BINK & BOO
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by Miss Krista
Thrifted materials, limited edition inventory, bright and sunshiny colors, adorable and unique baby accoutrement, one of a kind pocketbooks…should I continue? Seriously, if I haven’t captured your attention, we need to talk about priorities. Take all of the above and throw in an authentic SoCal aesthetic and you’ve got Bink & Boo created by Bianca Wickers.
Let me tell you a little about Southern California. Do not be fooled by certain television shows and their high-priced myopic lifestyle tendencies. The SoCal I know (having grown up here) is laid back, relaxed, joyful, bright, colorful and warm. So often I find myself disheartened at the absence of the SoCal I know reflected in design and fashion. Bink & Boo had me at ‘handmade.’
Go peek at the g.g. booties. Now head over and check out the sunshine neckerchief. Are you starting to feel it now? Can you smell the ocean breeze? You don’t want to buy baby stuff? Okay, check out the array of pocketbooks and have your own little slice of sunshine right there at your fingertips. I’m partial to the “Peggy” myself, in case you were wondering. I’m swooning over the thrifted fabrics. Swooning.
Bink & Boo is giving away one pocketbook of the winner’s choice. Did I mention that I was partial to the “Peggy?” I did? Okay, carry on.
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Miss Krista is a mother, a lover and a big believer in the power of a cupcake. she loves double entendres but is not a fan of the high-five. she blogs about the corners of her heart at my life as i see it.
I am an ocean person. I have grown up on Lake Ontario and though not the ocean, you can’t compare the Great Lakes to anything but. Wide open, calm on some days and so wavy on other days, you can hear it blocks away. Just the sound of the water, be it the lake or the ocean, makes me feel calm and at home. Living in northern Virginia for over a year was hard for me since I was far away from that feeling. The most gorgeous ocean I have seen? Tied between Maine (the first time I watched my son walk in sand) and Grand Cayman island..where I snorkeled for the first time.
It would be the ocean but also the lake and forest. To breath that air, feel the crispness in the breeze, chilling by the water and listening to the loons at night and watching the stars at night. It is peaceful and just beautiful. I just feel so content and yet so connected to a gift, a gift that has been here long before we were and will hopefully we around way after.
I am a forest person because I am a tree. Where I live there aren’t any large ones nearby so I stand in the place of one. I am in Big Brothers, Big Sisters and for my little I am constant. My little has not always had someone he can trust and rely on, but I am always here when he needs me. I am an active member of Relay For Life so for all survivors and caregivers I am support my fundraising gives them a reason to keep fighting, a cure will come and I will be here for anyone to lean on. I am a devoted friend and I provide shelter for them in time of need. Like a tree keeps the rain from falling on you, I am a place of refuge for those who want to seek me. I am here with a physical shelter or an emotional one, whichever is needed. I am constant, I am steady, I am shelter; I am a tree.
I’m an open fields kind of person. I grew up being able to see across the land to the horizon, so I will always feel most at home out in the open.
This is a tough question because there are elements in all of those environments that I love, but I think I am most alive in the ocean. That constant motion that you can interact with, float on, walk in the shoreline, and even while just sitting on the beach, fill your nostrils with that great, salty ocean fragrance, listing to the lulling sound of the waves.
as much as i love ny, usually by the end of my visit there, i feel cooped up and am itching to see sky and mountains.
and as much as places play an important part in where one feels most alive, i also find that people offer that same sense of life. i feel most alive when i am with friends and family that i love.
Ocean person…When I am there I feel like anything is possible. The daily cycle of the sea reminds me that nothing is ever the same – things can always change – and I find a peaceful reassurance from that.
This is weird, especially since it wasn’t listed as an option in the original question, but I think I’m a desert person. Not like the Sahara, but rather the particular wide open tumbleweed-strewn desert flatness of the American west and midwest – the terracotta earth of Santa Fe extending breathlessly to the ends of the world, the solitude of being the only car careening along a road carved through the dry and dust for miles around. You are the only one and so you can hoard all the open blue skies and fresh air to yourself, and truly love being outdoors. And all this from someone who’s lived oceanside, in a country home, in a Manhattan apartment, and even for a short while in the mountains – but never in the desert!
I’m a combination of city and ocean. I gather energy from the city with all the people, all the happenings, what’s new around the corner, the wealth of opportunities to pariticpate in and yet, I also need that calming sense of the ocean, lying on the sand, listening to the waves and the gulls — it’s the ying anf yang of my life. Love people, need solitude.
Undoubtedly an ocean person here… I’ve grown up and lived in or near a city for the past 35 years. My heart, however, beats to the crashing of waves and the pulse of the tide. I knew this, sitting on the beach in San Diego in January 2004, sipping champagne under a blanket with my husband, just a few short hours away from the conception of my only daughter…. it was the combination of salt air and love that has made her so perfect.
I’ve experienced all of these and love each for their own unique beauty. The quite of the forest, the majesty of the mountain, the power and calm of the ocean. But – it’s the city that speaks to me the most. Living in the middle of it all, being able to walk to all that I need, having the opportunity for impressive people-watching – I feel like I’m really part of something. I’m all for a good getaway to the other calmer places, but relationships with those around me are what sustain me.
