summer lovin'

dear summer,
please don't go away just yet. i'm quite enjoying your company.
love, me


(images via cosmic dust, lost.net.au, jakubowski, shiny squirrel and ffffound)

sienna

dear miss sienna, could you be anymore fabulous?

i think not. i am on a personal mission to find THAT color of

perfect-betty draper-vermillion red lipstick. love, love, love!

(image via fashionising)

how to be alone

sonny & the sunsets

heard this great tune today and saw some amazing backseat-shoulder-shimmying from the little miss. such perfect hot summer tunes.

i heart portland

sweet tee from tender loving empire

recently, i spent a weekend in portland. it's pretty much the coolest place. ever.

it was immensely inspirational! i would live there in a heartbeat if i could. someday....everyone is so sweet, so gracious. not to mention so good-looking. they have a style all their own and no pretention what-so-ever which as we all know, makes them even cooler than they already are.

here are some of the highlights and recommended places to check out if you are lucky enough to

visit.

una

beautiful and lovely lady goods boutique. giovanna, the owner gave my girlfriend and i a list of all the places that we must check out, and to my pleasure, we hit a lot of them.

artemesia

wow! wow! gorgeous, super thoughtful and charming merchandising style. succulents and geodes. bird feathers and driftwood, sea urchins and cacti. 'nuff said.

lovely! and teeny-tiny. around the corner from una. when we came in the owner was doing an intimate on-the-fly potting demo for some customers. katie and i wanted to live here.

nationale

part shop, part gallery. a bit hard to find (behind stand-up comedy). beautifully edited.

clyde common

de-lish drinks. go during early pm happy hour. and hit the ace hotel's lobby next door for pics in the photo booth.

(also see olympic provisions, their sister place. we didn't get there but it's first on the list for next time)

stand-up comedy

impeccibly curated. simple and elegant. small collection of jewelry was stunning.

rad summer

thrift goodness!

i bought the raddest starsky and hutch style big knit cardigan-jacket thing-y. i've worn it

10 out of the last 14 days since we've been back. it still smells like patchouli from the store and i don't care.

omfg co

super hip graphic design company based out of portland. they've done lots of the design for the ace hotels as well as frances may (super great indie clothing boutique).

their blog is fun, too (thanks to my pal mel for the hint on this one).

(image above: isn't is cool?-is from ork posters. love!)

daily muse

i saw the runaways last week and really enjoyed it. ever since then i've had this song stuck in my head. great song for jumping on your bed. gotta love iggy's dramatic finish, no?

august mood board

please pardon me. i've been having technical difficulties....boo.

(images via shiny squirrel, jakubowski, and cosmic dust)