basalt mountain hike......june 12..............LOVE

i did it!!! yes, i finally made it up, over & around basalt mountain. it was so beautiful that i can't wait to do it again. maybe sunday before jacks puppy kindergarten class. did you know, i absolutely love basalt? so here are pictures of the incredible hike this past sunday in basalt mountain. i went with my new friend dina & it was funny (cue...twang....deliverance song), barbaric (limbs???) & survivor (is this a trail?). i had a great time. rumor has it it's about 8 miles and totally worth it. 


here you are....enjoy.
xo
suzisouchi

rumor has it people get married under here. it's so pretty i want to do a picnic here!!

look at this view

uh.....not happy about this. we saw another leg a mile down........

love this view. so turns out you can drive up but i highly recommend the 8 mile trip. so pretty.

little man made lake? reservoir?

spider web above a creek. huge huge spider....don't like that but love the web!

can you imagine how high i am??? i think about 7400 ft. the snow cap mountain is 14,000 ft!

basalt block party weekend.........june 11 & 12...................part 1

what a weekend. i am exhausted........feeling sluggish (yoga in a few hours hoping to revive me or send me to an early sleep time) i am trying out yoga.....i have taken maybe a dozen yoga classes in my life and was never really into it. however, i am so envious of the yoga bodies i see on my friends....arms, abs, ass....hmm so i have decided to give it a try in this beautiful environment. i love how i feel afterwards but am not a fan of the moaning, chanting..but hey, maybe i'll learn to enjoy it......or tune it out.  i went twice last week & am going today to a different studio to see how that goes.

so saturday morning i went on another hike and didn't make the loop in basalt mtn as i wasn't sure there was a loop & thought it best not to wander on my own. so short hike, chai at midland (with soy as i still can't have dairy...8 more days), then off to play with jack in the park (fetch....he's pretty good!) and then to the store. as i walk up (ugh, 10 minutes late) i am feeling a good day & jack is happy, content and already sleepy. in walks, a women in tennis gear who heads straight to the tourmaline trina cardi cape. so pretty on her since she is blonde, tall & tan. she was in the day before in golf gear & melisa was showing her all the fabulous ways to wear it. so, dreams of souchi, tossing & turning in beautiful cashmere, made her have to come in saturday morning. she left happy & fearful of a possible new addiction :)

then, the cool & very funny krista walks in. i met krista last week at her home for the trunk show she was hosting for her friend who launched the line of cottons from india (pretty colors). so we talk, chat, & she tries on everything in the store. i like her style, love her attitude and we are having a great time. she leaves with 2 amazing gifts for friends & gifts for herself. she's headed to a bbq that night and needed the paula pocket pullover in snow white & tight white jeans to wear with chocolate lizard cowboy boots & layers of the most amazing turquoise squash blossom necklace from the 20's (swoon!!!). not to mention she has long legs, bright blue eyes...stunning. she needed some other things and had a great time choosing. so much fun.

then in walks, suzanne, our new souchi favorite. she is also very funny, realized her souchi addiction early on (that's the first step) and just had to say yes to the souchi drug! she got cool cool pieces: new jeans from 'mother' the crop looker in peacock (i think i need these), souchi caroline sweater in navy, the netty panel tank in chrome bamboo, the clinton head scarf in multi (love!) and the last christina lehr tent tee. seriously cute stuff and she looked fantastic.

so far, it's noon & i am having the best day with great customers. so i head out for an afternoon break from 2-5 so i can be back to work in the store if it's busy late night because of the block party. 

end of part 1...
xo
suzisouchi

basalt.......june 10......

ahhhhhh, i woke up this morning at 6:45....the air is so clean, sky so blue & sun so bright that it feels impossible to sleep in these days. however, i didn't have that problem last week when i was sleeping till 8:30. but, mostly that was because i was waking up at 2, 4, 6 to let jack out. he's much better now about holding his bladder (YEAHHHHHHHHH) 


so, i woke up this morning, through on my trusty target leggings (love these & $5.99), christina lehr slip tank, enza costa l/s t-shirt & my straw fedora (no more sun spots!) and headed on a hike to the trail head off spur/midland. it's a great hike and hopefully tomorrow morning i will find out if it loops around. so far i've gone 45 minutes up and then back. i love the view & it's a great work out. tomorrow i'm heading out early in hopes that i find out if it loops around....stay tuned. here are some pictures from the hike. 

then play date with jack & layla. i love layla's mom, logan. we are very similar about our 'kids' love them but man they can make us crazy. nothing is more fun than watching them play together. we just crack up and watch them. it is so sweet, hysterical & curious: how can that not hurt?


off to work to open at 10 am. super excited as we got new jeans from mother & a huge box of souchi bamboo & organic cotton & cotton/cashmere. you MUST come to the store to see all the color. so pretty & fun & playful. i had to steal a pair of the jeans, organic cami & a leslie bamboo crew. joy!

