Pinterest Pick # 9 Salt Lake City, Utah

Hello There!

Hope all has been well with you all since my last post! Thanks for returning! As promised I have a pretty rich Pinterest Pick coming at you for this post! I am sure that it is clear that this post is about my recent trip to Salt Lake City, Utah! Now I know what you are thinking, WHY SALT LAKE??? Well, first of all Salt Lake City is one of the most BEAUTIFUL places that I have honestly been to. I did go there once many years ago, but I was with my family on a trip and we were really just driving through, stopped at a Super Wal-Mart, and were on our way. I have been to other parts of the state as well, but again on family vacation. Since those visits, I had always wanted to return as an adult and see Salt Lake City specifically!

As I have built up my Pinterest boards over the years I always find posts of places I want to go and archive them in my "Places I would Like to Go" board. Boring title I know, but in my defense it was one of the first boards, I ever created. I wasn't as creative with my titles in the beginning...lol! Anyway, Lets just say there was a couple of times where I would see a pin of this beautiful place with out know what I was looking at until, I saw "Salt Lake" in the description.

Check out these Pins!








<-------------------
Ok, Seriously???? Who would not want to see this view of the GREAT SALT LAKE with there own eyes. That is crazy, mind blowingly, AWESOME!!!!




These pins give a whole new meaning to the Sunrise, Sunset song from the Fiddler on the Roof!





All I can say is.... WHOOP! THERE IS IT!  IN YOUR FACE WITH THESE INCREDIBLE BREATHE TAKING VIEWS!
<--------------------

Here is a random pin -------------------------------> You know that is a good looking kid! HA!  I can see it now... some proud mama drags her kid to see one of the most beautiful places in the world, and forces him to take pictures where??? That's right, the mall! He seems like a good sport though and because of that I had to showcase this pin. :)

 SO...  what are we looking at and why would someone pin this pic to begin with, you ask? Well, it is not just to show off their kid, this mall was epic! Let me explain, the hotel

I ended up staying at is actually attached to this super cool mall called Mall at City Creek. This thing was massive and stretches at least three city blocks. The place is ridiculously huge and had tons on stores! Most of which I sadly admit I didn't go into for multiple reasons: One, Some of those stores were out of my price range! Shoot, I can't even afford to breathe the air in some of those stores, let alone purchase any of the merchandise. Two, I was actually in town for a conference and honestly did not have that much free time to shop. In any case, I did have some free time and used it wisely might I add. Yes! I walked around one of the coolest malls I have ever seen. Did I mention that supposedly the roof of this mall is supposedly retractable and can be closed when it gets super cold outside, but is left open when the weather is nice? Whhhhhaaaa? I don't know how true that is, but the idea is awesome! Totally pin worthy if you ask me!

<------------------------------ Of course this is more of a Birdseye view of the entire city. Again, super awesome! What legit city do you know of that is surrounded my freakin' mountains???

Now to my experience of course! I need to preface that pins do this wonderful city no justice! My pictures don't give this city justice, it is a place that deserve greatly to be seen in person, not through a lens captured in a photo. With that said forgive the ridiculous amounts of photos that I am about to share and yes, explain! :)

Ok below is our drive from the airport, down Highway 15, to our hotel. I know this pic probably is not the best, it was sort of a drive by shot; however, I like it because you can see the Salt Lake City sign and HELLO, Look at those Mountains!!!!!!

This next picture is a view from my hotel room. Recognize those arches??? That's right, I have a great view of the City Creek Mall with the retractable roof. YAY!

I included  the following picture because it shows how this city is completely dead on Sunday's. Granted, this city is very, predominantly, inhabited by people of the Mormon faith. It is understandable that things would be a little slow on Sunday's because of that.... However, just know if you ever visit, be aware that nothing is open on Sunday in Salt Lake City. You looking for a local shop? Closed! Looking for a Pharmacy?? Closed! Ok, I exaggerate but still, the city is more dead than I thought it would be, go figure! lol 

This next picture is basically one of the many, probably hundreds of entrances, lol of the City Creek Mall. 

