Pacific City

Well after the big site launch we decided to go to the coast for a couple days. Little fact: Oregonians usually call the beach the "coast" because it's nothing like tropical beaches. It is mostly overcast, chilly {perfect sweatshirt weather!} and windy. Fun, nonetheless! Crashing waves always calm me down and help me realize that day to day problems are smaller than they seem.




One of the three "Haystack" rocks in Oregon


Climbing this hill is a GREAT [intense!] workout for your legs!







When I was little I wanted to be an Oceanographer. Ocean life fascinates me! I missed this scenery so much when I lived in Kansas City, but glad to be close to the Pacific again. Did anyone else watch the BBC's Ocean series recently? Amazing! I get my fill watching shows like that and visiting places like this!

And we found the cutest coffee shop in Pacific City! It's called Stimulus - great name, no?





They feature the art of local artists, which always makes me happy in my heart!


I absolutely adored these giclee prints of oil on canvas by Marilyn Burkhardt







And some gorgeous mixed media pieces by Teresa Mahannah also!





I found her on Etsy with two GREAT shops, Artsy Rubbish which sells really fun tiles, and Yellow Dog Vintage that has some amazing vintage finds! Now if only I could find where she sells her mixed media pieces like the ones found at Stimulus...


That's all I have for today! I'm working on setting up the Etsy shop and adding more products to the website!

Cheers!
-Lex

PS:
You can see more pictures of our trip in my Flickr stream if you're interested.