A look back at the past year
January: my sister had her baby shower
February: H turned 2; received notice that I had to move; Baby Nautical's nursery was completed; hosted an Oscar party;
March: Attended Paleyfest panels for Castle, Vampire Diaries, and Revenge; hosted a Pretty Little Liars finale party; I moved into my apartment (St. Patrick's day); Baby Nautical ARRIVED!;
April: Saw the Hunger Games with Liam Hemsworth in person; Baby Nautical makes his blog debut; Celebrated my first Greek Easter; Attended National Nanny Training Day
May: Work trip to Florida;
June: Attended the Young Hollywood Awards; attended an art exhibit opening; family reunion in Missouri; attended the DellaLA + Apple launch party;
July: Started running; Had jury duty;
August: Got a new blog design; family trip to Sun Valley, Idaho; LA blogger meetup at the Getty Villa; C.Wonder store opening in Newport; First 5K (Jet to Jetty)
September:
October: Visited my sister in New York (recaps here and here); Celebrated my 26th birthday; work trip to Palm Springs; interviewed Hart of Dixie costume designer;
November: 5 year blogversary; saw the Book of Mormon
December: Gossip Girl series finale; Saw a special preview of Les Mis; attended gingerbread decorating and ugly sweater parties; saw Second City's Twist Your Dickens; saw Anything Goes; family trip to Palm Springs for New Year's Eve;
Monday, December 31, 2012
Friday, December 28, 2012
Snapshots from Christmas
I forgot to take photos on Christmas Eve/my dad's birthday celebration. But here are a few photos I took this past week.
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| On Christmas night my sister and I drove around to look at Christmas lights/decorations. How cute are these penguins (and fake snow) outside of a house in Beverly Hills? |
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| Snowman on keyboard, elf playing guitar (with snowflakes projected on the garage) |
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| The first four stockings were handmade by my grandma (mine is the big white cat one) |
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| Cozy by the fire place |
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| Nautical outfit for Christmas dinner |
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| I'm on the outside looking in |
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| The best photo I could get with this squirmy guy! |
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| New snowman placemats from Crate and Barrel |
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| I started to hang up holiday cards. Need to add a second ribbon now that I have some more cards to put up! |
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| New whale bottle opener has been added to my bar |
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| Favorite present is this "K" for koala (and Kate!) from Anthropologie (embroidered framed monogram) |
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| New chevron blanket looks great on my couch |
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| Giant anchor from my mom. Can't wait to hang it! |
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| New anchor jewelry: bracelet from my stepmom, necklace from my boss |
Thursday, December 27, 2012
J.Crew nautical new arrivals
I couldn't wait-already bought these shorts! The anchor shorts from last year sold out before they even hit my local store
My sister got me a bow top that I already had so I used the store credit to buy these PJs
Anchor pajama set:
Anchor pajama set:
Wednesday, December 26, 2012
Anything Goes! plus nautical Christmas tree
Right before Christmas I went to see Anything Goes downtown at the Ahmanson Theatre (if you are local, the show is playing until January 6 so hurry!). I think Anything Goes might be the most nautical musical there is! The majority of the musical is set on a ship!
Here are some photos from the official website:
I think I was smiling and clapping along the whole show! The songs are fun and the dance numbers are so entertaining. I really wish I knew how to tap dance!
In the theater lobby there was a huge nautical Christmas tree (it was so big that I couldn't get a shot of the whole thing)!
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| A and I have a tradition of going to musicals together during the holidays. Last year we saw Wicked together |
Have you seen Anything Goes?
Monday, December 24, 2012
Nautical Ornament Round Up
Did you see any other nautical ornaments? Please leave a comment with a link if you found something I missed! You can see all of my past nautical ornament posts here
Seahorses (Snorkel Blue Hold Your Horses):
I was hoping there would be a new whale or seahorse ornament this year from Jonathan Adler but so far I am just seeing this Mermaid:
Thursday, December 20, 2012
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Outfit Post: Pink!
I am sharing another set of photos taken by my talented friend, Brooke. Right now local (LA) readers can enter to win a FREE PHOTO SESSION with Brooke + 10 images on a disk! For more details see her blog post here. Submit a photo of you via email by this Friday, December 21 to enter.
Outfit details:
Monogrammed shirt: C.Wonder
Pants: Gap
Shoes (no longer sold): Kate Spade
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Gossip Girl finale: My thoughts
I decided to wait until this afternoon to post because I wanted to really take in the finale and let others have a chance to watch. I am curious what you all thought of the finale. Please comment away!
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-I knew Kristen Bell would be making a cameo but her scene with Rachel Bilson was a great surprise! Too funny to see them reading the Blair and Serena roles
-Blair looked gorgeous in that wedding dress. I'm not sure what was going on with Chuck's suit. Yay or nay on the suit?
-I was honestly very disappointed with the Gossip Girl reveal. I thought there would be a twist or some kind of surprise (like Dan was covering for Jenny, it was a parent like Lily or Rufus). Last week we saw Dan writing the final chapter. I thought for a second, "hey are they saying Dan is Gossip Girl?" and then decided that would be 1. too obvious 2. too early (since that was the penultimate episode).
-I thought Gossip Girl would be someone truly on the inside. Not an outsider who got in or an outsider that wanted in. I think it's juicier if it was one of the UES's own.
-BUT I realize that it would have been much harder for the writers to wrap up the GG storyline IF it had been someone on the inside/someone else besides Dan. I thought it was a little odd that Dan wrote that book and then was also Gossip Girl.
-I just don't like Serena and didn't like that the show ended with her wedding. Blah.
-Poor Nate. He never gets a good love interest. At least he's successful I guess.
-Overall I did like the finale because Gossip Girl has such a special place in my TV loving heart. I just wanted more in the Gossip Girl reveal (or no reveal at all, like in the books)
This post and its comments contains SPOILERS!
So for the love of Dorota DO NOT READ THIS POST UNLESS YOU HAVE WATCHED OR DON'T MIND BEING SPOILED
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-I knew Kristen Bell would be making a cameo but her scene with Rachel Bilson was a great surprise! Too funny to see them reading the Blair and Serena roles
-Blair looked gorgeous in that wedding dress. I'm not sure what was going on with Chuck's suit. Yay or nay on the suit?
-I was honestly very disappointed with the Gossip Girl reveal. I thought there would be a twist or some kind of surprise (like Dan was covering for Jenny, it was a parent like Lily or Rufus). Last week we saw Dan writing the final chapter. I thought for a second, "hey are they saying Dan is Gossip Girl?" and then decided that would be 1. too obvious 2. too early (since that was the penultimate episode).
-I thought Gossip Girl would be someone truly on the inside. Not an outsider who got in or an outsider that wanted in. I think it's juicier if it was one of the UES's own.
-BUT I realize that it would have been much harder for the writers to wrap up the GG storyline IF it had been someone on the inside/someone else besides Dan. I thought it was a little odd that Dan wrote that book and then was also Gossip Girl.
-I just don't like Serena and didn't like that the show ended with her wedding. Blah.
-Poor Nate. He never gets a good love interest. At least he's successful I guess.
-Overall I did like the finale because Gossip Girl has such a special place in my TV loving heart. I just wanted more in the Gossip Girl reveal (or no reveal at all, like in the books)
What did you think?!
Gap goes nautical
The anchor sweatshirt I wanted (and posted on Facebook) is already sold out online so order quickly!
