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Delayed Updates & Other Confessions

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Reader, it’s been a few weeks since my last confession and I feel like it is time to get some things off my chest. I confess:

Vodka and Soda

 

Camera Bag and Accessory Reveal via Food, Booze, & Baggage.png

Both from Etsy

Bag~Porteengear~Leather Camera Bag with Blue Tartan
I thought this would be a bit more grey than brown but it is still nice. It’s a great size!

Strap~RSVP Handcrafted~Leather Strap
Not the most comfortable but very lovely.
Also, I’m pretty jealous of Esther’s awesome new strap.

  • I only have one more week of work!!! I’m SO excited and scared all at the same time!! What am I going to do with myself…oh yeah…pack!
  • We didn’t really watch the World Cup, but we are all over the Tour de France. We catch-up every night. Secretly (or not so secretly now) I kind of look forward to the wrecks (but not for people to get hurt)…I feel terrible for confessing this. The downhill parts make me so nervous. I yell at the stupid spectators that get in the bikers faces. Seriously, I would hit someone who got in front of me like some of those crazy spectators! And this guy did in the 2011 race.

  • I’ve already pinned over 30 restaurants to try in San Diego…P said, “I don’t imagine very many dinners at home in our future.”  Also, I can’t wait to try this place for brunch.
  • I’m kind of feeling like a bad-ass blogger this week because I started the week with three blog posts completed! Winning! 🙂
  • I hope all of you will come back tomorrow to see part two of Tara’s food journey. Oh, you didn’t catch part one…no worries, here it is. You are welcome!

Accessorize: Top 5 Camera Bag & Strap Picks

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I mentioned Sunday,  I got a grown-up, big girl, real blogging DSLR camera this past week (I might be a bit excited). I debated for quite a long time over what model to go with and finally settled on the Canon SL1. This is Canon’s lightest and most compact DSLR. My primary goal with getting the new camera is for better pictures while traveling. I wanted something that would not be a pain to take along with me…everywhere 🙂 If I really get into photography and find limitations in this model than I can always go with a bigger/badder DSLR, and I will still have the versatility of the smaller one for travel.

Now that I have the camera, I need the accessories to go with it, and no I’m not talking lens (yet!). I’m talking about safety and style. I’ve been scouring the internet all weekend to get my new toy travel ready and wanted to share with you. Here are my top five picks I found for camera straps and bags:

Camera Straps

1- RSVP Handcrafted~Leather Strap $40-45 ⋅ 2- Couch~Multi-color Cats $36 ⋅ 3- Fotostrap~Scarlet $85 ⋅ 4- Capturing Couture~Peruvian Garden $79 ⋅ 5- Mgcamerastraps~Navy, Sky Blue Webbing $39

Food Booze & Baggage top five picks for camera straps

Camera Bags

1- Capturing Couture~Penelope Pear Camera Bag $149 ⋅ 2-Epiphanie~Turquoise Ginger $165 ⋅ 3- Cheeky Lime~Ava Green $85 ⋅ 4-Ketti Handbags~Tulip Camera Bag $149 (reg $210) ⋅ 5- Porteengear~Leather Camera Bag with Blue Tartan $140

Food Booze & Baggage top five picks for camera bags
Stay tuned for a future post to see which ones I went with…I’ve already placed my orders 🙂

Here are a few other traveling with your camera posts I’ve seen recently:

Esther & Jacob have a post on choosing a travel backpack that does it all  (camera & laptop)

Megan Joy Jaunts shared what she never travels without for her camera

 

Speaking of Megan Joy Jaunts, I won my first ever giveaway from Megan last week and I’m super excited to be hanging out on her sidebar as part of my prize! Make sure to check out the new ad design I’m trying out.

 

Design Side Note: It was f-ing hard to figuring out how to put these collages together…I spent way too much time on it.