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California Dreamin’

May 25, 2018 by Hillary Leave a Comment

Happy Memorial Day Weekend!

While Nick and I are both ecstatic about the fact that he has four days off (woohoo!), there is a hefty storm in the forecast: Tropical Storm Alberto is our first official storm since moving to The South. It doesn’t look like it will be a typical sun-filled, bbq-ing Memorial Day weekend for us. Instead, I am going to be daydreaming of last weekend’s trip to California [read: My Healthy Travel Essentials]. Nick and I both agree that we wish we could relive that trip all over again, and we wouldn’t change a thing. I am sharing some footage from our trip because it’s a weekend I don’t want to forget.

California Trip | May 17-20, 2018

Sacramento & Chico

— lunch with friends at Zocalo, al fresco

— sweet rehearsal dinner at The Red Rabbit

— two amazing (gluten-free) brunches at Pushkin’s

— all the Philz Coffee (nothing beats it!)

— ride in style in our rental Prius (when in Cali, go green)

— watch one of my besties, Court, marry her person #weddinggoals

— drinks & dancing with Kayla + the kiddos

— trail walk in Upper Bidwell Park with my bestie, Kendra

— stroll the farmer’s market with Sweet Cottage iced tea in hand

— soak up the sun in Lower Bidwell Park

— B Street chips & guac, obviously!

— downtown shopping with my BFF

— Parkside Tap House, for good measure

— the ultimate vegan pizza at OneSpeed with Grace

Philz Coffee | Midtown Sacramento

The best (gluten-free) avocado toast with poached eggs at Pushkin’s | Midtown Sacramento

Picked up a 6-pack of juice shots at Pressed Juicery | Midtown Sacramento

My dapper wedding date.

The stunning Mr & Mrs!

My forever happy place | Chico Certified Farmer’s Market

In my element.

Bidwell, always beautiful.

Bursting with joy, literally.

This girl, my BFF — I miss her so.


Thank goodness we’re headed back to NorCal in just a couple of weeks. Until then, I am going to ride out the storm this weekend by cozying up and doing all the online shopping (hello holiday sales!)…err, job searching. Speaking of Memorial Day deals…

Beautycounter has a steal: with any order of $125, you get a FREE travel-sized Cleansing Balm or Body Butter. Plus, I am throwing in FREE SHIPPING for anyone who takes advantage of the weekend deal.

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Have a fun & safe weekend!

xo Hill

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