the only way we can be friends

1. you like cilantro. and tell me my guacamole is the best you’ve ever had (unrelated but important)

2. you cry watching the olympics. only heartless people aren’t emotionally moved by DREAMS COMING TRUE

3. you’ve shamelessly rubbed a magazine perfume sample on your wrist to ‘road test it.’

4. you will never make me tell a story/joke in front of a group if i don’t want to.

5. but you laugh at most of my jokes.

6. you don’t have a wedding pinterest board unless you are engaged/a wedding planner.

7. you don’t take it personally that i am on average 7 minutes late everywhere i go.

Well, I think that about sums it up.

L

What are your friendship dealbreakers?

don’t even pretend you don’t do this

Now you just have a proper name for it.

editorial thoughts from a reckless model

Franc, toss me my white Versace. Tonight: we dance.

denver, ya’ll.

Everybody’s headin’ West for the weekend. And by everybody I mean me, my bride-to-be sister, and her b-maids. So, yeah, everybody.

Any recos?

If you’re looking for me you can find me being a hippie, at a Brewery, on the lake, or breathing in the mountain air with some guy in a beard.

SUP

We went stand up paddling on the lake yesterday. I know, I know, Californians, it’s not the same without the challenge of the waves and sharks, I get it. But still, it was a blast.

My highlights include:

not falling.

the shark-painted truck

the old guys at the docs calling us mermaids

the ‘kayak club’ that came and asked us to show them how it worked

having multiple excuses to say ‘Sup’ and giggling after every one

pretending i was an ancient islander on my way to hunt for my family

Overall, it was amazing and all of ya’ll should do it before the summer is over. So grab 3 friends and holler (or, ahem, say ‘sup’) to Dale at SUP Nashville.

Mahalo,

L

sometimes i feel like a girl

This is easily the girliest, almost puke-inducing thing I’ve seen all week. So o’course I’m sharing it with ya’ll. And o’course I’m going to find/make one and wear it asap/yesterday and o’course I’m sorry that I’m suddenly saying o’course but it’s my blog and OH THE POWER!

What’s the sweetest sugar and spice thing you’ve seen this week?

L

Amerijorts

I used to have an american flag bikini that I wore this time ‘o year and if it weren’t for that blasted flood of oh-10 or the fact that I’m not a teenager anymore (or so they tell me) I would be rocking it today. At work. Since ‘work’ takes place in my living room, casual friday style.

Aside from figuring out the most patriotic way to paint my nails and an excuse to make like an Olympian and run around somewhere with a giant flag over my head, you can find me poolside with a fizzy drink of some sorts.

What are you doing?

P.s. check out these DI-Why Not Amerijorts (yes that’s american jean shorts, for the lame-man, err layman)

AMERICA,

L

Shall we all collectively gasp for a moment?

Last weekend I had 99 problems but a beach wasn’t one. (And in an emo moment on the drive down I pondered out loud that I probably do have 99 problems. #foreverateen)

 Hurricane Debby tried to ruin our Sunday but we one-upped her and got airbrush t-shirts made instead. Take that Debbers!!

It was wonderful and relaxing and donuts.

If you love yourself, make time before you retire to go to Rosemary Beach.

Amen.

Oh h yes

By now I’m halfway to the beach and since I found this DIY splatter nail demo at Refinery 29 on Wednesday, chances are my nails look exactly like this.

Happy weekend, teens!

LR

destiny

I’m going here next weekend. And aside from tropical drinx, donuts, and computerlessness, the thing I’m most excited about is saying, “I got 99 problems but a beach ain’t one” all week long.

Pretty much nailin it,

Lynds