Hello from The City of Presidents, aka Rapid City, South Dakota! I feel so overdue for a vacay (last one was San Diego over the Fourth of July and I've been sitting in Phoenix since!) There was work to do of course, and house plans but now seemed like a great time for a cowboy and Indian trip with my parents!
We stayed in Bear Mountain in Victoria Canada. It was about 30 minutes from the harbor and if we did it again we'd stay downtown since we kept going back and forth but it worked out fine. I just wish I brought some hiking clothes so we could have walked around in the morning because it really was so beautiful, reminded me a bit of Flagstaff actually.
I can’t wait to show you Butchart Gardens in Victoria, Canada. It’s been over 20 years since I’ve visited Victoria,...
One of my dearest and longtime friends got married at Hatley Castle in Canada, to a Canadian! It seems crazy to think that the wedding that was planned long ago finally came and went, and we are so glad we were able to attend her castle wedding in Victoria, Canada. The location of the movies X-Men and DeadPool 2.
Yes that's a beehive fascinator on my head! My mom and I made my fascinator when I was back home in Nor Cal for my friend Rachel's wedding I photographed. I knew which dress (along with lifesaving half slip Spanx to keep things smooth!) I would wear to my friend Lie Shia's bridal tea party at the just needed a yellow fascinator. I found one on Etsy for around $270 and I text my mom and said, can we make one but even better? And if you wonder where I got my creativity from it's my mom! And I got my entrepreneurship from my dad!
Our history of 12 years of friendship has taken us on several trips together and the past five years we decided we love heading to Vegas every early summer because it's open 24 hours. Not that we need to do something at all hours of the day, but we could. And the time of day doesn't really matter in Vegas, which is incredible when you want to eat later because it takes two hours to get ready for dinner, and you stay up late giggling and eating in bed and sleep in until 11 am to start your day. It's the time to be together, sleep in, unplug (but share what we're doing) and get dolled up, borrow each other's makeup and share makeup tips and tricks - like our old pageant days.
We are always looking for unique things to do in Vegas when we go every early summer for our girl's getaway and we haven't run out of things to discover yet - it's Vegas after all. With a quick Google search on fun things to do in Vegas or must see in Vegas, The Neon Museum popped up and it was so different! I saw the gorgeous colors, showed the girls and they were all in!
Dress: Abercrombie (similar, love this) / Shoes: Minnetonka / Earrings: H&M / Cuff: T. Madison I finally got to wear...
