Marina Girls on the Move: Coit Tower

Ever since I joined the "corporate world" I have been able to enjoy this crazy little thing called weekends. Having worked a retail schedule for the past 5 years, the idea of having set days off, and that all of my friends also the same set days off, is really quite a novel concept. Now that D and I are finally on similar schedules, we have decided to make Sundays our time to go out and explore the City we love. Today, sporting the typical "Marina Girl" weekend attire, yoga pants, sunglasses, and lattes from Starbucks, we put one foot in front of the other and hiked our way up to Coit Tower. The views were breathtaking, which was a bit of a struggle since the climb had literally just taken our breath away. Ha. 

Almost to the top! 

A view of the bay. 

To reward ourselves for surviving such a strenuous workout, we stopped at the La Boulange Bakery on Polk Street to split a sandwich. We opted for a favorite, the Tuna  Melt, which is perfect to share, and for a sweet treat we tried two Macaroons: Pistachio and Passionfruit Mango. Delicious! 

Tuna for Two!

My new favorite treat!

Sun-less Day

Today is the last day in a long stretch of rainy and gloomy days in the Bay Area. While this will be the second day I am trapped inside my apartment, hopefully I will more productive. I dug into my inspiration files and came across this picture from a Refinery29 article on Jane Herman, the concept director for Gap, and her simple and clean personal style and home decoration. I love in this picture how you can feel both order, and relaxation. With this image in mind, I am using this last rainy day to pull my apartment into tip-top shape too! But first I will have a cup of coffee...

To Longchamp or not to Longchamp?

My birthday is just around the corner and I am looking to splurge on something nice for myself. One suggestion was a Longchamp Tote bag. When I started thinking about this a few weeks ago, I knew I was already a little behind on the times. It seems the trend really picked up steam back in my sorority days, very many moons ago. Last weekend I stopped by the beautiful Longchamp store in Union Square to check out their selection, and I even played around with custom making my own bag on their website. The problem is, that now, I see them everywhere! There were at least 5 girls on my bus yesterday with the same bag, but in different colors. The idea of being just another sheep in the herd makes me frustrated, however, I cannot shake the functionality of this bag. It would be the perfect to and from work tote! I guess at what point does one give up their need for individuality for the sake of being practical? 

The jury is still out.