have you heard of that netflix series yet? that’s the name of it: orange is the new black. and it is abso-freakin-lutely awesome. my love and i got seriously stuck and watched the first season in a fairly short amount of time. we have now moved onto other series while we wait for season 2 to be finished. i hope you have netflix. and i hope that you have OITNB on it. it’s a series made exclusively for netflix. anyway, if you can, check it out. so amazing.
this post isn’t actually about the series, but the title worked well for what i’m going to share with y”all – a bunch of photos that i had flagged to do in this post which i soon realized, as i looked at them in their folder in iPhoto, all had an orange, warm glow to them. so, there ya go. the story behind the title. plus a tip for an awesome tv series. you’re welcome.
now, in celebration of the fist week of fall, my birthday, and just life in general, here are some photos from the past week. they make me happy. and they are quite meaningful captures of fabulous, cozy, fun, super moments from an incredible week…
i spent last sunday morning wrapped up in a blanket, reading a magazine, sipping coffee. near perfection.
then, i headed out for a birthday brunch with my parents & bro & wifey. deliciousness + family = happy liz.
the trees are turning! the trees are turning!
my pal ash, challenged me to show my day in nine shots last monday… so here it is. it was a good day. really good. and birthday eve!
basking in my birthday morning, all natural glow. and soooo excited about the mala meditation beads my love got me. i was speechless and filled with joy!
zola got in on some empty box action. cutiepatootie.
dinner with my brother and my love was out of this world. the food was good, but more than that was the company and conversation. it was a pretty damn near perfect evening that left my heart filled with laugher and love. 
wednesday lunch was with my parents, and even though it was a rainy, dreary day, it was cozy and good to just sit with them and enjoy a little bit of time together. and eat tomato soup. comfort and coziness.
i drove around in the rainy, misty beautifulness of the mountains for a little while. ahhh…
a few halloween decorations for our door. the holiday craziness begins now. yes!
pumpkins at the grocery store. gotta get some more!
i saw this amazingness in a parking lot on thursday. all i could think was: road. trip. out. west. now. 
dinner silliness with my bro again. we love us some eatin’ out.
and it continued… with my two most favorite people in the whole world. i am a lucky girl.
autumn colors on a sunny, warm, gorgeous friday.
this amazing woman, the love of my life, my wife did something… on friday evening, while i was in my pj’s sipping on a beer on the balcony with my brother, there was a knock on the door. lina told me to go get it… i opened it and it was my awesome friend (former youth member), julia. she doesn’t live in asheville, so i was so freaking confused! a few minutes later, there was another knock… still in my pj’s (i’d been planning or assuming we were having a quiet night at home) and jessica was there! she came in and then 5 more people came in after her. surprise to me!! everyone was in on it, and we were going out to eat to celebrate my birthday! AMAZING! 
here we are… minus a couple, enjoying mexican. and yes, they did sing to me some spanish song and put a sombrero on my head and put ice cream all over my face. it was super fun!
julia, lina, and i then headed downtown for some nightlife. we ended up at a new bar, a speakeasy actually, that literally just opened that night. we had cocktails and little bites of food to eat. the food we got out of an old post office bix. they gave us a key and we went on our own to get the food. crazy. 
it was dark, cozy, relaxing, and so much fun.
i had the hemingway martini. and i loved it.
the rest of the weekend i have not left the apartment. it has been cozy, relaxing, and really great. i think i’ve needed to soak up all the amazingness of the past week. i’ve also slept some, written some, listened to my fall playlist, and gotten myself addicted to breaking bad – and yes, i am behind the rest of the world with that series since it ends tonight. but, i’ll just get to enjoy it longer.
ok. now i’m ready for a new week… a week were i actually have some work to do! i’ve got to write an article, plan the belovelive photo journey for october, meet some new blogging contacts, and of course, fika! then, it’s off tothe beach for about 5 days next weekend since it’s lina’s fall break. feels like it’s gonna be another good week.
i don’t even know what to saw about how awesome september has been.
Very cute pics and surprise plans! Asheville looks fabulous!
ps. I thought of you this morning – Gem and I booked flights to Copenhagen (a little visit plus her sister lives there!) What must sees / must dos should I plan in? xx
Copenhagen is one of my fave cities! You gotta be sure to make it down to Nyhavn. It’s an area where the buildings are all brightly colored and a canal runs between them. It’s very famous, so it won’t be hard to find. Other than that, you’ll be completely interested in checking out all the little cafes and bakeries. There are tons of pubs too. It’s just a really relaxed, historical, beautiful city I think. And, don’t miss passing by the famous Little Mermaid statue! Have fun!!
Ah, thanks Liz, and double thanks for the recommendations. Cannot wait – have wanted to go for a long time – before I even met Meg. So it’s lovely we can go and do it together (and for me it’ll be my first time!)
OMG! I LOVE Orange is the New Black!!!! D and I binge watched all the episodes in July and we are now currently on our 8th run through of the whole season! (And yes, we have lives 😉 ) I CANNOT wait for season 2!!!!
Oh, and beautiful pictures 🙂
Your 8th run?!?! That’s crazy awesome!I was thinking about watching it all again… now I don’t feel so bad. 😉 I know… I can’t wait either!