Happy Friday

Hi, Everyone!

I presented at a conference in Myrtle Beach yesterday and am working here for the rest of the week. It makes me so happy to see the sun on the water and smell the salty air.

I'm so pleased that the Governor's School 2012 Share the Music Tour this week was such a huge success! I've been working on it for a while and was excited for the chance to reach so many people. The Wind Ensemble, Concertato, and vocalists divided up to do 12 outreach concerts in 9 schools - and one public concert for a total of 13 concerts. In two days! These students (and faculty) are wonderful, and they worked hard to share what they do at SCGSAH. Here is a little interview I did about it last week, if you didn't see the Facebook post.

Other posts you may have missed:

Little Projects to Make You Feel Good
What is Marriage?
Curtain Making!
A Dog in a Hoodie

Have a wonderful weekend! xo. 

Bits of Summer

John and I have been spending lots of time relaxing and daydreaming and planning our future. I suppose that's what all newlyweds do? You can usually find us behind our house with a little Whiskey or Zinfandel in hand, figuring out the next best step.

Other bits of summer:

1. Mac & Cheese

2. Long Evening Walks

3. Letting Herbie run himself silly in empty baseball fields

4. Furniture Hunting

5. Blueberry Cake

6. Thinking about painting (but not actually doing it)

We are really looking forward to spending this weekend in the sand and the sun with my family in North Myrtle Beach. Happy Thursday, everyone!

Smelling Salt

SC is known for its beaches. And this week, I'll be working with sand in my shoes. See ya in Hilton Head. 

(I love my job.)

Hilton Head, SC

In other news...

Herbie is 3!

I love John. 

Our house closing got delayed. 

Over the weekend, I got prescribed bifocals! I always refuse to wear my glasses and squint instead, but I think I'm slowly losing that option. The doctor didn't understand why I found this so amusing. The good news is that I finally got to visit See, something I've been wanting to do for a while. They have great, clean European design that doesn't break the bank.

I think this salt air is going to cure my little cold, too. Win.

xo,

Lauren

Southern Drawl

 Sometimes vacation comes at precisely the right moment. My migration South with John has been so refreshing. Great food and great friends combined with this part of the world's friendly, laid back approach to life has taken us from Atlanta to Greenville to Charleston with fun at every turn. We've had a lovely time with both of our families. Today we spent an hour watching a Dolphin family before Happy Hour in downtown Charleston, and I'm convinced it doesn't get much better than that.

Vintage + Beach

Maybe I've said this before, but just put me on a beach in a bathing suit, and I'll be happy. I love these 40's and 50's styles, especially the mysterious beauty in the hat.

The good news is that now you can put something like this on, call it a Romper, and go about your day!

get the memo

 borrowed

Just Another Blizzard

It's true; you can't take the South Carolina out of the girl. I've never even heard of a mid-March blizzard! But here we are, trudging through the snow in Cleveland. Okay, it's a little bit pretty, but allllllll I can think about is this.

beach

dock

 this girl!
via Mary Ruffle