August

A few highlights from our most recent travels... 

The Rail Trail in central PA

Gorgeous land in upstate NY

And Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin outside Madison, WI

July in Chicago

Some highlights from July... 

Fireworks over Lake Michigan while listening to the Southern Michigan Symphony

 

An amazing prefab at the Museum of Science and Industry showing how we can all be much much greener

Views of the lake

Millennium Park after dark

Pitchfork Festival with Vampire Weekend

Pantone skin colors

I love this! Heath and I were just wondering about skin color the other day. Are there more shades of skin color or hair color?

See the entire post here.

Eat Pure featured on Allison's Gourmet

Eat Pure was featured on Allison's Gourmet blog this week! They have a Fridays with Friends series every week and feature someone new. You can read the entire post here.

They make amazing vegan sweets, including brownies, fudge, truffles and even caramels!

Sailing...

This week, we've been sailing the East Coast with Heath's family. We started in NYC, with stops in Florida and the Bahamas. 

This is where I spent most of my time...in the spa :)

Atlantis was one of our stops. We spent the entire day on the lazy river.

We did sneak away briefly to see the aquariums.

We loved this 'Tug' sign on the ship.

And my favorite of all our pictures - McKenzie (our son) + Courtney (our niece) - as kids, and now.

Birthday gifts + celebrations

A Swatch watch!

 Roland Garros Paris edition

 Sprinkles cupcakes...

 Some for Heath (non-vegan)

 And some for me (vegan)

 And some amazing Chicago vegan pizza with Chicago (mostly) vegan friends.

Turks 2012

Our annual trip to Turks + Caicos... 

I realize these pictures probably look very similar to last year's (and the year before that, etc, etc), but I never get tired of taking them!

Of course, here's our hotel, The Regent Palms.

When we arrived, we were upgraded to a penthouse, with an enormous balcony.

And the most gorgeous view.

Our first night there, we stayed up late...

Watching a Michael Jackson concert from the hot tub :) Last year it was Bob Marley. Every Thursday night they have an outdoor bbq and project various live concerts. It's a bit strange, but we absolutely love it. As some of you may know, Michael is Heath's favorite.

Another one of our favorite spots...Amanyara.

Rainy afternoon...actually refreshing when you can enjoy it from the beach. It got pretty heavy at times, but it was a nice break from all the sun.

Reading my book at the spa...by the way, I adored this book.

There is truly no better sight than this.

Grace Bay Club, where we were married four years ago.

And back to The Palms.

A few parting shots.

Already thinking about next year...