First baby!

The weekend before last I drove down to San Diego to meet up with a few good girlfriends from high school. It's fun being able to go back to the days when life was easy and extremely simple! I was there with Daniela, Alexandra, Kayla and Ali, which made for a "sex and the city" feeling. Ali has moved away and is now in Connecticut, but with one big difference...she has a little boy on the way! This marks the first baby out of all of my friends, and I can't be more excited for her and Adam! By the way, she is 5 months and looks fantastic.

A little wine, great food, and even better company makes for a great night:

Look at that CUTE bump!

The girls.

Six Taste

This past weekend Thomas and I went up to Los Angeles to help celebrate Andy Getten's 30-something birthday! We took a tour called Six Taste, which has taken off in LA. It's a walking tour in different parts of Los Angeles where you go to 6 different places to eat. We did the Little Tokyo tour in downtown LA. They pick places you might not even know exist or have just passed by. While you are going from place to place (eating AMAZING food) a tour guide is giving you all the history of the area, signs, and restaurants. It was bunch of fun, and I am so glad we got to be a part of it!

Some fun moments:
 - Andy received an "authentic" Japanese hat as a gift, although our tour guide said it might be considered racist.
 - Saki Bombs were shared by all

- We were so full by the end we could POP.

There are a lot of pictures:

Start of the tour with our tour guide in red

First Stop - Tea Room

Smelling all the delicious teas

Enter Little Tokyo

Second Stop

Third Stop

Fourth Stop

Fifth Stop

Saki......

DRINK

Bomb!

Birthday Boy

Blow!!!

Sixth Stop

Uh boys...you have something on your face

G'day - So long!

Yesterday Thomas and I dropped my parents off at LAX (Lax as my mom was saying in the car) to catch a flight to Australia. There were no words to express my jealousy. My cool brother has been living there since February and this is their trip to visit him. As most of you know I lived there for a short time during college, and it was one of the best decisions I have ever made. I experienced a new country, met my best friend, and realized having bars open until 5am was not always a great thing. I digress.

Before coming to a slow roll and pushing them out of the car, we ate at P.F. Changs. Sharing stories, drinking wine, and eating lots of carbs is a great way to send them off.

I didn’t get a great picture of the rents, but I did of Thomas and I!

Their plan is to arrive in Sydney, grab my brother and head up to Carnes (pronounced like “cans”) to check out the Great Barrier Reef and possibly go white water rafting. Then they might head to Frasier Island, which is the biggest island in the world made out of just sand. After that it’s back to Sydney to hang out with our great friends the Blackwells.

Bon voyage!