I left My Heart in San Francisco

San Diego Bay (outside our hotel)

Newport Beach

(one night trip to O.C. and L.A)

Our wonderful trip to California consisted of driving everywhere from

San Diego to Orange County to L.A. , then up to San Francisco, Napa Valley, and Sacramento.

Haight Street

Not a great picture of this awesome street, kind of resembles South st. in Philadelphia but about 1000 times cooler. When I seen all the vintage stores up here I felt like I found my heaven! Will make some posts in the future of the items I found here. Greatest Vintage store: WasteLand. A large selection of wearable vintage clothing and accessories in great condition, also a selection of new designs for men and women. I need to go back badly!

"Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring."

- Marilyn Monroe 

 



The Rare Finds

 WWW.ETSY.COM

Best site ever for handmade&vintage.

Definately many rare finds here.

www.etsy.com/shop/lmarate2

Peach Poka Dot Dress

Made with a sheer Poka Dot & lined with a cotton linen.

Not sure what material the dress is made with but the black is like a thick cotton spandex that's so warm and snug, perfect for a nice cold night out. One day while driving by a fabric store that i rarely ever go into, the sleeves of this dress caught my eye. The fabric was centered in the window display and hung off the spool into the window sill, like a train from a gorgeous wedding dress.

(Last picture is the gold metalic leather clutch I made to go with the dress)