back in a flash

my oh my, coming home from a vacation is not easy.

it's a good problem to have i guess, really. the hardest part is having spent a week with everything being easy and with the goal of pleasure and relaxation in first position. also, spending so many days surrounded by your closest circle...people who love you, whom you love...it's so personal and so intimate, and then we're thrust back into the very unfiltered world.

more than the palm trees and the cool towels passed around at the daybed-filled beach, i miss the company of my parents, siblings and all our chosen partners. and that says a lot because those daybeds were RIDIC.

i think entering my office this morning was the first time i've been in the glare of flourescent light in over a week.

i know i'll adjust (right???) but for the moment, i think i need to just miss it all. can you relate?

i'll share pictures as soon as i can, and i hope you all had a wonderful week.

for another (more thoughtful) honey living post on coming home, read this.

photo from webshots

sour and sweet

how's this for life giving you lemons...our flight to paris was cancelled due to volcanic ash...seriously? oui, seriously. so rather than joining the thousands of people at the mercy of an angry geyser of lava, we decided not to try and force this trip right now.

instead, we took those lemons and made margaritas -- we went to mexico!

yet another lesson from the universe that the best laid plans (even those of the seventeen page variety, for example) can disappear in an instant. as my bff bethenny (a margarita maven herself) says, "we plan and god laughs."

but it's also a reminder that the unravelling of a plan can yield another great one.

btw, mazel bethenny!

don't forget to check in each morning for a new post while i'm gone.

photo from exeter township

fiesta friday

isn't this rehearsal dinner in cabo amazing looking? how much do you just want to be there? those lanterns in the evening sky - pure perfection. you must click over to the style me pretty post to see everything (including full-size pictures).

i know for our wedding, our friday night dinner was one of highlights, replete with a bonfire, a surprise audience-participation rendition of "i say a little prayer for you," and hot rum cider and candy apples. it's such a special way to start off the weekend with everyone feeling familiar and festive. you can tell this fiesta would accomplish that, can't you?

photos from www.stylemepretty.com