My Favorite Blogs!

When I love something, that is usually all I: can, want, and, need to talk about with my friends {as some of them have reiterated to me over and over again} ;) So in the spirit of me sharing things I'm enjoying right now, I wanted to share out the blogs that I absolutely love! They are a part of my daily reading routine you know along with the serious stuff that I read on People.com and PerezHilton.com cough cough...ANYWAY I have followed these bloggers for a few years now and really enjoy getting a peek into their worlds. Check them out if you'd like!

Oh Joy! is graphic designer Joy Cho's blog and it's full of fashion, lifestyle, hosting, advice, and lots of cheery colors!

Love Taza / Rockstar Diaries is Naomi and Josh's blog that follow their life journey full of adorable pictures of their three kids and their adventures as entrepreneurs. 

Cupcakes and Cashmere puts Emily's creative mind on full display. Her blog is full of modern day beauty tips, great fashion editorials, and her journey as a new mom. Love her. 

Lauren Conrad's blog focuses on women. All of her content is about fashion, love, healthy, etc and she recently banned the word "skinny" on her page...#GirlBoss

DESIGNLOVEFEST is just that! Bri's life is so whimsical, romantic, and cheery. I just love reading her diy posts or just staring at her eclectic picture for hours. 

Apartment 34 helps me get my design fix. I love their apartment tours I always get so many ideas!

A Cup of Jo belongs to Joanna Goddard, her blog is full of honest, funny, sad, romantic, and inspiring moments from her life or women around the world. She also always has great recipes and travel posts. 

Apartment Therapy has the most eclectic and exquisite design and home tours. They  also featured my friend's nursery, so bonus points! 

Things That Make Me Happy

Things have been a little out of sorts since hurricane Sandy has hit here in NY, I spent most of yesterday finally getting out of the apartment to stock up on groceries and run errands. Again I feel very fortunate that there wasn't any real damage in my neighborhood however seeing the footage and pictures of Staten Island, downtown Manhattan, and other places has me in awe. I hope everyone is okay and I hope everyone can return to normalcy soon. In times like these it's important to remember what we should be grateful for even though for some it may not feel that way. Here is what's making very grateful and happy at the moment:

The smell of lavender just makes me feel so warm and happy inside. I took this picture of bunches of lavender when I was in Santa Barbara, CA a short time ago and the store owner looked at me funny, it's the little things...

This picture of Joy Cho and I for her latest book "Blog Inc." which has a lot of fabulous advice for bloggers! She was so sweet and empowering.

This picture of Josh, Naomi, and I from the blog Rock Star Diaries at Joy Cho's book signing.  I started following their blog a few months ago and I'm hooked! They exude so much love and I'm happy they moved back to NYC!

This grainy picture of my family and I ichatting, we now try to make a weekly habit of having 1 conversation via ichat and it makes me so happy to see all of my family back in California!

This picture I took while moseying around Columbus Circle one afternoon a few weeks ago. That day just felt so "fall-y" (is that even a word??) just walking around with a pumpkin spice latte, my favorite lipstick on, and taking in midtown made me smile for the entire day.

Took a bubble bath by candlelight, listened to jazz music, and read my O Magazine. Can you say complete bliss? (P.s. Not an actual picture of my feet in a bubble bath, come on I have some decorum! cough...

*Hilarious clip from F*R*I*E*N*D*S of Chandler enjoying a bubble bath, it just never gets old.

Tomorrow I'm posting the weekly picture of the redecorated apartment, you'll see our fab updated kitchen. So excited to share!