CMA's 2013 Soundtrack

The Country Music Awards are one of my favorite music awards of the year. The show is always so much fun to watch! Country artists are dynamic performers, and the phrase "lip sync" is not in their vocabulary. This award show is also the platform with which many artists debut their new singles. Here is a list, in order of performance, of just about all of the songs we heard that night. Find this CMA's 2013 Soundtrack on Spotify!

1. Luke Bryan / That's My Kind Of Night
2. Florida Georgia Line / Cruise (took home 2 awards that night)
3. Jason Aldean / Night Train
4. Kacey Musgraves / Follow Your Arrow (new artist of the year winner)
5. Lady Antebellum / Compass (new album!)
6. Little Big Town / Sober
7. Keith Urban feat. Miranda Lambert / We Were Us (amazing song!)
8. Florida Georgia Line / Round Here (praise fireball)
9. Hunter Hayes feat. Jason Mraz / Everybody's Got Somebody But Me
10. Eric Church / The Outsiders (rocking rebel)
11. The Band Perry / Don't Let Me Be Lonely
12. Tim McGraw / Southern Girl
13. Blake Shelton / Mine Would Be You
14. Brad Paisley / The Mona Lisa
15. Luke Bryan / Drink a Beer (written about the loss of his brother and sister)
16. Darius Rucker / Wagon Wheel (nominated for a Grammy!)

Las Vegas Baby!

Here are a few snaps from my most recent bachelorette party in Sin City! I had a blast hitting the town with one of my oldest friends to celebrate the end of her single days before she "steps up to the plate" with possibly the one guy that loves the Yankees more than her. In Vegas we soaked up the sun, hit the slots, and dined and drank like calories didn't exist. Because they don't on a bachelorette party, right?

If Only: Catching Fire Premiere

What I would have worn if I had been invited to the Catching Fire premiere. Nonetheless I am excited to see it this weekend, even if only in a t-shirt and jeans!

Catching Fire Premiere by linzi-oconnor featuring a red necklace

Alexander McQueen kohls dress
hirshleifers.com

Christian Louboutin pointy-toe pumps
net-a-porter.com

SHOUROUK red necklace
$920 - jades24.com

Janis savitt jewelry
bergdorfgoodman.com

Kohls ring
dailylook.com

November Soundtrack

These are some my favorite songs of the moment. Check out my November Soundtrack on Spotify!

1. Brave / Sara Bareilles (So excited to have new music from her.)

2. The Wire / Haim (Loving the Indie Pandora Station.)

3. Counting Stars / One Republic (One of my favorite bands.)

4. This Is How We Do / Katy Perry (This song will seriously get stuck in your head.)

5. Burn / Ellie Goulding (This song kicks ass.)

6. City of Angels / Thirty Seconds To Mars (Love their video, and intimate portrait of Los Angeles.)

7. Best I Ever Had / Gavin DeGraw (His music always feels fall to me.)

8. Sweater Weather / The Neighbourhood (Well it is, isn't it? haha.)

9. I Want You Back / Yuna (This chic is awesome. I am obsessed with her entire album.)

10. Love Me / Katy Perry (Good message. Love yourself.)

11. Chocolate / The 1975 (Love their sound.)

12. Another Story / The Head And The Heart (Smooth finish.)

Wedding Vows in Music City

Last weekend I hopped a plane, and headed off to Nashville, Tennessee for my cousin's wedding! While in town I went on an epic bar crawl in the 12 South neighborhood, had the best latte in my LIFE at Frothy Monkey, and went to brunch not once but twice at The Southern. Whenever I go on a trip, my best packing strategy is really just to shop for all new outfits. I get so excited to wear my new outfits, that I end up packing less, because I need fewer options. Brilliant, right? Well for the wedding itself, I did choose to recycle a dress from a previous wedding over the summer. To dress up the black eyelet frock I chose these sparkly earrings from Banana Republic. I thought they were classy, and I loved the unique fall colors used. Now I keep finding many more outfits to wear them with!

Playing With Pumpkins

Happy Autumn friends! We in San Francisco are just starting to feel the chill of fall coming our way, and with just a week left of October, it was time to carve some pumpkins, and eat (way too much) Halloween candy!

Shirt: Old Navy, Jeans: Rich and Skinny (old) Boots: Banana Republic Sunglasses: Kate Spade (old) 

Hope you are all enjoying the change of seasons as much as I am!

~ LO