One to Nothin'

What I Wore

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Sometimes, when you work out after work and you’re trying to beat sunset, you wash your face, throw on a hat to hide your hair and post up in front of the wall next to your front door. Then, if you’re me, you edit and upload the photos just to let them sit in Blogger purgatory for months before realizing oh-my-god-it’s-almost-fall, so you decide it’s now or never.
That about sums up blogging for me lately. Sometimes the love is there and sometimes I’m forcing it or throwing a hat over its greasy hair because I know I didn’t blog for five years straight just to one day decide, “meh.”
I love clothes, I love photos and even if it sounds weird, I love being in front of the camera. So even if I’m not finding the time to give this space the passionate love making it deserves, I’m going to get these #ootds going again.
I hope y’all are down for that.. but let’s be real, it’s never really been about you anyway. 
 Jacket: Levi’s / Tee: Old Navy / Hat: UO / Sandals: Seychelles / Shorts: Local Boutique (similar)

Happy Friday, friends!

Camping & Other Present Participles

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Sipping wine from a Tumbler
Floating for hours on a garish plastic flamingo
Inhaling Cheetos, s’mores, burgers
Hiding from the rays under a giant, floppy hat
Reapplying greasy SPF 70 
Watching the sun paint the sky orange, then purple with its descent
Forgetting about hygiene, stress, anxiety
Sitting by a fire, singing along to the ukulele strings
Squinting at the brightest stars, gasping as they shoot across the sky
Falling deeply asleep as my head hits the sleeping bag
Being asked, politely, to turn off the speakers
Hearing Ziggy whine because 10 feet is too far
Smelling the crackling fire and charred marshmallows
Feeling the cool, dry air on my skin and crumbly earth between my toes
Choking down gulps of Hennessy 
Laughing uncontrollably again and again
Waking to the sun forcing itself through the thin tent walls
Tasting the bitter coffee, salty bacon, gooey eggs
Smiling at my people, the dogs, the trees  
Thanking the universe for every hopeful thought, hard decision and crippling doubt
Knowing they brought me here

All photos caught on film by @kyle_jern see more of his work here

Outside Lands 2016

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YOU GUYS. Last weekend was my fourth Outside Lands festival (see year one, two, three). I wrote about some of the lesser known bands there here, but for you music nerds out there I’ll go over the bands I actually saw. I did a lot of wandering off by myself because while most folks were stoked on Major Lazer and Zedd, I was swaying my lighter in the wind to Ryan Adams and Sufjan Stevens.

Friday
Miike Snow, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, Duran Duran, LCD Soundsystem

Saturday
Rogue Wave, The Wombats, Ibeyi, Lord Huron, Big Grams (Big Boi + Phantogram), Sufjan Stevens, Radiohead

Sunday
The Oh Hellos, DIIV, Lettuce, Griz, Dr. Teeth & The Electric Mayhem (yep, the band from The Muppets), Third Eye Blind, Ryan Adams and The Shining, Lana Del Rey

Long story short: all the bands were amazing except Third Eye Blind, which was disappointing because my 12-year-old self really friggin loves them (everything was documented on Snapchat, so follow me there @marymackensie). The rest of the long story goes something like adventures, changes on changes on changes, overwhelm, amazing music, marathon training runs and the guilt that comes with neglecting real life stuff, like cleaning, writing and making big decisions about the future. So that’s where I’m at.

How have you been? 

#thisis27

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This summer has been dope. I turned 27 on Monday and spent the weekend camping on a lake a few hours north of SF. We floated on a giant flamingo and pineapple tubes, ate delicious pasta, burgers, shrimp and sausage, and gawked at the stars all night (I didn’t even get sunburned!). Then I got to stuff my face with a ginormous vegan chocolate cake after enjoying the BEST Laotian food. Other highlights of the past few weeks include: a Keith Urban concert at Shoreline Amphitheater, vegan ice cream from Little Giant, calamari from KIN (in Windsor), vegan cinnamon buns from Cinnaholic, wine and fried green tomatoes from Hard Water and catching up with/making new friends. 
How’s your summer been?

