Hello from Roanoke! I have an awesome giveaway for you guys today. Ooh Baby Designs is a sweet little shop that sells bags, scarves, and other adorable handmade items. (I have two scarves and a tote bag and I love them all!) Stephanie of Ooh Baby is giving away one spring scarf to a lucky Freckled Italian reader! Enter below and good luck--I'll pick a winner as soon as I get back from my honeymoon!

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I'm off to Roanoke bright and early this morning to get ready for our wedding on Saturday! Rob flies in on Wednesday night and from there it's going to be a whirlwind of friends, family, and wedding bells.

I have a few more posts lined up this week (including a giveaway!), but I plan to take some time away from this blog so I can be truly present in the moment (and on our honeymoon next week). Thank you so much for reading--you guys are the best. Feel free to follow along on Instagram!

Happy Friday, friends! I hope you've all had a good and productive week. I have some links for you this weekend, so I'm just going to jump right in!

Interesting & Inspirational

• Vicktory Dogs! A wonderful look at where the dogs who were rescued from Michael Vick are now.

• I'm pretty much terrified of outer space, but these kinds of discoveries are still really awesome.

• I wish Jon Stewart were my friend in real life.

• A new blog for you to read: What Love Does. Kelly is so sweet!

Wish List

• I'm completely maxi dress obsessed, as you can see here, here, here, and here.

• I bought my first pair of shoes from ShoeMint and just loved everything about it.

• Though I love my extremely cheap sunglasses from Forever21, I think I could use a pair of pretty cheap sunglasses, too.

• Loving this grey Everlane backpack so much.

Food and Drink

• This was a really cool video about making Japanese-style iced coffee, which I found via Hank at Home Brew. 

• 35 Most Amazing Restaurants With a View--my list of places to travel just grew dramatically.

• There's a great grass-fed beef promotion running on Gym-Talk's MuscleFood discount code page!

Other Stuff

• Bad Lip Readings in general kill me, but I can't get enough of the Game of Thrones ones (one, two).
• One of my favorite professors from Longwood sent mea link to this hilarious piece on The Onion.
• If Winnie The Pooh Were Actually Regina George.
• Some friends and I went to the Matisse exhibit at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts last night and it was fantastic. It's in town until May 18th, so if any of you are local, you should really go check it out! (And then go get pho at Quang, because that's what we did.)
• Don't forget to order a print for your mom and have 20% of the proceeds to go Every Mother Counts! Place orders by April 28th to get them in time for Mother's Day.

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I have some place cards to finish and lots of packing to do--on Monday I leave for Virginia and next weekend we're getting married! Lots of little ends to tie up before the big day. What are you up to this weekend?

Photo credit: V.A. Photography (from this shoot)