I know I left you hanging with the Lanvin for H&M story a few weeks ago, so today I’ll take a break from the road and continue my saga… So around 11am I headed back to the mall, mentally psyching myself up for the 15-minute mad dash for my loot. As I exited the parking garage, I ran into the …
Skipping Through Yosemite In Ugly Shoes
A dear reader guessed Tahoe, and she’s close…but no cigars :D! Yes, there are mountains and water and pine trees and snow… but what we’re after today is El Capitan, the 910m vertical rock formation at Yosemite National Park… It’s simply magnificent, and I can imagine this park teeming with people in the summer. But even on this chilly day …
Grand Canyon
Isn’t it sometimes the case that the most precious thing you seek is right there in your own backyard? I don’t mean the money tree you’re watering and feeding while saving up for that perfect handbag. Or the infinity pool designed by you and coveted by your neighbors. What I do mean is the gift from nature that’s sort of …
Vegas And Hoover Dam
We’re a few weeks shy of Christmas and that means two things here in southern Cal: (1) really awesome sunny weather while people in other parts of the country are digging themselves through snow and rain and (2) winter sales. This time last year I was trekking from Morocco through Spain so had missed out on a lot of the …
Miss Plan B
Turns out I didn’t get too much sleep; woke up once at 2:45am then again around 4am, waiting for the alarm to go off. Right before I finally got up at 6.30 I had a dream that I was inside H&M and found a tuxedo in my size and a ton of Lanvin bags for my friend in KL. It …