loved LA...

Wow this post has been a long time coming, I'm so sorry! No excuses. Anyhoot I suppose you're interested in my recent trip to LA? :)

Let me just prefrace that any vacation that I've planned with the intention (desperate need) for sunshine has never panned out well. Malta, Rain. Puerto Rico, Rain. Weekend trips to the beach last summer, Rain. So in true luck fashion... LA, Rain. However it wasn't all weekend and I certainly didn't let it get in the way of being an LA tourist!

Within the first 90 minutes of my arrival Libby gave Kirk a stand up hair cut. By the time we returned from a rainy trip to The Getty he had shaved his head. Hmm.  Oh and we went to brunch at this place that had the most delicious pancakes I've ever tasted.

The Getty was pretty cool, though. Would have been beautiful to look at outside if it weren't raining but oh well. We gave old French paintings the college try but the only halls we weren't running down were impressionism and photography.

That night we went to an art show at Libby's yoga studio (she owns it, so what no big deal) and she spilled red wine on the floor in the room where we weren't even allowed to wear our shoes hahahahaha. One of my top 10s of the weekend. Then we went to the unmarked but highly acclaimed Mondrian Hotel. Our waiter sucked. Libby as a hot date made up for it tenfold, though.

Went home to the mansion and played foosball til what was 4am Boston time to me. Promptly passed out on the couch and didn't open an ear or an eye til 9am the next morning.  We got up and went out for a run and I quickly noticed some famous movie spots in Venice - including the bball courts where White Men Can't Jump was filmed - soooo cool!

Brunch in Santa Monica on a sunny Valentine's Day felt good and gave us our fuel for a trip north to San Fancisco, I mean getting lost in Malibu ;) Omg I sooo didn't mind driving up and down The PCH. Beautifulll! We finally made it to our hike and mistakenly took the dinky warm up trail and when back at the bottom 20 min later margaritas sounded better than a proper hike looking out for rattlesnakes.

Libby had to work Valentine's Day night and so Kirk and I head out on bikes to cruise Venice & Santa Monica for some bars and eventually got to Libby's restaurant (she owns this too, duh).  Thennn the bike ride home felt a lot longer than the trip there but no big deal.  We rode the "boardwalk" home.  Boardwalk in quotations because it's just like a paved concrete path - nothing like the traditional wooden Jersey Shore boardwalks, haha.

Sunday Funday Libby and I went to brunch again (I LOVE BRUNCH!!) and had some yummy muffins at a place in Manhattan Beach.  We then set on our Beverly Hills excursion.  We went to Rodeo drive and the only store I felt comfortable even stepping in was Coach and about 8 saleswomen attacked us - they had us all wrong apparently, haha. We headed up to Mulholland Drive which gives all these really scenic views overlooking the whole city.  At our very last stop we saw the HOLLYWOOD sign - some reason I was determined to see it.

Next up on tourist extravaganza was a stop on Hollywood Boulevard to see the stars in the sidewalks and just people watch.  We saw them getting ready for the Oscars, actually.  Pretty cool!  

That night we went to a comedy show at a small theatre called the Groundlings where apparently a lot of SNL comedians got their start.  Rumors were flying that Lisa Kudrow was due to make a surprise appearance one night soon but no such luck.  There were some really funny skits and well Libby's laugh alone had me in stitches half the night!

Monday was dreary but Libby got out of work early and we went shopping!!!  We were itching to spend some dough but really didn't end up buying much.  Scratch that, I did buy Christian's wedding band!  Woohoo.  I love it and it's perfect!!

Got on the red eye back and slept 4 of the 5 hour flight.  Raced home and stole another hour of sleep before going to work - so it wasn't really all that bad.  Wednesday was tiring but it was well worth it!

This was a long one!  In the end I think I can cross off 90% of my to do wish list for LA.  No celeb spotting - but I mean Libby and Kirk are a pretty big deal so that counts. :)  Can't wait to go back!!  Kayte is going this week and I am SOOOOOOOOOO jealous!!!

Libby and Kirk - THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU for a wonderful time!  You guys are the greatest! :D

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i heart aquariuses

I feel like I may have been off the radar for a bit, sorry about that!  I did indeed have a CRAZY weekend but it was so much fun.  Our friend Sarah "Seb" flew in for the weekend free thanks to her new job as a flight attendant for USAir... I'm kind of jealous.  

Anyhoot, on Friday we all went out to Ned Divines for Steph's birthday celebration.  Band was good but playing old music.  Saturday we went to Suite and perhaps some of my friends learned my closet love for the clubs - haha.  Dancing burns good calories, though!  Sunday was SUNDAY FUNDAY, haha.  I went to brunch, ran 5 mi, then went to Gail's house and laughed a lot with her and Kayte!  Overall - a hugely fun weekend but quite busy!