I am a friends and family person. Where I am matters much less than who I am with. I can be happy standing on top of a snow covered mountain or laying on a colorful beach towel as long as those that I love most are right there too!
I’m a cold, Northeastern river girl. I love the beach, love lakes, and I love beautiful springs, but there’s something about running rivers that says barbeque, friends and swimming to me. At the same time, it says solitary morning swims, time to think, and creative haven. Just me and my dog.
I think I am a city person. At least, a big city is am important part of my future plans. But I know for a fact that I love the wooded mountains. Especially with a lake.
Oh now this is a hard one! I absolutely love love the ocean and love to be beachside and don’t get to do it very often so it’s a special treat. I would love to be relaxing surfside at any given time, BUT…. I live in a city and being out and about in a busy downtown really makes me feel alive and as if the whole world is waiting just for me. Strange, isn’t it?
It differs from moment to moment with me as my moods fluctuate. I am definitely a lover of nature inspired environments and as much as I enjoy being in a bustling and busy city I prefer the vast fields of green grass dancing between forest trees with a blue sky over head, The repetitious and peaceful sounds of waves hitting a sandy shore and the calm that I feel when I am in either place. Their is nothing more soothing than winding down and reveling in the beauty of the natural world around me.
First, you must swear to secrecy. Now, the reveal: I’m half-human, half-mermaid. When I was a child, my Mediterranean Merman father cautioned that as sea people, we might enjoy climbing mountains, exploring deserts and playing hide and seek in forests, but must never stray too far from the sea. When I weary of city life, when my scales have lost their shimmer, I head to the coast to kiss a breaking wave, tango with a starfish and slumber in the gentle arms of the coral reef. Ahhh!
Without a doubt…the ocean. Whenever I need to reconnect with my spirit…or with God…the ocean is the place I go. The sounds, the smells, the beauty of the ocean reconnects me to the world and to myself.
City person absolutely. I thrive on the pulse and diversity and culture of so many people so close together and I love the unpredictability of what you’ll experience at any given time. Plus, you just can’t get a good champagne cocktail in a forest.
within the trees, as i become so small under their dense canopy and breathe so peacefully.
I am an ocean person, I don’t actually live by the water or even an ocean… but I have always dreamed of the ocean! Any vacation I want to go on has to involve ocean/lake, views of water are so calming and relaxing! The water is a place where I feel most comfortable.
I’m a city person. I need the excitement of lots of things to do, and I can’t think of anything more relaxing than museums and art galleries, antique and vintage shops, and fabulous restaurants and music venues. I live in a mid-sized city, so my vacations are always in places that are bigger than where I already am.
My cousins in Alaska will tell you how much of a city girl I am, however I LOVE the beach. The pulse of the city totally motivates, moves me, and makes me feel alive. However, the beach is where I go to reflect and rejuvenate. Its my reset button. Must be my fire sign that needs all that water to cool me back down.
Im a country person. Growing up in nz has made me love nature. Although I live in a city now, there’s nothing better than getting out of it. To a place close to a secluded beach, in a tent with a good book or a crossword book and just enjoying the wonderful creations around us!
a city by the ocean. my childhood is filled with memories of virginia beach and the dc-area… two of my favorite places in the world. my heart is at peace when my feet are in the sand or i’m riding on the metro.
City! I love seeing people.
i was born and raised in the suburbs, so i didn’t know i was a city girl. but oh wow, walking along boston common or down a busy street fills me with life and energy. i tend to carry the world on my shoulders, but getting to be a little bug in a big world helps keep me in check. i can’t do it all, fix it all, be all things to all people, so might as well take a deep breath and live in the moment. that’s what the city does for me. and when i’m feeling an absence of beauty i can tune up my senses, sharpening my ears to the sounds around me, noticing color and light and little amazing details everywhere. i should probably carry my camera way more often, because sometimes it’s overwhelming. in a good way :)
I love the ocean. Something about the water and the breeze and the vastness of everything… the ocean, time, space, even ourselves. The sunset colors, their reflected hues, reflected and reflected, again and again. The calm entrance, warm all aglow, self-idling in the “beach vastness”. The stars in the black sky, the waves brushing and smashing. The shells, the minnows, the sparkling sunlight, reflected and reflected, again and again. Mesmerizing away all the thoughts.
I’m city-by-the-ocean people. I love the movement and life of the city, and the many options a city gives you for work and play, but sometimes, I just need to mellow out on the beach with a book, get my toes in the sand and run into the waves.
i am an ocean girl. the tide turning over and over, smoothing the rough places, and carrying the debris on the shore out to the wide sea have always been meaningful to me. the ocean doesn’t choose where it travels – it follows the pull of the moon and its tides are never-ending, powerful, and support so much life. the cyclical tide reminds me that in time, the good and the beautiful will return.
