Fire Island Adventures

When I first moved to Long Island, the place that people kept mentioning that I should visit was the Fire Island Lighthouse and this weekend I finally did.

The weather on Saturday was perfect for a trip to the Lighthouse, it was an hour and some change drive from Garden City where we were staying and I am always down for a road trip whether it is an hour or five.

Pulling up to the lighthouse in the distance was a sight to savor, its right on the beach so you can hear the ocean and see all the people excited for a day at the beach and all I could think about was the beauty of the lighthouse.

We walked along a board walk towards the lighthouse with different vegetation including poison ivy on either side of us which is indigenous to Fire Island. Poison Ivy turns red and is believed to be on of the myths surrounding the origin of the name as in the distance it looked the island was on fire which was the changing of the color of the poison ivy.

We opted to climb up the 182 steps of the historic lighthouse which is the 7th highest in the country and highest in NY State. There are viewing spots on the way up and one of my favorite is that every spot has a completely different view.

I will allow the pictures to speak for themselves.

Once we were all done, we headed back to the hotel to get ready to go to one of our new favorite restaurants in Garden City called Seasons 52 which is farm to table restaurant which adapts its menu to the current season. The food is amazing with reasonable prices and a great vibe to compliment everything.

Love

Bronwyn

Hairdressers and House Hunting

Last weekend I decided to return to my natural roots of brunette and at the same time S and I are house hunting.

Being blonde was so much fun but it was time to return to my dark roots, I felt like the change would be as good as a vacation and get me out of the hair rut that I was in.

The impending move to Michigan which is 78 days away is fast approaching and S will be moving out of the house that he currently shares with his room mate and we will be starting married life in our first home together.

I could not be more excited about having a home with S and having a space that is ours and home (excuse the pun) for our marriage to grow.

To say that the process has been something is putting it lightly.  As I am still living in Long Island, I am constantly looking online (thank goodness for Zillow and Keller Williams Realty) and calling and then S is viewing the houses and reporting back.

We thought that we had found our home, we both loved the layout, location and the house in general. We put in an application and unfortunately another party was just ahead of us in the application process and so we were back at the search engines.

We will be looking at two more homes this week so please hold thumbs!

Here is a little peak at master bedroom inspo board.

Images from the internet.

Love

Bronwyn

Flowers, Flowers & More Flowers

Wedding plans are officially well underway as the venue and church are booked. 

Anyone planning a wedding knows that the flowers will make or break the entire day, I was luckily enough to be gifted my flowers from a fabulous company named Iluba. 

Iluba, "true beauty never fades", and the beauty of these stunning flowers do not easily fade. 

The flowers are no ordinary flower, the company has managed to master the art of preserving fresh flowers where they have a six-month vase life, require no maintenance or water but have the look of a fresh cut flower. Their products include but not limited to steams, rose heads, Proteas and foliage.  

One of my favorite elements of the flowers are the stunning colors which the flowers are available in from various shades of white, pink purple, blue, black, yellow, green to name a few. The complete list of colors can be found here.

International distribution of the flowers is available in Asia, Europe, South Africa and North America which ideal as our wedding will be in Michigan. 

I am so appreciate of the wonderful of the most spectacular flowers which I without a doubt will elevate our wedding and allow us to achieve the elegance that we crave for ourselves and our special day. 

Please visit their Facebook, Instagram and Official Website here.

Disclaimer: I received no remuneration for this post, however the company is a family business run by my extended family. 

Philly & Bridesmaids

The City of Brotherly Love served as the latest city on the adventure of S and B!

A 3 day weekend lends itself perfectly for an opportunity to take visit a new place (for S) and partake in our favorite activities - traveling!

Last year I was fortunate to visit Philadelphia to see Taylor Swift live which was a phenomenal trip and S has yet to travel to Philadelphia so it was a perfect option! 

Our hotel was located in Center City right near Logan Square and I could not say enough amazing things about Embassy Suites, definitely one of my favorite places we have stayed and we have stayed at a ton! 

We immersed ourselves as both locals and tourists from visiting The Mint, Besty Ross House, Liberty Bell, Logan Square and enjoying local cuisines (Philly Cheesesteaks!) at local recommendations. 

Here are some of my favorite pictures of the trip!

In wedding planning news two major elements have been checked off the list! 

S and I booked my mom's air ticket from Johannesburg to Detroit for our civil ceremony! 109 days and counting! I also asked my nearest and dearest girls to be my bridesmaids and I couldn't be more excited that I will have the best girls by my side when I marry my soul mate!

Love

Bronwyn