Bass Lake & Yosemite

Three family-filled, sun-drenched, and bug-bitten beautiful days free of obligation and personal hygiene. Again, plz.

Sunday Funday

Nostalgia--it's delicate, but potent. Teddy told me that in Greek, "nostalgia" literally means "the pain from an old wound." It's a twinge in your heart far more powerful than memory alone. This device isn't a spaceship, it's a time machine. It goes backwards, and forwards... it takes us to a place where we ache to go again. It's not called the wheel, it's called the carousel. It let's us travel the way a child travels - around and around, and back home again, to a place where we know are loved.

--Mad Men

Every third Sunday, an antique market is held at the Veterans Stadium in Long Beach. I always work on Sunday, so I haven't been able to devote an entire day to it, but it's a really nice way to start a Sunday morning. These pictures are from last month, but I wanted to share some of what LB has to offer.







I saw a couple vintage Pepsi crates when I was there, something I first noticed at work, where they use them as decorative storage for the clothes on the floor. I really like the idea of going to flea markets to find furniture because everything has so much personality and history, and it makes one's living space unique. I had a disheartening Friends moment similar to when Rachel bought the apothecary table from Pottery Barn, but told Phoebe it was an antique. My manager told me that Pottery Barn sells vintage soda crates in "limited quantities."  Granted, they're still vintage, but part of its specialness comes from having to hunt it down, right?





Even the most peculiar, unfashionable finds provide quirky inspiration.

packin' up camp

Next week I'm going camping as a sort of graduation "hurrah!" and I'm really looking forward to it. I just got a few books from Amazon that I can emotionally invest in whilst sitting by the campfire. The one I'm most excited about is Ruby by V.C. Andrews, and though her books are generally for a younger female audience, I figure this will be a fun summer read. Plus, it takes place in the heart of the Louisiana bayou and is full of haunted mansions, evil spirits, deception, and young love, which are all things I can appreciate at any age. I'm excited to pull out the Carhartt vest my dad passed down to me a year ago and my Palladium boots, which sadly haven't seen much wilderness yet. We will be going to the historic ghost town of Bodie on Wednesday, which I've been wanting to go to ever since my parents went without me one year when I was little. I think going will truly fulfill a childhood dream of mine. Anywho, I really should be finishing up my last final essay (ever!), I'll post lots of pictures after the trip!




(Darla managed to get in this one, the sneaky devil!)










photos: 4) www.liebemarlene.com 6) &7) by jessgough.co.uk

About Charlie and Linus

This is Lily (R) and Diana (L), also known as Charlie and Linus. Charlie is constantly worried. Linus is perpetually sleepy. They decided after years of following fashion and lifestyle blogs that they should start their own. Stick around to find an assortment of pictures, words, and sounds that inspire them.

P.S. They promise to stop speaking in third person after this post.