{mc}foto meets the davies

cc and i did our first shoot together this weekend... 

and we had a ball.

this family was so very fun to work with and made for some pretty great pictures on the beach.

i will admit, i was nervous about the beach thing because of the whole "have little to no control over the lighting" issue, but it worked out beautifully

i hope they like them.

these were our top favs:

feel free to check the new {mc}fotography blog for more 

and let us know what you think!

 there is a site too, in case you want to see more...

reasons to love california...

farmers' markets

 

i bet we have em better here in the central coast,

than in those in soCal or NorCal...

seeing as we actually have all of the farmers here...

everything is crazy fresh and crazy cheap.

its like a step before fresh & easy

{and i really dig that place}

so we have made fresh corn on the cob and fruit salads with pomegrante for a while....

and we like ourselves...

gray clouds...smiling at me

a few days ago it rained through the morning.

i woke up today to gray clouds and blowing leaves...

in some odd way,

the cool air and sense of fall make me miss DC in october...

i miss the hour-long metro ride to school in my cowgirl boots...

trampling over sun-stained leaves that look painted on the brick walkways...

even sitting inside and hearing the wind whistle tugs at me...

it makes me think of the housefronts and all of the cute kids there.

it is funny that it's been 2 full years and i still miss my brief stint as an

"east coast girl"



this makes me want to get some pumpkins and liven up the place.

at very least its time for some snickers mix.

stat.

operation domestication: part one

just over a week ago,

we left 118 degrees for 70 degrees

before the largest truck ever showed up (about 4 days after we arrived),
we lived like this:

we quickly filled up the space...

and after opening box after box of unused wedding gift,
and finally spent the last of the target card,

we made this space a bit more like home:

guest bath:

thanks parentals for all of the help!

more pictures once we get more than just the bathrooms in check

though they are simple,
they make me shimmy like you wouldn't believe.

news flash 2...

this is the video we showed our parents this weekend...

featuring santa maria, santa barbara, and san luis obispo

[you will want to watch the whole thing. i know it's long...]

beach hunt

saturday was dedicated to searching out
our beach.

the one we will frequent when we are close enough to be frequenters.



this one, straight west of us, was far too cold and windy:
(and apparently inhabited by some endangered bird
so you can't really hang out there...)

this one is shell beach:
no shells, just gravel.
too cold, obviously.

then we found *avila beach:
(also only 20ish minutes away)

"this one was juuuust right."

obviously this is a different crowd:



so i paparazzied this wedding that we watched start to finish.

dear bride,
if you ever stumble across this,
i have a few more you will want...

(the fotographer was missing out on this action)

avila is the winner
we will give you the update on that in a few weeks
when we are locals too!


*i corrected this post later from "pismo" (the beach we thought we were at.)
now that we have been here and been to the beach a handful of times,
we are a bit embarrassed at how obvious that this beach is in fact avila.
and there has been a wedding set up every time. awesome.

· NEWS FLASH ·

i always called myself the "west coast girl..."

but never thought i would actually get to live it!!

guess what...?

we're moving!!

side note:
[just found out last week.
we are in cali now finding a house.
we move in 3 weeks.
wow.]

hey california,
meet, the cliffords.

side note:
cc is kind of a big deal
so work is now in the santa barbara area.
tough for us, huh!
(all those pics are real!)

...in 18 months we will be in
san diego!!

i heart my life.