Merry Christmas!

Back home enjoying time with family and eating as much food as I possibly can! Hope everyone had a safe and happy holiday. 

Happy Friday

 

Happy Friday everyone! This is going to be Marc and me this weekend before heading up to New England for Christmas.  

Music Mondays

Last week Marc and I finally got around to watching The One I Love.  I wasn't a huge fan of the ending, but I keep thinking about the movie and how it cleverly addresses themes of relationships and marriage. I also want to move into the Ojai farmhouse where the story is set. This song begins to play as the ending credits role and I am finding myself listening to this on repeat on my ride up to work. During the whole movie I had David's Grey's The One I Love stuck in my head, but this song is a perfect ending as you are sitting there wondering what just happened!  Enjoy ...

Christmas Snapshots

 

I finally have a real camera! I am a bit rusty (trying to dig into my college photag classes) ... but I figured I would practice taking some shots around the apartment. This year a Christmas without snow and cold doesn't seem as strange as it did last year.  Although I am taking advantage of the "cold" days down here (60 is COLD) to wear a beanie or a pair of tights.   

Music Mondays ...

Happy Monday Everyone ... here is a little bit of what has been on heavy rotation around here lately.

I like listening to this when I am running along the beach path after work ... I think its about LA but whatever.

September Plans

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I am not quite sure where summer went ... but I can't believe it is already September.  "Summer" in Miami is odd, especially coming from New England where summer is what you wait for all year long.  Down here not only is it super hot and humid its also the quietest time of the year, because who would want to be down where when it is hot and sticky when they can be enjoying lovely summer weather in the rest of the country.  I am looking forward to "Fall" down here. I can actually wear a sweater outside and maybe if I am lucky some little booties. I will also be on full alert for celebrity sightings once people start flocking down here when the cold weather hits. 

I have some travel plans on the docket this month too. Which I am super excited about.  First, I am heading to Barcelona for 5 days for work. I haven't been to Spain since 2002 when I was a badly dressed 20 year old college student studying abroad.  Barcelona was my favorite spot that I visited and I can't wait to be back and experience it as an adult.  Does anyone have any good spots I should check out while I am there? I will be staying around The Sagrada Familia.

After that trip I am heading out to Boston for 2 back to back weddings. I am looking forward to squeezing in some friend time and some fall time up there. I will definitely pack some tights just for the heck of it.  I can't wait to see this ...

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A Year In

Holy Moly ... I have lived in Miami for a year! When we moved down here last August I didn't know if I could last a month and then poof ... a year later here we are.


I am looking forward to what next year has in store in this crazy little island on the tip of Florida!