..."yes, i'm gonna be a star." OK, if you don't know who sings this song, then well, I really don't know what to say! I love The Beatles, but I love classic cars even more :)
I've pretty much been obsessed with muscle cars ever since I can remember...in fact, obsessed doesn't even begin to quite describe the fascination. I guess I can blame it all on my dad who used to work at City Chevrolet when I was a little girl. In my opinion his job had ultimate perks, such as bringing new cars by the house every once in awhile: taking Heidi and I for a spin in a convertible Camaro, one time bringing home a new sedan that had a TV in it...we thought we were so cool riding up to Krispy Kreme on a Friday night on Central Avenue. And then there was the year that I received the *coolest* Christmas gift ever: a pink, convertible barbie Corvette. I kinda still wish I had that thing!
Shortly after all these awesome memories were created, new memories were in motion as we moved out towards the suburbs and closer to Lowe's Motor Speedway where the Auto Fair is held twice a year. I have always looked forward to the car show...mom would lather on the sunscreen and we would be off, walking the length of the track checking out old camaros, corvettes, chevelles, impalas, thunderbirds and the like. Sometimes we would venture into the infield where hot dog vendors were set up and coveted car parts were sold...it was an all day event and we would come home tired, sweaty and sunburned, but it was so worth it. I can remember skipping a few high school classes (yes, my mom knew about it...isn't she so cool?!) to go on Fridays (the best day to go, in my opinion) and blowing off other events to check out the car show on Saturday mornings.
A few weekends ago I was in Charlotte for a children's portrait event (more on that later!) and I made sure that Dad and I got to go. I haven't been in a few years so it was so awesome to be able to go again. I have this list...a list of things to do before I turn the big 30 and one of the many "things" on my list is to show up at the auto fair with a fair sum of cash and purchase a mint condition 1969 Camaro-marina blue with white racing stripes...or maybe a 1963 Red Corvette Sting Ray or you know, maybe a 1966 black Chevelle. I'd be happy with any of them.
And as always, thanks for taking me Dad...it wouldn't be the same without you.
All of these shots were captured with my point and shoot:
I just love houndstooth interior!
Happy Monday!
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Our vacation is almost over (booo) but I'm excited to get back to my baby (my dog, Bear, of course!) and get back to work (I know, I'm such a loser ;) ). Just wanted to post a few more images from our trip!
I gotta say, you know you've been lazy when the hardest thing you've done all week is to find a graceful way out of the hammock!
We woke up with the sunrise yesterday morning to go swimming with sharks (more on that later!) and isn't it just so gorgeous?!
A few shells we found while snorkeling...
Anndd how awesome are these little bags? My sisters gave me one as part of my birthday gift and I love this little sucker! It's called an Envirosax and it rolls up into this teeny, tiny little 3 inch roll. Mike and I packed it for our trip and have used it as our beach bag, picking up sea shells bag, carrying snorkel gear bag and can we say snack bag?! I LOVE this thing! When at home, we use it at the farmer's market, etc, etc...I'm so about to get another one because they all have these cute different patterns :)
I was so flippin' excited when my brand new hipslip made it in time before our trip! Since I travel so much, I'm always looking for the *best* way to transport gear, laptops etc and I was really annoyed by my old laptop bag. The creators of Shootsac just came out with the brand new hipslip which I just love, love, love! It was so easy going through the whole process of security and customs internationally...so thrilled to have this bag...isn't it the packaging so cute? not to mention the bag itself :)
OK, so this post turned into more of a "my favorite things" deal, but that's ok! I have been avoiding packing much to Mike's dismay and have been finding ways to procrastinate, such as doing a random photo shoot of my favorite objects in our room!
Hope everyone had a wonderful Labor Day...happy Tuesday!
Annemarie says:
You know I love the yellow and white polka dots....I have that cover for my ShootSac!! :) Great pick!!!
(09.08.09 @ 08:19 PM)
Larry says:
Looks like you guys had an amazing time! I'm lovin that sunset shot and the Hip Slip...yes, they're awesome. Welcome back to reality...loser ;-)
(09.09.09 @ 01:36 AM)
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Mike and I have really been enjoying our vacation...nothing more relaxing than floating around in the warm, clear blue ocean and swimming with sharks, right?! :)
Here are a few images from our trip so far... (for all my photog friends, all these images are SOOC...sooo pretty here!)
these iguanas are everywhere...they're like guard dogs :)
Carol says:
Beautiful, beautiful photos!! You captured some amazing shots. Leave the iguana - bet Bear wouldn't take to him very well!! Glad you guys are having a very relaxing time......
(09.08.09 @ 10:01 AM)
kelli says:
lovely!! gosh, this looks like it was so much fun!! I'm going to email you tonight!
(09.08.09 @ 02:21 PM)
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and a cold drink chillin' in my right hand :)
We're off on our tropical vacay (yeah, Amy!) as of 6:30am PST Friday, September 4. I will be out of town until late Wednesday evening-->so all phone calls, emails, texts and twitters will be returned promptly on September 10. Happy Labor Day everyone!!!
