MONTANA

Okay, so I know this post is WAYYYYY overdue BUT I honestly wish I were still on vacation, but don't we all. The trip was fabulous, the best break I have had in a LONG LONG LONG time and I even caught a handful of fish.  

There is your Montana/Wyoming/Yellowstone recap via the good old iPhoto. xo

Fishing in the Northwest

This past week has been amazing. The wildlife, the places I have gotten to go and the fishing I have done has been beyond incredible. I am looking forward to cherishing the last little bit of vacation and and catching some more fish in this peaceful environment before heading back to the Big D! Can't wait to share more photos but for now I will leave you with this one from my birthday yesterday. Xo

Long Time Coming

Fly fishing trip in New Mexico, 2006

I am FINALLY heading out of town for the long awaited vacation. Heading to Montana tomorrow for a week to do a little fly fishing and celebrate my birthday on Saturday with C & M. Real excited! Better get to packing ;) Have a great week and check back for pictures! xo

RANCH BOUND!

AND WE ARE OFF... 

Officially "ending" the summer out in Boerne this weekend. 

Can't wait for some R&R with Celeste and Michael and to have Britney come out there this weekend for the first time! Hoping for some great sunsets like this one :) 

Oh and to see this cutie as well--

What are you all doing to celebrate the holiday weekend? xoxo

wishing i were here...today

in the mountains xo

Lately

Lately I have been.... well can you say..... overwhelmed?

Things are starting to slowly settle down again and I will get back to some more creative blogging. Here are some snapshots from last weekend when I was home in New York. Had a great Saturday in the city and then on Long Island visiting my grandparents. Here are some shots of our beautiful afternoon with my wonderful Grandma at our yacht club in Oyster Bay. It was THE BEST relaxing weather I could have ever asked for. Missing the breeze from the sound already.

One of my FAVORITE places on EARTH! Check out the tent over the tennis court they were setting up for a wedding... yes please.

 It was SUPER windy but so fun walking down onto the water... in this last picture Mom and I thought we were going to blow away.

Mr. B and Chainsaw were a hoot... they made the treck with us to Long Island... Mr. B is quite the traveler these days.

 When it came to heading back to Dallas I was... 

1. Sick

2. There was a security breach at Newark Airport so well that just stunk!

3. There was then a ground stop at Newark Airport for a ridiculous storm and crazy lightening.

4. I was excited to have been moved up to first class, watch a movie and sleep most of the way back to Dallas. Definitely enjoyed the United napkins they served with our beverages... GO TEAM USA! 

5. Downside of all the travel/being sick... didn't get home until after 1AM and as a result did not get the alloted time I needed to rest before Monday started so sick day it was. Guess it is good I am almost never THAT sick to go to work. 

I leave you with a really cool shot from my seat on the plane as we were making our descent into DFW... check out what a great night Sunday was from the sky! 

xo

ATL Recap

Now that the July Photo of the Day posts are all said and done, I would love to share with y'all my Atlanta adventures from last weekend! I took Friday off and went to Atlanta for a 3 day weekend with 3 great girlfriends from Camp Mystic. The whole weekend was a blast and totally made getting up at 4:30AM on Friday morning worth every second :)

Friday: 
7AM flight to ATL- slept, worked on rewriting my manual for the office and enjoyed my Starbucks... Landed early :)
Marsha picked me up and got to see her and Brian's new apartment. Then went to eat at YEAH Burger- OMG we NEED ONE IN DALLAS!! Best burger EVER, not to mention they had #glutenfree just about everything- the buns, the fries, onion rings, beer, I'm getting hungry just thinking about it.
After lunch, we shopped around the Virginia Highlands area and then went to see Moonrise Kingdom while we waited for everyone to get off of work. Got a great pair of earrings from Mitzi's Corner, some yummy chocolate from Bella Cucina and some funky magnets for my fridge at home. There were some great homey stores as well and I had to make keep my wallet in my purse... so many great things I wanted to have back in D!

We went back to Marsha's, got changed for dinner and went to see Jeanette's place. Drank her signature "slush," hungout with Luna and watched some Olympic Opening Ceremony.
Then we went to meet Audrey at Barcelona Wine Bar for some yummy tapas and drinks. Following a long and great catch-up dinner we headed out for the night and stopped by The Ivy which totally reminded me of a more laid back version of a typical Dallas bar. At the end of the night we capped it off with some Dominos #glutenfree take out (where they think "Carolyn" is spelled "Karolyn" and slumber party at Aud's.

Saturday:

Tasting Room

Met up with the boys (Brian and William) for brunch at JCT Kitchen- OMG I LOVED this place. This would be another great restaurant in Dallas as well. Following brunch/lunch Aud drove me around ATL and we ended up at the Coca Cola Museum. If you have never been it will be the best $16 you ever spend in your life. Despite the hour wait in the heat, I especially loved seeing the old artifacts, holding the ATL Olympic torch from 1996 and ending the tour of the museum in the "Tasting Room" where you got to try all the Coca Cola products from around the world. This is where I had the opportunity of drinking more Stoney- my favorite drink from my trip to Uganda a few years ago. That night, we were suppose to all meet up and go to the High Museum for an event but after an exhausting day and Aud not feeling well for a chunk of it we decided to stay home with her housemates and watch the Olympics while eating in. It was the perfect night before gearing back up for another busy week.

ATL Olympic Torch

Largest Coca-Cola Artifact

 

Walk through Centennial Olympic Park

Sunday:

Olympic Spirit

Woke up kinda early and went on a 3 1/2 mile walk through Buckhead, got some Starbucks and went to Highland Bakery for brunch with Aud. We then went to Chastain Park for another 3 mile walk... great peaceful Sunday morning with a good workout thrown on in. That afternoon we went to Yogurtland for a pick me up, showered, watched some more of the Olympics and packed before heading to the airport. Saying goodbye was the worst but I borded the plane with hopes of seeing these girls again real soon! Landing back in Dallas was hard but I came home to a happy puppy and my great friend John who picked me up at the airport.

A little ATL for Mr. B

They are the best and made this weekend more than special for me, so thank you :)

xoxo

Buildings

There is just something about great old buildings. Architecture all around the world is different and ever changing. I could post photos all day about "cool building pictures" I love the stories some photos tell about certain areas in the world but that's the travel bug in me talking... 

xo

Wide OPEN Spaces

XO

Southwest

Southwest here I come!
Off to New Mexico to celebrate the company's 65th Anniversary and partake Management Team meetings/festivities :)

See you all on Friday, have a good week! xo

Vacation

I am dying for a real vacation... not one of those long weekend "mini vacations" which normally end up being home to New York-- but a 4-5 day real, leave your life behind vacations. In discussing some locations for various travel opportunities in the coming year, I have started to realize there are so many places that are neat and more exciting than sitting at my desk all day  (even though I LOVE my job) and looking out over downtown Dallas... pinning on Pinterest throughout the day doesn't help either.

If you could go anywhere tomorrow where would you go?

xo