it’s been quiet around here, i know. we are all alive and well, we’ve just been in laguna beach for the last week having a babymoon of sorts. this was the perfect pick seeing as we went on our honeymoon there. laguna feels like a home away from home … like it’s a small bit of the planet that belongs to just us. it was just what we both needed to clear our heads and bring ourselves back to feeling a little more like us. below are photos from our trip when we found ourselves strolling out and about town. 



on our first full day the air was just slightly too chilly to spend lounging on the beach, so we decided to drive to balboa island and spend the day exploring there instead. on the way (and slightly lost) we took a wrong turn and almost literally bumped into this theater. camden and i had both been so excited to see the grand budapest hotel since we first heard it was coming out and so it felt like fate when we saw the next show was starting in ten minutes. we changed our plans slightly and watched this movie in the theater it was meant to be seen in.  






mornings in laguna are my absolute favorite and every morning we ate at our very favorite restaurant, zinc. a few times we even stopped there for lunch as well. this sandwich, chili, and salad combo was nothing short of amazing.  









we stayed at the hotel laguna located right in the center of town and smack dab on the beach. for what we wanted and needed, we couldn’t have asked for anything more. you could see and hear the ocean from our window which i’m missing like crazy right now. 







i’m currently working on editing our beach photos so stay tuned, more is to come soon! 

every year since we were old enough to care, we’ve celebrated the oscars with my mom in style … well, at least the cuisine always is anyway. the story was no different this year. we gathered around the coffee table with chocolate fondu, chocolate chip cookies, pot stickers, fresh chips and salsa, deviled eggs, and one can never forget the sparkling water with a lime … or two … or three. it has become one of those traditions that our family looks forward to all year … even kramer gets all worked up over it.

do you have any fun oscar traditions? i would love to hear them if you would like to share.