Wanderlust August: Nevada Beach South Lake Tahoe

August is by far my favorite month of the year… it might be because I celebrate my birthday all month long!  A good friend starts the month off for her birthday and I continue it on until mine at the end of August.  This year we took a birthday day trip to Nevada Beach in…

Wanderlust August – Denio’s Farmer Market Roseville, CA

Once August hits I always feel like I haven’t done anything all summer and I need to fit it all in within the next few weeks!  Which means I’m all over the place during August, hence Wanderlust August! First feature for the month is Denio’s Farmer Market in Roseville, CA.  A favorite for a Sunday…

Your Summer Vacation Must-Haves

I absolutely LOVE that summer is JUST around the corner.  Which also means its time to start planning your summer vacation!  If you’ve been following my posts for the last 2 weeks you’ll notice I’ve been highlighting pieces from the mark. Instant Vacation Saint Barts collection (last seen here), so let’s pretend I’m planning a real…

Bon Fat Tuesday!

Bon Fat Tuesday!  You may not be heading out to Bourbon Street but there are a few things you can do to theme out your day.  And you know I love any reason to theme out my day and celebrate!  So here’s what I’m doing for Mardi Gras! 1.  Wear purple, yellow/gold and green! To…

Trimming The Tree and Christmas Plaid

Trimming the tree is one of my all time favorite parts of the Christmas season!  This year I put up 3 trees so far between home and the office and looking for an excuse to do more!  Black Friday has become a tradition to skip the shopping and go up to McGee’s Tree Farm and…

Happy Labor Day With Week O’Nautical – California Cool

This Labor Day weekend marks my 8th year anniversary of being a Californian.   Let’s take this back to 2005, I just graduated from PSU with my Econ degree in the spring, spent my summer home with mom and then packed my bags and flew out to California to start the fall with a new…

Trending Thursday #coconuttreat

If the world of alicia was the internet then today the top trending search would be #coconuttreat  I’m such a sucker for anything coconut!  Not only is it delicious (as a kid it was my favorite snack) but it also just smells like summer (can we say hawaiian tropic!)  Here are my top 5 coconut…

5 Must Haves for a Hawaiian Vacation

I kicked off the summer in Maui, Hawaii… lucky, I know!!!  It def was a trip of a lifetime spent with good family and friends, but being my first time there I didn’t really know what to expect… or pack!  Let’s just say I did not pack right for 8 days in a tropical laid…

So Long Summer

Summer is my ultimate all time forever and ever favorite… so i’m sad to see you go.  Since today is the official last day of Summer here’s a little insta-summer from my instagram. Until we meet again… so long summer.

Happy Happy To Me!

Hello 30.  So we finally meet.  I have to say, neither of us are what each other expected but here we are, let’s make the best of it.  I know I’m not what a “typical” person is like at 30 but eh, I’m a late bloomer, deal with it.  I’m a little bothered by you…