Be Back Soon

We're off to dip our toes in the ocean, dig in the sand, and do a whole lot of nothing. Have a wonderful week, I plan to do the same.

Back to School

"The biggest buzz coming out of Florida this month is the opening of Studio B, a program that pairs some of the South’s most creative and talented people with groups of no more than fifteen lucky students-in other words, you. Ever wanted to make fresh mozzarella from scratch? Sign up for a class with cheese guru Paula Lambert. Want to go deep-sea fishing with Emeril Lagasse then spend the afternoon preparing your catch? There’s a course for that, too. You’ll also find style maven India Hicks on the lineup, and a memoir-writing class taught by Kim Sunée, the best-selling author of Trail of Crumbs.

Studio B is the brainchild of Colleen Duffley, a food and lifestyle photographer who decided to round up her former subjects and set them loose in a classroom setting-a setting that involves a stunning villa in Alys Beach, Florida, plenty of wine, and lots of fun. Besides the courses, Duffley also has dinners, gallery openings, and theater productions in the works. Sounds like a homework assignment worth doing."

How incredible does this idea sound!? I don't think that brilliant even begins to describe this collaboration. After four years of college and three years of law school, going back to to school was something I never even wanted to consider, until now! And the location is just as amazing as the class offerings. My little family vacations in a beach town just down the road from Alys Beach and a drive through the Alys development will literally send chills up and down your spine. It is that beautiful.

Classes from some of the world's best talents in a stunning villa by the Gulf's emerald waters, great food and wine...wow, I can barely wrap my mind around this brilliant concept.

Check out the star-studded line up here.

{text via Garden and Gun}

What's not to like?

Come on in, how do you like my little house on the beach? Kick off your shoes and sit a spell, why don't ya? {hee, hee}

{images via Fox-Nahem design, just a little beach house in the Hamptons}

Road Trip

Remembering our drive to the beach, spring break, 2008. The view out my window as seen through a continuous driving rain. So ethereal.