Laguna Beach

Our last day in California we decided to head south to Laguna Beach

to meet up with a friend and her darling daughter. When we

got to Laguna we immediately asked ourselves why in the world we

didn't spend more time here than just one afternoon. It's just gorgeous. 

A beautiful, charming and artsy town literally right

on the coast. The water is a magnificent aqua color and the 

quaintness of it all makes you wish you could spend weeks there. I would

love to retire in a place like Laguna. One can dream right?

Next time I'm making a point to stay here for a full weekend to 

soak up some sun and relax on that beach with a fish taco.

^^Those long stretch of beaches are calling my name.

^^Steph, Miriam & I.

L.A. Part II

The birthday girl's day we decided to wait in line and go to her favorite show, Chelsea Lately.

As you can see we both value fashion over comfort by our shoes while standing in line...

sometimes I question my intelligence. Unfortunately Chelsea Handler

was on her book tour, which we knew. But were excited to find out who the

surprise guest host was. When they announced Khloe Kardashian, we both

bust up laughing. Because earlier in the week Steph had joked that maybe my dreams 

would come true and I'd see a Kardashian. The whole story behind that is that when 

we used to live together I could not stop watching the train-wreck-of-a-show, The Kardashians.

Mostly I was intrigued by their ridiculousness, admittedly I was ashamed of such trashy television, 

but that sure didn't stop me. I have since cured that addiction and am now addicted to documentaries.

After having a good time at the show followed by a meet and photos

with Chelsea's side-kick Chuy we were on our way to explore more of L.A.

Naturally that included a cupcake stop at Georgetown Cupcake, so delicious!

From cupcakes we went to the beautiful LACMA. Unfortunately for us we got there 

about an hour too late to go inside, but fortunately the outside of the museum is just

as beautiful with all those palm trees and architecture. 

We ended the evening with dinner on the coast of Santa Monica, 

I'd say it was a grand birthday for Steph, one for the books!

L.A. Part I

 Last week was my friend's 30th birthday, so to kick off the start of a new

era we decided to head to L.A. for a little celebration. We started off our day with 

brunch at the swanky Tavern. It was the perfect way to start our festivities and it

being Easter Sunday we wanted a nice place to eat. After feasting on lemon ricotta pancakes

we made our way to a Dodger's game. It was such a fun time, the sun was shining, 

the game was good and of course we had some hotdogs, I swear they taste better at a baseball game.

The evening rolled around and we decided to do the infamous Hollywood walk, great 

people watching in my opinion. We ended the evening with some street tacos and

a drive up to the Griffith Observatory for some amazing star gazing and breathtaking sights of the 

city. I highly recommend the Griffith if you've never been before, it's free and 

the views up there are simply beautiful.

 ^^Brunching giddy.

 ^^The Tavern did not disappoint.

 ^^Ready to get our Dodger's spirit on.

^^Trying to tan my legs.

^^L.A. views.

^^Inside the beautiful Griffith Observatory.

^^The city glittering at night.

^^I'm sporting some lovely hat hair.

San Diego...the sunny part

I know it's end of March and I'm finally catching up on
photo's from San Diego back in January...
but better late than never I say.

The first half of our trip was rainy{as seen here}
not the sunshine we'd been hoping for.

Although San Diego redeemed itself the last half of our time there,
thank goodness!

We were able to go explore the
beautiful Balboa Park,
take drives along the coast,
walk around the famous Coronado hotel,
and of course hit up the
huge San Diego zoo.

We were glad the sun came out and played with us,
we were in dire need of it
and soaked it up as much as we could.