new york.

We are back!  Here are my fav photos from our trip (though I hardly took any!!)...

Happy April!  I turn 25 tomorrow........that is exciting/scary/weird & so much more :)

nyc nyc nyc!

Tomorrow we go to NYC and I. Can't. Waittttt!

Dreaming of my favorite cookie in the whole wide world (the big oreo cookie from westville), momofuku cereal milk ice cream, my favorite thai dish from pongsri (hai lam, I have never found the same dish in another place!), lots & lots of tasty coffee, my bro-in-law, derek, liz, my old GK friends, muji happiness, slow mornings in coffee shops working on things with my hubs, the met, maybe some shopping (more like window shopping)....Wahoo!  I love vacation.

whoahhh, we were so young!  first internship=NYC (summer of '07)

Oh and--I entered another invite into a new minted competition!  The design is below, what do you think?  Vote here please :)

orchard & antiques!

So on Monday Dan and I headed back to Woodstock, IL for a some apple and antique pickin' fun.  It's a pretty funny little place.  We love Don, the main man at the Homestead Orchard.  We want to go back each month through the fall to get different apples each time.  This time he only had "lodi" apples which he recommended to apple sauce and pies, but not for eating.  He had just gotten stung by one of his bees right before we arrived.  His finger did not look so happy...his honey is SO so good!  And, he also sells a chocolate mint tea that is pretty tasty.  We did some antique hunting, but actually didn't have the best luck this time around.  We only came home with a little copper dish for one of my air plants to sit in :) I am quite happy with that $2 find!  Enjoy photos of the orchard and my favorite finds (which we cannot afford!).  Some day....maybe ;)

SF recap five (the final one!)!

This recap is all of my favorite random (attempt to be a cool street photographer) photos!! Some of the fun/random details of the city that delighted me.  Have fun :)

okay, this isn't really SF related at all, but I got this sweet little band to

go with my engagement ring the day before we left!  from HERE.  EEE!

fun (gross) street art.

really liked this guy!!

a roughed up (pretty) sign.

ahhh the thriving street succulents!

I was fascinated by these colorful markings near the sewer.  they were at every one!

must be some sort of city measurement/marking thing?!  I also like the crab :D

mike's fish :)

forgot this in my favorite people photo recap!

and this!

ohhh the sea lions.  that huge potato shaped guy in the front was my favorite.

more thriving succulents...one of my favorite things about the city!

sweet leaves & coit tower!

I want to meet the folks that have this guy on their back porch.

our future study/office..........in...heaven.

a mistake photo!  that I like!  oops & cool?!

fluffffff pup.

SO!  That's all for my San Francisco recaps :) hope you enjoyed.  The rest of the photos are HERE.

SF recap four!

YOSEMITE.  Rocks.  Water.  Trees.  All natural.  That's all I'm going to say about this.  Oh I guess I should say this too: GO if you ever get the chance!  Just...stay a while (we didn't).