Browsing Tag:

iphone

In travel on
September 25, 2013

bonjour from nice!

 photo 4761f205-79fe-4a2f-a3d4-1d134c5033a8.jpg
 photo bb.jpg

guess what? i’m finally posting! surprise! this will be my last post before closing my blog so if you want to continue to read, comment here or shoot me an email at thestardustsunrise@gmail.com (thanks to you who already have!). but i’m here! i’ve arrived! goodness this past week has been a whirlwind! getting here was quite the challenge. delayed flights, almost missed connections, lost baggage. sounds like a “worst case scenario while flying” list but i made it and i’m loving it here! it is beyond beautiful in nice. that’s probably why its called ‘nice’. ha. i’ve been exploring the city lately which is a huge deal because i usually hate going anywhere alone but it’s been good to see the places i want to go and to get some very important things done. like buying yoga mats and reading for hours in coffee shops and discovering how to order soy lattes in french. see? obviously really important things. but i have been picking up the language more and more and living with a woman who speaks hardly any english is definitely helping. i’m SO excited to start language classes and get on an actual schedule. while meandering the city is nice, everything is better when you do it with purpose. i’ve been scoping out coffee shops to do homework at and stationary stores to get school supplies at (though i’ve yet to find one like kikki k.) and i have quite a few things planned for the weekend. above are some of the things i’ve been seeing and experiencing lately. is it pretty here or what? i know i already said that but its worth saying again. if you want to follow my adventures, follow me on instagram at indiansummer6. i changed my instagram because i was hardly using the other (its a wonder why i ever had two to begin with) and wanted a more private space to post. so au revior for now and i’ll be sure to update here on a more regular basis. pinky promise.

In eateries, food on
August 28, 2013

portola

 photo 017D03B4-1125-47A5-8E34-1A2A4FC53A6E-1252-00000082EA680DB3.jpg
 photo A3721BB4-9220-4753-B4C0-740195F9CA7A-1252-00000082EFE57325.jpg
 photo 40D0F236-E088-438B-A586-B40C3668940A-1252-00000082F504658F.jpg
 photo 45B708BC-BE83-4A12-8A4C-94673A4FA643-1252-00000082F99A1293.jpg
 photo FAC2524D-5B26-498A-BA9C-C9B7361FA4AB-1252-0000008300C73A1B.jpg
 photo 66BD47DB-2A2F-4227-A25E-72ED39E3C3DD-1252-000000830888B4B1.jpg

theres no getting around it: portola is the gold standard of coffee shops. i mean coffee is serious business there. the baristas wear lab coats and make coffee in beakers and they have a testing lab in the back room. it’s that intense. but the coffee here is gooooood. not normal good but “spend-all-my-extra-money-on-soy-lattes” good. the fact that they have a tea bar next door and an acai bowl place down the hall doesn’t help the amount of time and money i spend at the mix mart. its so bad the people who work there are starting to know me by name. birdy, the place with amazing acai bowls, also carries brown bear eats baked goods, which is my friend and her moms cookie company that has the best treats i’ve ever tasted. and the fact that most things they make are gluten-free or vegan makes it all the better.

so with all the said, i thought that the mix mart would be my perfect place to take my friend christina who is visiting from arrowhead because she is a fellow fine coffee, veggie packed salads and gluten-free vegan baked goods lover. we had lunch at the new green leaf (so yum but a little too hectic for my liking) then headed over to portola for a drink. everytime i hang out with christina, i’m reminded why we are best friends and how blessed i am to have met her half way across the world. we had so many laughs and reminisced about good times and talked about our plans for what’s next in our lives. we always have a great time together but it’s really great to hang out with her on this side of the world. so blessed to have such great friends! love you girlie

In eateries, food on
August 17, 2013

birdie

 photo 782C4ED7-6FA9-49AE-B7DA-0DAD901F1ABD-1146-0000007C6D73204D.jpg

acai bowls are my newest obsession. i’ve liked them for a while but since becoming a gluten-free vegan, they have become my go-to meal while out. so when i found out birdie, a cafe by the same people who opened milk+honey, was opening at the mix mart, i was overjoyed. now i had a great place to get lunch (or breakfast. or dinner. or snack) with my portola coffee. that’s the best part about acai bowls; they’re good for any meal! after my mom and i spoke on a panel for the women’s study at my church, we decided to have a girl date and get birdie bowls and lattes with another mother and daughter from our church. it was a fun time with great food and tons of laughs. my mom is so awesome and i’m really cherishing my time with her while i’m at home

In travel on
June 7, 2013

cedros street

Photobucket Pictures, Images and Photos

i don’t go to san diego too often but when i do, i always seem to end up in the design district.  a few days ago, my mom and i visited san diego to get some gifts and do some shopping. though we didn’t stay long, we had a fun time eating yummy food from whole foods and looking around the stops. my favorite shop is solo on cedros street. everything in the store is so inspirational and unusual and i want just about every book on the book tables. here are a few pics of some of my wanderings around the store and some of the beautiful things i found

Photobucket Pictures, Images and Photos
{loving aaron slim’s beautiful photos of the french riviera}
Photobucket Pictures, Images and Photos

Photobucket Pictures, Images and Photos
{adorable children’s book based on sense and sensibility}
Photobucket Pictures, Images and Photos
//all photos via iphone//
In life on
June 1, 2013

(later)grams

 photo final1.jpg
 photo final2.jpg
 photo final3.jpg
 photo final4.jpg

happy june everyone! this is the best month of the year but i might be a little biased 😉 after an unintentional blog hiatus, i’m finally back! being home has been so nice and such a change of pace from life in new zealand! honestly, i’ve been doing a whole lot of nothing: just relaxing, catching up on some of my favorite tv shows (revenge and modern family), reading some great books and unpacking and its been glorious… well besides the unpacking part. i feel like i’ve been home months instead of 2 weeks. goodness time flies. besides all the ‘nothingness’ i’ve been doing, i got to see one of my favorite bands, daughter, perform at the troubadour and it was such a wonderful performance, saw one of my besties graduate (congrats christina!), had some fun adventures in la, eaten a lot of fruit, drank a lot of green smoothies and taken lots of beautiful walks by the beach. so far, this summer has been so good. summer, i like you. stay a while