well, sadly we’re heading into the tail end of summer. sigh. but happily, we’ve got another long weekend coming up shortly. labor day is just around the corner and to celebrate lo & sons has an awesome summer giveaway for you! they are generously giving away to one very lucky reader two great bags: a Claremont crossbody Camera Bag and The Catalina weekender bag — both bags, perfect for a long weekend getaway, camera in hand!

to enter to win both the Claremont crossbody Camera Bag and The Catalina weekender bag, simply:

• follow lo & sons on either Facebook, or Instagram — as long as you follow on either one and let us know below you’re entered to win.

• be sure to comment below letting us know you’ve followed on one of the above lo & sons accounts by Tuesday, august 26th.

• as always, be sure to leave a way to reach you via twitter, facebook, email or your website.

• sorry, this giveaway is for U.S. residents only.

• we’ll announce a winner on my twitter account the week of september 2nd, so be sure and follow along.

i’m checking out a little early this week – i’m ‘camping out’ in san francisco (hardly roughing it) with a bunch of my blogger pals this weekend learning about some cool new stuff to share with you. more on that later. in the meantime, have you seen moonrise kingdom? i adore all that is wes anderson and his new movie is no exception — i loved every charming bit. you should go see it. guaranteed grins from ear to ear. have a good weekend everyone, and i’ll see you back here on monday.

images: wes anderson’s moonrise kingdom; Vintage Thermos Picnic Cooler Retro Red from little red polka dots; my favorite pia wallen cross blanket; i love camping in a vw bus; some snazzy red plaid rain boots; a preppy plaid iphone case.

a little while ago, the lovely *emera hosted a most popular reader giveaway here on sfgirlbybay. *emera is the clever company that decided that female shutterbugs would suffer no more the dreaded boring camera bag, and made everything all better again with their fab line of camera handbags for women. we gave away one of their very coco chanel-inspired quilted camera bags and y’all went a little cuckoo for it!

well, i’m happy to announce *emera has got a brand new bag in their line, and this one i just had to have! meet the classic canvas camera bag in stylish and oh-so-sophisticated charcoal gray. each bag is waterproof, and fully-loaded with full zipper, velcro enclosures to keep your many lens safe and snug, and it also easily contains your laptop or ipad, and the contents of any purse like a dream. thanks again, *emera for making us shutter girls look so good.

wow! that’s all i gotta say about how many of you (that would be 706!!) entered the *emera camera bag giveaway, and how many of you have whet my appetite for travel with all the fantastic destination choices you shared. i’m ready to grab my *emera bag and hit the road! but, back to the business at hand! we could only choose just one of you and the very lucky winner is Erin, a resident of Maine, who writes the blog Blue Bird Baby. Congratulations Erin, and many thanks to everyone who entered. And gracious thanks to *emera for the beautiful bag giveaway!

i am so excited about this new sfgirlbybay reader giveaway from my new sponsor, *emera camera bags! i love these bags, and have one of my very own — i just took it on my trip to palm springs and it was a big hit with all my friends. not only is it a great looking bag on the outside, but inside, it’s got all kinds of padded compartments with velcro enclosures to safely secure and hold your camera and various lens. *emera bags are made especially for women – no more boring, ugly camera bags! Check out their full line of bags here.

*emera totes are designed for a DSLR camera and a few lenses for when you’re running around town, or vacationing and you don’t want to look like a tourist. to enter the giveaway for the *emera quilted camera bag, just comment below, sharing your very favorite vacation spot by friday, February 26th (and be sure and include a way to reach you), and we’ll pick a winner the following week. thanks so much for a great giveaway, *emera!

NOTE: comments & contest are now closed.

*all photos by cindy loughridge.