It was a hot and sticky weekend in LA and Cleveland! Hope you had some fun and stayed cool:
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Farrell – Los Angeles, CA
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Rainy drive on the way to a fabulous fajita night.
Play rehearsal
Body Freedom workshop celebration.
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Lauren – Cleveland, OH
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Unexpected last minute invite to see Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings
The lake on Sunday evening
Got a full days worth of their sweetness on Saturday!
F: What is something you have learned about Cleveland since being there this time?
L: One of the most northern points of the Underground Railroad was at Lakewood Park, right by our house. From there escaped slaves would catch a boat to Canada.
F: What would you say is your spirit animal?
L: Yeesh, I’m not sure. I’m going to go with the lioness for fierceness.
F: What is something that inspired you this week?
L: These guys I saw paragliding at Edgewater Park the other evening! I’ve been feeling some real highs and lows about being in Cleveland this time around. I took the scenic route home from the east side the other night and was totally inspired to see this group out paragliding in the park. NYC is hard in many ways but it is so easy to be inspired there just by walking out your front door. It takes a little more effort to find that here but it was a good reminder that unexpected things are here to be found as well.
F: What would you say is your best and worst quality?
L: I’m very thoughtful but I get held up & stuck inside my own head.
F: Want to share with us your favorite song lately?
L: I’ve been falling back on my old friend Shazaam lately. This was my last tag.
1) Empathy Is Actually a Choice (via NYTimes) I was drawn to read this article but think I need to give it a second read to really absorb the different things it is saying. Makes me think about how it relates to my post on choice last week. -Lauren
2) Time Management Makes Our Busy Lives Worse (via Quartz) Shoot! I thought that I was great at time management and that it was making my life BETTER. –Farrell
3) Why Living Out of a Suitcase for 2 Years Has Been the Best Thing for My Family—and Finances (via LearnVest) I loved reading this. It’s so easy to convince yourself you don’t have the money to do the things you want to in life; it’s so interesting & inspiring to me to read the details of how people make their unconventional lives work. -Lauren
4) Some News to Share (via Babyccino Kids Blog) While we’re on the topic of unconventional living, I’m really excited to follow the journey that this family is taking around the world. I’ve followed Courtney, the mom, on Instagram for some time. She takes beautiful pictures and I know there will be amazing visuals through which to live vicariously!
5) You Can’t Afford Poor Communication Skills (via LinkedIn) This article is great not only for the workplace but for interpersonal relationships too. –Farrell
6) 11 Affordable Under-the-Radar Travel Destinations (via Dailyworthy) Our very own Cleveland, Ohio made the list! –Farrell
For Albert’s birthday this weekend I surprised him and took in to good ole Pioneertown, California. Pioneertown was built in the 1940’s as a Western movie set by the big wigs in Hollywood. Their intention was to having a set in which you could live on while shooting. We stayed in the Pioneertown Motel which was a quaint ranch turned hotel with the option to board your own horse. Every day around 2:30pm on Main Street they do an old fashion shoot out and the town comes alive with actors from the Wild West. There is a famous bar called Pappy and Harriets where a lot of well known musicians stop on their way to Los Angeles to play. We spent the night dancing to the sounds of The Freightshakers. The whole weekend was a total riot and I recommend it to anyone who goes to the Joshua Tree area.
photo by Guy Bourdin. 1965.
THINKING a lot about rearrange our apartment and changing up the feel of the spaces I spend the most time in.
WORRYING too much at night and thinking about starting a nighttime meditation practice.
LOVING the summer sunshine on my face and walking the beach.
LIKING this quote by Lao Tzu, “Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don’t resist them; that only creates sorry. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.”
FEELING sticky after doing some work in the yard with my mom. Humidity level = full on.
MISSING Mad Men after finally finishing the series. I’m a fan of the last half-season.
Hey Cleveland friends! I’m heading down to Ohio City on Sunday and setting up shop at The Cleveland Flea’s Sunday Market! The market is a brunch & shop event held once a month in Hingetown (W. 29th Street and Detroit) and I’m thrilled to be taking part in it. I’ve started to update the online shop with some of my new finds but I have a whole slew I’m holding onto just for the in-person markets, so come on Sunday and take a look!
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Happy Monday! Before you get to far into the week, enjoy a little look back at the weekend.
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Farrell – Los Angeles, CA
Pioneertown, CA
Danced the night away to the The Freightshakers
Followed it all up with Wet N’ Wild waterpark.
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Lauren – Cleveland, OH
Making wishes
Saturday afternoon at the Cleveland Flea
Summer rain gear!
via Vogue Paris December 1970/January 1971
BLOGGING from Blackbird Baking Company; the apricot croissant is my new favorite!
ENJOYING a little reprieve from the insane amount of rain we’ve been getting here. It’s like monsoon season.
THINKING about the time I spent with our grandma yesterday; life and aging are funny, wonderful and sometimes sad things.
SPENDING time with my girl friends back in LA and WOW are they amazing, beautiful and strong women.
REFLECTING on how I can make my life and time in Los Angeles fuller in every way.
DRINKING coffee every morning like it’s my job and am not sure how I feel about it.
1) 25 Emotions People Feel But Can’t Explain (via Sunny Skyz) I loved reading all of these and feeling assured that I wasn’t the only one feeling some of these. –Farrell
2) Beyond Marriage Equality (via Nicolette Mason) Did you know you can still be terminated from a job based on sexual orientation in 29 states?! This post lists 10 steps still needed to reach equality for LGBT and is really thought-provoking and informative. -Lauren
3) 40 Teaspoons of Sugar a Day (via Telegraph) Sugar has been a huge topic of conversation around me lately. This article goes along with some of the upsetting research out there. –Farrell
4) The Highest Paying Jobs of the Future Will Eat Your Life (via FastCompany) Eeeekkkk! -Lauren
5) Sue: Engagement Surprise (via SNL) My cousins threw a surprise party for my Uncle on Sunday and I can’t stop thinking about this video. I love Kristin Wig! -Farrell
6) 3 Unusual Habits of Remarkably Creative People (via Domaine) Striving for all three; currently a work in progress. -Lauren
I just got back from spending almost a month working from the East Coast. Although I am exhausted, dehydrated and bloated I am also extremely grateful for all of the wonderful people in my life. This past month has been filled with deep conversations, weddings, storms, light breezes, walking, biking, laughing, crying, adjustments, boating and rest. Living on the West Coast has been so great for me. After being back in NYC, it really helped me realized how important the move to LA was for me. My life in LA has given me the opportunity to grow in a way I otherwise would not have be able to. It provided me with space and calm that I needed to slow down.
It has taken me a long time to realize how important it is to return to places you once called home so that it can serve as a mirror. You get to look back and think, “I feel different here now and that feels good.” I think a lot of these realizations are part of growing up and out of old patterns. Although I have said it before and I will say it again, there really is no place like home.
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