On the other hand, I've got a bathing suit under my dress...

Tomorrow morning I’m finally off to Hawai’i for the week. I can’t wait for gorgeous weather, pineapples, blue surf and sky, mai tais on the beach, shell hunting with the boyfriend… Here are some of the things that have been inspiring me as I pack and prepare for the trip. xxx

{We’ll be staying on the island of Oahu}

{Daria Werbowy for Vogue, December 2004, in my all-time favorite Vogue photo-shoot}

{via the cherry blossom girl}

{Elvis Presley in Blue Hawai’i}

{I Myself Have Seen It: The Myth of Hawai’i, by Susanna Moore}

{Deborah Kerr and Burt Lancaster in From Here to Eternity, the classic 1953 movie set in Hawai’i}

{Hawaii, by James Michener}

Aloha oukou!