Ear Candy :: Muse

I am love love loving Muse's newest single, Madness, from their soon to be released album, The 2nd Law! It's sexy. It's mysterious. It's pure awesomeness. After 20 hours of driving over the past few days, we heard this song pop on the radio here and there, and I am just in love with the madness ;)



Xo,

Happy Weekend!

Here is some lovely things I have seen this week that make me smile!

1. (20) Things to Start Doing in Your Relationships (We are always improving, right?)
2. Gorgeous Imagery of Costa Rica and the use of the word "JOY-SEEK"
3. Paint Hangers in your Living Space... A Rotating Art Gallery perhaps ?!
4. Fenny Ganatra's Bounce Chair is Pure Fun.
5. Pinchamayurasana forearm balance ... Really just dabbling in the beginnings of this pose... I have tight shoulders and this pose really opens them up! Check out this article about falling down and getting back up :)


Above photograph from here.

Istanbul, Türkiye in 12 Hours

Greece in All its Glory

Home Sweet, Sweet Home

We arrived home yesterday evening after traveling about 24 hours from Istanbul, finishing in Denver. Though I only could sleep a few hours last night, I am trying to get unpacked, launder laundry, and get back to REALITY! This morning I took Baci on a walk in our park and met some nice old men and their dogs. It was super foggy and a tid bit chilly considering I missed the summer to fall change of weather being out of the town the first two weeks of September!! But it is nevertheless refreshing and so great to be home!!


In the next series of posts, I will be outlining our honeymoon - travels to Greece and Turkey and many airports in between! All in all Justin and I shared an incredible vacation and we are ready to plan and save for our next trip!!

A Time For Travel

In two days... we leave for our long-awaited honeymoon!! We are traveling to Greece and Turkey!! It's going to be an amazing trip! Justin has never been to Europe before except for this summer for a business trip. So, I am especially excited for him to have his first VACATION in Europe!!!

Here are some of things I am excited about...

1. Watching a sunrise in Santorini...

2. Riding the ferry between Athens and Santorini...

3. Visiting the new Acropolis Museum in Athens...

4. Photographing Santorini's pure white architecture...Beautiful!!

5. Just hanging on the beach, without a care in the world...

6. Seeing the Acropolis at sunrise to beat the crowds and to capture some amazing photos...

7. Mosque visits... shoulders and legs covered of course...

8. Visiting the Prison of Socrates...

9. Hiking Mt. Lycabettus to see the Acropolis from a above and great view of Athens...

10. Possibly checking out the island of Hydra as a day trip from Athens...

11. Yoga on the beach in Santorini...

Wanderlust...

“Without new experiences, something inside of us sleeps. The sleeper must awaken.” – Frank Herbert


With our one year anniversary approaching, we began to realized that we had not yet gone on our honeymoon, or any kind if trip we could consider our honeymoon!! Every bit of travel we have done in the past year has been for our lovely friends or for work.


We have been talking about where we wanted to go for quite some time... Costa Rica...St. Lucia...Nicaragua (Little and Big Corn Island)...Cabo...the list goes on!!


Last weekend I decided we needed to put our foot down and book our trip... After much research, I found a couple of great options - Barcelona and Ibiza, Iceland and Barcelona, Greece....completely different options from what we had started talking about!! I just figured if a flight to St. Lucia is almost $1000, why not fly across the world for just a little bit more ?!


So, we decided on a trip for September, and we couldn't be more thrilled!! We are headed to both Greece (Athens and Santorini) and Turkey (Istanbul). I am excited to research these countries and talk with people who have all ready been for good travel advice.


Traveling can really put your life in an entirely different and/or new perspective. This is what Israel did for me - I recommend leaving the country and exploring this world when you can ! It is wonderful to travel and be out of your element... Travels always become more interesting when you realize how much you have in common with people living in other countries - or just how different your lives may be. You may at times even feel WITHIN your element when travelling; this has always been very eye-opening to me. 

WHAT I AM LOVING...

1. Warmish weather in March!! Spring is upon us! :)

2. Hipstamatic App for I-Phone... Add a vintage touch to photos with a click.

3. Maxi Dresses... Pure Comfort!! Check out this one on Etsy...

4. Wednesday Boot Camp ... Kicks my booty!!

5. Coupon Hunting... Never thought this would make the list - but I am trying ;)

6. Travel Reads ... like Into Thick Air by Jim Malusa.

ISRAEL: A GLIMPSE INTO MY TRIP!

FLOAT ON: THE DEAD SEA

The dead sea, The lowest elevation on the Earth's surface on dry land.
The deepest hypersaline lake in the world. 

One of the world's saltiest bodies of water, with 33.7% salinity. -Trek Earth

So, I travel to Israel next week and I am psyched! I do not have a lot of time tonight, so here are just a few gorgeous photos of the Dead Sea in the Jordan Valley which I will be visiting next week (and dreaming of this week) !! Soon, I will be posting Dead Sea photos of my own!! XO

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Honeymoon Dreams - COSTA

So, fingers crossed, we have finally agreed on a destination for our honeymoon in 2011 - COSTA RICA!!

I am so excited I am all ready reading all about it and trying to get an idea of what there is to do and see!! I am a big fan of lists... So, of course Costa Rica needs a LIST!

Here is what I have come up with so far, I will add more as I keep talking to friends about what they recommend... At this point I am trying to figure out which areas are less touristy, more unknown! Some say the South Coast ? Let me know your thoughts :)

1. Climb Cerro Chirripo

2. Bungee Jumping

3. Surfing Lessons (taught by Kelly Slater ;)

4. Beach - relaxation is KEY!!

5. Tenorio Volcano National Park / Rio Celeste

6. Scuba Diving

SITTIN ON THE DOCK OF THE BAY

We took a recent trip to Northern California to discover new places and attend a beautiful wedding! Here are some of my favorite memories from the vacation...

VIEW FROM THE HOTEL - SAN FRANCISCO

THE HEART - SYMBOL OF SAN FRAN

PRETTY GRAFFITI..

THE BAY BRIDGE

THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE IN FOG

MORE FOG... A BIT SURREAL

THE CHURCH - HEALDSBURG

QUIVIRA VINEYARDS - HEALDSBURG

THE BRIDE'S BOUQUET

THE RECEPTION

RECEPTION AT NIGHT FALL

OVERHANG DETAIL - HEALDSBURG

NO FOG THIS TIME!

COOOLD WATER BY THE BAY!

HANGING WITH THE LOCALS...ACTING LIKE TOURISTS!