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Anna Osgoodby Life + Design :: West Coast Tour

If you caught my last blog post I've had some exciting changes in my life as of recent. Even better, I got to kick off my new life adventure with nearly a month on my favorite coast! It was so wonderful to be home to relax and regroup a little, all without having my departure looming over my head. Somehow the month still flewwww by but I did get some quality family time in, which I SO needed! Here are some of the highlights of my trip!

Portland

I kicked off my west coast tour in one of my favorite cities with some of my absolute favorite people -- the PERFECT combo!

Anna Osgoodby NYC Living :: West Coast Tour

It's always so much fun visiting Portland! I may have only lived there for a year, but it always brings back great memories.

Anna Osgoodby NYC Living :: West Coast Tour
Anna Osgoodby NYC Living :: West Coast Tour
Anna Osgoodby NYC Living :: West Coast Tour
Anna Osgoodby NYC Living :: West Coast Tour
Anna Osgoodby NYC Living :: West Coast Tour

Little Duck and I put our walking shoes on and had such a fun adventure! It's probably good we walked a lot too because we followed our amazing breakfast with donuts and cupcakes. #NoShame. Okay, well we saved the donuts for later, but hey, when in Portland enjoy the food!

Anna Osgoodby NYC Living :: West Coast Tour
Anna Osgoodby NYC Living :: West Coast Tour
Anna Osgoodby NYC Living :: West Coast Tour
Anna Osgoodby NYC Living :: West Coast Tour
Anna Osgoodby NYC Living :: West Coast Tour
Anna Osgoodby NYC Living :: West Coast Tour

After an awesome day. We united with our other lovely ladies and enjoyed a fun night out! We checked out a delicious little Italian spot in the Pearl District that was dishing up some seriously good bites and then we headed to the Nutcracker! The last time I had seen the Nutcracker, Little Duck probably wasn't even up to my shoulder in height, so you know it has been a LONG time! It was such a nice holiday treat and I'm so thankful that the Hardersens invited me to join them! 

Anna Osgoodby NYC Living :: West Coast Tour
Anna Osgoodby NYC Living :: West Coast Tour
Anna Osgoodby NYC Living :: West Coast Tour
Anna Osgoodby NYC Living :: West Coast Tour

For our last day in the city, we visited my all-time favorite Portland spot, Pine State Biscuits! Nom, nom, nom! Followed by some shopping at some seriously cool home stores including City Home -- LOVED this place!

Anna Osgoodby NYC Living :: West Coast Tour
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Anna Osgoodby NYC Living :: West Coast Tour

Enumclaw

After our amazing trip in Portland, we headed back north! My mom recently moved back to my hometown so it was so wonderful to break in the new digs! We hosted the whole fam for Christmas and it was a great time catching up with everyone!

Anna Osgoodby NYC Living :: West Coast Tour
Anna Osgoodby NYC Living :: West Coast Tour
Anna Osgoodby NYC Living :: West Coast Tour
Anna Osgoodby NYC Living :: West Coast Tour
Anna Osgoodby NYC Living :: West Coast Tour
Anna Osgoodby NYC Living :: West Coast Tour
Anna Osgoodby NYC Living :: West Coast Tour

We even got a little bit of a *White Christmas*! Barely, but enough to say we did ;-) After Christmas I worked quite a bit, which doesn't make for that exciting of blog posts buttt I did capture this work-from-home day with my dad! We have matching hats because we're cool like that.

Anna Osgoodby NYC Living :: West Coast Tour

Fast forward a little bit and Chris headed west for a visit. Almost as soon as he arrived, we headed up north to Vancouver B.C. for a little getaway.

Anna Osgoodby NYC Living :: West Coast Tour

Vancouver, B.C.

I've been wanting to visit Vancouver B.C. for awhile so we decided to finally make it happen! Surprisingly, even though it's only about 3 hours away, I'd never been so it was some new scenery for the both of us.

Anna Osgoodby NYC Living :: West Coast Tour
Anna Osgoodby NYC Living :: West Coast Tour

Normally I'd do a lot of research on visiting a new city, but for this trip we kind of winged it by just booking a hotel and some great suggestions from a friend.

Anna Osgoodby NYC Living :: West Coast Tour
Anna Osgoodby NYC Living :: West Coast Tour
Anna Osgoodby NYC Living :: West Coast Tour

If there's two takeaways I have from our visit.. it is that Vancouver people are some of the friendliest I've ever met and man is the city beautiful! 

Anna Osgoodby NYC Living :: West Coast Tour
Anna Osgoodby NYC Living :: West Coast Tour

Seattle

Following our Vancouver trip, we also made a trip up to Seattle. Aww, love this city so much.

Anna Osgoodby NYC Living :: West Coast Tour
Anna Osgoodby NYC Living :: West Coast Tour

It may have been a little chilly, but the day was gorgeous so we hit up Alki Beach. I just love the views over there.. oh and the donuts weren't bad either!

