I feel like I just finished wrapping up my November favorites and now here we are at the beginning of January. How was your Christmas and New Year’s? Ours was great. Full of the traditions and family gatherings we look forward to every year. Also, no one woke up at 3am to start scoping out what Santa brought, which was also a win for this year 🙂 I’ve been pondering a few of the intentions and habits I would like… Read more »
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Emma’s Christmas Home Tour
My friend Emma decked their house out for a Christmas historic home tour and I wanted to share the pictures with you. Emma has been decorating and preparing their home for the historic home tour since the day after Halloween. You’ll see all her hard work paid off in their beautiful home. Emma’s family lives in a historic house a couple blocks down from us. Her husband Chris is a builder who has been transforming this house over the past few… Read more »
3 Nights in the Peruvian Rainforest
I am glad to be finally posting a recap of our time in the Peruvian rainforest a few weeks ago. Before Christmas gets here I wanted to share some pictures of where we stayed, what we did and some overall thoughts on the experience. How did we end up in the rainforest over Thanksgiving weekend? Well, first, I am from Peru and still have quite a bit of family living there. My aunt Pierina and I were talking last year, and… Read more »
Beyond Skin Basics with Beth Casse
I’m a complete skincare minimalist. It’s not that I don’t think taking care of your skin is a good idea, it’s more that skincare doesn’t really fit on my plate of priorities. Up until a few months ago, I knew I needed to be be doing “skin stuff”, I was just not willing to put in the time to learn what I should be doing. As you dewy, pristine-skinned people probably already know, the lack of care and attention starts becoming… Read more »
November Favorites
Hi! It’s been a little while, hasn’t it? I just got back from two weeks in Peru. The visit was full of new places and lots of family time, which was fantastic. I’ll definitely post a few pictures and details from my trip next week. As a routine-lover and homebody, I am happy to be back though. Since we left before Thanksgiving, I am feeling a little anxious about being “behind” on Christmas preparations. Normally, we use the Thanksgiving weekend or the weekend after… Read more »