what i wore: walking to work!

hi! i hope everyone is getting lots of sunshine! we are getting tons and i am so grateful for the warmth. well, normally i ride my bike everyday but on cinco de mayo i walked! it is much different then riding, makes for a nice time to see all the little things i can't when i wiz by on my bike. it is so nice to change it up a bit. after work, tom and my cousins came and picked me up from work and headed to our friends restaurant which serves some of the best mexican food in sf.

the dress i am wearing i scored while thrifting this weekend. the sewing on it is a little wonky but the colors are perfect. the nice thing about sf is that it tends to be a bit cooler during the summer and since this dress is a wee bit on the short side, tights are necessary.

now, remember last week's outfit post and i wanted a faux leather jacket? well, i found one! i was soooo stocked! the thrifting gods answered my prayers! and on top it, it is a cropped one which i was hoping for. i am not a huge fan of target although, yes i do shop there but i felt a bit better buying it thrifted rather then new. on top of it being exactly what i wanted it also has a hoodie!! which is also detachable!! YES! way to go target!

details:

dress: thrifted

jacket: thrifted but from target

tights: f21

shoes: target

ring: a gift from my boss that came all the way from turkey!

xo,

cb

a true california day

hi peaches! hope everyone had a great weekend <3 as always ours went by way to fast but what can you do. i got a lot of things done on thursday and was very happy with myself too :) i will be updating my shop with a small hand full of cute day of the dead pins & hair clips that i made a while back with kelly-anne, i'm really happy with them.

in other news friday was an awesome day! the weather here has been SUPER nice and the indian summer has been lingering longer then expected to my happiness. my tattoo appointment was later in the day so we look our time and got to the appointment early to enjoy a nice cup of joe. sam, my tattoo artist wasn't ready so we walked around our old stomping grounds.

the most AWESOME surf shop EVER!!!

days like this in the city make tom and i want to move back. the sunset district is one of my favorite areas in sf, it feels distant from the city, a bit more quiet but still has the city vibe. you forget that days like this in the sunset though are far and few. 99% of the time the sunset is foggy but that has its advantages too...

succulents grow like weeds here! they LOVE the sunset and rightfully so. we headed out to the beach to watch the waves, it was beautiful! we headed back and got down to inking. sam is really the best tattooist EVER. something about her makes getting inked so painless, really. they have never really hurt and i have know a few people who have been tattooed by her and say the same thing. it isn't extremely fun to be poked by a needle but somehow she makes it feel like a walk in the park. i think she is a wizard or something...

so i didn't get the poppies, just the quail and i couldn't be more in love with him!!!  i absolutley just LOVE LOVE him! he is perfectly plump!!! i just need to figure out a proper name for him. i am trying to think of a "california name" if that is a such thing but i also want it to go with harvey, my jay.

 oh and he got touched up too! since my little fatty quail was so heavy textured i wanted to balance both my arms out so we added a bit of black to his head. i think i might add a bit more to even him out but i like the result so far!

since the poppies were too big and i didn't want to reduce the size, i need to design a smaller flower to fill in the blank spots. i also want to add a mushroom some where. i have a native california flower in mind and will for sure be calling sam to get another tattoo in about 6 months...so far that has been the trend, every six months... and i like it that way :) well, time to start planning for the next bit!!

xo,
cb

a sweet farewell

what a trip!! a bittersweet, but glorious trip that tom and i will treasure forever! we were a bit worried about the weather as the day before we left it rained(wft!?!?) well it was a light rain but rain nonetheless. we were going rain or shine and hoping for the latter. we woke up to fog and sf was full of dewy wetness. this is what most of the ride through sf and part of marin looked like.

 we stopped at one of our favorite coffee place and had some espresso and my favorite: mexican wedding cookies!

in case you all were wondered what i looked like with my helmet on, super sexy

then about and an hour & a half into the ride the sun came out to play and just in time for the huge hill we had to climb. thanks sun! hehe

this is the way into the park, so so gorgeous! the weather was much nicer then last time which was a bit hard to believe.

 i had to show you guys what gilbert looked like, we kept calling it the vagabond because we had sooo much stuff piled on the back. we really need to get front bags so we aren't so janky while on our next mini bike tour.

we set up camp in the same spot we had last time, yay and set up some food for bob. which worked but damn he is sooo fast!!! we had our camera on us the entire time and he is as quick as lightening!

this is one of my favorite pictures. this picture looks like it came from the 70's

tom found this rock amongst the millions of other rocks, reminded me of wilson from castaway

view of where we spent most of our time this trip

my all time favorite camping buddy <3

brainwaves!!!!!

we headed down to the creek for some sun and drinks. this is basically all we did this weekend but got another ride in on saturday. on our way back from the coast saturday we stopped at a rummage sale and tom bought a little radio. for some reason it worked perfectly when the antenae was on my forehead, i've got some pretty powerful brain waves :)

i'm not sure exactly what i am saying in this picture but i just love it!

the water was a bit cold and i was way to chicken to get in but i loved searching for rocks and looking at all the tiny little fish that nipped at my feet and toes.

this ones for you shannon!

a little bit of us was left behind <3

 we had such a great time and we will surely miss this awesome spot but we will be back even if we have to ninja camp here!

xo,
cb