...my 4 days in Cali

I flew into San Francisco Thursday around lunch and basically went straight to In & Out Burger and I must say, Five Guys and Shake Shack are better! So that was accomplished. When I go to a new city, I love trying not to get caught up in "we have to do this, we have to do that," and just seeing where exploring takes me. We basically just walked the touristy Warf area and Ferry Building, stopped to try some chocolate at Tcho (more on that next week), spotted Alcatraz from afar and walked down every pier we saw.

We ate a yummy dinner around the corner from our awesome hotel (Hotel Des Artes, highly recommend) and crashed early since I had been up for about 21 hours. Woot. The next morning, after a quick run down to the water, we headed to Healdsburg in Sonoma for a wedding. We only had time for one vineyard (apart from the gorgeous venue of the wedding!) so we headed to Hop Kiln and got our wine taste on.

Sunday was my favorite. we drove back into SF and Casey and I just walked all over Hayes Valley and the Mission. It felt very untouristy. We literally stumbled into this AWESOME hole in the wall restaurant where we got brunch (chocolate chip pancakes with chocolate cayenne bacon and nutella maple syrup). I love when you feel like you discovered something only locals know about! We bopped around and continued to eat; ice cream at Smitten, a plate of meat a cheese somewhere in the Mission, and finally made our way to Ghiradelli Square and the Golden Gate bridge.

Hope you enjoyed my little babies!

...eating foods in other cities

Coming up tomorrow, a little recap from my trip to California!

...a comfy outfit

I love this so so much. The definition of effortlessly chic. 


I bought these Keds earlier this summer and have lived in them, now to find a breezy black dress...

remain simple.

...dip dyed furniture

I want something in my house to be dip dyed.

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...Ashleypants

Dear my little cinnamon bun,


Thank you for making the brave move from Columbus to DC so that we could meet and fall in love over designer purses and basically all things out of our price range.
I'm so happy you're in my life (omg this is sappy) and that we've grown so close so quickly! Happy birthday and I am sad I'm not there to celebrate. Have the BEST day!!!

...stripes and neon!

Hello, perfection.

seams for a desire

...San Francisco

I've had a hilarious obsession with San Francisco for a while. I seriously thought about moving there last spring, just packing up and leaving DC by myself on a crazy adventure. I just have this nagging feeling that I should live there. But then I told my mom the idea and I was somehow convinced to buy a condo...keeping me here for a couple more years. I'm onto her.


The best part? I've never even been there...hah! Well, tomorrow my dream is being realized as I board a plane in the morning with my DREAM destination. I get to galavant around San Fran and then head to Sonoma for a wedding on Saturday! I'll be back next week my loves!

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PS. A great eating guide to San Fran