Isla and I just got back from San Francisco yesterday evening after a long day of travel (why are my flights always delayed??), so I’m a bit behind (or a lot behind actually). Which means this post will be shorter than normal, as I have lots of emails and editing to catch up on. Oh, and Christmas cards too! Hoping to get those out by Thursday!

Our trip to the Bay Area could not have been more perfect. As it was my ninth trip in under five years, we skipped a lot of the tourist activities and focused on spending time with some of our favorite people, as well as meeting some of our online-favorites for the first time! We arrived on Thursday night and I met up with one of my best friends from college, Blake, at Union Larder, right across from my sister-in-law’s apartment. That night we picked up food for dinner and tried to have an early-isn evening. On Friday, I met Jillian of Sweet and Spark for coffee at Jane on Fillmore. We started emailing each other years ago, and she is seriously the sweetest lady! I am so grateful to have met her finally! I even went to a Spark Party at her gorgeous apartment on Sunday (and snagged a gorgeous gold necklace!). After coffee, Ivana, Isla and I headed to Half Moon Bay to look at the Ritz as a potential wedding venue – in short, it’s perfect. We’re obsessed. Sadly, Isla got sick on the way home, so we bathed her and then had a quite night in. 

On Saturday, we woke up excited to meet the Benzers. We parked next to one of my best friend’s apartments, walked with Georgia and Thompson to coffee, where we met Kristy, Brett and Olivia (Livi). Isla and Livi were born a few days apart, and they are so incredibly similar – it’s been fun to watch their similarities on Instagram, but even sweeter to see them together in person (although Isla was quite cranky!! Ha!). After lunch at Little Star Pizza (which is delicious!), we walked to Alamo Square Park to see the Painted Ladies. Isla passed out quickly in the car as she was exhausted, but I popped into Wrecking Ball Coffee on the way back to get an expresso shot (also tired!). After Isla napped, we walked to Ghirardelli Square to meet another blogging friend, Annie, and her husband, Justin. I’ll sound like a broken record, but they were also so incredibly sweet. Annie was a baby whisperer, as Isla was not in an exceptionally good mood, but she managed to have her running around and giggling. That evening, one of my best friends, Georgia, came over with cheese and wine, and we had a wonderful night of catching up.

On Sunday, we went to the Spark Party in the morning, then Isla napped, and then we met Georgia and Blake for a late lunch at Blue Barn, then finished it off with some delicious frozen yogurt from Loving Cup. We went back to the apartment, started packing and called it a night early given that we had to wake up super early for our flight.

Okay, so that wasn’t actually short. Some of the other highlights from the week included:

  • Meeting Destiny and Truman at CityCentre for blog photos!
  • Taking Caroline’s maternity photos, then having her go into labor at 35 weeks the next day! Mom’s intuition’s should never be underestimated! I’ll share more photos tomorrow.
  • Meeting Molly of A Piece of Toast for first time and taking photos at Highland Village and then at her apartment.
  • Getting a keratin treatment and cut from Eric Vaughn and having Meredith stop by with coffee to catch up!
  • Meeting Santa at the mall – oh gosh, not a highlight for Isla (see below!). 
  • Stopping by The Monogram Shop and getting to visit with Leah!

I’m sure there were other fun moments, but I’m braindead (so if we did something fun together and I forgot, I’m sorry!). 10 days until Christmas, and I have only purchased a few gifts. Panic! Ha. Off to tackle that to-do list!Ailee_Petrovic_151212_4B3A87054B3A8694Ailee_Petrovic_151212_4B3A8713-2Ailee_Petrovic_151212_4B3A8680 Ailee_Petrovic_151212_4B3A8675Ailee_Petrovic_151212_4B3A8673Ailee_Petrovic_151212_4B3A8664 Ailee_Petrovic_151212_4B3A8661Ailee_Petrovic_151212_4B3A8660Ailee_Petrovic_151213_4B3A8756-3 Ailee_Petrovic_151213_4B3A8752 Ailee_Petrovic_151213_4B3A8745-2Ailee_Petrovic_151213_4B3A8740Ailee_Petrovic_151213_4B3A8722Ailee_Petrovic_151213_4B3A8726Ailee_Petrovic_151213_4B3A87324B3A86264B3A8649Ailee_Petrovic_151210_4B3A8597 Ailee_Petrovic_151210_4B3A8607 Ailee_Petrovic_151210_4B3A8593Ailee_Petrovic_151212_4B3A8687Ailee_Petrovic_151207_4B3A7812 Ailee_Petrovic_151208_4B3A7854-2 Ailee_Petrovic_151208_4B3A7851 Ailee_Petrovic_151207_4B3A7809 Ailee_Petrovic_151207_4B3A7842 Ailee_Petrovic_151207_4B3A7845 Ailee_Petrovic_151207_4B3A7829Ailee_Petrovic_151207_4B3A7693 Ailee_Petrovic_151207_4B3A7580-2Ailee_Petrovic_151208_4B3A8207Ailee_Petrovic_151208_4B3A8057Ailee_Petrovic_151209_4B3A8227Ailee_Petrovic_151209_4B3A8376Ailee_Petrovic_151209_4B3A8567Ailee_Petrovic_151209_4B3A8570 copy

3 Comments

  1. Hey fam, #1 stalker, here. I love all the photos, ‘specially of Teta Trollz and the maternity shoot (amaze.) I know all the important stuff will get done, boo boo, make sure you take good care of YOU. xoxoxox

  2. I’m melting over those pics of the girls together. They were so cute playing with that dog in the park! I love the pic of Isla by the pink door!! It’s the cutest! Come back to SF soon!! xo

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