Red, White and Blue

KC hosted quite the celebration on Friday night.

We celebrated Fareesa's birthday and the 4th too!

As always, the roof was beautiful and KC did a great job pulling it all together. 

HK in the summer is brutal, and we were all doing our best just to try and stay cool. 

Hope you're squeezing every last minute out of the weekend!

xx,

Lauren

A Song for You

Our friend, Miya is quite the singer.

We stopped by the Culture Club on Thursday night to hear some of her tunes. You wouldn't believe the pipes that come out of this girl!

Check Miya out here
xx,
Lauren

Do you Tweet?

After TIME magazine announced there are now 200 million tweets being sent per day, MP and I finally decided to jump on the bandwagon.

Not really sure what we'll be "tweeting" about, or if you're even interested in what we'll have to say, but feel free to follow us...and send us your names so we can follow you too!

I have to admit, so far, I really like it...it's an easy way to keep up with what's happening around the world, (and in celebrity drama land!)  

Any advice for the new tweeters? What do you think of Twitter?

xx,

Lauren

Twitter names:

LaurenVPhipps

PhippsMichael

Boating

We spent Saturday on the water. 

 My camera of choice today was the IPhone, so the photos are less than stellar... but a DSLR and being surrounded by water makes me nervous.

We made a pit-stop on Lamma for a delicious seafood lunch and then made our way to Turtle Bay for late afternoon swimming and tubing. It was a perfect day. 

Hope you had a great 4th of July weekend (....I guess yours is still going!)

xx,

Lauren

The Hunt

On Monday, Natasha and I trekked out to Sham Shui Po in search of ribbon and lace.

 We're throwing a shower and bachelorette party in August, and we're trying to transform a blank canvas into something special.

 Oh. My. Goodness. 

 The ribbon market was incredible,

and had some of the most gorgeous patterns I've ever seen. 

 It was hard not to get overwhelmed by the selection, but I had visions of wrapped packages with the most perfect bows just shooting through my head. 

 I did go home with some, but I think another trip will have to be in my near future. 

 This cute little couple helped us with our selection. Don't you love the little hearts? Perfect for something special on Feb. 14 or an anniversary present?!?

If you live in HK and get just as excited about ribbon as I do, you must check out Sham Shui Po! 

(Many stores only sell wholesale, but there are some that will sell by the yard). 

Enjoy your hunt!

xx,

Lauren

Weekend Activities

Saturday morning hike to the Peak was spent here...

Sunday workshop on Apraxia was spent here...

Sometimes it looks like 2 completely different cities. 

xx,

Lauren

Adjusting

I've been back in HK for 3 days and am finding my routine again and slipping back into life as we know it here.

MP is still in the States and gets home tomorrow night. I'll be so happy to have him back...so will this guy!

Saying goodbye was hard this time. Of course, it's never easy, but stepping on that plane was not what my heart wanted to do. Living abroad is so wonderful and I'm so grateful we jumped at the chance to do it, but coming back is beginning to get harder and harder. 

For now though, we're continuing to relish Asia, have no regrets, and soak up the "expat" lifestyle....

(the first sunny day since I've been back...We've been battling typhoons all week!)

xx,

Lauren