KC Skyline +The River Market + Running

When Steve Gibson asks you to be a part of a really cool running photo shoot..you say yes!  It was so awesome working with him in the River Market, doing one of the things I love to do, RUN!  And since I live in the River Market area, he suggested we shoot there.  Downtown Kansas City and the KC Streetcar featured in the photos were my favorite part about this shoot!  It took many times running back and forth to get the perfect shot, but I think he pulled it off!!...and I even got my workout in that day!  Besides that, the Kansas weather decided to misbehave that day, so I had to keep moving to stay warm!  This was a photo shoot very different than anything I have ever done, but I love working out and staying in shape, so I felt fortunate to be a part of it!
Here are just a few of the photos he captured.

Those views make me love Kansas City even more than I already do!

Shona

Palm Tree's and the Ocean Breeze

Recently I had the chance to visit my Mom and her hubby Phil while they were in Florida for a quick vaca and it was just what I needed to unwind!  Between school, two jobs, and lack of sleep from studying, I needed to get away to the one place that calms me, the sand and sea.  I can't give away all the details quite yet...but something exciting is soon to happen, and I will tell you it's going to be great!! So stayed tuned for that!

Friday night, I arrived fairly late but we ended the night with light appetizers, cheap wine and sitting in the sun-room enjoying the Florida weather. Saturday after breakfast and coffee, we took a day trip to the Atlantic and ate at one of my favorite beach-side spots, Toni and Joe's.  They have an amazing patio and allow dogs...even better since we had their's with us, it was his first trip to the sand and sea. We ventured around all day, cruised the A1A, stepped our feet into the ocean, collected a few seashells and lastly found a beach just for dogs....Dodger wasn't too sure what to think about that, but he can now mark that off of his doggie bucket-list.

While driving back to the vaca home, we ran into the wildfires there, road closed...no getting through and that meant we had to adventure back about 2 hours to go around it.  A terrible thing to witness on television, let alone in person.  Florida is a state full of water so there are no "back roads"...we had one way out.  Fortunately from the report I read on CNN, no one was injured, but many homes and habitat was destroyed.  So venturing another 2 hours isn't really a problem when you look at it that way!

Sunday morning meant the usual walk with Dodger and meeting new people, breakfast, snapping a few photos and preparing for my journey home.  My Mom made Easter lunch comprised of chicken and noodles, green beans, mashed potato's and for dessert, strawberry shortcake...two words: food coma! Shortly after they dropped me off at the airport and I was headed back to reality!

Florida, you were just what I needed. 

Shona

KCFW 2017

Kansas City Fashion Week 2017

It was my first time participating in KCFW and it was a dream!  I had the pleasure of walking for Barbara Bultman and her designs are absolutely amazing! The outfit I wore...there are no words to describe it, other than perfection!  I met so many amazing people; from hair and makeup to photographers, made many new friends and shared this exciting night with old friends too. This was an experience I will never forget!  Thank you to everyone who made this night one for the books! Stephanie Rohr, you are the bomb! 

Designer: Barbara Bultman Designs, St. Louis MO

HMU: WAX: Beauty and Barbour Factory (Jay Hefner, Jhonatan Sierra Leon, Erin Dellasega)

Photographers: Jason Atherton of Atherton Photography, Jonny Hackett of No. 9 Photography, Eli Stack, Chuck Mason, and Ryan Swartzlander and Kansas City Fashion Week. 

 

KCFW Twenty17. You were good! 

Shona