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Montana de Oro. be still my heart. tidepools and my SLR reinvigorated

my soul this weekend. hope yours was special, too.

san francisco food/shop tour: part 1

this past weekend i enjoyed time in one of my very favorite cities, San Francisco, with one of my very favorite girls. we had an amazing time eating + shopping + eating some more.

we did our foodie research, and it really paid off. we ate an amazing assortment of delicious food that i think we're both still dreaming of! 3 days in the city can afford you a LOT of food and plenty of time for shopping in the meantime. here's a little list of places we highly recommend checking out in the city:

in the mission district:

a given. i always get the croque monsieur. delicious! my fruit-loving

friend always gets the bread pudding.

Tartine

600 Guerrero Street

While you're waiting for your stomach to digest delicious baked goods, fight the urge to walk it off and lay on the grass in Dolores Park instead. But first, stop in the always-packed Bi-Rite Market to get yourself something to drink.

it's a kite! does anyone want to go buy/fly kites with me?

once your stomachs have settled a bit, start standing in line

at the city's most delicious ice cream joint, Bi-Rite Creamery.

i got olive oil + brown sugar! the olive oil was so pleasant and mild....i've always been

curious what it tastes like in ice cream form!

Bi-Rite Creamery

3692 18th St. @ Dolores

My new MUST-GO (at least once) in the Mission is Pizzeria Delfina. OMG-delicious.

We got the pizza to-go, had to walk several blocks back to our car, and inhaled

it (in its semi-cold state) like it was the BEST pizza in the entire world.

i can only imagine what it tastes like hot!!

be prepared to wait in line for quite a while, but my goodness it's worth it!

Pizzeria Delfina

3611 18th St.

see you soon!

genius: Instagram!

hello, cocoa green readers, few and far between. :) a long break has been

had from this humble tiny blog of mine...it may continue

or it may not. depends on how the wind is blowing, i suppose!

on a completely unrelated note, do you guys use Instagram?

its a new obsession of mine, and i love the idea of the Instaprint!! (although i don't

think anything can replace a good ol' fashioned photobooth).

Instaprint from BREAKFAST ny on Vimeo.

check out new ways to use Instagram here!

true love is a big deal

weddings, weddings, weddings!

while it's all so exciting, i've been feeling overwhelmed

by how many OPTIONS and DIRECTIONS

we can make/take in planning our wedding.

{yikes!}

once wed is probably my fave blog in the wwww (world wide wedding web),

and this sweet mountaintop wedding that they've featured (like 17 times)

was a must-[re]post for me. sooo inspirational, and i have a major girl crush on surya.

love love love!

cute shoes!

amazing dress!

{secret: i want to find a make-up artist for my wedding

that has awesome wrist tattoos...they make for such great photos, no? :) }

jonas peterson was their amazing australian photographer, who captured their day

so well. and be sure to check out his blog to listen to the RIDICULOUS song

that the bride's sister wrote and sang for their 1st dance.

have a good night!

nicaragua v.2

adventuros con mi padre en...

GRANADA, Nicaragua!

though Granada may not win

any beautiful city award in the near future, it scores

some type of points with its color!!

feeling blue

feelin' these blue hues on a blue monday.

shannon blue photography

check out the beauty of vera joão's flickrvia the delicious blue pool road
one of my own
oh, such lovely tones! via cannelle et vanille

have a lovely week!