Laura Bear Loves Glamping

For the 2nd part of our Babymoon we went Glamping at El Capital Resort... and it. was. awesome.

It is not camping... there is a fan, there is a down comforter, there are showers and coffee a short hike away...
BUT you are sleeping in a canvas tent, and the owl that is above your tent in the tree is keeping you awake.
And you will feel one with nature, even while your iphone is charging.
SO my friends, Glamping is the shit and I highly recommend it when preggers.

Just a short 2 hour drive up the coast from LA, El Capitan is outside of Santa Barbara (<3)
The drive is so beautiful. Right off the 101, El Capitan is nestled among the rolling hills and palm trees in a little valley.

We rented a Safari tent <3 <3 I want one in my backyard at home. like real bad. 

A short hike away is the Canyon Store and cafe... they have pizza and really good salads and coffee... lots of really good coffee.

Also, there is a pool. I know...

Across the street is the ocean, El Capitan state beach, which is just lovely.

One day, after a short hike up the valley mountains to see the llamas (yep, llamas and an organic farm look down on the valley), we spent some time at the beach.
Then we headed back to "camp" to eat pizza and watch netflix (oh yeah, there is wifi)

Yeah, so I never understood glamping... until now...
I plan to go back every year for the rest of my life please and thank you!
Have you ever been glamping? Seriously you guys, give it a whirl... camping fan or not.. it is fun.
<3 <3

Also, all opinions are my own. El Capitan doesn't know I posted this.
 I just want you to know that there is a place in this lovely world that you can sleep outside, with a down comforter and have pizza delivered to your tent!!

Xo

Laura Bear loves Malibu

HEYHEYHEY!

It's August! Like WoAH!

These past 2 weeks have been a whirlwind but I'm back so let's chat!

We went on a Babymoon to Malibu and Santa Barbara. <3 It was romantic and relaxing and hard to come back!...
here is some of the Malibu portion of our trip...
Malibu, for us, mostly included eating, napping and listening to the waves crash below our rental pad <3
The marine layer was in full effect every morning, only to burn off by the time we felt like doing anything.
This is the place we rented, and you guys, if you are ever looking for a place to stay in Malibu.... this is where you want to be!

I snapped up that Mara Hoffman cover-up before we left.....something special for a special trip...
it has proved to be one of my best purchases this summer!

I also posted more pics and some vid's on instagram.
( are you guys on the instagram video bandwagon yet? I was hesitant at first, but I ended up using it a lot on this trip :) )

Here is one I posted while we were crusin' around the bu, and here is one about this rental <3

I hope you guys have been well.
I will post about our Santa Barbara glamping adventure soon! This seems like enough pictures for one day.
xo

Laura Bear Lately....

Oh man, getting back into this week has been really slow and a little rough!
here are some shots from our vacation to Northern Michigan ... it was so nice and relaxing...
suntanned cheeks, bug bit ankles, beach and pool dayz... it was fantastic.
I also had a baby shower that was just so amazing... more on that soon.

I will not be around much this next week as I am really spoiled and going on another vacation to southern cali tomorrow!
I have a shoot in Malibu on Saturday (see our inspo. board here)
and then hubs and I are taking a few days to celebrate with a babymoon in Santa Barbara!
yeay! so excited! I need to go pack!!!

I will be keeping up on instagram so let's be friends! You can find me @laurabear here !
xo