after checking in all the new things, changing our windows, re-merchandising the store, freaking out at jacks need to bark, bark, bark AND bark....(finally had to get the water!) i left the new souchi girls to the store and headed to midland bakery for a glass of wine, the couch under the tree & continued to read 'an extravagant hunger' while i waited for logan to finish work so layla & jack could play again. i am feeling the need to have a glass of wine at 4 pm everyday. such a relaxing luxury. i brought 12 books to read and haven't read one! i've got to get on with it. 

it's now, internet time: looking at homes, cities, commercial spaces, and style.com. meanwhile, jack is headed to the crate (omg! he went on his own!!)


has anyone checked out the collections on style.com? what do you love? what did you hate? here's what i love....so far.

fyi, he's now out of his crate :) and i miss my living room :(

happy friday
xo
suzisouchi

basalt......the first 5 days....................

arghhhhhhh, i just spent 65 minutes writing the blog post & saved it...yet somehow it wasn't saved! omg, i'm so annoyed. now, i'm beat and not in the mood to write it all over again. i just type/write when i do the blog so i have no notes.......arghhhh, i am very sorry as i spent a lot of time on it and now well....it will just be a re-cap.


here are some pics from my 3 block walk from my loft above midland baking co to the store. isn't it pretty? i absolutely love it here!

view from outside my store!

half a block from the store

home of fabulous spanish food & wine. the porch is great (except the damn stalker wasp who was after me & truly trying to kill me!!) to enjoy late afternoon/early dinner & their rose. also, couches out on the lawn for drinks & apps

how cute & charming is this street? love love love lucksinger lane

here are pics of my run this week. i was trying to make it to the light at the base of two rivers road. rumor had it that it was 4.1 miles, someone else said 3.2 so i wanted to try. i made it (3rd attempt) and decided to keep going and follow 82 to where it loops around to the bridge, post office and library. i did it!! but, turns out it is actually only 4.6 miles. still proud, but determined to start running 15-20 miles a week. my nutritionist has also given me the goal to be able to hike aspen mountain before the end of summer. i am a little scared of this but hey, i do like challenges.

look at this reflection!! so pretty. look how blue the sky is and it's a reflection!!

and you get a white snow covered mountain too.

this may be the cutest library i've ever seen

this morning i went on a hike to red hill mountain in carbondale. it is such a great hike as it's a pretty steady incline. but the view is well worth it. i was awestruck by the bark, bright wild flowers and the red rocks. i thought the view of carbondale was so pretty but lisa, my hiking partner, and nutritionist said the sky was still so hazy form the fires in southern colorado. still, what do you think? i'm thinking pretty.

and a few ridiculous pictures of jack brown, clearly he has no shame* AND i guess i don't either as i keep posting pics of my beautiful new baby boy.

lordy!!

jack LOVES the bathtub

xo

suzisouchi

basalt......dinner, nutrition, hikes, jack & new friends & nails........a good may

so i have been in basalt for 16 days & so far, i think it may be one of my best decisions in a long time. here is what i'm loving:
it is so pretty
the people are incredibly friendly. next to disneyland this may be the happiest place on earth
dogs are the treasure of the town (especially if you are a puppy....a lab is double points)
the skies are always blue (well mostly, when there isn't rain, hail & snow)
the night sky is covered in stars
and they seem to like souchi!




this weekend was so much fun. i met even more people and had a great time with customers. jack is taking to his crate....of course i had to decorate it with a clementine/cancun stripe cashmere blanket (i have issues).
his love is still strong for layla layla layla.

i started a new exercise routine (yoga, lean & mean class, running & hiking) and am now making 3 meals a day (except when out with new friends). i must say, running in high altitude is so much harder but the fresh air and incredible beauty around you makes you forget you're panting! today, i attempted a 4 mile run but only made it 2.5. the good news: i saw a snow covered mountain peak as i ran along a river. the sounds were fantastic. 


last night i went to a dinner party and met great people & a 6yr old lab named cody (so cute & 100lbs!) damon grilled bratwurst & rib eyes, corn, onions & veggies. it was delicious (and i had already had dinner!) and more incredible is it was outdoors under a black night with big bright twinkle stars. so fun.


today started with a run, then play date w/ layla, followed by busy day at the store with some of the girls from dinner party stopping by and from salon tulio next door. then another 40 min of playing with layla. i then spent some time catching up with a dear friend, mina, discussing a future trip to rio & argentina. 

it was time for jack to go out again, so once again, in pjs bottoms, clehr tank top & souchi cardi i head outside. on our way back (just 5 minutes) we see an adorable family who want to play with jack so we talked, played with jack & turns out this womans friend is my new nutritionist. so i sit down in pj bottoms at the table next to them and have a glass of wine with the girls at midland.


now it's bedtime for both of us...we're exhausted!

happy june to you all.
xo
suzisouchi