Anna Osgoodby NYC Living :: West Coast Tour

We also checked out an Oregon Ducks bar for our bowl game. The bar was a lot of fun and it was awesome to see so many Ducks fans in Seattle. The game ended up being an epic bust though sooo we'll just skim over that fact!

And Back to Enumclaw!!

For the rest of my trip I mostly stayed local for some more family time and a few Seahawks games! Plus I got to be home for my mom's birthday (the first one since I was 18) soooo that was really nice too! 

Anna Osgoodby NYC Living :: West Coast Tour
Anna Osgoodby NYC Living :: West Coast Tour
Anna Osgoodby NYC Living :: West Coast Tour
Anna Osgoodby NYC Living :: West Coast Tour
Anna Osgoodby NYC Living :: West Coast Tour
Anna Osgoodby NYC Living :: West Coast Tour

It was such a great trip, although still somehow not long enough! I think being home so long almost threw me off in a weird way! If plans had to get pushed around I was thinking, "oh no problem, we'll get together later" and then poof! Suddenly there wasn't time for later. So to those I didn't see, or see enough of. I'll be home again soon! :)

Home in June
Anna Osgoodby Life + Design :: Back Home for the Summer

Hey everyone! I'm officially back in NYC after some fun summer trips and this week I'm going to give you a little look into my trips!

Anna Osgoodby NYC Living :: Back to the Claw

If you caught my last post, you already know I headed back home for Little Duck's high school graduation! I'm so glad I got to be there for her graduation and I'm so excited for her next chapter!

Anna Osgoodby NYC Living :: Back to the Claw
Anna Osgoodby NYC Living :: Back to the Claw
Anna Osgoodby NYC Living :: Back to the Claw
Anna Osgoodby NYC Living :: Back to the Claw

It was the last trip I was going to be home for before she goes away to college so I really tried to get in some quality girl time -- Anna and Faithy style. 

Anna Osgoodby NYC Living :: Back to the Claw

Our adventures usually involve some delicious food (insert Red Robin here), jamming out in the car, and definitely a Target trip or two. ;-) One of our big adventures this time around was focused around something totally awesome too... DORM SHOPPING! Shopping for my dorm brings back so many fun memories and I was so excited to help Faithy get ready for hers. Plus, after living in NYC for awhile, I've gotten pretty good at decorating a small space and learning all sorts of storage hacks!

In between shopping, we also checked out a couple of really fun places! One being Sub Zero Ice Cream. I had never been before but it's totally awesome if you have any near you!

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Anna Osgoodby NYC Living :: Back to the Claw
Anna Osgoodby NYC Living :: Back to the Claw

You start by picking out the flavors you want and they mix the ingredients into a bowl and then....

Anna Osgoodby NYC Living :: Back to the Claw
Anna Osgoodby NYC Living :: Back to the Claw

Poof! They use liquid nitrogen to freeze your ice cream right in front of your face. It's just like magic (or a little science!). So cool and it was really tasty too!

We also stopped into a spot I've been wanting to check out since Christmas.. The Root Beer Store. I absolutely love root beer and I found out about this shop up in Puyallup that sells over 100+ brands of just that! How cool!?

Anna Osgoodby NYC Living :: Back to the Claw
Anna Osgoodby NYC Living :: Back to the Claw
Anna Osgoodby NYC Living :: Back to the Claw

They also have some fun other options like bottled shirley temples, birch beer and other flavored pops. Basically if you're a fan of root beer you are in for a treat with this spot!

Along with some really awesome time with Little Duck.. I also got to go to Happy Hour for a mini Napa reunion with some of the ladies from my trip in September! 

Anna Osgoodby NYC Living :: Back to the Claw

I also squeezed in a trip to spend some time with my grandma which was really nice. She had a rough start to the year so it was really wonderful to catch up and see that she's doing much better now. 

Anna Osgoodby NYC Living :: Back to the Claw
Anna Osgoodby NYC Living :: Back to the Claw

To celebrate Father's Day, we went up to Seattle for the Fremont Solstice Fair. I was a little surprised when my dad suggested it because it's a little wild and well, not really his cup of tea, but I guess he was feeling a little adventurous this year.

Anna Osgoodby NYC Living :: Back to the Claw
Anna Osgoodby NYC Living :: Back to the Claw
Anna Osgoodby NYC Living :: Back to the Claw
Anna Osgoodby NYC Living :: Back to the Claw
Anna Osgoodby NYC Living :: Back to the Claw
Anna Osgoodby NYC Living :: Back to the Claw

It ended up being a lot of fun and I even got to spend a little time with one of my good friends who moved up there this year!

Anna Osgoodby NYC Living :: Back to the Claw
Anna Osgoodby NYC Living :: Back to the Claw
Anna Osgoodby NYC Living :: Back to the Claw

And just as soon as I arrived it was time to head back east.. We ended my trip on a pretty exciting note by checking out my mom's new house! I just missed the move by a week when I was home but I did get to watch the house go through some pretty dramatic changes over a week which was pretty neat. SUPER excited for my mom and my sister.

