just one more day....

can't wait, tomorrow we are heading up north to our cottage in northern michigan!

looking forward to spending some relaxing time on the shores of lake michigan, shopping at my favorite places in glen arbor, leland, suttons bay, charlevoix, petoskey and harbor springs to name a few! of course, visiting a few of my favorite wineries and just being with family.

below are a few photos from upnorth, enjoy!

 charlevoix harbor...

 monogrammed goods in harbor springs...a definite MUST!

cherry republic in glen arbor another definite MUST!

of course, a trip upnorth isn't complete without a visit to leland or in my case a daily visit! lol!


are you going away?

if so, don't forget to pack your sandals! lol!

love it!!!!

how could you not stop and buy a cup of lemonade from this lemonade stand!

"keep calm and drink some lemonade"

....priceless!

i took this photo last year on my way back to my car after attending swedish days out in geneva, illinois. darn it, forgot to see if the children were having another lemonade stand this time! oh well, there is always next year! ha! ha!

a few of my purchases...

it was such a beautiful weekend here in chicago!

yesterday i headed west out to geneva to the swedish days! aka....best sidewalk sales!!!! i bought some cool stuff, below are a few photos of what i bought:

i loved this juliska tray so much i bought two of them, one for me and one for my parents. they just gutted their bathroom and i think this will look beautiful on their vanity.

plus this adorable matching set. i have a thing for frogs!

i also bought a few other things for the home. the weather couldn't have been better! last year it was SO hot and humid! here are a few more photos from swedish days in geneva.

so much fun! can't wait to go back next year!

today i spent some time on michigan ave. here are a few photos i took this afternoon! such a beautiful day! if only every day was this beautiful in chicago! lol!

of course, today i sported my bonanno's!

summer is too short in chicago not to be seen in your navajos!

...lol!

what do you think?

you know if one more person asks me if these are my real nails? i think i am going to slap someone! no not really, but you know what i mean! lol! ...oh, and yes those are my real nails!

unfortunately, i do not know the name of this OPI nail color! kind of bummed, b/c i really like it!

my husband returned home from vegas yesterday with $$$! yup, the sucker won! not a lot but at least he came home about $950.00 in cash! i asked if he wanted to go shopping? his response was to put it in the bank! the bank, lol!!!!

so to celebrate his "winnings" we went out for dinner to hugo's frog bar & fish house! if you are ever in chicago, i highly recommend checking it out! i absolutely love this place! too bad they didn't have the soft shell crab i had last time, but i ended up having the king crab stuffed shrimp [shown below] and my husband had frog legs. yum!!!!!!

before i forget, just a couple more hours until the lilly pulitzer home sale starts over at rue la la!

not a member of rue la la? no problem, click here for your personal invite. sales are private! membership is free!

just a few of my favorites...

seeing that summer officially starts tomorrow, i thought it would be the perfect time to share a few of my favorite "pampering" products from crabtree & evelyn.  i have to tell you these products definitely come in handy between manicures and pedicures! ha! ha!

...LOVE! LOVE! LOVE!

first, crabtree & evelyn's 60 second fix for hands in citron. this could be one of my favorite scents! if you haven't smelled it, you should! although, i'm not sure if it's good rubbing against my nail polish? ha! ha!  

let's not forget about our feet! ha! ha!  on that note, i'm also a huge fan of crabtree & evelyn's 60 second fix for feet in la source.  such a soothing feeling, especially seeing that i live in my jack rogers & steven bonanno's all summer long! ha! ha!

do you have any favorite "pampering" treatments you like to do at home over the summer for your hands and feet?

almost forgot, did anyone take advantage of the all-clad SALE over at joss & main? well, i couldn't help but buy another large all-clad roaster. too good of a deal to pass up! i love the one have have, although i don't use it very often. ha! ha! 

here's a photo of what i ordered:

in my opinion no one can ever own enough all-clad! ha! ha! ;)

not a member of joss & main, click here. sales are private! membership is free!

happy shopping!

don't forget...

i know i haven't finished posting about my vacation to MD, D.C. and VA, but i wanted to post a few photos from my weekend up in lake geneva, wisconsin. this time we stayed over at the french country inn [click here for a link to the inn] on lake como, also well known for their restaurant kirsh's.
it's always nice to getaway with my husband, if only for a few nights. we love going up to lake geneva and staying at the various resorts, hotels and B&B's/inns.

saturday night we went out for dinner and i ended up having lobster & prime rib...shocker! ha! ha! yum!
oh well, enjoy...

 loving all the adirondack chairs!!!

 below is a view from our balcony looking out over the lake:

below is a view from the dock look back at the inn...

obviously a photo taken from the pool area looking back out at the lake. unfortunately, the water was NOT heated and it was freezing cold! BRRRRRRRR!!!!

finally, taking in a beautiful sunset!

okay,  i'm ready to go back! ha! ha!

too bad my next vacay/getaway won't be until over the 4th when we head up to our cottage in northern michigan...can't wait!

oh well, in case you missed my post from yesterday don't forget to check out joss & main's  KELLY HUGHES DESIGNS preppy phone covers SALE!  check out the adorable monogrammed phone covers! cute, huh!

not a member of joss & main, no problem! click HERE for your personal invite. sales are PRIVATE! membership is FREE!

also, don't forget to check out the ALL-CLAD sale over at joss & main. the ALL-CLAD  sales starts today, june 20th! can't wait to see what they have! as if i need any more ALL-CLAD , lol!

heads up...

hope everyone is having a fabulous weekend!

we are home from a wonderful weekend up in lake geneva, wisconsin. last night we went out for dinner and i had lobster and prime rib. rough life, i know!!! lol! ;)

oh well, did you know if you bring your own recyclable cup/tumbler to caribou coffee that you safe $.50 on your drink! so of course upon learning this i ran over to homegoods and bought these adorable tumblers.

one for me and one for my husband, can you tell which is mine?!?!?!

plus, caribou coffee is currently running a promo buy 7 drinks get 1 FREE! beats using my starbucks gold card and waiting for the 15th drink to get one FREE, lol!

oh well, before i forget if you haven't been to joss & main ---head on over!!! they are hosting the KELLY HUGHES DESIGNS preppy phone covers SALE!  check out the amazing monogrammed phone covers! cool, huh!

not a member of joss & main, no problem! click HERE for your personal invite. sales are PRIVATE! membership is FREE!

also, don't forget to check out the ALL-CLAD sale over at joss & main. the ALL-CLAD  sales starts tomorrow, june 20th! can't wait to see what they have! as if i need any more ALL-CLAD , lol!

oh well, time to head over to the pool and enjoy the rest of the afternoon!