I'm sorry. It was too funny and I couldn't help myself. Lately I've just been finding myself embracing the crop. In the past I would have declared that the pants cut me off and make me appear shorter, and that in no way could a crop top ever pass as okay even in my most relaxed dress code work environment. But here I am, and it has most certainly been hot this month. These cropped culottes have dethroned pencil skirts as my summer work go-to.
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The other week I met up with some bloggers for dinner and drinks at TexiKo Tequila Bar in Hamden, CT, where we devoured tasty Tex-Mex inspired dishes and sipped cocktails made with Ripe cold press cocktail mixers. My margarita was so tasty with the Ripe mix - just fresh limes, oranges, and agave with no preservatives and nothing from concentrate. Drink mixing made simple! TexiKo spoiled us with half a dozen menu items, and in true blogger form, we took over the restaurant, relocating dishes to the bar by the windows or even just taking them outside - because it's always about the photos.
We've come to the end of the California photos, with our last stop in San Diego. By far the most mellow of the cities we visited, we stayed in another Airbnb which was walking distance from the Seaport Village, which reminded me a lot of Mystic Seaport.
We drove to La Jolla and visited Seal Beach, it was crazy how close you could get to them, if you were daring enough, and we got to see the cutest baby seals! We also went to Coronado to see the famous hotel, walked along the beaches, got our toes wet for the first time during the trip.
If I could do it all over again, knowing what I know now, I probably would. After the first few days of carrying my camera around I grew very tired of it, hence only having seven sets of outfit photos for a 14 day trip. I wish I'd known about June Gloom, I would have packed more jeans and left my beach towels at home! Also would have been nice to have known my sister wasn't old enough to drive the rental car, 800 miles was a lot for me. I only had one really big melt down (maybe two?) which is pretty good considering how much I dislike driving. At least the car had a backup camera, which was probably more a blessing for my sister since I didn't have to make her get out of the car every time I needed to parallel park - and that was a lot!
I'm also sad I didn't get a chance to meet Alice or Carrie, but who knows, maybe next time?
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