Soooo guess what?  I LEAVE FOR L.A. ON FRIDAY MORNING!!  O-M-G I simply cannot wait!!!  I miss Libby more than words can say and I can't wait to do all the fun, corny touristy stuff!  So it's supposed to rain a lot while I'm there but I won't let it get me down and I will pretend that weather.com has it wrong, anyway (highly likely)!

I ran outside tonight - first outdoor run in a long time but it was soooo "nice" out today - 50 degrees!  Let's just say that my legs are used to a flat treadmill surface.  Tonight I did a little cross training on my run dodging ice patches and puddles all the while going up and up hills (I really don't remember going down these hills).  Anyway - it felt good and I'm glad I got some fresh Brookline air in my lungs.

Okay so this post wasn't much fun just a little bit of a diary entry/catch up on my calendar - sorry! Oh - it's Chrisitan's 25th birthday today!  My handsome husband-to-be is skiing in Sweden off the map but we'll give him a shout out on my blog anyway! :D

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BABY!  | TILLYKKE MED DAGEN SKAT!

So actually I have a lot of birthdays to mention right now - it's been a birthday extravaganza lately! Safe to say that I really get along well with Aquariuses...

Happy 24th to my love Stephanie on 4-Feb-09

Happy 25th to the handsome Mike Prible on 7-Feb-09

Happy 24th to muchos Sarah/Seb on 8-Feb-09

Happy 25th to my perfect Christian today 11-Feb-09

Happy 24th to beautiful Carissa on 15-Feb-09

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she's a hot mess

I've decided that I truly "heart" facebook.  I've been able to reconnect with some really old friends who I still think about all the time but lost touch with.  Facebook has been an enabler and even if it's just a simple wall post, there is something warm and fuzzy about reconnecting.  What do you think?

That being said, I have officially deemed myspace creepy.  As Sarah R will appreciate, only trashy, mullet haired, tatted up girls have myspace profiles, haha!  No offense, but seriously... MySpace not so much!  I will give it a B+ for music reasons, but even then... iTunes Genius feature wins the way to get new music to my ears.  

On to the FUN part of this blog post - though maybe only applicable to my female readers (98%?).  If the contents of your purse (on a regular day) spilled out in front of a stranger - what story would they tell?  Here is mine:

• Small wristlet - a bag inside of a bag - she is 100% woman
  
• Hand lotion, chapstick and hydrocortisone cream - clearly she has some dry skin issues
  
• Umbrella - what a practical and prepared girl
  
• 50 business cards - she's VIP (uhm but seriously what do i do with all of them if not put them in those bins for free lunches?)
  
• PAPERWORK - this girl is a hot mess
  
• Glasses & Sunglasses in their cases - this girl may not be a hot mess afterall
  
• Approx $6 in change - scratch that, she IS a hot mess
  

Anyone else care to play my little game?

If the contents of my gym bag spilled... well the smell would keep anyone from guessing haha.  

I thought of a good ecommerce store name for selling sportswear (the real sporstwear stuff you get sweaty in - not the weird clothes that have sholder pads in them at TJMaxx)... it would be called "DirtyGymBag.com"  What do you think?

TGIF!  Out on the town hard this weekend with the winter birthday girls :D

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happy days

Yesterday was a great day. Well, minus the part where I woke up at 4:45am for work and the part where I was slightly hungover from Superbowl festivities... aside from that yesterday was great.

I was in work at 6 am for an international conference call but my boss let me take an extended lunch andddd leave early!! I left while there was still light outside I was happier than a pig in mud. :) During my extended lunch I got a good run in and so I had an entire night to myself - woohoo! I spent most of it watching TV shamelessly.

The Office episode that aired after the Superbowl was... HILARIOUS!! I about died - highly recommend watching it online or buying it from OnDemand!

Anyhoot - big wedding news! We have chosen a reception site! It is anything but ordinary. It's actually a warehouse but we will shock you all with what can be done inside! Poor Christian will not know what to do with himself leading up to the big day but it will be great, no matter what.

I'll be in Denmark the second week of March and will try to get the lionshare of planning done. I will be updating the wedding website shortly but for those who would like to know now the reception will be in the town of Fredensborg - 15 minutes away from the church.

There is a family friend offering her bed & breakfast rooms for the night of the wedding. It's located in the town where the reception will be. We're under the impression it'll be pretty cheap so let me know if you're interested!  I'll try and post a website for it soon.

So with that stress lifted we can really start the fun planning! Fabrics, flowers, details details details!!!

Almost at work by now and thoroughly tired despite my relaxing afternoon/night yesterday.

Oh and Christian's best friend is about to be a daddy any minute now!! Can't wait to meet baby Nicholas!!!!!

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