a trip across the pond

took a mini vacation to london last week! 

spent too much time at various art exhibits (including the famous {david bowie} one!!!) and enjoyed some much needed time away from paris.

view more photos {here}.

vacation overload

{alright, this should be the last post about my recent normandy adventure}

there is nothing more exhilarating than to 'look up' and notice how small we all really are...

check out the ol' flickr here.  most of those photos of that guy i'm sometimes seen with and refer to as my husband were taken by my mother.

{gotta to give her credit!}

vacation

LONDON!  

kidding.  traveled normandy, like always.

why are these phone booths in normandy? 

'i'm not kissing you, you smell like cigarettes!'

viewed the bayeux tapestry

after years of waiting, i finally got to visit le mont st. michel.

during my summer 2005 visit to france, my friend and i missed our train due to oversleeping.

st. malo, to my surprise, was way better than le mont st. michel. 

technically in the brittany region, my first time in the area.

we also tried to visit the childhood home of dior, but it was closing right as we got there.

the view is wonderful, bathrooms clean!

road trippin' et beachin'

it hasn't been hectic during my long vacation home, but it has been hard to sit down and take time on the computer to write an email back home or make a phone call to chat with a friend....  so needless to say i've got a bit behind on updating the ol' blog.

in the past weeks, i've traveled from nyc, long island, virginia, and finally st. louis.  where the traveling isn't quite done yet, i have done so much and look forward to doing more.

before leaving nyc, i took the time to get myself a haircut right before hopping the train to long island.

i had a wonderful experience at a brooklyn salon called high horse.  when was the last time you gave your hair dresser a picture and she/he asked what you saw??  after that great experience, i'm thinking about making stop there every time i go home.  kristi rocks!

while on long island, i spent every weekend on the beach.  although one weekend we got completely rained out, another weekend we went clamming.  it was my first time and was kicking myself for not taking my camera... but maybe it was for the best because most of my family got in a mud fight.

my cousin and i took a road trip down to virginia to visit my grandmother 'nanny'.  it was a fun way to grow closer to each other, drink too much coffee/vitamin water, and eat junk food.  sad story: coconut m&m's do not contain coconut (but really, what should i expect besides lots of red 40?)

although i wish i could i stayed longer, i spent most of my time looking at old family pictures.  i brought home a lute of black and white copies and an old metal locker basket of my late grandfather (picture soon to come).