getting away: doe bay resort, orcas island

A few weeks ago, Miles and I took a wonderful little weekend trip with our friends William and Brittany to Orcas Island in the San Juans. We went to Doe Bay Fest last summer and had the most amazing time (see some really great photos from the festival here!), we had to make the journey to Doe Bay Resort to purchase tickets for this year's festival. It was a bit strange being at Doe Bay without mass amounts of music lovers and festival goers, but refreshing at the same time. We lucked out with beautiful weather Friday afternoon and got to the resort in time to catch a ridiculously gorgeous sunset. We had rainy weather for the rest of our trip but made the best of it with delicious meals at Doe Bay Cafe, yoga classes, reading and plenty of time in the resort's hot tubs! This was only my second time visiting Orcas Island, and I hope to make it to the rest of the San Juan Islands sometime very soon. It really is magical out there, the scenery is like something out of a storybook.
Here are a few photos from the ferry ride over and our time at the resort. Enjoy! -whit

weekend snapshots: a visit from jforjamie

This weekend went by in a flash! But I guess they always do when you are having just like, the best time ever with a really awesome friend. One of my dearest and oldest friends, Jamie finally made her way up from SF to the great Northwest to visit me! We have been close friends since our high school days and are basically the same person with similar tastes and interests (our bearded boyfriends look eerily similar). I haven't seen her in at least a year and was so happy to show her my super rad city and to hear all about her wedding plans! She is adorable and talented and halarious and we had so much fun together! We walked around my neighborhood and explored the best Seattle has to offer including farmers markets, cute cafes and of course Target! Check out some photos from our visit to the Volunteer Park Conservatory, Oddfellows and exploring my 'hood Capitol Hill! Hope you all had a rad weekend too! xoxo, whit.

It took Jamie zero seconds to strike this pose. Pro.

 Beautiful colors at Totokaelo 

 Jamsquas ♥'s 'fellies too!

 Me and the homie Loc in our freshy Prabal Gurung for Target gear. 7:00AM trip to Target, totally worth it!

#twins #nomakeup #hashtags

photo by jforjamie  

 photo by jforjamie

hometown love.

 photo by jforjamie