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It has been about 3 months since moving in to our new home in Fairview Heights and we have finally explored a little. We went for a donut at a famous and award winning donut shop, Randy's Donuts. It is a well known "landmark" in Inglewood and has been featured in many shows. It's iconic and definitely a good backdrop (aside from having amazing donuts).
I styled my new houndstooth blouse from the clearance section at Target with a pleated skirt from Forever 21. Although I usually like to tuck in blouses when wearing skirts, I added a little edge by not doing so to focus on the style of the blouse and its autumn colors (Oxblood & Navy Blue). I love this look so much I am going to focus on adding more of these blouses to my wardrobe!

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outfit: blouse: Target | skirt, necklace: F21 | bag, blazer: MNG | shoes: Steve Madden | sunnies: Kardashian Kollection
photos by John J
Happy Styling,
Cindy
 

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During the weekend, we visited multiple sites including Santa Cruz, UC Santa Cruz, Highway 1 (back at it), stopped at a local town for food (Pescadero), Bob's Pumpkin Patch in Half Moon Bay (being stuck in traffic for 2 hours), eating by the beach in Capitola, and finally stopping by Martinelli's Saturday started in Santa Cruz after a long ride on Friday. Originally we planed on going to the boardwalk, but there was a festival in town that practically blocked the route. Thanks to Bill's and John's knowledge of the city, we managed to make our way to an area where you can see the boardwalk, hear the sea lions, and go in the surfing museum. (By the way, did you know that surfing was first brought to Santa Cruz in 1885?)

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outfit: pants: Target; blouse, jacket, necklace: H&M; bag: 3.1 Phillip Lim x Target; sunnies: Ray Ban; shoes: Steve Madden
After leaving the beach, we drove by UC Santa Cruz. Let me tell you...it has an amazing campus! It's on a hill filled with trees. It's green everywhere you look! I loved it! It's such a laid back atmosphere.

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The next stop stop after leaving UCSC was a little town off of Highway 1 called Pescadero. We stopped for food and drinks before heading to the pumpkin patch in Half Moon Bay. Unfortunately, most of the photographs from that location were deleted. I managed to only salvage a few, including one of Bill. This little town seemed like one of those in Hollywood in a horror movie (maybe because of the insane amount of fog).

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One of the highlights for me on our trip was visiting a "real" pumpkin patch...not one of those LA ones where you pay admission and you are forced to buy tickets for games. Bill and John had actually been there before...many, many years ago. In a sense, this was like a mandatory stop. It was a unique special experience and there were so many photo opportunities. I almost want to make this a tradition...where every year we'll go to pick some pumpkins to bring back to our new house.

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Sunday was an amazing fun day, except for that one of the holes in my jeans spread open and now you can basically see my entire thigh. On our way back to LA, we stopped by Capitola... a nice little beach town by the Monterey Bay coast . We ate across the Venitian, which is a a hotel right by the beach painted in wonderful colors. It reminded me of a European type of town. All the colors made for a perfect background for street style photos.

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outfit: jeans, necklace: F21; sweater, bag: 3.1 Phillip Lim x Target; shoes: Prabal Gurung x Target; sunnies: flea market find

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Thank you, Bill, for these flowers.

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This trestle in Capitola has been our of service for years, which means no train runs through, which means....exploring the trestle. Walking through the tracks made me fee like we were in a Stephen King book..."you guys wanna go see a dead body?" lol. As we arrived at the trestle, I became scared. The old wood and the gap between the tracks )you can see directly down) made me a little scared. I then quickly asked John to snap some photos and then I immediately walked back.

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After wrapping up in Capitola, we were back on the road and made our last stop, Watsonville. This little town was filled with great architecture AND it is where Martinelli's Cider headquarters is. I love their apple cider.

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Overall, my birthday weekend was filled with adventures and couldn't ask for a better time. Thank you, babe!
 