Songs About Food

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If you don’t already follow my new Instagram account, @doesthishavedairy, you probably should. You’ll find photos of delicious, dairy-free food that I’ve baked, cooked, eaten or gawked at and, as shown above, song lyrics about food/drinks. I’ve had way too much fun in the past couple months brainstorming appropriate foodie songs because I’m obsessed with music.. and noms.. and Instagram. So now it’s your turn. Leave a comment with as many food-related songs as you can possibly think of and make my life that much better. Seriously, guys, I need your help. I want to keep this train rolling as long as possible.

Lately

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Lately it’s been hard to find words. I’m torn between an exhilarating, passionate love for this ridiculous place where I get to live and vacation, and feelings of fear, anxiousness and heartbreak for our country, for the world, for my friends and, of course, for myself. I had an incredible week and a half reuniting with old friends, meeting new ones, seeing new places and revisiting gorgeous ones. I learned how to bake sourdough bread and let my own city take my breath away, and then I had to slow down, the hardest part. That tricky moment when you realize you can’t keep going full speed ahead like this forever and it’s going to hurt when your feet are no longer cushioned by adrenaline. When you’re not trying new foods or sailing at sunset, and instead you’re sitting on your couch–his couch–and you’re too overwhelmed to open your laptop. When you want nothing more than to tell someone who knows all the details and is already invested all about it, but you can’t. When you have to stand by and understand the decisions you’ve made. When the sound of fireworks gives you fight or flight. When rustling trees outside make your heart skip a beat. When every day you hear about someone else who died for no reason. This summer is off to a wonderful and truly tragic beginning.

USA Bachelorette Party

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If you’re one of the 5,469,354 people I know getting engaged this summer, perhaps you’re considering having your bachelorette party next year. Around the Fourth of July perhaps? Or maybe you’re a patriotic gal who just likes making your babelicious friends wear matching clothes. Either way, here are some ideas for you to work with.
Step one: Buy a shit load of red, white and blue fake flowers from Michael’s and spend a week straight wiring them together to create America-themed flower crowns for your crew. Your friends will love you even more when they see the gnarly calluses you’ve collected on your thumbs for them.
Step two: Order skimpy matching red one pieces that say something along the lines of, “BAE WATCH.” Even if the white one for the bride doesn’t come in on time, they make for great photos.
Step three: Bring lots of patriotic decor from the dollar bin at Target to create a photo back drop.
Bonus step four: Collect friends with big booties and show off the bride’s veiled flower crown in an obligatory butt shot.
Step five: Stay at an Airbnb that has plenty of greenery and a hammock in the backyard for optimal mimosa drinking and picture taking.
Step six: Order custom shirts and cups that say “Let’s Get Star Spangled Hammered” and your custom hashtag, in our case #SalterPalooza
Step seven: Never, ever run out of champagne.
Step eight: Be obnoxiously loud everywhere you go – you are required to be a “woo girl” on an occasion like this.
Step nine: Take a bajillion photos.
Step ten: Bring penis straws to a fancy brunch place where they serve bottomless mimosas.
Step eleven: Try unsuccessfully to pry the smile off your face after spending three days with your favorite humans in the world.

 Step twelve: AMERICA!

Fourth of July JELL-O Jigglers

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Fourth of July JELL-O Jigglers. Jigglers feels weird. That’s a weird word, right? Is it even actually a word? I can’t stop thinking of boobs. Besides JELL-O and boobs, what jiggles? I guess my thighs do. Anyway. Now that I’ve got the jiggling out of my head and onto this blog, how’s it going? I’ve missed y’all. Life, much like ‘jiggler’ is strange as hell lately.

Updates: I have a new roommate moving in next week, I’m heading to LA this weekend for my BFF’s bachelorette party, I have a billion crafting projects to finish before then, I’m currently battling the gnarliest 3-week sinus infection, I stubbed my toe 15 times already this week, I’m totally torn on how I want to make money starting in October and this is the longest sentence in America.

Speaking of America, let’s celebrate our independence (since we don’t have much else to celebrate here recently..) with some corn syrup and gelatin, shall we?

