Feeling Cozy

After the sun and warm weather from vacation, I have come back to San Francisco where the weather is chilly, and the days are getting shorter.  Sitting at work, it really feels much later than it is right now and I am feeling the need to curl up in an overstuffed chair with a cozy sweater and a steaming cup of cocoa.

While I can’t be preparing for a long winter’s nap, and pad around my apartment in my slipper socks until after work, one of my favorite afternoon rituals is to make some tea, and read through my favorite blogs. It’s soothing, and even under the flourescent lights, its a lovely break that feels like meeting up with friends, and discussing anything and everything from party planning and DIY projects, to babies, to weddings, to travel, design, and art.



STYLE ME PRETTY:
For wedding inspiration, and all things pretty, StyleMePretty is the ultimate.  The dresses and soires are so soft and romantic, I could easily get lost in this world of whimsy, flowers, and ruffles.

  





OH HAPPY DAY:
She is a native San Franciscan, but picked up her life – husband, kids, and career – and moved to Paris for a year.  She has guts, and is loaded with creativity as a party planner, and blogger extraordinaire.  Her blog OhHappyDay inspires me, both in design, creativity, and guts… I really just feel happy when I read her posts.



CUP OF JOE:
An ultimate New Yorker, she manages to stay hip as a mom, and honestly I just want to be her friend.  She is utterly cool, and blogs about family, motherhood, fashion, art and design.  Somewhere in the mix are weddings, and wisdom that applies to life, love, goals and being happy.  It’s sometimes therapeudic, and I want her life one day.
  

Paradise Found

Kris and I just got back from a much anticipated vacation, and after a much heated debate… we settled on Hawaii.  This is not to say that I did not want to go, or that I was against it.  I actually was gunning for it because from California, it’s a 5 hour flight (not long in the scheme of things) and it was just easy.  No Mexican kidnappings to worry about… no Costa Rican drug charges to fret over.

Not only did I like Hawaii…. I LOVED it.  Honestly, I have nothing but great things to say about it.

More to come with a normal night’s sleep……

Is this the one?!

As I mentioned, Kris and I have been apartment hunting for the past few months.  To cut the story short, it has been an extremely frustrating process.  Rent is at an all time high, and there are very few options right now… BUT… tonight we went to see an apartment, and I think this could be it!!

I can feel myself getting my hopes up, so I really need to take it down a few notches, but I left the apartment feeling so excited, I could barely contain it!  Kris just kept laughing at me – you’d swear I won the lottery.

I can just imagine how lovely this new home is going to be – the living room has tall floor to ceiling windows, and the whole unit gets a lot of light.  We can have dinner parties in our formal dining room, movie nights in the expansive living room, and order in because the kitchen is VERY small.

While we don’t have it yet, I have already started dreaming about the nesting… I can’t wait until the suspense is over and we can plan out our new apartment together.  Kris likes modern and I like more classic, so I think we can find an easy balance with what I am going to call… contemporary classic.

For fuel I headed over to House Beautiful – the epitome (I feel) of contemporary classic.  Some of the homes and rooms are a bit too fashion-y for me, but this magazine truly inspires me to experiment with more colors, fabrics, and textures to create something really interesting… I want practical meets stunning.  Kris wants what I want

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LOVE this slide show…
http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/designer-living-rooms

Must remiknd Kris that I am “streamlining” and “exercising restraint” when his bachelor couch goes bye-bye
http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/ideas/designer-decorating-secrets-ideas-0511


*Sigh* if only this were our house
http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/sophisticated-san-francisco-house?click=main_sr