Outfits: Train Spotter

OUTFIT DETAILS:

Dress: Thrifted

Hat & Bag: Vintage, thrifted

Necklace & Shoes: Modcloth

Tights: Target

I did tell you that I adore poking around old places, right?  Anyhow, another afternoon saw me out and about, this time with my vintage styling-blogging gal pal Kayla of Fairytale of a Vintage Wallflower, and boy did we uncover a fascinating little gem in the next town over!

I've been friends with Kayla for awhile over Instagram...(imagine that!), however this was the first time we were able to meet for reals in person and it's kind of just awesome possum to find another human being who lives in the same town as you do and loves thrifting, vintage, blogging, taking photos, etc, etc...you know what I mean, so naturally it was a match made in blogger heaven...ha!  

Just before we hit the Thrift, we drove by this old dilapidated train station that apparently used to be the heart of the city when it built in the late 1800s.  After it shut down in the 70s, a restaurant/club...(see the colorful train car in the back) was added on.  How I would love to just see how booming this little station once was back in the day.  Anyhow, this is how it once look:

Image credit: Here

Interesting, right?  So that's just about all for now.  I do hope to poke around this little station once again, but for now, I will enjoy my second cup of coffee before the laundry calls my name.

Wishing you a good one!

Love Bunches, 

Terrain - A Blogger Meetup

Outfit Details:

Dress: Vintage // For sale here

Blouse & Hat: Vintage

Brooch: Etsy

Tights: Modcloth

Shoes: Clarks

 

 

 

 

 

Photo by Katherine - Left to Right - Gillian, Kate, Stephanie, Becky, Katherine, Me

A couple Saturdays ago I attended the PA Eastern Bloggers Meetup held at Terrain, right outside of Philly.  Twas a sweet afternoon indeed meeting up with other gorgeous gals of the blogasphere and gobbling up the yummiest pumpkin carrot pancakes I ever did see.  We chatted of all things halloween, our awesome hubbles, and even cars...yes cars, lol.  And if you've ever been to A Terrain before - well, it's basically the Anthropologie of the outdoors boasting the prettiest plants, a darling & delicious cafe, and garden-wares to make your heart swoon for days.  Um yeah, it was hard leaving that place.  Yes, I want to go back...like now!

The only lovely lady of the group I met before was Katherine from Of Corgis and Cocktails - and I can hardly believe that was even a year ago that we hung out.  But all the gals were sweet as can be and I simply cannot wait for another meetup to be held.  Aren't they the best?  

Happiest hump day darlings!  May your Halloween be full of chocolate and plenty of ghouls.

Love Bunches, 

Of Capitals and Corgis

 Outfit Details: Jacket, Bag & Shoes: Thrifted // Romper: UO // Hat: Target // Necklace: Gift from Mother

Most photos above taken by Katherine.  Thanks lady!

This past Saturday, while I was back in my hometown, I had the pleasure of meeting up with Katherine of Of Corgis and Cocktails.   After numerous blog posts where Katherine and I literally took pictures at the same locations within days possibly even hours apart, I knew we just had to meet up at some point.   As all meet-ups go, Katherine was just as sweet and funny as I had thought she would be and conversation was never short as this Cincinnati girl had me laughing with her geek-tastic ways (she even showed me a thing or two about my dslr camera) and adorable stories about her dear pups .  

 Anyhow, it was quite a lovely evening filled with a trip to The Atomic Warehouse, a huge vintage store full of a quite impressive selection of vintage furniture, housewares, clothing, accessories, you name it and surprise surprise - we ran into another blogger there, Hope of Pink Champagne, who's boyfriend owns this midcentury heaven.  She was as sweet and as helpful as can be and the store was nothing but pure awesomeness so I highly recommend swinging by if you are in the Harrisburg area.   Better yet, I ended up walking away with a delightful toadstool printed dress and retro floral swimsuit.

So after that little stop we moseyed around the capitol building to grab a few photos and be watched by some passersby - always a treat, right?  The evening concluded with dinner at a local piano bar with fried caprese salad and all and of course I think it's safe to say we left there feeling quite satisfied.  I never gave much thought to Harrisburg growing up - it's quite a small city, especially for a state capital, but nonetheless, if you look hard enough you can find it's charm and have a great time exploring this little place...especially with a cool gal like Katherine :)  If you haven't become acquainted with Katherine's blog yet - you totally should, between her whimsical style, darling pups, and yummy recipes, it's utterly adorable!  You can check out her post on our day here.

Happy Tuesday darlings!  This week is going to be stuffed to capacity getting ready for my sister's bridal shower on Saturday.  My life will be nothing but cupcaking and craft making these next few days.  Wish me luck!  Talk soon!

Love Bunches,

Coffee & Chocolate: A blogger meet-up

So, I'm back early darlings.  Moving didn't really go as planned.  As we were all ready to go with our closing date last week, we were surprisingly notified that we needed additional paperwork unbeknownst to us and this set our closing date back a couple more weeks.  Total bummer indeed.

I could definitely gripe as this whole home buying process has been slightly grueling to say the least.  I however will refrain as I have heard many similar stories from first time homebuyers... so seems this is all run of the mill. And really, I am just thankful to actually be able to purchase a house.

On a happier note, I had the quite awesome opportunity to meet up with a dear blogger friend of mine.  Chaucee of The Fieldbook (formerly Streets and Stripes), was one of the very first lovely ladies I met here on blogger.  Coincidentally, she lives only a few towns over from the one I grew up in.  As she just returned from a semester spent in Israel, we were able to arrange a meet-up in the cutesy little town of Lancaster.  Though the night was wet and sticky as all get out, we have such great time of conversation at Prince Street Cafe as well as some heavenly chocolate at Cafe Chocolate in Lititz, and a bit of shopping around Target.  I seriously can't say enough about this girl, as it was pretty darn cool chatting  fashion, but even better to discover how much we have in common beyond the blogging world.  We of course manage to pop in a little impromptu photo shoot...and Albert (who tagged along for part of the night) got in on it as well.  

Chaucee was so sweet to snap so many lovely photos of me and Albert that I couldn't just pick one to post here, so I give you this:

We are cheeseballs for sure.

Have a sunny week!  Later this week, another lovely lady will be taking over as I continue to get ready for my move.  The saga continues....See you soon!

Love,