Hello from California! This morning I have a meeting here in the city and then Rob and I are picking up a rental car and heading to Santa Rosa for the night before the big few days of work with La Crema begin!

We landed in San Fransisco Saturday evening, got our bags, and checked into our lovely Airbnb before heading out in search of a very late dinner before going straight to bed. Yesterday, however, was jam-packed full of walking, eating, and hanging out with friends we haven't seen in far too long (also I took a ton of pictures).

Here's what we did:

• Stayed in Haight-Ashbury.
• Dinner and a walk around The Castro. 
• Coffee at Ritual Coffee Roasters in Mission.
• Brunch at Mission Beach Cafe--I had the best Benedict ever.
• Late lunch with friends at The Little Chihuahua (Rob got a burrito and I had tacos and they were amazing).
• Ice cream from Bi-Rite. We waited in line for at least 30 minutes and it was absolutely worth it. If you go you have to have the honey lavender. It's pretty dreamy.
• Met up with more friends while we waited for ice cream and we all spent an hour or two sitting in Mission Dolores Park.
• Headed to North Beach for dinner with Rob's cousin--we grabbed a drink and some appetizers at Balboa Cafe before doing the exact same thing at Rose's Cafe.

Rob and I are catching a flight to California this afternoon and I am beyond excited about the entire trip. We're spending Saturday through Monday in San Francisco before driving up to Sonoma for a few days, where I'll be working on a huge La Crema project with my friend Courtney of Sweet C's Designs. We've been dreaming about this since January, so seeing it start coming to life is just beyond incredible.

I'll be here and there on the blog next week, so if you want to follow along, please feel free to check out what I'm up to on Instagram--I'm sure I'll be overgramming the next eight days like nobody's business. See you on the West Coast!

Rob and I had such a great trip to Minnesota this weekend--we got home late last night and are spending this Martin Luther King Day relaxing at home and getting unpacked before another week starts. I wasn't sure how visiting Minneapolis was going to feel--would I miss it more? Would I feel like Charlotte was finally our home? (The answer ended up being a little of both.)

I didn't take too many photos with my camera while I was in Minneapolis, but here are the few that I did! It was so nice catching up with my lovely friends whom I haven't seen in almost six months. We went to almost all of our favorite restaurants, drank great coffee, attended a sweet baby shower, and enjoyed a few really warm days (by Minnesota standards, of course). It was such a nice trip and I can't wait to get back again--hopefully in the summer next time!

How was your weekend? I'm headed back to the airport on Wednesday to catch a flight to Salt Lake City for Alt Summit!