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Last Thursday, was my 27th life anniversary. I planned our trip a few months ago when I purchased concert tickets to see Atoms For Peace at the Santa Barbara Bowl on the day of my birthday. Since we were going to be up north, I then had the idea of driving further up and finally drive Highway 1 (the scenery route to go north), stop for awesome Vista Points, go to Hearst Castle, the Mystery Spot, spontaneous adventures and finally stop over in Santa Cruz. Because it was my birthday weekend, I wanted to include my "2" and "7" balloons at any place that we stopped for a fun post. Of course, one them popped in the car, due to heat in San Luis Obispo, and we didn't find a party supply store to replace it.
As life would have it, we didn't have enough time to do everything on the list. John said that I wanted to do a lot in such little time (we had 3 days). We ended up stopping by Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, San Simeon Beach, Santa Cruz, Capitola, Watsonville and drive Highway 1! The Golden Coast is breathtaking.
Proud to live in California.
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Outfit: trousers: Target; blouse, jacket: H&M (old); bag: F21 (old); shoes: Steve Madden (Gretta); sunnies: Céline
We arrived in Santa Barbara late afternoon. We ate amazing Mexican food and then headed for a quick photo shoot before the show and before the sun would set completely. This is in Downtown Santa Barbara.

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I used an old H&M holiday ivory tulle dress and wore a chambray on top and did a knot at the bottom of the blouse. I wore a neutral waist belt to make it flow and added a statement necklace to add that chic touch.
Outfit: dress, necklace: H&M; chambray: Old Navy; varsity jacket, belt: Target; shoes: ZARA; sunnies: Céline

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This was a Vista Point on Highway 1 in San Simeon.

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Elephant seals on another Vista Point.
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This gigantic slice of pizza is from Pizza my Heart in Santa Cruz. It was a delish piece of pie! Wish they had it down here.

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Mud Pie! It's coffee ice cream with Oreos and Almonds!
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This place is called Marianne's Ice Cream. They have a wonderful selection of ice-cream flavors. They're second popular flavor is Mud Pie. Thursday and Friday's adventures were great. Highway 1, however, was a long ride with many, many curves! Stay tuned for Sat & Sun.
 
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      I have decided to carry on the Instagram famous hashtag of Throwback Thursday (#tbt) on this blog. For this post, I am sharing photos from my first time in San Francisco with John back in April of 2010. It was our second trip together and we had an amazing time, despite the rain. We walked around the city and visited China Town, Haight & Ashbury, Castro, Golden Gate, downtown, and North Beach. I can definitely say that this city has art everywhere and has an ample amount of photograph opportunities.  The color, the scenery, the people....I loved it! When you have a chance to go, please take your camera and document everything! 

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We celebrated America's birthday with my family. Didn't do much, but it was fun.

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outfit: shorts: H&M (old); blouse: F21; shoes: Jessica Simpson; sunnies: Melrose boutique
 

Jimmie turned 5 a few days ago. For his birthday, we all decided to go to the magical kingdom: Disneyland. It was hist first visit and may I say that it was a long day. In the end, it was great to see the childrens' excitement. I hope they remember all the memories that we created that day.

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MVI 0279 from Cindy Vazquez on Vimeo.


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Spent the afternoon with my sisters and my nephew at the Santa Monica Pier. It has been years since we've been back. It was a nice way to get ready for the summer heat.

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outfit: shorts: F21; blouse, jacket: H&M; sandals, sunnies: Target (old); bag: vintage
 

"Follow the Yellow Path." If you ever attend Coachella, do follow the yellow path. It is probably the closest parking lot to the venue and it is way easier to exit on this path, based on my experience. Anywho, day 2 of week 1 was exiting. Got to see more bands play and we stayed longer. It was exhausting, but worth it.

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world famous sunset photo takers.
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dress: Free People; boots: Target; sunnies: H&M; crown: DIY; bag: vintage; necklace: F21
 

Here we go again...a new year, a new April, a new Coachella. I bought 3 tickets; one for John, one for Jesse, and for me. It was my brother's first Coachella and we all had a great time. Granted the line up this year was not as amazing as last year, nonetheless, you can't ever have a bad time at the world famous Coachella.

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"we sleep until the sun goes down."
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outfit; blouse: Jennifer Lopez for Kohls; shorts: F21; boots: H&M (old); bag: MNG (old)
 

We managed to attend weekend 2 of Coachella thanks to Metric. Yeah, that's right...Metric (the band). I entered a contest on instagram and was selected as a winner for VIP passes. We went only for Friday all day and Saturday evening.

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loved her dress.
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outfit 1: dress: Target (old); hat: UO; boots: Aldo; bag: vintage
outfit 2: dress: H&M; boots: F21; head jewelry: vintage; bag: vintage