Showing posts with label vacation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label vacation. Show all posts

Monday, July 21, 2014

packed up & off the beaten path

the tower of mobiles!  i mailed out last monday...the international orders are stacked on the other side of the room :) thank you one kings lane for the feature in your artisinal collection and the jealous curator for your fab post. it's been knock-out sales!
but now it's summer vacation... time for an inspiring road trip off the beaten path  ojai ice cream
 
 playtime in libbey park
barts books.. the best outdoor bookstore ever!
 
boccali's roadside for pizza and boccali's rose syrah 'pink moment'. with a view of the vineyards across the way and a bottle of this, i think i'm lost somewhere in the mediterranean
 http://shopsummercamp.com/
coolest new shop: summer camp, from a converted gas station (boccali's was once a gas station too)
 https://www.facebook.com/pages/the-farmer-and-the-cook/111345549443
farmer and the cook for carrot cake and chai tea. (love this place).
then onward with a short stop and stretch in the mountains of santa barbara
beautiful red local strawberries at the gas station in santa maria
 a meet up with my sister and the cousins in pismo beach
 hunting for sand dollars
the new summer do
camping
with  loud quacking ducks to wake us early for breakfast

nature collecting odd sticks for future mobiles and branches with pine cones for the holidays
downtown pismo for handcrafted herbal soaps at hearts desire and some colorful, unique  mexican art that my sister bought at carmona folk art store
my 10 yr. old neice,  mia made this one:
art inspired