summer vacation

An Island Summer

By Gaylin Howbert, Contributor Leave a Comment

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Summer. A word that is so magical as a child. School uniforms now hang at the back of the closet and have been traded for the new daily outfit : swimsuits. Goodbye to homework, hello to running around barefoot outside with friends until the sun dips behind the ocean.

A swimsuit brand who is really setting a style trend for this summer season is SEAESTASURF . The brand’s focus is to make suits for littles ( & recently for father’s as well ) that is comfortable + stylish. Each pair of board shorts is made out of 50% organic cotton and 50% recycled polyester. Not only will littles look hip while hitting the waves but they will be repping a brand who is helping the planet as well x

Designer // SEAESTASURF

Travelkins // California Dreamin’

By Leslie Schor, Senior Fashion Editor 1 Comment

Guest post by Brooke Logue.

“I want to see the world.
Follow a map to its edges, and keep going. Forgo the plans.
Trust my instincts. Let my curiosity be my guide.
I want to change hemispheres. Sleep with unfamiliar stars.
And let the journey unfold before me.”-The Maptia Manifesto

This summer, June 2016, I took my two children on an adventure with me to California. We rented a minivan, and let spontaneity take its course. Every morning we woke up, and left the town we were in the day before, and continued on our journey, exploring California. Every night, we settled into some place new, a new hotel, a new airbnb, our new camping site. We didn’t book much, as a matter of fact, most mornings we didn’t know where we would be staying that night. We made new friends every where we went. We did whatever we wanted, whenever we wanted. We were FREE. We lived out of our suitcase, and our minivan.
We got lost. We got found. We wandered and explored many towns. We ran wild, and we got dirty. We embraced fear. We LIVED, we explored and we adventured. We breathed in new air, and new life. We, together, learned an entire new way of exploring the world. Most importantly, we learned how to embrace change and the unknown.