A MID-WEEK PICK-ME-UP OF FAVORITE PHOTOS, LINKS AND THINGS

// NEW CURTAINS

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It’s been nothing short of a process and an ordeal to get curtains for our new place. I’ll share more later, but long story short, I wanted linen curtains, but I didn’t want to spend a lot as I believe curtains are an area of the home that you should save, not splurge, on. Ikea makes a few great linen curtain options. Come to find out, Ikea is also great at not shipping things, losing packages and having the worst on-line/phone customer service. We finally have our curtains, they look great and I’ve been reminding myself that the 3 month wait was worth the massive amount of money that we saved!

// BEACH WALK

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We’ve been slowly easing back into our beach walks, for which I’m so greatful. There is truly no better, more relaxing, more peaceful way to end a day.

// GRILLED SHRIMP

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A quick shot, snapped in the evening glow, after a day of shooting recipes for a client; I couldn’t resist how summery and colorful this plate, in that light, looked! Heart eyes!

// TOMATO CONFIT

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A forever summer favorite that is simple, flavorful, delicious and so versatile; I’ll have to do an official recipe post, but it’s essential just tomatoes slow roasted with olive oil, salt, garlic and fresh herbs. Then you can toss it with salads, on fish or meat, or, one of my personal favorites, burratta. This one in particular I served last weekend, during a social distancing happy hour in the backyard, with truffle goat cheese and grilled sourdough bread. I’m drooling just thinking about it now!

// SUNNY SUNDAY

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A few hours, this past Sunday, spent soaking up some rays in the backyard

// LAVENDER LANE

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Over the weekend, one of our projects was to plant lavender along one side of our house. A handful of trips to 3 different stores and 2 re-plantings later and here we are. It’s right below a few of our windows, so I can’t wait for it to grow in more and, fingers crossed, have the scent float in on the breeze and fill the house.

// Swooning over this entire line that is not only gorgeous, sustainable and Black-female founded but also supporting local artisans as well as giving back through philanthropic efforts and the lemlem foundation

// I make way too many chocolate chip cookies, so I’ve been on the lookout for a bit of a healthier vegan and GF recipe. I recently stumbled upon these and omg! how epic do they look!? Like you wouldn’t even know they’re “healthy”! Making these stat!

// Recently ordered this cult beauty product…I used to use it a long time ago and honestly have no idea why i stopped using it because it’s the best thing ever! And it’s so inexpensive, too!

// My friend VenitA Aspen, along with Sophie gold, have been doing an incredibly enlightening, educational and informational live IG chat on tuesday evenings called group chat realness and i cannot recommend it eough! You can catch them live on tuesdays at 8:30pm est/5:30pm pst and you can catch up on past EPISODES on their IGTV channels.

// Anyone else notice they’re struggling with their posture as they get older? *insert crying eyes emoji* Hoping this will help!

// My scalp has really been struggling lately so I recently added this and this into my hair care routine. I’ll keep you all posted on if it helps…