Modcloth nautical new arrivals

Modcloth sent out a couple of emails last week featuring nautical new arrivals. There were so many that I am actually doing two posts-one with clothing (below) and then another with household/accessories. I just ordered the lobster shirt below. Too cute!

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Love at first pinch, $30

Definitely my favorite!

Profesh of Both Worlds Top in Ivory Anchors, $45

Cafe Au Soleil Top in Jellyfish, $40

Freelance Spirit Top, $45

Orienteer and Now Top, $70

We wish you whale sweatshirt, $50

Mine all design dress, $120

50 Nautical Rooms from House Beautiful

My sister sent me a link to House Beautiful's 50+ nautical inspired rooms.

Here are my top 10:

Preppy pennants

Classic nautical bedroom, not too over the top. I love the bedding and anchor on the wall

Drifting boats

This wallpaper is so fun, especially for a kids bedroom! Check out the anchor on the storage bench!

Blue check

I would love a headboard like that!

Caribbean splash

How fun is this brightly colored bathroom?

Moby Dick

Another cute wallpaper idea for nursery/childrens room

New England touches

This room has a lot going on but I think it works!

Nantucket cottage library

Pretty sure I could spend hours in this cozy room

Built in beds

I love everything about this room! 

A literal boat

This is actually a house in Sun Valley, Idaho which surprised me! I wonder if I can visit on my next trip? ;)

Bleached white

Simple and beautiful

Sisters' weekend in Dallas

At the end of January I had a sisters' weekend in Dallas with both of my sisters. JPH, my sister in Charleston, requested a location that required only one direct flight (unfortunately she almost always has to connect to get to more western spots).  None of us had been to Dallas before, and we liked the idea of checking out somewhere new.  I flew Friday morning with my sister that lives here (JHS).  This is the first time the three of us have traveled without our parents/other family members.  I have taken several trips with JPH but JHS wasn't able to join (now that her boys are older I think we will try to do an annual trip).  We arrived in Dallas in the afternoon and met up with JPH at our hotel downtown. The hotel is brand new (opened in the last month) and definitely had some kinks it will be working out in the next few months. BUT we were upgraded to a bigger room and everyone was friendly and helpful.

In the lobby of the Joule hotel

We wanted to walk to dinner since JHS and I were not thrilled about getting back into a car after our bumpy flight and drive from the airport. We had dinner at Americano in the Joule Hotel. We explored the hotel first, looked at the stores, and checked out the lobby.  Dinner was delicious! Really good drinks (they even have cocktails on tap!) and food.

Saturday morning we slept in and then went to explore, shop, and eat. We had brunch at Rise.

My chocolate soufflé

We did a lot of shopping and walking on Saturday afternoon. We had dinner at Mi Cocina. All of my Dallas friends go there and we wanted to check out Highland Park. It was so fun to be sitting having chips and guac and margaritas with both of my sisters :)

Sunday morning we ate breakfast at CBD Provisions.  I had French toast with pecan "nutella." YUM! After breakfast we went to the Sixth Floor Museum. This is a must-see in my opinion. I thought the audio tour was great. It's hard to believe that I was standing where everything went down that day.

After the museum we headed to the Knox Henderson neighborhood. The smaller boutique stores were closed but we found a great toy store (something lacking here in LA) and did some window shopping. JHS headed back to LA Sunday afternoon unfortunately, but JPH and I stayed on. We had lunch at Remedy and it did not disappoint! My grilled cheese was perfect. After lunch we headed back downtown to go to the Nasher Sculpture Center. A new exhibit, Ann Veronica Janssens' Red, Blue, and Yellow, opened up the day before we arrived and it is so cool! When you go inside the room/box you can't see a thing except colored fog. Yours eyes adjust and you can see your own hands and maybe the wall if you get close but that's about it.

As the sun hits each color, the fog inside changes colors

Took this by the door (the only place you could really "see" since some fog would escape when it would open )

We also checked out the Alex Israel exhibit inside. My mom actually saw him speak at an event here in LA just two days later. Small world!

Looks like a photo but actually that's a painting of LA!

We checked out Klyde Warren Park and then headed to the Reunion Tower to catch the sunset.

For dinner we wanted to go somewhere we could watch the football game and get some good bar food. We headed to Bryan Street Tavern. The soft pretzel was one of the best I have ever had!

We left Dallas early the next morning.  I wish I had taken more photos (I don't know how I didn't get one of the three of us!) but what a fun trip!

Garnet Hill nautical new arrivals (home and kids)

My mom saved the new Garnet Hill catalog for me because of all of the nautical new arrivals. I am in love with the dream boats bedding. My only complaint is that I wish they had more boys clothing!

Dream boats sheets, $24-98 (matching shower curtain, $48)

Pirate's life sheets, $24-98 (matching shower curtain, $48)

Pretty fish sheets, $24-98 (matching shower curtain, $48)

Dream boats nightgown, $38 (matching pants, $28)

Seahorse bubble shorts, $44

Graphic tees, $34

Sabrina Soto at Target

I haven't seen this collection in person, but I instantly fell in love when I saw it online. SO NAUTICAL! I will update this post if I find the whale pillow from the Parker Collection.

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Charlie bedding collection

Parker bedding collection

Charlie anchor pillow, orange, $29

Parker anchor pillow, $24

Charlie shark pillow, $24

Charlie boat pillow, orange, $24

Charlie anchor pillow, navy, $24

Anchor sheet set, $48-66 (matching pillow cases, $24)

Charlie boat pillow, navy, $24

Parker anchor pillow, blue and orange, $24

The Broad and Undateable filming

Last Friday I decided to take the afternoon off work for an adventure downtown with Leeann. I went into work at 7:30, took H to school, ran errands, walked the dog, and then headed downtown to The Broad. The Broad is a brand new museum in downtown LA. It has been packed every day and advanced tickets are sold out until APRIL. We decided to brave the crowds and got in line just before opening. It took us about 1.5 hours to get in but we had a lot to catch up on so it went by pretty quickly. Once we got inside we headed straight for another line (ha! theme of the day) to put our names down for the Infinity Mirrored Room (our wait was predicted to be about 4 hours-as long as you have your ticket you can come and go. You don't have to wait in a physical line for all of that time). The Infinity Mirrored Room often books up quickly so we were just happy to have a time that worked with our schedule.

Can you spot us?

After we explored the museum we went to lunch at Blue Cow Kitchen. I was really hungry and devoured my delicious garlic fries so quickly! After lunch we headed back toward the museum with about 1.5 hours until our predicted infinity room time. I got ice cream and Leeann got coffee. Well, go figure-just as we sat down to enjoy our treats we got a text that we needed to get in line for the room within 10 minutes. HA! Threw out our treats (so sad) and headed inside. As we were waiting in line Martha Stewart (!) was brought to front with her group. No waiting in line for Martha! BUT she only got 45 seconds in the room, just like the rest of us.

water surrounds the platform

The room really was amazing. I took my photos within the first 5-10 seconds and then put my phone away and just took it all in. My photos really don't do it justice!

We then drove to Burbank to attend a live taping of Undateable. We both love the show and it was so fun to see it filmed live. It's kind of a free for all with lots of improvising. Weezer was the musical guest. They gave away scripts from the episode at the end.

I couldn't get a great photo of us in the audience but I did spot Leeann in this photo