Ojai is my idea of the perfect weekend LA getaway:
- Less than a two-hour drive - gods willing
- No corporate chain stores/restaurants (far edge of town not included)
- Three thrift stores and a great antique store - perfect for treasure hunting
- One of the best used-book stores
- A lovely park in the middle of town and a clock tower that chimes the hours
- Trees Trees Trees
- Colorful flowers/cacti
- A decent mix of restaurants and a nice cafe
- Friendly locals and an artistic community
- Easy walkability
- Horses!!! They're everywhere. People even rode them to brunch! (pics to come)
- Great places/opps to take pics of with my Diana F+ plastic camera (film at lab)
- Quiet nights and quiet stars...
This was the perfect place to spend Valentine's weekend with Sweetie-pie...
Wandering and hunting for treasure...
Taking pics of this and that...
Exploring the stacks/aisles of the groovy indoor/outdoor (with a grapefruit tree growing in the middle) Bart's Books.
They have several shelves on the outside and rely on the honor system if they're closed!!! I love that.
Adding three vintage beauty how-to books to my collection...
Going through vintage pics (and listening to 40's big band) at Treasures of Ojai, two caught our eye...
And this vintage necklace was only $22!
A cool iced darjeeling...
Wearing the Free People top I got the day before for 50% off at my fave non-thrift store in Ojai, Chameleon. The very-nice owner is from London, has great taste and the best sale rack in town.
Then a few steps to the St. Thomas Aquinas Thrift Store for this never worn $3 top...
It was the perfect lazy romantic creative breath-of-fresh-air weekend...
Until next time... Miss Absinthe
