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about me
Welcome to my blog, my name is Lindsey aka modchik. A former Operations Manager with a strong desire to CREATE. In 2009 I decided my 9-5 job wasn't working for me (or my two kids). I traded my calculator for a camera and began building a blog. By the end of 2010 modchik-photography happened. I have a penchant for good recipes, strong coffee, iPhoneography, mid-century modernism, fashion trends, astrology and Pinterest. I get to talk about all of that here. I promise you'll never be bored.
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Alt Summit Recap | Hotels, Mini Bar and High Tea
Oh this week has been flying by so many things going on and it still feels like I just stepped off that airplane from Alt Summit. It’s almost like I have been stuck in a different time zone for the past 3 weeks. Well to update you, I am half way through the photos which by the way isn’t saying that much because I shot more on my phone then I did my big camera. I am trying my best … Continue reading
The Trip That Almost Didn’t Happen
I should be packing right now but I have this incredible urge to find anything ELSE to do but that. It may be that whenever I go to a conference there is shopping involved. The idea of walking through those doors at Nordstrom without a “sponsor” makes me weak in the knees. Why do I find the need to completely overhaul my perfectly fine, yet aging wardrobe  whenever I am going to one of these conferences? To make matters worse … Continue reading
Reverb 11 | Day 28 :: Pack My Bags
What places would you like to visit next year? We are just days away from the final Reverb post. Didn’t think I could do it to be honest with you. Places I would like to visit in 2012. New York – I have never been (I KNOW!!!) I would love to see the Brooklyn Bridge, Anthony Bourdains’ Les Halles and the 9/11 Memorial. Florida – I just dropped my mom off at the airport on Wednesday and I already miss her plus … Continue reading
Touring Temecula | Part 2 Eat, Sleep, Play
If you missed Touring Temecula Part 1 -the wineries make sure you go back and check out the photos, I took over 500 in a little over a day and a big part of that collection was the sprawling vineyards and rows and rows of empty wine glasses. It was photo gold I tell you but it didn’t end there. After wrapping up our last stop at Leoness Cellars we were dropped off by our vineyard tour driver Rick (his … Continue reading
Touring Temecula | Part 1 the Wineries
Last weekend I was invited to join a group of bloggers @Romy Raves, @La Jolla Mom and @ChrisVoss to spend the day touring the wineries of Temecula. For those of you not from sunny Southern California Temecula is located about 75 miles north of Mexico and west of San Diego. Weather similar to mid Mediterranean climate coupled with ocean breezes that roll through the Santa Rosa range make this the perfect home for wine making grapes. For me this was … Continue reading
Blogher Blur | Part 2 Places
I’m still going through my images from BlogHer. I already finished Part 1 – people when I realized I completely forgot to insert the people shots – DOH! Well that is kinda par for the course this week. I am completely overwhelmed at how busy my life, the blog. my business has suddenly become. Its a good thing I just don’t know how to manage it all. My standard tweet or facebook update lately has been some sort of coded message to … Continue reading
The BlogHer Blur | Part 1 – People
Oh where to begin. I know I can’t be the only one who is still in a daze, right? 10 days later and I’m still asking what did I do? Who did I see? Its more like who DIDN’T I see and what DID’NT I do because I felt like everything just came together perfectly. There was the anxiety, but that was very short lived after all how can I be anxious about meeting people I know ‘virtually’ I already … Continue reading
a full day of sun
Today marks the first day of summer and the longest day of sunlight or darkness if you are south of the equator. For us in southern california that means sunrise at 6:15 and sunset at 8:07 but if you live up north let’s say Seattle you get another HOUR of sunlight. The photo above was taken in July 2008 it was well after 8pm. My son and I were having dinner at Ray’s just north of downtown Seattle. 2008 was … Continue reading
The Book of Awakening
When I see something three times I take notice. That’s how I came to name my daughter actually. While I was pregnant I heard and saw the name three times on the same day. Once mentioned in a conversation about someone’s daughter, twice after seeing it printed on a pair of newborn pajamas and thrice (you’re welcome Conan), when I was cut off by this little red corvette (not lost on me fellow Prince fans) who’s license plate read: AVASVET.  I looked upwards into … Continue reading
Fear of flying? No not me…
I used to be afraid of flying. I don’t know when it started. I didn’t fly that often as a child, in the seventies flying wasn’t what you would call affordable. It was considered a luxury and treated like a special occasion, complete with dress, tights and patent leather shoes. Circa 1973 – my first transcontinental flight from Boston to Los Angeles My family is originally from Massachusetts, I grew up in a town called Duxbury, which is about an hour south of … Continue reading
Busy Busy Busy …. did I mention I am busy?
Its a new month today can you believe it? May already. I can barely grasp the idea that I am already LATE getting on the summer camp bandwagon. What to do what to do it’s hard when you have to to plan activities for two kids that are almost a decade apart. The youngest probably will go to a kindergarten readiness camp in July, although I’m pretty sure spending the last 2 years in preschool full-time has more than prepared … Continue reading
Boot Camp and Champagne
This was my 4th booth camp in the last 12 months. Almost a year ago, right after clicking the “PUBLISH” button on my first post I bought myself a plane ticket to Phoenix and registered for my first Bloggy Boot Camp. It took me two posts to explain in painstaking detail what these boot camps were all about. I covered the speakers, the topics and all new friends I had made in a matter of 24 hours, you see I … Continue reading
I left my heart, money AND my waistline in SF
Where do I begin? I think I also left my MIND in San Francisco as well. How much do I hate PTD (post – travel – depression) sigh. This weekend was one of those trips when everything just seems to work for the better. Â First of all I brought a conference virgin along in my carry on you may have met her this weekend, @ksugarandspice. Kathleen was promised a weekend of networking, vlogging how to’s, SEO tips along with the … Continue reading
W Hotel Hollywood
I love a mini getaway don’t you? I don’t even have to drive more than a few hours to feel miles away from the endless days of carpool and laundry. Living in Southern California means you can drive a number of different directions and in a few short hours you can be at the beach, downtown LA, the mountains, the arid desert or camping in the Cleavland National Forest. Its not a bad deal, but we do have earthquakes and … Continue reading
The Importance of a Family Vacation
The timing of this contest is uncanny. I got a phone call the other night from my sister, she had just confirmed our reservation at the family cottage for a week in July. We have been trying to plan a vacation with our families together for the past 2 summers and now it was GO time. Problem is our daughter isn’t five yet. We have not taken a ‘family’ vacation since I was pregnant with our our daughter five years … Continue reading
