29Rooms Exhibit in Chicago

I have been following Refinery29 for YEARS now. They have the most amazing articles that are honestly so honest and so real life, and so relatable to life!  Naturally, when I got the email about 29Rooms telling me I couldn’t miss it, that bait click got me… I looked into it, and WOW, SO COOL! The best way to explain the traveling exhibit is as an Instagram playground. But don’t get me wrong, although the art exhibits were #goals, they all had deep meanings. Each ‘room’ or art installation was created by an artist who drew inspiration from their life, society or what the hell, just for fun! Take a look!

Riva.

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Anniversary Celebration at The Iron Horse Hotel

Memorial Day weekend isn’t just an extended holiday weekend for me and my husband Michael. May 25th is our wedding anniversary and it almost always falls on the holiday weekend. To kick off the celebration of seven years of marriage, I planned a weekend that we would both enjoy; a night at the Iron Horse Hotel and a weekend of brunching and exploring Walker’s Point. Michael has been dying to get to the Iron Horse and the hotel was kind enough to partner with us to start the weekend off great.

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Las Vegas Recap!

Happy Friday! Does anyone else feel like the week after a holiday is the lonngggessttt!? But hey, we made it! Now go get yourself a doughnut because its National Doughnut Day!

I spent the holiday weekend in SinCity with my Husband for our anniversary. I know, weird place to go for an anniversary trip, but we aren’t really normal, ha! Michael had never been and wanted to see what all the hype is about. I wanted to get some nice weather, be able to walk the strip sipping prosecco and shop at the luxury stores, we both left happy!

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Art in Bloom

Floral and fashion. What else do you need in life?

A few weeks ago I was honored to be asked by the Milwaukee Art Museum to take over their Instagram account as a guest journalist for their annual Art in Bloom exhibit. Naturally, my answer right away was yes, of course after I freaked out a little (or a lot)! I have always wanted to attend the installation of where local florist are assigned an art piece to interpret and create their own arrangement to be shown to the public for a weekend.

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An Introverted Blogger’s Holiday Picks

I had an amazing weekend last weekend! I went to a Bucks game, epic seats by the way. With the new arena coming to Milwaukee, I have to start being a fan now 😉 I had a baptism on Sunday, visited a potential home purchase and had dinner with a good friend on Saturday night, including way too much wine. But I have another highlight, I was on TV. Yes, I know, I didn’t tell anyone!

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Paradise for 6 Days

Phew, Monday. Mondays are rough in general, but even worse when you just get back from an almost week long vacation to Mexico. We spend last week in Cancun with perfect weather and amazing company. My husband and I became friends with our neighbors a few years ago and swore we would all go on a trip together. Jamie works for a travel agency and shared an all inclusive resort deal that couldn’t be turned down.

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Mixing Patterns & Color Blocking

This weekend I went shopping and my mind sparked while seeing a Dad and Daughter having coffee together. When I was little, my dad and I would go to Barnes & Noble (book store if you aren’t familiar) once a week. We could call it being ‘café people’ we would go to the café portion of the store and sit there for hours. My dad read or worked on his computer and I would look at fashion magazines. I would have a stack of about 15 magazines and flip through the pages, rarely read… I feel like things haven’t changed 🙂

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My Blogging Journey

I began my blogging adventure a few months ago and had no idea it would expand into such an exciting project and part of my life. I blogged a few years ago and didn’t have the resources I needed to be successful. Earlier this year I decided to take it up again as a fun hobby. I have been graced to meet and interact with fellow bloggers from near and far. It’s funny how you become friends with people you have never met!

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