We ventured to Pike Place Market our first full day in Seattle. We fell in love with the place and easily spent an entire day there. I've got to say, Seattle really does make the best coffee. We went to five different coffee shops throughout our stay and every cappuccino I had was delicious. Sweet, rich, and aromatic.

 I feel like the title of this post was taken straight from ModCloth. It's supposed to sound like "pining for". Get it? I don't know. I thought it was pretty clever. Hah. As I'm strapped for time and writing this when I should already be in bed (I can hardly keep my eyes open!), I'll keep it short.

...I turn another year older.

Please excuse me for the lack of posts lately. I've been working on creating a different look for my photos. I'm not 100% sure about the way it turned out in this photo set as I'm still experimenting. So far, I'm pretty satisfied. I'll probably tweaking things here and there as time goes on. Anyway, it's been warm

 I'm all for road trips - to a certain extent. I've never attempted a cross-country drive before. I do have that on my bucket list, however! A couple of years ago, we took a week off from work and drove east to Colorado. It was about a 14-15 hour drive. The landscape was rather drab and dreary. Last

 And so I begin my first blog post of 2016 with the golden warmth of a sun-colored dress, the ground beneath my feet speckled by the sparse tears of steel-grey clouds. *gasp* What, it rains in California? With El Nino coming our way, we'll be getting much more rainfall this year. How will L.A. react? (Please refer to