Day Date

I have a standing, beach cruising, day date with David today! We're off to Coronado to do a little cruising (and probably a little house stalking : )

How are you spending YOUR weekend?

Santa Barbara....

....was beyond fun! The only problem was that we didn't nearly stay long enough.

We woke up "early" on Saturday morning and took the coast all the way up to S.B.

Driving through Malibu was a trip! The houses are literally hotels! Driving through I kept saying to David "which one do you think is Jennifer Aniston's house?........do you think it's that one?........do you think it's that one?..........oh no I bet it's totally THAT one!"

So we've decided that as soon as we make our first 5 mill (as in million) we're moving to Montecito. It was absolutely breathtaking! It was a little hard to actually see the houses, but it didn't matter. The gardens were enough. And they were incredible!

And I'll be moving in to the San Ysidro Ranch - I don't mind having guests!

I wish I had the words to describe how unbelievable this place is. The gardens are the most perfectly tended gardens I've ever seen. Everywhere you looked there were flowers.

All of the buildings had climbing rose, and bougainvillea.

I loved how they use gravel pathways in lieu of the typical concrete pathways that most inns tend to have.

And the rosemary was amazing!

Alicia - I chickened out on taking a picture of the lobby so I took one of the outside instead! This place made me feel like I had to be on my absolute best behavior!

I have to mention the shop that we stopped at in Montecito. It's called William Laman. It's an adorable shop located in a 100 year old barn. It had the most stunning (can you tell I'm running out of adjectives for this post? : ) open-beamed ceilings.

Ok-Last thing and then I promise I'm done. **INTERRUPTION - Did any one watch Betty White on SNL? I'm not typically an SNL viewer but she was SO worth staying up for! She did one segment on Facebook and how she doesn't understand it. She goes on to say how in her day being forced to look at someones pictures of their vacation was considered torture! I'm SO feeling like that right now!!! But I'm almost done and then I'll move on to design-y things! : )

On to my last story - because it wouldn't be right if I left you without a story of me getting caught house stalking. We were heading out of SB when I saw this house out of the corner of my eye. I literally almost got us in an accident getting David to pull off the freeway. This was the most incredible house we saw all weekend. I wish I could have gotten better pictures but it was pretty hidden by bushes, and as I said - I got caught. And by caught I mean leaning from the passenger side, over David on the drivers side and practically hanging out the window. (Are you getting a good visual?)

{It doesn't look like much here - but it was a very neat house (this is a shot of the second story)}

{This is one of 2 gravel driveways - there was a back cottage too}

I'll leave you with a few extras from the weekend!

**Thank you David for an incredible weekend and for the last 10, incredible years! I love you!**

Spotted!

*Vanity is complete! Reveal coming soon!*

BUT FIRST!......

I no longer work Mondays, and with David gone at work, I tend to get in trouble! : )

Let me explain - my Mom and I have been talking about, for a while now, how we've been wanting to take a whole day and explore Old Pasadena. My mom grew up in the hills above Pasadena in a little town called La Canada. When we would go visit my grandparents we would always head down to Pasadena. I absolutely LOVE Pasadena! They have the most incredible architecture (everything from white clapboard with black shutters, to authentic craftsman houses.) We decided to finally set a day, wake up early, and drive up to Pasadena. Our plan was to poke around the shops and then drive through the streets to check out (ok and let's be honest, take pictures of) all the cute houses in the neighborhoods.

{We started off poking around the stores - which are a close second on the charming scale to the houses}

We ended up just driving through the streets, not really knowing where we were going. Right at the end of our "touring," we decided to turn down this street.

{Look familiar?}

We were driving by this house, where the sun was JUST going down behind the roof.....but I was pretty sure...........

It was the FATHER OF THE BRIDE HOUSE!!!!!!!

I couldn't believe it!! The movie supposedly takes place in San Morino, but I can definitely confirm the house is in Pasadena! Here is a shot of the house in all her glory on the set of the movie

{View of the living room}

{Just had to include this - it's my favorite scene from the movie!}

The FOB house wasn't the only amazing house - I also shamelessly shot some pictures of these fabulous houses!

Hope your week is off to a great start!