Lugano, Switzerland

Wow, I don't even know where to begin with this whole trip! The first day was Awful. There was traffic and a whiny dog and not finding our campsite and waiting for a bus in hot hot sun and dehydration and being cranky with eachother and finding out there's no return bus to our site and almost being late for dinner reservations and the heat and it rained on our tent when we didn't have the rain thing on AND a Harley Davidson festival in town! (so our quiet relaxing dinner along the water was a noisy one). I'm not sure we were actually talking by the end of the night because we were so worn out and cranky.
So needless to say the first evening wasn't as romantical as I had planned...
And mark definitely didn't get to see the "relaxing lakeside town" that I had described...
but it did turn around the next day when we decided to skip hiking (the heat, omg, the heat) and laze around town enjoying breakfast, thrifty finds, gelato and street food vendors. 

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P.S. The Lucky 7..

Links

{I'm enjoying my new shoes here!}

The weekend is here again - I feel like this summer is going by so fast and it hurts my heart! Mark, my little dog and I are road tripping to the Italian part of Switzerland where we plan to visit Lugano, have pizza, fit all 3 of us in a 2 person tent and then hike (save me now!) in the morning before heading home. What are you up to, friends? Whatever it is - do it to the fullest! (not sure where my cheesiness has come from, but I mean it!)

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• Check out Indie Ink and my picture that was posted there today - It's "a non-profit independent literary and art collective and community of writers and artists who may not have been seen otherwise". I've got mad love for this website!
• Killer kool camera straps 
• Camp Comfort highlighted my dream backpack...I keep seeing them everywhere, it's basically meant to be
• DIY: Design some plates using simple white IKEA dishes...genius!
• I'm very jealous of HoboVogue's old navy green raincoat...how can I get one?! Maybe in black? Can ON just like, custom make it for me, just this one time please?
• I have to spotlight Tayebug's post about why we need to love our bodies - so true!.

P.S. Thanks Jess (Cheap but Chic/Jess's Clothing Picks of the Week) for the fun award! (Diddy!)

I want a re-play

Our dear friends visited us in Switzerland the past few days, friends that we don't get to see very often, and they left this morning. I am sad sad sad - I might have even cried when they left, I wonder if I am home sick?
We had such a blast and I took SO many pictures that it is unreal. We had a few cook outs at the lake, went to the Zurich Fest, climbed a mountain, ate wild strawberries, visited Pilatus mountain, went on midnight swims in the lake, ate pizza at a pizzeria on the water, talk and talked...and so much more =) And, it was good to spend the 4th with our favorite Navy guy!
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I'll work on some other pictures, but these were taken around Zurich during the festival =)

Luzern Reception

Last Saturday, my favorite lady and her husband threw a wedding reception for their family here - and since I have this shiny new camera I was supposed to take a lot of pictures!

The reception took place on an old steam boat docked in Luzern on the day of the Luzerner Fest - which meant it was ca-razy in Luzern but we could watch it all from comfortable distance of the boat =)  We started off with an apero on the top of the ship then moved downstairs for an amazing multiple course meal followed by a front row view of the Luzerner Fests fireworks. Later at night we moved to the rooftop of a bar for some dancing but my picture taking didn't extend past a certain number of glasses of wine =) (sorry Jen!)
The night was romantic, magical, warm, breezy - the food was delicious and our glasses were never empty (no, really)...But most of all my beautiful lady and her handsome husband were marvelous looking and spending time with them was the best part of all =)

Friday!

Tonight I will be donning my most comfortable jeans and grabbing my granny cardigan for the first BBQ of the year at the lake!

What are you up to?
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:: From the look I hope to achieve ::
Gucci Truffle Sunglasses
Erin Wasson Tank
Net-a-porter sheer cardigan
Current Elliot boyfriend jeans
Chan Luu bracelet
Madewell Docksides

A Saturday in Heaven =)

Mark and I made sure we enjoyed our 1st Saturday together in for-ev-er (after the shopping was out of the way of course!) We took a picnic to our little lake and enjoyed the sunshine so much. Did I tell you that it rained the whoooole month of May until Friday?! And then we caught up on our favorite show, Community - so funny!
After Mark spoiled me with lunch at my favorite restaurant in Luzern today, he convinced me to get out on the mountain bike today and then I convinced him to go for a run with me =) We also remembered that today is our dating anniversary (12 years ago! whoa!)
One more free day tomorrow!
Hope you are having an amazing weekend!