Arizona Archives - Bohemian by the Bay

Vacation Travel Essentials

March 17, 2016

One of the most difficult things for me to do is pack for travel, especially vacations. Work travel is a bit easier because I have to do it so often, I have a mental list in my head. But when it comes to vacations, I have to think about what I want to bring for different weekend activities and outfits/accessories that go along with them. It’s also harder than work because I have more freedom (I don’t have to wear suits)!

When I packed for Arizona, I knew it was going to be dry and hot weather, so I made sure to pack some everyday essentials, including my new Vaseline Lip Therapy Tins. They come in original, rosy, cocoa, and aloe vera flavors. I have always been a user of Vaseline products to heal and prevent cracked skin, so it was only natural to bring them along on this trip, especially since I was going for a more natural look on this short vacation.

Some additional items I brought along were comfy dresses, sandals, hats and workout clothes (since you know I gotta get the workouts in, even on vacay). For this look, I paired a dress I thrifted from ThredUp with my new GiGi NewYork handbag. I usually never like pink or huge pops of color, but on vacation, that’s a different story. I definitely enjoy matching my surroundings a bit!

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Love,
Lauren

*Thank you to GiGi New York and Vaseline for sponsoring this post, it allows fellow bloggers like me to pursue their dreams!

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Bohemian Spring Break

March 16, 2016

Hi lovelies! Man, have I been busy. For the past week, I have been on business in Scottsdale and Phoenix, Arizona, so I decided to visit my grandparents who live in Tucson for the weekend. Needless to say, I have been all over Arizona in the last four days. I went back up to Scottsdale to attend a wedding of a friend of my mom’s, so that was a bunch of driving in itself! But it was all worth it. Arizona is absolutely beautiful- the wedding was at DC Ranch Country Club on the golf course. The venue reminded me of something out of Southern California, with bougainvilleas and twinkle lights lining the trees and building. Hopefully y’all followed along on my Snapchat (Bohemianbybay) to see some of the action up close! If not, there are little snippets on my .

For this work/vacation trip, I managed somehow to pack lightly. One of the pieces I chose was my new dress from THML Clothing, which doubled as a pool cover-up and dress to go out to dinner in! I only packed one pair of sandals, yikes! But they worked for most of my activities (pool, dinner, adventuring).

I kept everything fairly simple on this trip, including my hair and makeup (naturally dried in these pics). If I did wear anything, it was my absolute favorite lipgloss since it is so dry there. I covered up my make-up free face with these sunglasses most days!

Look forward to a second Arizona recap coming to the blog later this week!

Love,
Lauren

Spring Fever in Green Valley

March 10, 2015

So I just got back from a much needed relaxing weekend at my grandparent’s retirement resort community in Green Valley, Arizona (outside of Tucson if you don’t know where that is). I love to do a shoot at my weekend get-a-ways so it gives you all an insight into what I do in my free time. I rendezvoused with my parents here, so I spent the weekend catching up on life with my family. Talk about therapy 🙂

Their resort community has just about everything under the sun when it comes to activities- golfing (duh), tennis, swimming, an “Arts & Tech” building (so cute right?), and much more. It was about eighty degrees there, so everyone went about their routines and scooted around town in their golf carts. For this weather, I chose a lose fitted maxi dress (those are still cool I hope) to keep myself cool and some strappy sandals I bought at a thrift store way back when. I hope this gives everyone on the East Coast some hope for spring to come soon! Snow snow go away…

What I’m Wearing:
Maxi Dress: Forever21
Military Green Button-down: Ecote (Urban Outfitters)
Sandals: Thrifted
Ring: Madewell

I’m going somewhere next weekend, too! Big surprise, right? Stay tuned.

So much love for all of you,
Lauren

PC: My Mommy!