NOT count)I may have them over next Friday for a cold PBR where we will discuss things effortless people discuss.

Sound good? You can come, too.

(image via The Selby)

.weekend, here I come...

Going to be doing a lot of work this weekend. Not much fun, but it is just the way the weekend ball is rolling for me. How about you? I hope you have a great one!

(image The Ritzy Bee)

.weekend, here I come...

Agreed.

Enjoy your weekend!

xoxo

(image via Please Sir)

.weekend, here I come...

So happy it is Friday. I have an extra spring in my step as I pick my baby girl up from camp tomorrow! Yahoo!

I hope you all have a great weekend!

xox

g.

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.happy birthday, U.S.A.

There are few things I enjoy as much as fireworks. They stun me, each year, as if it is the first time I have been lucky enough to witness this marvel. The color, designs, noise, all against a dark sky, lead to an excited chorus of ooooh's and aahhhh's. No matter where the person next to you is from, at that moment, you are all speaking the same language. The silence and anticipation between explosions give way to sheer delight. I love looking around and watching people break into a collective grin. It never ceases to amaze me how beautiful the sky becomes. And while it is illuminated and quite the entertainer, it is also calm. It is as if the moon is pausing to watch as well, and everything stands still for just a moment.

Happy Birthday, U.S.A. I always think you put on quite a party.

Be safe. xoxox g.

.friday floataway

Hello weekend! Time to strip off that business attire and RELAX. I have no true business attire, but I am going to wear my lazy flip-flops instead of my serious ones and hang with the family.

Please join me, shoes off, at this lovely little outdoor area for a drink

in the breeze(A small fantasy as I can assure you there is no breeze south of the

Mason-Dixon line). Can't wait.

Any great plans? Have a great one!

(images Marie-Claire, Anna Skoog)

.home sweet home

We're home! I do love home, although I also love to roam. Ha! Time for unpacking, getting the mail, filling orders and looking at the empty fridge! Quite the mix. But the best day will be Sunday, Father's Day, where I can celebrate the best men I know and love.

I hope you had a great week and your weekend is even better!

Happy Tuesday!

Missed you this weekend, but having a blast in Chicago. Still away, and so bummed as I realized I am taking all of these fun shots, but did not bring my computer thingy to upload them!!! Yikes! Bad amateur photographer. I am so loving it here. Every time I visit a new place, or an old favorite, I fantasize about living there. My husband says I would last about two minutes in Chicago as I only visit in the Summer and have no clue what the winter looks like. I get crabby when it drops below 50 in the Carolina's, so it may not be a good fit. But since I can be practical,(stop laughing, John) daughter three and I decided over lunch that we may live here from May to September and split as soon as necessary. Either way, I love it and seem to be drawn in by the people and places every time I travel.

Do you get that way? Where do you want to split to???

(image Hello friend)

.oh, weekend!

Thrilled to be visiting the windy city this weekend.  And even though the majority of our time will be spent in a windowless sports complex watching hundreds of 14 year old girls hit a volleyball, I am psyched for the time we'll have to explore between matches.  The last time I was in Chicago, the city was breaking a one hundred year heat wave record.  Swear.  We were so excited before we landed dreaming of cool breezes from Lake Michigan.  Insufferable heat is one of the summer pitfalls of the otherwise delightful South.  Instead of escaping, we saw people passing out in the streets. Swear. I remember my son saying maybe people in Chicago did not know about sunscreen as they were dropping like flies.  I said that was possible.

Hoping to take in a Cubs game, get some pizza, and see the Cy Twombly exhibit at the Art Institute. Any wonderful suggestions? Do you have fun weekend plans?  See you Monday!

.dreamy weekend

Relaxing and enjoying.  Hope you are, too!

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Get into a great book and enjoy this weekend! Reading anything special? I would love to hear...

(image Camilla Akrans via Froufrou)