Anna Osgoodby NYC Living :: Back to the Claw

Another wonderful trip in the books! Missing home and the lovely non-humid weather already!

Getting Colorful on the Balcony
Anna Osgoodby Life + Design :: Bright & Colorful NYC Balcony -- Maximizing your Balcony Space

Well hello everyone! I'm so excited about today's post! Now that the sunshine is here to stay (it's been in the high 80's all week) it's officially balcony season. I moved into my apartment at the end of last summer in August so this is going to be my first full season with outdoor space and I'm so pumped about it!

If you've followed any of my home decor posts in the past you probably know that I LOVE color -- bright, fabulous, bold colors! I'm also a big fan of patterns and definitely not afraid to layer. So it probably won't surprise you when I tell you that my goal for my outdoor decor was to have one of the brightest balconies in the city. And while I haven't seen every patio and balcony in the city, I'm going to go on a limb and say I think I nailed the color part ;-)

Anna Osgoodby Life + Design :: Bright & Colorful NYC Balcony -- Maximizing your Balcony Space

Something I had been looking forward to all winter was the second the weather turned for the better so I could pick out new flowers for my planters. So as soon as it warmed up I headed to the farmer's market as fast as I could!

Anna Osgoodby Life + Design :: Bright & Colorful NYC Balcony -- Maximizing your Balcony Space
Anna Osgoodby Life + Design :: Bright & Colorful NYC Balcony -- Maximizing your Balcony Space
Anna Osgoodby Life + Design :: Bright & Colorful NYC Balcony -- Maximizing your Balcony Space
Anna Osgoodby Life + Design :: Bright & Colorful NYC Balcony -- Maximizing your Balcony Space

I've always loved Gerbera Daisies so I decided they were a great choice for my planters! I've never had much of a green thumb but I also decided to give my go at a little garden this year too. I picked up romaine lettuce, strawberries, basil, mint, a mini tomato plant, and some lilac! 

Anna Osgoodby Life + Design :: Bright & Colorful NYC Balcony -- Maximizing your Balcony Space

I had to plant things a little closer because I was tight on space but I got a really great deal on plants so I decided it wasn't too bad of a spend if I ended up killing everything. I mean I've killed succulents before.. so I wasn't setting the bar too high.

Without further ado, onto the decor! I switched things up a little this year to make the space a little more functional for the way I like to use it.  

Anna Osgoodby Life + Design :: Bright & Colorful NYC Balcony -- Maximizing your Balcony Space
Anna Osgoodby Life + Design :: Bright & Colorful NYC Balcony -- Maximizing your Balcony Space

That included buying a couple of lounge chairs to make the space a little more comfy! I love coming home and just relaxing outside and these chairs are perfect for that. Plus I can easily fold them up and slide them aside when I want a little more open space.

Anna Osgoodby Life + Design :: Bright & Colorful NYC Balcony -- Maximizing your Balcony Space
Anna Osgoodby Life + Design :: Bright & Colorful NYC Balcony -- Maximizing your Balcony Space
Anna Osgoodby Life + Design :: Bright & Colorful NYC Balcony -- Maximizing your Balcony Space
Anna Osgoodby Life + Design :: Bright & Colorful NYC Balcony -- Maximizing your Balcony Space
Anna Osgoodby Life + Design :: Bright & Colorful NYC Balcony -- Maximizing your Balcony Space

Right now I have 3 distinct little areas. My lounge chairs, my bench and then my table. Also not pictured are my BBQ and fire pit in the far left corner.

Anna Osgoodby Life + Design :: Bright & Colorful NYC Balcony -- Maximizing your Balcony Space
Anna Osgoodby Life + Design :: Bright & Colorful NYC Balcony -- Maximizing your Balcony Space
Anna Osgoodby Life + Design :: Bright & Colorful NYC Balcony -- Maximizing your Balcony Space
Anna Osgoodby Life + Design :: Bright & Colorful NYC Balcony -- Maximizing your Balcony Space
Anna Osgoodby Life + Design :: Bright & Colorful NYC Balcony -- Maximizing your Balcony Space
Anna Osgoodby Life + Design :: Bright & Colorful NYC Balcony -- Maximizing your Balcony Space

Here's both chairs in action when Chris is out on the balcony with me! Good news too! My plants are killing it!

Anna Osgoodby Life + Design :: Bright & Colorful NYC Balcony -- Maximizing your Balcony Space
Anna Osgoodby Life + Design :: Bright & Colorful NYC Balcony -- Maximizing your Balcony Space

And guess what! My first strawberries came in and I cut some of my lettuce and have used it for a couple of dinners! Just call me urban farmer Anna ;-)

Anna Osgoodby Life + Design :: Bright & Colorful NYC Balcony -- Maximizing your Balcony Space

I can't wait for many more nights out here this summer! Hope you guys enjoyed my space!

Anna Osgoodby Life + Design :: Bright & Colorful NYC Balcony -- Maximizing your Balcony Space
Anna Osgoodby Life + Design :: Bright & Colorful NYC Balcony -- Maximizing your Balcony Space