Field Notes

Salut! Welcome to my Field Notes, with stories from San Francisco, Paris, and elsewhere. This is a collection of adventures: the people I photograph; the kitchen escapes; tidbits from my life; special projects; and a California/Paris guide. Whew! I hope you'll come along; it's going to be a lovely time!

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Sitting behind Île de la Cité, Ile Saint Louis in Paris’ 4th arrondissement has plenty of its own things to offer. While it may not be home to Notre Dame, it’s a lovely place in itself and can boasts some unique views of the city. I actually had one of my life’s wildest adventures here, […]

Paris’ 6th arrondissement is a special little corner of the city. Yes, it does have a touristy side (hi, Les Deux Magots and Café de Flore), but it’s also just the classic Paris you envision when you think of the city. Picture-perfect buildings, florists with flowers spilling onto the sidewalks, grandeur and art somehow seamlessly […]

If you love France or are planning a trip, download one of my FREE travel guides! As a Francophile, I have a few quirks. Namely, I (usually) detest mustard, can’t stand mayonnaise, and don’t drink. I’ve basically hit the pillars of French cuisine…but I guess a girl knows what she likes. However, I do have […]

famous tiled rooftops of dijon, france in burgundy

Download the Free Provence Travel Guide This Provence trip was unexpected and one of the best things I’ve ever done. It was a post-quarantine, early pandemic adventure and the perfect way to say goodbye to a place that I love. However, I hope to go back! And I will update this post when I do. […]

After we had peeled away from Horseshoe Bend (literally peeled, it was so hot our clothes stuck to us as soon as we stepped out of Fitz), we tapped our next destination into the GPS. The sun was bright, the sky was clear, and I already had a short list on what to do in […]

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As Thanksgiving 2021 rolled around, I found myself in facing the same conundrum as all the other years: Do I go home? Truthfully, it’s no conundrum at all. My answer is always no if it will take me longer than half a day to get back to California. Boston, then Paris, and now Birmingham all […]

Nashville skyline from Cumberland Park featuring the AT&T tower rising above the rest on a sunny day.

Welp, I’m late. A lot of things slid this year and I’m learning to give myself grace to not be on time. However, having been featured in a couple sweet friends’ Small Business Saturday roundups, I wanted to return the favor. There are so many beautiful, amazing makers and small businesses out there and these […]

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Shoppe Birmingham might be my favorite place in the whole city. Yes, me, a fresh Southern transplant of barely two months, already proclaiming her favorite place. But I can’t help it. It is a flower lover’s dream—and it takes me to Paris in a good way. Amy and I went early—early as in 8:30am. An […]

Shoppe Birmingham greenhouse at sunrise

Having spent four years in New England (and plenty more in San Francisco), I have come to adore apple picking as the canary that announces fall’s official arrival. So, as soon as the first day of fall came and went (without pomp, but with a lot of heat), I began my search for apple orchards […]

scott's orchard alabama apple picking

I rolled into the Leaf and Petal parking lot—and by rolled, I mean I frantically turned the wheel and pressed in the clutch and prayed I wouldn’t hit the cars next to me—turned off Fitz (my car), and got out, only to be met with the wet humidity I now find characteristic to Alabama. It […]

Paris & California strolls; plenty of flowers; stories; and looking for the beauty in the everyday. I hope you'll come along as I take the year to document the entirety of my home state!

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