Treasure Island Flea

This picture is one of those "stretch your arms and hope you get something decent" pictures.

Had no idea that the girls in the corner were doing that.

The above girls were imitating this large piece of art.

My lovely parents.

While I was visiting my parents up in the Bay Area, I diligently searched for vintage whenever and wherever I could.  I was disappointed that I would miss the Alameda Pointe Antique Fair by a week, but glad to know that my reliable hometown still offered other options for vintage hunting.  I took my parents and my son, so was unable to take pictures of different booths, but snuck some in of the view at the end. 

The Treasure Island Flea is much smaller and has a different feel than the Alameda Pointe Flea and the Long Beach Antique Flea.  It offers both old and newer items and attracts artisans and crafty people. I would say a good 20% of the vendors offered vintage clothing, which isn't very many vendors.  But, I always have more luck finding older pieces in Norcal than I do down in SoCal, so walked away with a good amount of vintage clothes from the 30s-50s.

We arrived right when it opened at 10 a.m. and if you ever go, bring layers of clothes.  I just had left 90 degree weather and was not used to the crisp air.  However, after walking and searching for about 15 minutes, I got used to it and the view was gorgeous. 

If I felt less rushed, I think I would have enjoyed the food trucks and the different booths more, but since my son was yelling he was cold and hungry, we left after an hour, which was ample time for me to quickly walk through the entire venue.  Like I said, not large, but good stuff!

So, if you ever are in the Bay Area and want to hit up a hip, fun flea, try this one. 

Leaving On a Jet Plane

Business in the shop and on this blog mistakenly gives the impression that I have been taking a long break this month.  However, that is far from the truth because I don't think I've lost so much sleep since I've had a newborn in the house.  I've been busy preparing for my fab.com sale in September, which meant mending, cleaning, ironing, steaming, and measuring over 100 pieces of vintage over the past two weeks while trying to run the house as status quo and occasionally listing in the good ol' shop.  The stress has caused a breakout on my face that I haven't seen since college and my first real grey hair. Yikes!  Not happy with either.

Fortunately, we have a friend's wedding to attend up in NorCal this weekend, so I'm staying at my parents house with the kids for a few extra days.  I don't get to see my parents that often, so I'm always excited to see them, and so are my kids.  There's no one that can cook Korean food quite like my mom can, and it's like I have 24 hours babysitting when I'm here!  I'll be visiting San Francisco and my alma mater, so more posts to come!

So, all this is to say that I'm on vacation until August 27th and will ship all orders when I return.  I will still be updating the shop regularly, so please take a look! Thanks!

Palm Springs ~ Part 2

Yes, Jessie's wearing a boy's jacket.  I think this picture may be a potential Christmas card for 2012.

I think Jessie's trying to taste the snow.

For days, Jonah begged to make a snowman so Mo and my brother made him one while I held Jessie in the ergo while she napped.

Mo figured out that it's quicker to roll the snowball.  But then it got really heavy.

Jonah begged me to get closer so he could throw a snowball at me. I really didn't want to.

Their ugly snowman.

We took this crazy aerial tram up to the mountains in Palm Springs to show our kiddos snow for the first time.  Can you tell it was gorgeous? It really was. Nevermind that I had the wrong shoes and experienced near frostbite. It was all worth it!  I can't wait to come back next year.

Palm Springs ~ Part 1

You would never guess, but my husband is actually somewhat spontaneous and pretty fun.  He texted me Wednesday morning that we were going to see snow Friday afternoon and stay overnight at Palm Springs.  My son was sooo excited because he's been wanting to see snow ever since he played with fake snow at Sea World in San Diego. (sad, but we live in Southern California where the winters are mostly in the 70s this year.)

We got our hotel and borrowed snow gear from a lovely friend from church and headed off Friday afternoon to our gorgeous resort. 

the view when you step out of our room

he either sat here or clung tightly as he could to his dad or his uncle

first time swimming and first time in a bikini

first time sleeping next to each other. i died when i woke up to this. tooo cute!

just pretty

Let me just say that although the resort was gorgeous, it was not a fun night.  Did you know that vacations with little ones aren't really vacations at all?  It's quite a lot of work, actually. Also, the walls were very thin in this particular hotel.  I could hear the toilet seat being taken down in the next room where there were a bunch of guys being extremely loud.  The four of us ended up sharing a king size bed and my poor husband went back and forth from the ground to the bed at least 4 times that night because my son would wake up all flustered at the lack of space.  He had to change the thermostat at least 6 times because we would be sweating hot, and then freezing cold within 10 minutes.  Jessie smelled breast milk on me and refused to unlatch the entire night.

 Looking back, mo and I laugh, but that night was one of the longest nights.  We actually waited for morning to come so that the torture would end. Ok, it wasn't torture and we seriously do crack up thinking about that night.  But it sure wasn't restful.

More gorgeous pics to come soon!

Labor Day Weekend

My husband discovered a secluded, private beach, so I put my vintage mid-century hat on, hid behind my son in my bikini and took a picture!  By the way, love my hat and my bikini broke!

This was pretty much the entire beach.  There were such lovely homes surrounding it.

My husband built this giant hole.  He was very proud of himself.

 

Yay! My son finally enjoys the water and sand!  This is a happy face!

 

My wonderful husband.  The fog cleared up after an hour or so, but the weather was still nice.  Love California beaches!

That was half of my Labor Day weekend.  What did you guys do?

El Capitan Weekend

Our family spent a great weekend with some of our favorite friends.  Our location, El Capitan, sits right next to the beach, so here are a few pictures of the beautiful place!  You just can't beat California beaches and weather.   Oh, and there were many dolphins swimming and jumping in the air very close to the shore; sadly, I was unable to take any good pictures of that.  Nonetheless, we had a great time!  What did you do this weekend?

Our group, collecting sand crabs and building a moat.

My favorite tiny feet in the world.

There were lots of these.

Some beached whales called my husband and his best friend.

The cutest beach hair in the world!

Post beach relaxing.  I promise I did not force him to pose like this.  I have no idea where he learned this. 

Hello Summer!

This particular trip to the beach was actually taken a couple of weeks ago, so forgive me.  However, nothing says summer like the BEACH.  Oh the joy of living in Southern California, where the weather is warm and the beaches are plenty.  Although my 16 month old son is still not used to it and is yet unable to fully enjoy the beach, he will learn to love it.  Hope everyone had a great start to their summer!