Alive and in the meantime.

Pardon us. We're on vacation. In the great American west.

Bozeman, Montana 2009

We have been avoiding the internet in favor of

mountain hikes!

private pilates sessions!

marathon thrifting!!!

main street USA cuisine!

manicures!

pedicures!

swingsets!

poolside ice tea!

I wanted to take a quick break from the leisure to let you all know that I did pick a winner of the Mink Pink giveaway. I drew randomly from a pot and have to say a big, fat congratulations to Talia aka phloxblossom! She has very wisely chosen the fringed black mini-skirt. I comment her wearable, any-season choice! THANK YOU to everyone who threw their hat in the ring. I actually have another sweet giveaway lined up for the very near future. Keep your eyes open!!

oh how we change.

Bozeman, Montana 2005

Seacrest out. For the moment.

p.s. I just saw Austin blogger Sea of Shoes in VOGUE! Whaaaaa? That is ah-mazing.

and here's to the silver sea.

There are so many amazing things about going on vacation in Hawaii with your family. The most amazing being the inevitable (if we have the same mother, anyhow) group family photos on the beach.  I thought I would, nee should, share some of the beauty with you all.

"I'm squishing your head"

Looks like my hypersensitive offspring just realized she was standing on *GASP* sand.

Don't worry, with a little time and patience, you too can learn to look this pretty in photos...

I think we pulled it out in the end. This one has "annoying family photo Christmas card that you look at once and then throw away" written AAAALLLLL over it.

So I was in Oahu all last week on family vacation and I took a merciful break from anything blog related. This is almost all the photos I ended up in. In case you are wondering, I found that dress at a flea market near Peal Harbor. A few of the other lessons/highlights of my vacation included,

• Avery gets stung by a portugese man o' war on night one. She speaks in tongues and screams for an hour. The next day she GETS BACK IN THE OCEAN. Whaaaaatttt?

• Polynesian guys dancing is hot, really hot. I was unaware.

ooooh manly.

   

• We do not have television at my house. After spending a week in a room with a television, I have discovered that I love the Animal Planet channel and Deadliest Catch on the Discovery Channel.

Again. Whaaaat?!?!

• Japanese tourists are the most stylish people on earth. I probably do not need to point this out but come on. They always look this fresh and styled, even while sunbathing.

Oooooh, I also got to hit up 88 Tees in Waikiki, a fun, trendy japanese vintage/tee-shirt shop. I was desperately searching waikiki on our last day on the island for a sweater or sweatshirt to buy so I wouldn't freeze to death during the 11 hours I was going to endure in the air. I detest being cold. It would have been an easier task were I not bound to this little secondhand agenda. I was so excited when I discovered the racks and racks of vintage shirts, sweaters, and sportswear in 88 tees!!

I ended up with a vintage NAVY hooded sweatshirt for $18! Perfect. I was cozy all the way home and I stayed true to my pledge. Alas, Austin is suffering through a vicious heat wave and I may not even touch the sweatshirt again for months. It is topping 100 degrees here every day, by several degrees in fact, and doesn't look to be cooling soon.

In the spirit of blogging about what this blog is actually about, here are the last two outfits I photographed before leaving on vacation.

LEFT

dress-thrifted

shorts-husbands

shoes-vintage

RIGHT

dress-thrifted, from Anthropologie

shoes-vintage

And yes, that is my kid on two different days in the same dress. She is young, we'll forgive her ;)