Happy Hour No. 164

Happy Hour No. 164

If youโ€™ve been around here for a bit

the title of this post might look familiar to you. After all, it was once a series that I shared on a regular weekly basis, every Wednesday, without fail. I never officially ended it, but I did take a break from it. Somehow that short break turned into a long one which then turned into a semi-permanent hiatus and well, now, here we are.

Iโ€™ve wanted to bring Happy Hour back so many times. Iโ€™d gather the photos, prepare posts, write the words, but then, each time, Iโ€™d talk myself out of it, saying that itโ€™s been too long and itโ€™s time to just let the series go and move on. Besides, I reasoned that there wasnโ€™t much use for sharing quick snaps of things I love from the week when I could just do it every day on Stories. I mean, everything is just so instant now, who would even care about something from a week ago??

But hereโ€™s the thing, I care. I care about slowing down in a world thatโ€™s always racing to go faster, I care about pausing and taking stock of the little moments in a world that is always moving onto the next thing and I care about being grateful in a world that only seems to be filled with greed. And even more, I care about my site, the content I curate and put out into the world, and this little piece of the internet that I own and get to call my own. So, today, Iโ€™m telling my inner voice to zip it {Not today , Satan! Not Today!} so that I can officially bring back one of my all-time favorite series and finally hit publish on the first Happy Hour post in far too long.

You might see a few new tweaks to the HH format throughout the year, but the general outline will be staying the same as it has been in years past. While Iโ€™m certainly excited for the series to make its return to the site (and I hope you are, too), Iโ€™m even more excited for the weekly opportunity to remind you all that thereโ€™s always time for a little happy hour aka to appreciate the joy in the little things, to pause and savor the small moments, to find the good in a bad day and that, no matter what, there is always something to be grateful for. Cheers friends!

casual outfit with camel colored coat


celery juice

// new plant

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The latest addition to our plant family, adding some much needed greenery to an otherwise very neutral corner


vintage green car

// PRETTY LIGHT

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Magical light and shadow play gets me every time, including this time, post-brunch, at one of our neighborhood favorites, Gjelina


Vintage linen blazer

// The Canals

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A quick snap from our new daily walking route through the Venice Canals


cactus and cat

// Juice Pulp Muffins

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We recently got a new juicer, which we love, but instead of throwing out the pulp weโ€™ve been trying to come up with creative ways to use it. Enter these juice pulp muffins. After making a carrot orange ginger juice we turned the leftover pulp into healthy carrot cake muffins. They were super delicious and even better we had a complete breakfast of muffins and juice without creating any waste!


// green juice

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Weโ€™ve been starting every morning with a glass of this green juice and have already noticed such a big difference with energy levels, digestion and skin clarity. Iโ€™ll be sharing our exact recipe on the site later this month.


Bird of Paradise Plant

// VINTAGE CAR

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Majorly crushing on this vintage car cutie that I keep seeing parked around our neighborhood


Gjelina

// THRIFTED FIND

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Iโ€™ve been wanting a tan blazer for a while now and I just so happened to find this cotton one for a whopping 99 cents at a thrift shop. I scored another, slightly fancier, tan blazer for $1.99, so basically I got two blazers for half the price of a latte in LA. Talk about the deal of the century! And a good reminder as to why thrifting is so great!


Venice Canals

// Canal Cat

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Speaking of our walks, we recently spotted this canal cat cutie scoping out the scene + it has us excited to add our own little furry friend to our family hopefully sooner rather than later.


juice pulp muffins

// This week I fell in love with some sleek mid-century modern chairs at the Austin Proper Hotel and immediately knew I needed to track down some similar ones for our own dining room. Enter these chairs that I now have my eye on.

// Glamping with goats? Sign me up!

// If this doesnโ€™t sound like a perfect Valentineโ€™s Day dessert then I donโ€™t know what does

// A home tour giving me alllll the inspo for our own home design

//If short ribs are involved, my answer is always yes, especially to something that looks this cozy and delicious!

// If winter woes are troubling your skin, youโ€™ll want to take a peek at this article.

// Youโ€™ll also want to buy one of these and one of these ASAP!

// And while weโ€™re on the topic of winter skin woes, don't forget about your scalp, too! Iโ€™ve got my eye on this product to help my own dry scalpโ€ฆfingers crossed it works!