And Below is a panoramic pic of downtown including the church/cathedral. So yes, I am a crappy tourist, I don't know the official title of the main attraction/monument in the city... and I cut off the top of the picture, well my iPhone did that, but still..,. Regardless, What I did capture, was super cool!!! Woohoo! ;)

This is a view of the fron of the mini temple. We (My totally awesome friend Priyal and myself) were actually allowed to go inside. As we entered, an organ played automatically and it was quite nice if I do say so myself.

<------ Shot of the back of the Cathedral  :)

Shot of the Front of the Cathedral !

The last three photos are basically a display of the ride home, the airport, etc... but you can't tell me that they are not crazy cool shots from the window of the plane :)<

Well, there you have it! My trip to Salt Lake City! Luckily I have wanted to go there, and even had some archived pins to be able to blog about! Hope you enjoy the pics as much as I enjoyed the city :) And I apologize for the random underlining that popped up all of a sudden, not sure how to make it go away!

With Love, Salt Lakes, and Random Underlining, 
Bee  

Pinterest Pick # 8 The New Doo

Pinterest Pick # The New Do!

Hello my Bloggees! 

I have been out of town so I apologize for such a lapse in blog posts this week. I have been busy though and have been pin picking like crazy to make up for my absence. With that said I have a couple of posts that will be coming to u all this week ! Woohoo! 

Ok, all the blog bureaucracy, B.S., and all that jazz done with I will get to my new , awesome, hair-do. 

I have been pin-stalking a lot here of late to decide what I would like to do with my hair. Some specific defs that made up the basics of my search are as follows...

-I knew I wanted to do some color. Def something two toned, but wasn't sure about specifics.

- I knew I wanted to keep my length! Can I just say that, LIKE AN IDIOT! , I decided I would chop off my long hair about a year ago. My reasoning for that decision was fueled by my desire to have the best of both worlds... With short hair, I figured it would be much easier up keep. I WAS WRONG! At the same time I figured that if I had a desire for long hair I would just use some clip in extensions. The downfall to that idea was that, although I have the skill to properly place extensions, and make them for my own hair, I have no time to sew in those clips on the hair tracks ... In any case, My ideas did not quite match my commitment and I ended up chopping my long locks, to essentially be stuck with the short hair. Lets say that I will never cut my hair again. 

- I knew that I was in disparate need of some layers... My fear of cutting led me to avoid the hairdresser for a while. This also meant that I had grown out my hair and it was now pretty much all one length... BORING!

Anyway, now that my hair has grown out significantly, I have become very stingey with the hair I have grown. If I do allow someone to trim it , I make sure they understand the difference between trimming, and hacking! (To be fair, my hair dresser that cut my hair before, did exactly what i asked... no hacking took place that wasn't requested, just an epic fail on my part when it comes to decision making) Luckily, I have found an awesome hairdresser who I trust to do what I ask when it comes to my hair.  Which brings me back to my pin picking for the best hair-do. 

With my preferences in mind I was in search for some hair ideas. The pins below stood out as front runners for what I was looking for. 

<--------------- I loved these colors , I knew I more than likely would get fired if I showed up to work with such bold hair, so my idea was to use these colors , but invert the idea. Essentially, I wanted all over red/auburn color with some golden blonde highlights on top. I have to say that my desire for two toned stemmed from Sons of Anarchy, I wanted Gemma Teller hair ...lol 

<-------------- I loved her layers, I mean look at the pin! That cut is just super sexy ! Also I knew my hair was about this length anyway! 

I did see tons of other ideas via Pinterest. But these were the main ones that I brought to my hair dresser! I still was a bit fuzzy on what I wanted when I actually asked my hair dresser to work her magic... I wasn't clear exactly what kind of red I wanted. Did I want something with more brownish red? I knew fire engine red was a def no way, that was for sure ! Or maybe I wanted something that looked brown inside but in the sunlight had some red tones to it... I flipped through the Paul Mitchell color book, and found my red, and gave my stylist some color freedom when it came to choosing a blonde that would compliment the reddish brown color I chose. She worked her magic alright! 

<------- And here it is , my new awesome hair-do! I love it more than I thought I would... Hopefully you all like it too ! 

Love and Gemma Teller Hair, 

Bee