Earlier this week I went into my friend Nicole's AMAZING store on Mackinac LITTLE LUXURIES of MACKINAC ... and I am soooo not exaggerating... its awesome... my new favorite place to buy the perfect gift for anyone... girls, guys, brides, mothers, and even your little dog too.
She even carries my favorite product line AMBRE along with tons of good quality lotions, candles, soaps, ... and some pretty darn cool postcards too (okay... they are mine... I'm a bit biased)... wink wink
Seriously if you are on the island you MUST check this place out...
AND MARK YOUR CALENDARS!!! Labor Day weekend Sept 5th I am going to be having a show with all my favorite Mackinac photographs... so come by the store (more details to come)
Happy 4th of July everyone!!
May your weekend be filled with all sorts of great fireworks!!
Love,
A
A moment that will stay with me forever... definitely a highlight of my trip!
I am so jealous! You girls are so lucky :-) I have truly enjoyed every one of your pictures from this FABULOUS trip! Drink a glass of vino for me please!!! I look forward to seeing the rest of the pictures from your week in the south of France!
(06.18.09 @ 08:02 AM)Pheww... its been a whole 3 days.. no internet ... and I've been going stir crazy (I think I may have a slight addiction)... luckily I was able to steal a little wireless and a computer and hop on hear quickly just to post a few pics.
Saturday afternoon I was met at the Beziers train station by a car FULL (we're talking even the trunk) of some of my favorite Santa Barbara girls... we then drove through beautiful vineyards to our cute tiny little town called Puisserguier (btw none of us know how to pronounce it). Since then we've visited an extremely old Medievel town Minerve, went to an amazing market, and had some of the best food I've had in all my time in Europe (shhh... don't tell anyone else).
But the best part has been all the laughter... put 6 girls in a station wagon driving around the French countryside.. listening to HYSTERICAL french music... and having NO IDEA how to speak French and there's bound to be a lot of laughs.
One last thing... I have to mention... the gorgeous old aristicratic home with all the original antiques... imagine again the 6 of us with the run of the place... there's even its own private pub in the back of the center courtyard... words cannot explain how cool this place is.
Not sure if I'll be able to get back on here for a bit.. .the next tme you hear from me could be from France.. could be Spain... could be California... or could even be Mackinac!!
Wishing you all a week of sunshine, love and laughter!
Love,
A
Versailles (as Diana said.. and I agree).. is like a mini Paris... or what Paris used to look like way way back in the day.
It was neat to imagine what it would have been like centuries ago...
so, I've never been a HUGE fan of Paris.. its nice enough... always thought I could skip that city if I needed too. I spent about 4 days here ten years ago and thought... its lovely but that was about it ... well... this day... I fell in love... it just felt right and beautiful and just plain great to be wandering the streets... everything was just so artistic from the streets,to the buildings, to the clothes, to the food... and of course the art!!
I purchased a cute little apron from Lil' Lux. and love it! Andrew+I will have to come up for Labor Day for many reasons: 1) Bridge Walk 2) your show.
Take care!
(07.03.09 @ 04:55 PM)Honestly, this is one of the classiest little shops on the island, such cute stuff...
(07.04.09 @ 09:28 AM)Thank you so much for taking such beautiful photos of the shop! I appreciate your help and compliments :) Looking forward for our event in September!
(07.04.09 @ 11:13 AM)