I’m a lake person – I was raised (and still live) in the suburbs near NY, but my family used to spend nearly every summer on a lake in NH when I was a kid and so northern lakes are my favorite. I love the quiet of lakes, and the soft thump when you walk on pine needles near a lake. I love watching it rain on water, and standing on a dock in a lake at sunset, watching the water until it feels like you’re moving instead of the small waves. I love canoeing and hearing loons and…well, pretty much everything. My parents have been planning for the past, oh, 28 years to retire to a little house right on a lake, and the longer I spend commuting to New York every day, the more I applaud their idea (and am so happy for how close they are).
I am the mountain “princess” – (at least according to my husband) – I love big windows, mountain sides, elk and deer, an river that is clear blue, a fire and cooking amazing wonderful food for my husband.
I love to be near the ocean. Not on it- just where I can see and smell it :)
I always thought I was a girl who liked living in the country, and going to the city. Last summer, I went all the way across the country to visit my guy’s family (I met 24 family members at different times in 10 days) in Colorado. As we drove through the flat and eerily beautiful planes of Kansas, nearing the Colorado boarder I wondered how it would be possible to live out in such a vast openness. No skyscrapers, attractions, gardens in sight. As we neared the Colorado boarder, the planes gave way to foot hills, and the foot hills soon gave way to mountains. I was enamored by their desolate beauty…what was it like in those peaks?
We went to the Rockies later in our stay, and I can’t describe the longing I felt. It was like this whole new world had been laid before me, untouched. After hiking throughout the day, I gained a new appreciation for the grandeur of the mountains and what they can do for you. Now, I’m a country girl who would move into the mountains.
I’m a small town person. One who does best staying home with family, and then ventures out to my small town every once in a while. A small town and a small group of people around me is comfortable, which allows me to do things, try things that I might not otherwise. Being with my family keeps me going, keeps me creative, and keeps me passionate about the things in life that matter.
I’m a big city girl. I love how dynamic big cities are. They are always changing and there’s always something new. I particularly love old big cities like Boston in the U.S. and Dublin in Ireland. I love all those years of history that were made within it’s limits. I would much rather spend my vacation days in a foreign city than on a beach in Tahiti.
I’m a forest kinda girl. Surround me with trees, ferns, birds, deer, and the occasional moose and I’m a happy camper. After a few days of backpacking without modern conveniences, you start to let go. You let go of caring about your hair, or if you have mud on your shirt, or if there is a bit of dirt in your pb&j. And once you let go the woods become a giant playground and you remember what its like to be six years old again, carefree and in search of adventure.
the ocean. But since I don’t get to live there and only visit in the summer, I would say city person the rest of the time. I currently live in a town that is on the small side and it drives me crazy!!
oh, i am definitely a city gal! and how can i not feel alive with the whole world arriving for the winter olympics? vancouver welcomes you:)
I guess mountains because you can find different kinds of places on mountains. You can find forests with big beautiful trees, There are open fields on mountains full of gorgeous wild flowers. But my favorite place on mountains would be waterfalls and caves. There is nothing more beautiful than finding a huge waterfall deep in the woods. And there is no place better to hang out than in a cave.
I’m a forest person. I love the trees and birds that are a daily part of my life. I love the occasional glimpes of wildlife and all that entails. It just makes my heart sing to see a bunny in the yard or a deer near a tree. Once I was even lucky enough to see a bobcat as I walked to my mailbox! Now, what could be better than that?
The ocean! For sure! Anytime of year, it is never too cold to take your shoes off and feel the sand between your toes! Makes me smile!
I am definitely a city person. I appreciate more natural environments, but only insofar as they help me realize what I love most about the city.
I feel most alive in the city. It’s the chaos. I love the feeling that everyone around me has a purpose and, as I watch, they’re choosing their path in life.
Anywhere that I can see and hear the birds fluttering about and chirping. They always make me feel alive!
I grew up in a town on the south shore of Boston. The rocky beaches are hemmed with reedy, green beach grasses and rickety wooden fences. The water is cold and foamy. I loved to sit on the beach and dig my feet into the sun-warmmed sand, to feel the wind whip my hair into a salty tangle, to feel the pulse and pull of the powerful tides, to hear crash after crash of the waves. I loved to let my breathing fall into pace with the heaving of the ocean. Slow and methodical. It makes me feel a part of it all. A part of a cycle, a push and pull, and a calm and barbaric earth.
I feel most alive in the country, so quiet and peaceful!
after having lived in the desert now for awhile I can officially claim to be all of the above. Playing in the ocean/ strolling on the shore, skiing in the mountains/ hiking/ cuddling up by the fire, new city – people watching/ so much to explore, country – surrounded by nature, quiet getting to really hear and see the good stuff. I love it all.
Just not the desert.
I’m a vineyard girl! Love visiting the beautiful scenery while enjoying a great glass of wine… nothing beats it!!
I love the incredible dense and lively green of the Pacific Northwest. Just living in a place where the world never stops living, where even in the depths of winter most of the trees are still gorgeous and green, makes me feel alive. Plus, I live in a beautiful city with a river right through the middle, and the variety of bridges is so pretty. I just love it here. I have traveled all over the US, and I wouldn’t live anywhere else.