Summer in Seattle

I love summer in Seattle. Pretty much every winter I swear up and down that I'm going to move and get out of here and then summer hits and you can't get me out of the Pacific Northwest. I do love it here, but the grayness of our Seattle winters can really get a girl down. Not so in the summer!

Longboarding on Alki Beach. Wearing white Converse, engineer striped Levi's, black leather belt, red tank, aviators

My Sector 9 Longboard

I'm a pro haha

Get the look!

Converse classics in white are a must. Get yours  here  !

My Levi's were an Ebay find and are no longer available, but you can find similar styles at Saks or at

Abercrombie on sale now! The Kardashian Kollection also has a similar pair that are slightly darker at Sears. You can find them here.

A black belt, and aviators should be easy enough to find, and I always find engineer stripes look best with a  pop of bright color! I always lean toward red or pink :)

The photo below is something I just had to share. It's one of my favorite houses on Alki Beach. I'm in love with all the flowers decorating it. Flowers and plants everywhere!!

Justine and I made the trip out to the house she grew up in on Lake Sammamish for a day of swimming, headstands and cartwheels. We took these picture on her dock.

Justine posing on her dock

Tree pose on Justine's dock

I had to practice my head stands in her yard. As a naturalist I am fond of native vegetation, but I must admit I do miss having a nice grass backyard at times for things like headstands and cartwheels! Her dads perfectly manicured lawn was the perfect place for me to practice a bit. I'm pretty good at headstands - I held this one for close to a minute and probably could've held it longer, but I really need to work on my handstands too! My next house is going to have a good yard, not only for me but for my dog too!

Headstands :)

The day after, I was back at the beach! This time I went to Green Lake with my dear friend Kristian and her beautiful babies! I love kids, but I don't have any yet. Not quite ready for that in my life yet, but I get my baby fill with my friends kids. :) I had fun letting baby Thomas try on my sunglasses and taking some selfies with Kylie. 

I love that you can see Kristian and me in his (actually my hehe) sunglasses!

Best.Face.Ever. His not mine lol

Princess Kylie ;)

Lace, Denim, and Studs

I had a few hours to spare the other day, so my boyfriend and I took a walk around Pike Place Market to get some food before work. I liked my outfit, so he took some snaps of me for another outfit post!

I was wearing skinny jeans, my Jeffrey Campbell Flagstaff studded booties, a white lace droptop from H&M, super old gold and black boho-y style necklace, vintage black belt, and carrying my studded purse from Forever21. 

I love these boots!

I started the day with my jeans cuffed, a) because it was freaking hot out, and b) cuz I tend to wear my jeans up over my ankles anyways. I am fairly tall so most jeans aren't long enough, but I also have tiny ankles, and skinny jeans rarely ever fit tightly around them.

We stopped for a quick bite to eat - had salmon and a cocktail! So goooood! We are so spoiled here in the Pacific Northwest with our seafood. 

This lavender cosmo was to die for! Any cocktail with lavender or ginger and I'm sold! Salmon (raw) with olive oil and capers and horseradish and dill... So good. I think almost all fish is best raw. I'm kind of a sushi connoisseur, as I'm sure will be noticed in future posts :)

H&M crop top, Gap jeans, Jeffrey Campbell Flagstaff booties, Forever 21 purse, vintage necklace, vintage belt, aviators

One thing about me: I really like taking shadow pictures. I have always found them rather artistic, but its an interesting way of remembering where you are. That and feet pictures. It is like a remembrance type of thing. I have some really awesome shadow pictures from Japan, and when I went skydiving the one photo I really wanted to take was a picture of my Converse, 2000 feet above the ground. I'm weird like that....

Thanks for checking out my blog, have a rockin' day :)

xo

Ash

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