WE LOVE DOING A LITTLE BALI GETAWAY FOR WORK MIXED WITH PLEASURE. GRABBING A LITTLE LUNCH BREAK OVERLOOKING THE BALI BEACHES IS PERFECT FOR POST MEETINGS AND PRE MASSAGES. CHEERS FROM BALI!
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OLEEMA AND KALANI
Bali
BALI DAYS…
B A L I X SUMMER 2011
YET ANOTHER BEYOND AMAZING BALI TRIP FILLED WITH CRYSTAL CLEAR WATERS AND WHITE SAND BEACHES, FRESH YOUNG COCONUTS FOR DAYS, SCOOTER RIDES (USUALLY WHEN THROWING CAUTION TO THE WIND), INCREDIBLY GORGEOUS SEEWAH, THE BALI VERSION OF SEX AND THE CITY, A BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION OF A SPECIAL SOMEONE AND CAMELS (YES, REAL CAMELS. ON THE BEACH.) JUST ANOTHER DAY IN THE LAND OF BALI.
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OLEEMA
P.S. COMMIT THE FIRST PHOTOGRAPH TO MEMORY. YOU MAY BE SEEING IT IN 2012…
THANKFUL.
IT IS ALWAYS GREAT THIS TIME OF YEAR TO TAKE A STEP BACK, LOOK AT YOUR LIFE, AND REALIZE HOW BLESSED WE ALL TRULY ARE.
THIS HOLIDAY SEASON, WE’RE THANKFUL FOR OUR BALI FAMILY FOR BEING INCREDIBLY TALENTED INDIVIDUALS AND AMAZINGLY BEAUTIFUL, STRONG WOMEN.
WHAT ARE YOU THANKFUL FOR?
X OLEEMA & KALANI
THINGS WE LOVE: 4TH AND BLEEKER
WE LOVE NOTHING MORE THAN A GOOD BLOG…. EXCEPT MAYBE THE SUNSHINE, A GOOD GLASS OF SANGRIA, AND OUR NEW PUPPY. OUR GIRL ALEX AT 4TH AND BLEEKER HAS ONE OF THE BEST BLOGS AROUND. NOT ONLY IS SHE ONE OF THE SEXIEST LADIES WE KNOW, SHE’S NOT TOO SHABBY A WRITER. CHECK OUT THIS WELL TRAVELED FASHIONISTA’S BLOG HERE:
http://4thandbleekerblog.blogspot.com/
CHECK OUT HER BLOG ON MIKOH. ALEX WEARS THE JASON TOP AND ELLIOT BOTTOM AND AIDEN BOTTOM. CLICK HERE TO SHOP!
http://4thandbleekerblog.blogspot.com/2010/05/l-o-n-g-w-e-e-k-e-n-d-i-n-b-l-i.html
INSPIRATION OF THE DAY: B A L I
DREAMIN’ OF BALI… THE COLORS, THE FOOD, THE SMELLS. WE LOVE THE WARM AND BALMY DAYS, DRIVING THROUGH RICE FIELDS, AND THROWING OURSELVES INTO A RICH AND FOREIGN CULTURE. WE MISS OUR ECLECTIC JUMBLED FAMILY, THE DESSERTS AT CAFE BALI, AND SWIMMING AT KU DE TA BEACH.
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KALANI
BALI BAGUS
WE HAVE RETURNED FROM BALI YET AGAIN, AND THIS ADVENTURE WE CLAIM AS THE BEST TRIP THUS FAR!! BALI BAGUS IS AN APPROPRIATE TITLE, WITH “BAGUS MEANING GOOD IN BAHASA INDONESIAN. WITH PERFECT MILD TEMPERATURES, PLENTY OF TIME WORKING ON THE NEWEST COLLECTION (CAN’T WAIT TO SHARE IT WITH YOU!), VISITING OUR FACTORY AND MANUFACTURERS, AND OF COURSE LOTS OF BEACH AND SPA TIME, WE ENJOYED EVERY MINUTE OF IT. ALL OF OUR FRIENDS FROM BALI, AUSTRALIA, CANADA, HAWAII, AND OF COURSE CALI, WERE THERE FOR NIGHTLY DINNERS AS WE ALL GATHERED TO ASSEMBLE A HOME AWAY FROM HOME AND JUMBLE OF DIFFERENTLY ACCENTED FAMILY MEMBERS.
CAN’T WAIT TO GET BACK OUT THERE!
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D R E A M I N’ OF B A L I
NOTHING LIKE THE BEAUTIFUL BEACH DAYS IN EXOTIC BALI. FRESH FRUIT JUICES, SALTY WATER, AND TROPICAL STORMS, WE’RE DREAMIN’ OF THE BALI HEAT.
POLAROID LOVE.
DON’T YOU JUST LOVE POLAROIDS? THEIR ABILITY TO CAPTURE THE MOMENT, RIGHT THEN AND THERE, IS UNLIKE ANY DIGITAL SNAPSHOT. I’D CAPTURE EVERY MOMENT OF EVERY DAY WITH POLAROIDS IF IT WAS POSSIBLE. I JUST GOT THIS NIFTY POLAROID CAMERA FOR CHRISTMAS AFTER ABOUT A MILLION HINTS. KALANI AND I WOULD TAKE TURNS SNAPPING PHOTOS OF EACH OTHER AND WOULD WAIT EXCITINGLY WHEN THE ITTY-BITTY MINI POLAROIDS WOULD SLOWLY COME OUT AND DEVELOP. THESE ARE JUST A FEW OF OUR FAVORITE SHOTS FROM THE LAND OF LOVE (IN OUR MINDS AT LEAST!!) BALI! THESE IMAGES COME DELAYED, BUT IT’S BETTER LATE THAN NEVER, RIGHT?
X OLEEMA
PS. HOW PRECIOUS IS MISS JAIDEN (THE LOVELY LADY IN BLUE)! CHECK OUT HER FABULOUS MAMA, SYBIL, AT HTTP://THESTYLECOLLECTIVE.BLOGSPOT.COM
TERIMA KASIH
Terima kasih- Indonesian phrase for thank you.
The Balinese people are some of the most grateful people you will ever meet. They have many ways of showing their appreciation not to only you, but the Hindu god’s above. Offerings, bowed heads, hands together in the prayer position, and their huge smiles are some of the ways they know that you are appreciated. Let’s embrace the attitude of the Balinese and spread the gratitude. Cheers to the people of Bali.
Weather Girls
We had a girls night dinner at Echo Beach in Canggu. We had no idea we were in for a stormy and crazy night! The clouds loomed above as we arrived at the restaurant and soon after we snapped a few pictures, the strongest winds and flash flood pouring rain came falling down. We were scared the windows were gonna blow through as rain pounded above!
We stood our ground and waited through the storm. Surrounded by friends, we ate a delicious fresh meal, before heading to the club Sky Garden where we danced the night away.
