commit to commit.

i hate to say it, but i need a break. not a breakup, just a break. just for a month. it's just that our relationship is starting to seem like a chore...and it's not you, it's me. 

i used to love waking up on a sunday with a cup of coffee & pouring my guts out to the computer. but between moving, dan's visit, adventuring with my vancouver buds, and all the travel i have coming up this month...i just need a little bit of space to choose sunday hungover brunch instead of my computer. or maybe a slow hatha class to shake my body out when a weekend of hiking has me sore in all the right places. and i know i'm going to want to hit the surf in two weeks in tofino instead of lugging along my computer to post an update before (wet) suiting up.

it's nothing personal, it's just that i'm really busy having a whole heap of fun.

but i'll be back...on december 1st. i promise. and in the meantime, i'll give you a peak in to the last week so you have something to look forward to:

chasing the sun around the seawall.

lazy sunday mornings on my rooftop.

xo,
caroline

the best.

i'm really just the luckiest kid. this fall has been full of visitors, and i'm just loving being able to show the people i love all around the city that i'm falling in love with.

annie & audrey landed in the 'couv (thanks annie) on thursday afternoon and skytrained their way to my temp housing in yaletown, grabbed some food, and then wandered to the office to visit me. truth: we squealed and hugged and jumped so loud/hard/high that i think i truly frightened my poor co-worker who decided it was a good idea to walk out of the office with me when i went to retrieve my faves. i haven't seen the girls since july when i visited chicago for lollapalooza; and it seems like a million years ago. needless to say, it may as well have been yesterday with how quickly things pick right back up. it just is that way with soul sisters, ya know?

not wanting to waste a moment of "fun" in the city, i took the girls to cadence to catch a spin class before an amazing dinner at fable. (spotted: more than one member of the #vancOHA vacation sticking her finger in one of our three desserts to ensure that not a drop of lemon meringue went to waste).

sweatin' with the besties #thesweatlife

as much as i would have loved to stay up all night chatting & braiding each other's hair, i had to go to work on friday so our slumber party was cut short around 1am when i finally was able to calm my excitement down enough to fall asleep. the girl's adventured around south granville street on friday morning and then met me at the office for a yoga class & lunch with matt (lucky duckies, double whammy with that guy). the day flew by, and we met up with a bunch of people from work for drinks by the beach, and then did some shopping before yet another amazing dinner (this time w/ 3 appys and 3 desserts) in gastown.

cheers to fridays & thumbholes!

saturday morning we packed up for an evening in whistler, and had a quick brunch before hitting the road. squamish is mid-way up the mountain, and we stopped to hike the chief and grab a bite of lunch before heading on to whis. it was so fun to take the girls hiking; it's such an awesome experience to be up in the clouds, and isn't really something you can fully explain until you're on the trek up.

they were both a liiiiitle pissed at me at this point

it's just so beautiful when you're up above the clouds.

it's hard not to be balanced when you're all alone up here #breathedeeply

real life.

these two, i just love 'em

sunday morning took us to a much needed brunch at elements, one of my new fave spots with the most delicious eggs bennys. we also found purebread, which might possibly be the best bakery in the world. this discovery gives me hope that i'll at least be able to entertain myself on weekend ski trips even if i don't pick up on the whole skiing thing. #sconeloversanonymous

i'm a sucker for a pretty espresso machine & anything stumptown

sunday night was sushi night after we made it back down the mountain and had some much needed relaxation time. it was back to work for me on monday, and the girl's rented bikes to ride around the seawall and did some (more) shopping before meeting me at the office to walk to another community yoga class taught by (guess who!?!?) matt. what a gem, that one.

we grabbed an awesome dinner at a new restaurant that recently opened down the street and then cried about the fact that they couldn't stay forever (yet). luckily for us, i'm headed to chicago the weekend before american thanksgiving, so at least it won't be long until we get to do it all over again!

xo,

caroline

long strange trip

i really do feel quite awful about my absence from the blog lately. i've been so busy that i haven't even had a moment to catch my breath. so here i am, comin' atcha at midnight on a sunday, on the second night in MY BED! my real bed, not dan's bed or audrey's couch or a hotel room in vancouver/nyc/chicago or mom's house in st. louis, or temp housing in vancouver or a cabin in whistler. my bed. in my new apartment. exactly 4 months to the day when all my stuff was packed up from my little GV apartment this past may. time flies, eh?

the last time we caught up, i'd just come back from a weekend in whistler watching the gran fondo and enjoying the last bits of summer. that next week, i dealt with some mild to moderate apartment issues (long story short: there were a few quality issues with the apartment condition when i moved in, and i chose to break my lease and find a new place to live rather than stay in an apartment with yucky quality floors) during the week, which left me scrambling to find a new apartment before my stuff arrived from c-bus this past week. luckily my dad came in town that friday, and was a major help in finding me a new place (and one that i LOVE...just wait for the pictures) in record time.

so dad arrived that friday, and we had a great time exploring BC! on saturday morning we drove up to squamish in the rain and fog (about 45 minutes up the sea to sky highway) to hike the chief with mattie. the hike is an awful lot more pleasant than the grind...although still plenty challenging (right, dad?); and the views from the top are incredibly gorgeous, especially when you're way up above the clouds. there's 3 peaks to hike, and the 2nd peak involves a cliff that you can scoot right up to and look straight down. super scary, but also majorly exhilarating. that and mountain air in general just make me a really happy camper. oh, and yoga poses in gorgeous places. that makes me really happy, too.

some views don't even need a filter. 

way way above the clouds.

my dad also had the privilege of a matt corker yoga class (you should all be so lucky) at my local lululemon store in kits. i'm actually starting to establish a routine here, which feels really nice. between hot yoga, spin, a few power yoga classes here & there and as many hikes as possible combined with to & from's on my bike, my weeks fill up with activity really quickly. and it was nice to have someone here on west coast time to share dinners with and talk about my adventures; even though my adventures seem less and less crazy as i get cozy in this routine.

kombucha of the day @ the farmer's apprentice's might need to be part of my routine

after a substantial 6-day visit, i sent dad off on the skytrain to the airport, biked off to work and had the best present ever delivered to the office that afternoon...

my faves.

more updates on these goobers this week.

xo,

caroline

hiatus.

annie & audrey are in town. just let me have this moment.

best buds take on the mountain #vancOHA

back next week...

xo,
caroline

whistler while you work.

last week was the gran fondo bike race from vancouver to whistler, a 122km ride straight up the mountain. jennie and i hopped in the jeep on friday after work and scoped out the route (aka headed up to whistler for a weekend of fun). we had a few co-workers racing on saturday, and were stoked to watch them cross the finish line.

after devouring some much needed breakfast sandwiches on saturday morning, we moseyed over to the finish, realized we'd missed scott (#goalcrush); and then decided to hang out in the yoga/stretch tent that work was sponsoring. man, is the view gorgeous in whistler. #punintended

more like gran FUNdo #lamejokes

we spent the afternoon drinking caesers in the sun, watching the mountain bikers fly downhill, and even squeezed in time for some valuable comp shopping.

that night in whistler we met up with friends for dinner, drinks, and then some more drinks...and debauchery.

and sunday morning - er, afternoon - we were up and at 'em to grab brunch and head down the mountain back to vancouver!

easy like a sunday morning

xo,
caroline