bought for hawaii: equator pink shorts

lulu's equator pink shorts, $29

love. perfect for casual dinners or beachside breakfast in hawaii. paid an arm and a leg for 3-day shipping so they get here in time but the $29 price tag for the shorts makes me feel better about exorbitant shipping costs. will likely pair them with wedges and a silky top for dinner.

prepping for hawaii: dreaming of dvf

nick and i are soon heading to maui for our annual labor day week of vacation. while i'm in very limited clothes shopping mode, i have been keeping my eye out for hawaii must-haves. after seeing diane von furstenburg's ethyl dress on blair of atlantic-pacific, i knew it had to be mine. i rarely splurge on clothes more than $150 so this took a lot of nail biting and obsessing before i bit the bullet.

but there was a problem. since it was from the spring 2011 line and popular with people way richer than me (here and here), it was nowhere to be found. after fruitless trolling of dvf.com, ebay, craigslist and multiple blogs, i finally gave the dvf 800 number a call. halleluja, the very last one in dvf's posession was in desert hills, ca and it was in MY SIZE. meant to be? YES.

i'm waiting with baited breath for this beauty to arrive so i can tuck it away for a good dinner out with nick in maui. it better be worth every one of those 4,000 pennies.

check out atlantic-pacific for some amazing shots of the dress in action.

our first chilly weekend

this past weekend was the first chilly one of the season (it was cold last weekend while i was in mexico, but that didn't count). nick had four friends visiting from out of town so i made myself scarce all weekend so i didn't cramp their style. i spent most of my time shopping my balls off interspersed with a few errands, seeing "waiting for superman" with a girlfriend, dinner with neighbors, baking and cooking, and dressing up emilio in a turtleneck cableknit sweater to keep him warm (he looks so dead poet society, doesn't he?).


ohhh...and and i also spent some time looking at pictures from mexico. here are just a few of the highlights!

below: the view from our room

below: walking to the beach

below: the infinity pool and ocean

below: just one of many silly photos - andrea, lee, beth, korie, mckinnon, catherine, angela, taylor, me

below: another silly one - the pool/balcony in our room

below: yes, another silly one while lounging at the beach

below: a non-silly moment caught on camera

below: me and andrea, the birthday girl

below: the birthday girls

below: taylor, me and catherine

below: korie watching the sunset from our balcony

below: mmmmmmmmmmmargaritas

below: last day...sad

vacation week: dedicated to the little guy

hi! i'll be sitting on my @ss this week while on vacation in charleston so thought i'd make up for my laziness by writing about those who are not. i've decided to dedicate all of my posts this week to the "little guy" - the start-ups, the crafters, the purveyors of handmade goods. i also have a special coupon code up my sleeve especially for paid up top readers...wait for it...wait for it...

happy labor day! i'm off to the beach!

nick and i are off next week for our [kinda] annual end-of-summer vacation at the beach. don't be alarmed - i'll still be posting. happy labor day and enjoy the long weekend!

p.s. starfish colleagues, i cracked myself up with this photo.