Here’s what you need:
A 6oz box of blue JELL-O
A 6oz box of red JELL-O
2 3oz packets of KNOX unflavored gelatin
1 1/4 cup Unsweetened almond milk, divided (or regular for you non-lactose intolerants)
1/4 c sugar
Star cookie cutter
3 same-size pans (bigger for thinner, smaller for thicker)

Directions:
Bring 1 1/4 cup water to a boil and add blue JELL-O. Stir until it’s dissolved – about three minutes. Pour into one of the pans and repeat with the red JELL-O, pouring it into a separate pan. Let them set in the fridge. Next mix unflavored gelatin with 1/4 cup almond milk and mix, let set for five minutes. Bring 1 cup almond milk to a boil, remove from heat and add sugar until dissolved. Now combine both almond milk mixtures and let cool for 10 minutes. Pour it into a new pan and put it in the fridge. Let them all refrigerate for about three hours and once they’re firm, use your star cookie cutter to create an equal number of stars in each pan. To make removal easier, you can dip the bottom of the pan in warm water for about 15 seconds and use a spatula to get under each star. Layer the stars on top of each other and take a shit ton of photos, uh, I mean, serve.

If you’re anything like me, you won’t have any smaller sized star cookie cutters, so you’ll cut out deformed ones and love them all the more for their imperfections. They’re cute though, right? Unfortunately adding booze will likely ruin any chance of them getting firm enough for cookie cutters, but if you’re willing to try it, please do let me know how it goes. I would like nothing more than to eat vodka JELL-O stars on the Fourth of July.

What are you doing to celebrate this weekend?

10 Ways You Can Help Orlando Pulse Victims (Including Cute Merch You Can Buy)

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When horrible, awful, inexplicable things happen, it leaves us feeling helpless. Orlando is very close to my hometown, and it’s absolutely heartbreaking looking on Facebook one morning and seeing so many lives taken in one place over one weekend. I saw dozens of friends sharing their stories of dancing the night away at Pulse nightclub so many other, insignificant nights before and checking in as “safe” because they live in the area and were simply lucky enough to not be at the wrong place at the wrong time. It just plain sucks, guys. I don’t know how to explain it, and maybe there’s not an immediate solution, but there are things we can do to help. I promise you that no matter what your political stance on anything is, division is not the answer. We have to come together, be there for each other and accentuate the good. Be open, kind, understanding, listen, argue less and try one of the following 10 ways to help the victims of the Orlando Pulse shooting.

1. Buy this beautiful hand-illustrated coloring book through the end of July.

2. Grab one of these super fun t-shirts or these or these or these. If you’re into sports, buy one of these shirts,

3. If you’re in Florida, donate blood. There are still so many victims in the hospital and blood donations save lives.

4. Donate to this GoFundMe page for families of victims.

5. Contribute to the OneOrlando fund here.

6. This Crowdrise goes to funeral costs and medical bills, and this one provides direct relief for victims, the LGBQT community and organizations focused on gun safety regulations.

7. Volunteer your time. I know you’re not all in a place where you can help financially, but volunteering your time is equally important. Find an LBGQT group in your area to volunteer for here.

8. Share articles like this that honor all of the lives tragically lost instead of arguing with someone on a Facebook status about guns or whether or not the shooter was gay (it doesn’t matter!).

9. Verizon customers can text the word ORLANDO to 501501 to donate $10 (straight from your phone bill) to the OneOrlando fund.

10. Host a dinner or little get together with friends and friends of friends to talk about your feelings. A friend of mine recently posted a video on FB inviting friends over to just talk about it. I remember for weeks after 9/11 our teachers gathered us into big or small groups to talk, cry, ask questions and feel safe. We’re too old for that now, so let’s be that support system for each other. This is not a time to argue about guns or send out hate, it’s a time to talk about fear, how we can effect change, what we will do to be strong, how we can come together, how to provide extra support to the LBGQT community and why we won’t live in fear. You can also just comment below so we can talk about our feelings in a private email chain (make sure you’re not a no-reply blogger). I’m here for you.

I love you all. Here’s to the hope that one day articles like this will no longer need to be posted. 
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