things I like

When summer starts I always feel the need to be prepared with a list up my sleeve with fun activities and new places for our family to explore; I admit it, it is me who feels the pressure. My husband and my little one are pretty happy with lazy weekends and relaxing in front of the TV watching a good movie, just building Legos or going to the park. But that feeling that you blink and there it is -Fall, the new school year, winter.... -waiting for you right around the corner- is always with me during summer break. With summer school, swim lessons, a soccer camp, a few art classes, bike rides, etc.... it seems summer break should be a fun and a busy one, but what about new places to explore? Isn’t this the perfect time of the year to do that? Well, I have my list. We would like to explore Door County this year. It is a must for Wisconsinites and we haven’t been there, even though we have lived in Madison for more than 5 years. We would like to explore Lake Geneva, also

This wonderful place in Brooklyn, NY that absolutely takes my breath away. That industrial feeling with a little boho angle. Enjoy the images and read the interview from The Socialite Family, here .

This is beautiful Sheboygan, here in Wisconsin.  We visited this little town about two years ago and loved every minute we spent there. The view of Lake Michigan is really something, to me absolutely overwhelming. We are thinking to go again this year. Only two hours from Madison going east. These pictures are not mine, they are my husband's who just spent a few days in Sheboygan on a photo shoot. I love them, looking at them somehow calm me down, especially this first one here, which was taken at 4:45am -aprox. That golden light. Enjoy the rest of the weekend. Last week of school, BTW. Bitter-sweet feeling. All the good byes; also, all the expectations for the next school year. Healthy, happy Sunday.

Darker skin and lighter hair. Dinners on the deck and later bedtime routines. Only a few more days of school and already that bitter-sweet feeling the end of the school year always brings. Planning for outings, making lists of possible activities in the city and out of town; summer school; summer camps; lots of bike rides; a couple of spots we want to try this year; slower days and lots of sunshine; amazing thunder storms, so typical of the Midwest, so pretty, intense and dramatic and very similar to the ones I was used to, back home. So this is summer and I wish to each of you a safe, blessed, healthy summer time. And even though that summer will officially arrive on June 20, I declare it is actually here, in the city. xo. some pictures to share.