noelle o designs

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Browsing Category: travel

design, travel

I love what you’ve done with the place

We have been vacationing on this same stretch of So Cal beach for 20+ years, thanks to my most fantastic in-laws ever. It’s been interesting and at times intriguing to see new houses built, old houses fixed up (or torn down to make way for shiny new houses) and subtle changes happen in the neighborhood […]

humor, travel

so many bad boat names, so little time

Oh the clever play on words that turn up so often when naming a boat, like that boat captain was the first genius to think up the boat name ‘Wet Dreams’, ‘Breakin’ Wind’ or ‘Fanta Sea’. It’s kind of hard to believe that adult males (ladies- we know better…right?) named these boats and not high […]

family, swimming, travel

going back to Cali

Annual family road trip time- from the mountains of Utah to the beaches of Southern California. We all gladly pile into the car, like a bunch of sardines and try and distract ourselves from 11 hours of tight company. I think I’ve driven this stretch of highway at least 194 times in my lifetime, I […]