Roomie Date

The girls I get to live with are pretty great. We laugh harder together than i've ever laughed, we do stupid ridiculous stuff on the regular, and put away some delicious food from Hodad's in OB this afternoon. The weather was incredible and the food could be described in about the same way. San Diego has been so freaking beautiful these past few days, I am so blessed to live here.frie

Downtown Photo Journey.

I live 10 minutes away from this place, this collection of eclectic buildings, coffee shops, random festivals, and globed street lights. I live 10 minutes away from this place and yet I venture there rarely. I have a camera and dear friends. I have a camera and dear friends and yet I rarely capture the beauty around me or just exist in fellowship with people I love in this beautiful city. Sunday, we decided to change all of this. I made the 10 minute journey to downtown San Diego with my fabulous fellow photo loving friends Natalie and Jenna on Sunday morning and we spent about an hour seeing the city in a new and exciting way, through the lenses of our cameras. Afterwards we sat at Cafe Basaam ate biscotti, dipped it in our extra foamy lattes, and edited our pictures. It was beautiful. Why is this such a rarity? Why is it so difficult to make time to just be, be together and appreciate the city we live in and the gift we have in one another? Why do we not promise to do this more often?

I think I do.

Yes...you can now pay at parking meters with Visa. Way too modern.

And here are some pictures from my incredibly talented friend Natalie. She has SUCH a great eye.

A Tourist in My Own City

Sometimes I forget the beauty of the place I call home. Honestly, where else can you run along the beach lined with palm trees, gaze out at the ocean, and turn your head 180 degrees only to find a beautiful mountain range lined with white pristine mansions? I'm pretty darn lucky and I often fail to recognize it. Yesterday I had an "Angie afternoon", I spent a couple hours walking along coast village road, stopping in boutiques, sitting at Jeannines Bakery with a coffee and slice of zucchini bread...and it was glorious. I took my camera along and snapped a few shots, very amateur, but hey I'm working on it :)

Cute little kiddie clothes! Granted they were extremely overpriced. Regardless my kids are gonna be the most stylish tots around :)

I feel refreshed just looking at this picture!

This couple was so cute, they sat there in silence most of the time enjoying tea and salads. I often feel the need to always be talking to someone when i'm with them, but I need learn the value and beauty of silence.

Starbucks...my happy juice

Artsy? Probably not...i tried!

I've been trying to live by the wisdom of His book