Not where we're going, but this picture of our trip to Santorini reminds me to relax :)
Amy Hunsinger says:
Just gorgeous girlie!!! And you can use vacay anytime! It doesn't make me nauseous when you say it!!!! Can't wait to see photos from the trip. Oh, also......I wanna see a post about your CSA. I think that would be cool. I don't think I've seen one from you yet. And I think your photos would rock! Ok, see ya later!
(09.06.09 @ 02:55 PM)
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Wow, I think this has been the longest I've gone without blogging...and I missed it! Needless to say, it's been a whirlwind month of travel and it's not over til it's over. Mike and I will be traveling out of the country next week for some much needed R&R and to celebrate our birthdays and then I will be back to Charlotte...after that, things should settle down back into the old blogging groove :)
Time for a bit of housecleaning:
-I'm sure you noticed that my blog was down for the past week (due to hosting and server changes---breakups are just so hard!), which is also another reason why I haven't been blogging...but now, thanks to Annmarie at Into The Darkroom and their stellar team, my blog is back and running like never before.
-Because of the new server and hosting changes my email was down for a few days...if you sent an email and haven't heard back from me yet, please send another one and I'll respond ASAP!
-My new wedding website is currently in the making and should be due out in October---yay!!!! In the meantime, www.whitneyelizabethphoto.com is now redirected to here so potential clients be sure to email me here for portfolio links :)
-The Resource Room will return this Thursday PST, be sure to tune in ;)
OK, enough housecleaning, no one likes to clean anyway...when you fly as much as I do, you're bound to run into a few travel mishaps...Friday night my flight didn't make it to Santa Barbara due to weather, etc but fortunately I was able to get here on Saturday so that Mike and I could start celebrating his birthday! We had a super fun and relaxing day yesterday, which of course, just made Monday even more difficult to face, but it's all good! While I was gone, Mike essentially took over my business and accomplished so many things for me! All his hard work has earned him employee of the month, starting with a company lunch at The Burger Bus tomorrow :) Thanks Mike, I seriously-honestly-never-would've-gotten-it-all-stinkin'-done-without-you!!!! Wonder if that could fit on an employee of the month trophy? Hmm...
Anyway, Happy Birthday Mike!!! I love you :)
So be sure to leave my awesome husband some birthday love comments :)
Quick point and shoot image from breakfast yesterday...which was followed by a sun-filled beach bum day, movie and scrumptious dinner at our fave Italian joint in Santa Barbara.
So why was I gone again? Oh yeah, all the babies!!! First I had to bring Jackson back to NC...we miss him so much! Here is the new Snickers spokesman! He cracks me up :)
Benj was very interested in his new little sister and his baby girl cousin...he wasn't quite sure why they kept crying though....
Addison is two weeks younger than Molly and was still in the sleepy newborn stage when I left:
Molly looks like she could get up and walk any second now
The cutest cousins you ever did see (no, I'm not biased...nope, not at all...ok, maybe just a bit!)
And then, I got to meet up with my favorite girlfriends in Atlanta...check Alice's blog for pictures :)
Sooo, enough about me, what have you been up to??!
Sara Harris says:
Glad to see you blogging again! Beautiful little babies and nephew. So fantastic to spend time with you last week!
(08.31.09 @ 02:28 PM)
Beverly says:
Hope Mike had a WONDERFUL birthday! I am sure having you back on the west coast was the best present of all! Love the pics :)
(08.31.09 @ 06:24 PM)
alice park says:
first off, happy birthday to mike!! you guys make such a hot santa barbara couple!! can't wait to photograph your kids ;) secondly, umm...how CUTE are your sister's newborns!! you captured their itty-bittyness perfectly, whit!
(08.31.09 @ 06:44 PM)
Heidi says:
Happy birthday, Mike! Love the sweet pictures, Whit. :)
(09.01.09 @ 06:02 AM)
sara-anne says:
Happy Birthday Mike! Whitney...love the two heads side by side...how special for you and for them! I always wanted to have my babies close to the same as my sister...just never worked out that way.
(09.01.09 @ 07:31 AM)
Julia says:
Happy Birthday Mike! Whitney, what precious little nieces you have!! I can't wait to meet them!! Great photos.
(09.02.09 @ 07:01 AM)
Amy Hunsinger says:
hope you guys are having a fantastic time on vacation! i think you should give mike a raise! what a guy!!!! loved seeing you last week. your nieces and nephews are adorable and so are your photos!
(09.03.09 @ 02:21 PM)
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How fun to do that with your Dad! I love that pink 59 Cadi!
(09.21.09 @ 01:29 PM)Love old cars in great condition! :)
(09.21.09 @ 01:34 PM)sooo jealous I wasn't there!! one day we're going to be showing off our collection at the speedway :)
(09.21.09 @ 02:02 PM)Oh you and Dad are so cute! You two did always love the Auto Fair. Glad you got to go while you were here and spend some time with Dad. We miss and love you guys :)
(09.22.09 @ 08:41 AM)awesome cars!! I can see you now!! Tooling around in that silver corvette with the red interior - maybe some new sunglasses to complete the picture......Great photography!!!
(09.22.09 @ 09:21 AM)