Friday Fives, 8.11.23

Flexing the good old writing muscle because I miss it. I find that the better I am at writing, the better I am at communicating with my team, my investors, my various social channel audiences and all that jazz. Writing feels so me. Anyway, hi.

1. We went to the balloon festival in Indianola last week and it was one of my favorite summer experiences!!! I told Zach that for our 10-year I want to go in a hot air balloon somewhere magical.

2. I recently went down a Ritual rabbit hole where I binged a few shows the founder, Katerina has been on. I really liked this one and generally speaking enjoy this show, Earn Your Happy.

I’ve been on the Ritual train for several months now with their protein powder being my absolute go-to. I love how honest they are about where they source materials, ensuring the traceability is transparent. This link gets you $15 off your order if you’re on the hunt for super high quality supplements + protein powder. Go get ‘em.

3. After a HUGE win with my Madewell petite jeans below, I obviously tried all the other colors except black. White was a def no-go with a 3.5 year old and 6 month old and the darker wash fit pretty different. So I recently popped over to Everlane to try these. Let’s hope for the best, will report back. Delivery says September 2 so I’m kind of beside myself atm.

4. I’ve spent a lot of time working out of Chain & Spoke off 28th. If you haven’t been yet, add to list. Maple cinnamon OML has been my go to, warm. Always. Also: their beans are 10/10. I stock up on those more frequently than I prefer to admit.

5. Lincoln is 6 months today and I am NOT ok. He’s sitting all by himself, eating food, popping out teeth, sleeping through the night, holding his own bottle!!! It happened so fast and I am sure to spend as much time holding & rocking him as possible because this is our family addition. Here’s my all time fav pic of him lately OMG.