05/25/2018
The triple digit heat, the sweat that trickles down the small of your back, the yearning for anything ice cold. There’s no use fighting it, friends, summer is here! Rather than fight it, turn up the Vampire Weekend (sorry, not sorry) put on your short shorts and welcome the season with all you’ve got. Speaking of short shorts, a quick Instagram poll revealed that 52% of you aren’t crazy about them and I wasn’t at all shocked. Shorts can be a challenge to wear and style in a way that makes you feel good. However, … 
When Aaron and I began the process of designing our home, or rather deciding what was important to us and then letting our architect (Sam Burch of Shiflet Group) design our home, we decided that we each could have three non-negotiables. If you want to read all of them, they’re here, but my very first and most important design feature was a large open kitchen that was connected to our living space. When you look at older houses, that hasn’t always been the case. I’m not sure if it’s that the kitchen used to be … 
In some ways, this post has been five months in the making. In January, I did an Instagram poll asking readers what types of content they loved most. All of the responses were very insightful, but what I was most surprised by was the number of people asking for capsule wardrobe posts or others asking for help in conquering the conundrum that is putting together a cohesive wardrobe. The wheels started turning and I found myself digging back into the depths of my wardrobe styling experiences, thinking about people’s closets, what … 
No, you’re right, it wasn’t actually spring break. Like anyone’s spring break. Parker’s was the second week of March and Aaron’s was the fourth week of March, but somehow our schedules had us planning a spring break during the last week of April. Aaron was going to be there for work over the weekend so we booked tickets to tag along and decided to call is spring break. If you are just popping in for the first time and have skipped the last six years of this blog, here’s the cliff’s notes: We lived … 
