Here's a quick photo diary from our Rhode Island trip. A lot of boats, a lot of beach, a lot of sunsets! Sometimes we need a vacation where we do just nothing, right?

I wore this outfit to check out a tiny little "artists guild" shopping thing in Rhode Island. It turned out to be 5 tables with crafty type things, a little underwhelming. BUT there was a necklace that was really pretty made with stones (but a tiny bracelet from the same person was $45 so I didn't bother looking at the price and passed it by.)  After that we went to a fun candy store where I bought some My M&Ms .

Dress: Splendid (Net-a-Porter Sale), Sandals: Ancient Greek Sandals 'Clio' (Nordstrom), Sunglasses: Ray Ban 'Erika' c/o Ditto, Bag: Marc by Marc Jacobs (Saks Fifth Avenue)

Here's my first outfit from Rhode Island which is, most likely, my last vacation of the Summer. On Saturday we headed to Scarborough Beach, one of my favorite places! We used to come stay at the same house every Summer when I was younger, but since I graduated college it's been sporadic.   Since I've been going on so many trips this year I made this a working vacation. I would go to the beach in the morning and work in the afternoons! We're headed home tomorrow (and I'm writing this post Sunday night) but let's just assume we had a great time! Not sure how many sets of outfit pictures I'll have from the trip, but you can look forward to at least a few more.

Top: Cynthia Rowley c/o Marshalls, Shorts: Madewell,  Sandals: Ancient Greek Sandals 'Athena' (Gilt), Sunglasses: Marc by Marc Jacobs (Shopbop), Bag: Marc by Marc Jacobs (Saks Fifth Avenue)

Half of our week was gorgeous weather, the other half - not so much.  Luckily Tuesday was one of those good days. We headed back to Galilee (where my first photos were) and went to Buster Krabs for lunch, my brother and I split a burger and chicken fingers. After we ate we headed back to the rocks to watch boats go by, and we spotted a cute bunny!

Song of the Day: Summer Breeze by Seals and Croft

Dress: Marc by Marc Jacobs (Gilt Groupe), Purse: Marc by Marc Jacobs (Shopbop), Sandals: Target, Sunglasses: Ray Ban 'Emma' (Marshalls), Watch: Skagen (Rue La La), Rings: vintage & Mom's

Back to vacation posts, but don't worry, we're almost done. On Thursday (meaning July 25th) it was cold and rainy, so we decided to go to Newport since the beach was obviously going to be freezing. I always look forward to visiting Newport, the cute stores, fun buildings and looking at all the boats.  We walked around for a couple hours and had lunch at  The Red Parrot, I highly recommend it, SO delicious! I had fish and chips and it was my favorite of the week (I had fish & chips 3 times, it would have been more but I decided I should eat some other food too.)

Song of the Day: Summer Love by Neil Diamond

Sweater: Ralph Lauren (GoodWill), Jeans: Current/Elliott (sample sale), Sandals: Seychelles (DSW), Purse: Marc by Marc Jacobs (Shopbop), Watch: Skagen (Rue La La), Rings: vintage & Mom's


My all time favorite store in Newport is Geoclassics. Ever since I was little I've been fascinated by all the fun pieces. They have minerals, fossils and gemstone jewelry. I never leave the store empty handed - this year I got an amazing ammonite pendant, mine came from Madagascar but they have them from multiple locations. I almost got a larger pair that I would have put on display but it was $150 (you can see some here.)

On Friday it was cloudy, cold and a little rainy. So when my parents went for a walk I stayed at the house and fed some birds.  At first I was just throwing out bread, but seagulls started coming in so I decided to just sit in the (wet) grass and try to get a particularly chubby bird to eat from my hand.  It took about 20 minutes and constant deleting of video on my camera to make more space for me to get him on film!  My uncle was taking photos of me while all this happened and when finally we got it - video and the perfect photo of the bird eating from my hand. Thankfully my jeans weren't ruined by sitting in the wet grass, ha ha.  That was quite ramble-y...anywhoooo, enjoy the photos and video below!

Song of the Day: Feed the Birds from Mary Poppins (don't like this song, but it fit perfectly ;) )

Cashmere Hoodie: Subtle Luxury (giveaway win), Jeans: Current/Elliott (sample sale)

Nighttime walks on the beach are a staple while on vacation.  The whole family would traipse all the way across the street and walk along the sand and boardwalk taking photos.  Unfortunately we had some rainy nights so we didn't take as many walks as usual.  BUT we luckily had a full moon during the trip and got some great photos!  I pretty much lived in this cashmere sweater at night and on the last 2 days of the trip when it was cold and rainy.  I was lucky enough to win it in Amy's giveaway a couple weeks ago and it arrived just in time to take along.

Song of the Day: Night Moves by Bob Seger

Cashmere Hoodie: Subtle Luxury (giveaway win), Shorts: both from Zara, Flip Flops: from Myrtle Beach