Somehow, no matter how much I love a holiday weekend {and honestly, who doesn’t?}, the week that follows always feels like it drags on. After an extra long weekend filled with food, fun, travel, and a bit of rain {that California so desperately needs}, this week felt less like I was playing catch up with work and more like I needed to perfect my morning routine. I found that cleaning one part of the house every morning made me feel productive in a way that experts claiming making the bed each day can make you feel {spoiler: making the bed doesn’t work on me}. And it made it so that the house felt a bit sparkly and new everyday since I’d work on it in bite sized pieces {cleaning and organizing for 30-60 minutes a day can be pretty doable after all}. And while the weekend won’t be quite as long this weekend, I’m excited for a sunny couple of days at home, making pizza for date night, going to the beach to catch a sunset, catching up with friends over oat milk tea lattes, and lighting some candles each day. I hope you have a great one as well!

x Paris

Somehow 2022 flew by and we are nearly two weeks into the new year. It feels strange to me ever since we hit the 2020s to realize that the new millennium is not so new anymore. That being said, it felt so luxurious to spend the last couple of weeks of 2022 and the start of this century {and millennium’s} 23rd birthday with absolutely no plans, no alarm clocks, and just celebrating with friends and family. And while we’ve gotten into the swing of day-to-day life again, I’m excited to switch things up and head to the American Riviera {Ventura/ Santa Barbara/ Montecito} tomorrow, and to America’s Finest City {San Diego} this weekend.

x Paris