photo diary: greece

(view while walking down to Amoudi Bay in Oia, Santorini)

With about a week left in Israel, Oren and I decided to be 

super spontaneous and book a trip to Greece. We figured 

we were already half way across the world, we had both 

always wanted to go and it was too close to Israel not to do it, 

so three days later we were off to Crete.

Although our first hotel was quite disastrous, we definitely made

the most of our time. We rented a car, (named it Willy, don't ask why 
because I don't have an answer) looked at a map and started

driving. We spent an entire day picking random places on the map

and navigating our way through the small towns full of crazy Greek
drivers.

We ate a super weird lunch due to errors in translation... 

Clarification:"a small fish" does not mean a whole plate of tiny

 fish, right? We swam at a handful of beautiful beaches, sweat a lot, 

and got really dusty due to dirt roads.

We found places I thought only existed in a dream life. We drove 

(off roaded if this were Oren typing) almost 2 hours down a bumpy

dirt road (pictured below) with no idea what we would find at the end.

The choice to continue the terrifying drive around twists and turns, above 

drops onto jagged rocks, proved to be the right decision. The end of the 

road brought us to secluded beach  (also pictured below) with only six other 
people and tons of goats... yes. goats.  We both agreed that it was the most 
beautiful place we had ever seen.

For our last two days, we decided to go to Santorini. We arrived at our 
teeny hotel right in the cliff in Santorini. From the ground floor you took 
an elevator down 3 floors and THEN walked down another 150+ stairs. 
The view was unreal and it was so cool to stay right on the side of the cliff.

Greece is such a stunning place. It looks just like in the movies.... 
But with more goats.

(charming street in Oia)

(on our way to the end of the dirt road)

(local man and his horses in Oia)

(outside of a pretty building)

(octopus tentacles drying out at our lunch spot)

(one of the many amazing views on our road trip in Crete)

(posing by my favorite trees... I made Oren stop at all of them... they are everywhere)

(close up of my favorite tree)

(Dinner spot on a bay in Rethymnon, Crete)

(view from our hotel in Santorini)

(having fun with the amazing views on our road trip in Crete)

xxAli

  (photos: Ali Stone Photography images: 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 13, 15, 17 & 
Oren A Photography images: 3, 5, 8, 11, 12, 14, 16, 18)

photo diary: Israel

Fall is officially here and I have been doing some serious 
reminiscing about my summer. I felt it was finally time to share 
with you some photos from my summer travels. 

In July, Oren and I went to Israel to visit family and friends, 
dive and relax on the beach. Eilat is like a super hot heaven 
and is a beautiful place to visit. We ate unbelievable food, 
spent time with the loveliest people, explored markets and I 
finally took my first real dives (I'm hooked)!   

I had a summer made of dreams, really. I am sad it's over, 
but oh so happy that it happened. 

I hope you enjoy some of my favorite images from each trip.
Beginning here with photos by Oren and I from Eilat and Tel Aviv.
(All images taken on camera, iphone or gopro.)

xxAli

  (photos: Ali Stone Photography images: 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 11, 13 & 
Oren A Photography images: 1, 4, 6, 9, 10, 12, 14)

easy. breezy. barefoot.

One perk to living on the lake and being out of the city is that it's acceptable to 
(almost) always be barefoot. No shoes can match up to a dress like this anyways! 
If I did need shoes I would only slip on a pair of flip flops! Maxi dresses are an
awesome, easy way to create a head to toe look without much effort. Let your maxi 
speak for itself and keep your choice of footwear toned down.... Need I say more?

  dress blue life

xxAli

(photos: Sarah Rose Smiley)

hood river: iphone photo diary I

There are few things I love more than Hood River, Oregon. The wind, 
the water, the heat and the people. Oh, the wonderful people. We 
started coming here 16 years ago and we've built a West Coast family. 
It's always a joy to come back.

The outdoor possibilities here are practically endless. Hiking to massive 
waterfalls, paddling both flat water and killer downwinders in the swell, windsurfing, 
kiteboarding, mountain biking, you name it, they do it here. 

It's special to be able to travel across the country and feel like you're still home. 
Like every year, we'll be sad to leave. But, we know coming back is never too far away.  

xxAli 

(all photos from my iPhone)

who wears short shorts.

One of my favorite things to wear in the summer is long sleeves and shorts. 
It keeps you warm enough on the days it's not a scorture. But, still gives 
you the chance to show of those bronzed legs that you work so hard on all winter 
just so you can slip into your favorite pair of shorts in the warmer months. 

One of my fashion weaknesses is leaving out pretty much any color or 
pattern in almost everything I own. Summer is a great time to take those 
baby steps into a more exciting uniform. These shorts were the perfect 
step to funk things up a little. It's important to keep your wardrobe new 
and exciting but no need to jump right in, all at once! 

A few fun pieces matched with your go to basics makes a great mix of an outfit. 
Don't get me wrong, I hope one day I'll have balls like, Joanna Hillman, 
to pull out a full fledged fix of prints. We'll have to work on that one.... 

 sweater hand me down from bubby  • shorts ecote • shoes jeffrey campbell • bag balenciaga

xxAli

     (photos: Oren A Photography)