The Hills are Alive with Black and White

David recently showed me a little gem of a spot near our home called Love Circle Park.  It's one of the highest points in the city, and it provides a great view of Downtown Nashville.  If you're there all alone you can spin around- arms open- and channel your inner Maria from the Sound of Music.  Though, it is a pretty happening spot, so you're never alone for too long.  I think I got through two rounds of belting out, "The Hills are ALIVE, with the Sound of Music, na nah na na" before we were joined by more pedestrians.  Arms down.  Slowly walk away.  Avoid eye contact.  
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Floppy Hat: Target (similar)/ Sunglasses: Lacoste

Top: Forever 21, High Waisted Shorts: Forever 21(similar)

Dolce Vita Sandals: Posh 

How do you wear black and white?

Gold and Black Metallic Attack!

Earrings: House of Harlow/ Necklace: Express/ Assorted Bracelets: World Market, Infinity:Gifted, Engraved: Bip & Bop, Chain Link: JCP (Similar)

Shirt: Forever 21(similar), Skirt: Charolette Russe (similar)

Purse: (Free Gift for Angel Rewards Members!) Victoria's Secret

Heels: Guess (Similar)

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Sunday Funny

The other day I was checking on one of my favorite blogs Coast With Me, written by the lovely Rita, and she had posted a link to this story: The Fart that (Almost) Altered my Destiny.  When other people say something is funny I am sometimes skeptical, I'm just not that much of an easy laugh.  But this story folks, tears were peeking out of my eyes.  I can not post the story here bc of copyright infringements, but seriously click the link above.  What can I say, I'm a sucker for potty humor, and I haven't laughed this hard at some since an episode in season one of Workaholics.  Special thanks to Rita for letting me share her find!  Enjoy!

Hey- I heard you were a Wild One!!!

Meow!  Below, next to me is my good friend Brittney.  It was her Birthday- can you guess the theme?

I know you're thinking, "Chelsey, you're not wearing animal print?"  But look closely.

Because I so am!

 I snuck in my fave cheetah print high heels and I was good to go!   Animal print party!

Heels: Express 

Oh and check out the birthday girl's dress!  

Sometimes a little animal goes a long way.  

Loving the Louvre

Visiting le Musée du Louvre was truly a spectacular day!  We fought the masses to get our picture taken in front of the Mona Lisa.  It could be comparable to a celebrity siting! The energy in the air was electric!  (And yes she is smaller in person)  The Louvre itself is one of the worlds largest museums; it is said that it could take a person three days to walk through every exhibit and they still wouldn't have seen it all.  So rather than camp out in the Louvre we saw what we needed to see and then spent some time on the outside relaxing by the fountains and enjoying people watching.  That was a hot day!  Or a regular day in Nashville.  My Street Style in Paris.  Linking up with IFB project #113.

Venus de Milo

We also waltzed through a bustling french farmers market, and purchased some tasty crepe's and sandwiches.  Though I must say the strawberries in Paris were one of the culinary highlights of the trip!  I've never had such succulent, naturally sweet berries.  Each one was a like a little bite of heaven.  Why oh why don't we have those here in the U.S.?  I can't even imagine how good it would be if I were to make these Strawberry Cupcakes, out of those strawberries!  Not to mention how many boys it would bring to my yard!  ;)

Neon Tee: Target, Skirt: Forever 21 (similar), Sandals: Clarks (Out of Stock)

The Bees Knees!

I actually use this phrasing, or at least consider it in my head more than one would think.  But the rhyming is so excellent, how can you not?  It's either that or I was a 1920's flapper girl in another life and the lingo is still stuck in my head.  Either way it applies to our weekend home in WI where we got to visit a close friend of ours, Scott and his newly beegun bee colony.  (See what I did there, beegun.)  Ok, I'll stop now.

 Scott was so kind as to give me what I deemed as the most important but also the most fun job of smoking out the bees!  

The smoke acts as a blocker between bee communication so that they remain calm as we invade their home.  Drunk bees.  

 Searching for the Queen Bee!

This was actually heavier than you might think, and I had to be oh so gentle with it so that I wouldn't smush one of the precious honey bees.  

(But then I accidentally did.  Sorry Scott)

See the bee's proboscis licking up the sugar water?

Scott the bee keeper, Ian the photographer, David the husband.

A special thanks to Scott for the bee education and the experience.  As previously discussed I can now cross this off of my not yet existent bucket list.  Also a special thanks to Ian Roberts Photography.  Yours looked way better than mine.  ;)    

Between controlling the smoke can, killing possibly threatening larvae, chewing wax, and the eminent threat of bee aggression this truly was "the bees knees!" (the concentrated goodness to be found around a bee's knee)  I like it!