Things I Love: Party Rock

If you know anything about me, you know I like to party, plan parties, and well go to parties. Recently my Vanessa invited me along to attend her co-worker Renee's Wine Tasting Party and it was a blast. Renee is a very creative chick has an awesome group of friends who also all have the same creative mind-set. We enjoyed wine and cheese pairings, played Apples to Apples and blasted girly music like Justin Timberlake. Yup, right up my ally.

Check out how cute this party was:

Oh there I am.

You know, Rocking a Gap hat and Forever 21 Cheetah shorts.

I hope you all find something to celebrate this Thursday.

Tonight I'll be celebrating my awesome San Francisco Blog Friends who are pretty much the raddest.

Weekend Recap: Star Gazing

This weekend Vanessa and I packed up her car and headed up North to Oregon to visit our oldest & dearest friend, Mandy. I've lived in Northern California my entire life and I'm almost embarrassed to say that I had never been to Oregon. Well, all I can say is that it was well worth the wait. Oregon is absolutely gorgeous.

The girls and I had a blast taking in all that the small town of Shady Cove had to offer. We spent the weekend relaxing & hiking around the Rogue River. I loved checking out what the locals had to offer (wine, beer, and excellent food-- I was a happy lady to say the least). And of course we got some thrifting in; small towns always have the best little treasures. A highlight of the weekend was seeing my friend Mandy on duty as a Park Ranger at Joseph Stewart State Park, it made me feel so proud to see her at a job so perfect for her!

We also spent hours looking up at the stars. There's just something so magical about looking up at sky full of twinkly lights. There's beauty out there in the world, and I spent my weekend enjoying it. It was an amazing weekend packed with all my favorite things and I couldn't ask for two better friends to spend my time with.









I hope you enjoyed your Labor Day weekend as well.

Look of the day: New Year's Walk, New Year's Walk

I was hoping to post and record my first Look of the Day today, but instead I went I on an adventure with my best friends, Vanessa and Jen. Oh and with Buster, V's dog. I am very blessed to live in the Bay Area, and today I had an amazing time hiking, trying out my new lens and enjoying being disconnected to technology! And it was the perfect way for V, Jazz and I to ring in the New Year too!

I love fresh starts!

Local Love: Golden Gate Fields

Yesterday was Johnny's birthday, so we headed out to Golden Gates Fields to try our hand at horse betting. I was quite successful at picking the winning horse at Rena's Kentucky derby party, so I was feeling rather confident.

Going to horse races is always a fun time. Although I preferred the old Bay Meadows tracks over Golden Gate fields, it's still a rush to watch the horses race around the tracks as you clutch you ticket. Reading the horses' names are always a favorite of mine as well. I also like wearing big fun hats, but I left mine at home yesterday.

The day ended with us leaving with money in our pockets, always a good thing!
Here are some of the pictures I captured, unfortunately I didn't make it in any of them.

I like betting on boxed Exacta's. Mine ended up hitting a few times.

Studying the horse's and jockey stats.

The Birthday Boy fielding many calls filled with birthday wishes.

A packed house, it was not. But we didn't mind.


The look of regret when your last $5 went towards a beer rather then the winning the horse (who you were sure was going to win).

The sunset when we came out was amazing!

Looking back towards the City by the Bay.
{San Francisco}

Have you ever been to the Horse races before?

Photography: John & Ashley Maternity Session

I was kind of shocked and flattered when my friend Ashley asked me if I would be willing to try to take some maternity pictures of her and her husband John.

I was pretty nervous -- you know, since I am not a photographers just a hobbyist -- but I was really flattered that they would ask me to do something so personal and special for them.

I think they liked them because they generously gifted me with gift cards to Forever AND Nordstrom!! Umm wow! Thank you John and Ash, I cant wait until you little girl is here!!

Here a few of my favorite shots:

John did the lacquered wall the in the background, it served the perfect backdrop.
The flowers were his idea too!

Too Cute!!

Isn't this mirror gorgeous!?

Ashley's due date was Tuesday so hopefully baby girl arrives soon!

Things I love: Playing the Part

On Saturday my best friend Jen's sister, Ashley, got married. And I was honored to be asked by Jen to photograph the events leading up to wedding, before the real photographer arrived. It was so fun to be there and support my best friend on a very exciting day and put my camera to work! Here are a few of my favorite shot's of the day.

My absolute favorite, Jen getting her hair done.

And because of my seat, I couldn't help but snap these arrival and departure pictures during the ceremony.

Once the wedding festivities kicked off I put away the camera and put on my dancing shoes.
But it sure was fun to play photographer for a bit!

Weekend Recap: More Champagne, Mr. Forte?

Yesterday we took my Mom and my friend Mandy wine tasting in Napa. The weather was perfect, the wine was excellent and my camera was in action. Here are some of the pictures I snapped on our day in Wine Country.









I hope all the Mothers out there were well taken care of this weekend! XoXo