Summertime and the livin' is easy

It's hard to believe summer is almost half way over! I guess technically it's only a third over, but I always visualize the year as if I'm in school, so the latter part of July equals summer coming to an end in my book. I've been keeping busy with work, reading, cooking, and day trips to the beach whenever time permits. It's been nice to take a little blog break, but I must admit that I always find myself missing it and all of you. Here is a little of what I've been up to:

A lot of walks and time spent at the beach (although, not with Louis balloons)! The weather in Los Angeles has been extremely nice so we've been going out to the beach almost every weekend to exercise, swim, lay out, look for shells, etc. I'm praying it stays this way!

A Homemade Life- I'm really enjoying this book by fellow blogger, Molly Wizenberg, of Orangette. I bought the book anticipating it to be a regular cookbook filled with fabulous recipes that I've found on her blog, but I was pleasantly surprised to read all of the wonderful family memories and associations she has with each recipe.

How is your summer going so far?!

[photos here, here]