Day 23
I was quite exhausted from all this working out so I decided to take a chill out day. But first, we had to hike. Leigh and I prepared bottles of fat burning lemonade and headed out. We opted for ipods because music is so much more motivating than talking, and talking gets really hard at the steep parts.
An hour and ten-ish minutes later we were back home, doing ten minutes of abs, with visions of cupcakes dancing in our heads. I made a pilgrimage to sprinkles, got a free lemon-coconut for whispering the code word "TGIF", got dave a milk chocolate and leigh and me chai latte and pumpkin to split. We had our lemon coconut at lunchtime and it might actually be my new favourite. There was SO much icing on it and the lemony-ness is just so fresh! But vanilla milk chocolate is just so classic that it'll always be my real favourite.
All afternoon I lounged around, tanning and reading in the backyard. Upon Leigh's return after rehearsal we ate dinner in the backyard and split our two cupcakes. Chai Latte was SUCH a disappointment! Not nearly as good as I remembered! Pumpkin was fabulous as usual, but not as good as the lemon coconut!
I feel guilty for not doing anything productive today. So I have big plans for tomorrow (even though tomorrow's a weekend and i hate weekends). Leigh and I are doing the morning hike, I'm gonna go to Malibu to tan and surf if it's not too crowded (perhaps surfer drew will join me?), then off to Studio City to go book shopping (because I don't want to battle a mall parking garage on a weekend) because I desperately need a good book. Any suggestions?
An hour and ten-ish minutes later we were back home, doing ten minutes of abs, with visions of cupcakes dancing in our heads. I made a pilgrimage to sprinkles, got a free lemon-coconut for whispering the code word "TGIF", got dave a milk chocolate and leigh and me chai latte and pumpkin to split. We had our lemon coconut at lunchtime and it might actually be my new favourite. There was SO much icing on it and the lemony-ness is just so fresh! But vanilla milk chocolate is just so classic that it'll always be my real favourite.
All afternoon I lounged around, tanning and reading in the backyard. Upon Leigh's return after rehearsal we ate dinner in the backyard and split our two cupcakes. Chai Latte was SUCH a disappointment! Not nearly as good as I remembered! Pumpkin was fabulous as usual, but not as good as the lemon coconut!
I feel guilty for not doing anything productive today. So I have big plans for tomorrow (even though tomorrow's a weekend and i hate weekends). Leigh and I are doing the morning hike, I'm gonna go to Malibu to tan and surf if it's not too crowded (perhaps surfer drew will join me?), then off to Studio City to go book shopping (because I don't want to battle a mall parking garage on a weekend) because I desperately need a good book. Any suggestions?
Day 24
My apologies for my lack of pictures. It's no fun taking pictures when there's no one to take them of!
I'm exhausted. Leigh and I were watching the movie Auntie Mame and were both complaining that we didn't feel tired but our eyes wanted to close. "My face feels heavy" "Like i've been swimming with my eyes open in chlorine for too long!" It was very weird. The movie however was sooooo wonderful. Gotta love classics!
So we did the hike today and when we got to the peak Leigh was like "let's go further" so we did. And then when we got to the paved road i was like "should we go to the top?" so we did. Two and a half hours later we were home doing abs and drinking aloe. I was dead.
So what does a girl do when she has a zombie body but she doesn't feel like sitting around doing nothing? She packs up her surfboard and heads to Malibu! Lucky for my limbs, the waves were non-existant so there was no surfing. I just hung out on the beach and read because it was OVERCAST! It was amazing. I"d been dreaming of an overcast day and Malibu made it happen. (Because as soon as I got back on the 101 the sun was out in full force once again). Oh, and by the way, Malibu Canyon Road for some reason makes me the happiest girl ever.
After my lovely afternoon in Malibu, Leigh and I walked to the grocery store and the green store to get dinner stuff/some sort of healthy shot. Leigh had halibut and squash and veggies, I had a salad and poached salmon. Ryan came on facebook chat live from Sydney and we talked for a bit, apparently his "hostel" is a hotel with a pool. Nice.
After dinner we both cuddled up on the white couches and tried to read (the online 5th Twilight book for me, a play for Leigh). Our eyes were closing, my vision was getting blurry from trying to read a book on a computer screen (scrolling is no fun), so we decided that we must watch a movie. Auntie Mame was soooooo wonderful even though it was like 3 hours long! Gotta love classics.
Talked to Derek live from G Bay, he told me to continue living like a rockstar and that he's proud of me. Cute. Leigh and I spent the rest of the night DYING of hunger and contemplating whether or not to get pinkberry/coldstone (we didn't) because we didnt have any treats today. I did some calculations and realized that with our huge walk I had a caloric deficit. Definitely not good. Better get into the positive numbers tomorrow with some Sprinkles!!!
Tomorrow is going to be an official lazy day... but only because i'm tired of washing my hair!
I'm exhausted. Leigh and I were watching the movie Auntie Mame and were both complaining that we didn't feel tired but our eyes wanted to close. "My face feels heavy" "Like i've been swimming with my eyes open in chlorine for too long!" It was very weird. The movie however was sooooo wonderful. Gotta love classics!
So we did the hike today and when we got to the peak Leigh was like "let's go further" so we did. And then when we got to the paved road i was like "should we go to the top?" so we did. Two and a half hours later we were home doing abs and drinking aloe. I was dead.
So what does a girl do when she has a zombie body but she doesn't feel like sitting around doing nothing? She packs up her surfboard and heads to Malibu! Lucky for my limbs, the waves were non-existant so there was no surfing. I just hung out on the beach and read because it was OVERCAST! It was amazing. I"d been dreaming of an overcast day and Malibu made it happen. (Because as soon as I got back on the 101 the sun was out in full force once again). Oh, and by the way, Malibu Canyon Road for some reason makes me the happiest girl ever.
After my lovely afternoon in Malibu, Leigh and I walked to the grocery store and the green store to get dinner stuff/some sort of healthy shot. Leigh had halibut and squash and veggies, I had a salad and poached salmon. Ryan came on facebook chat live from Sydney and we talked for a bit, apparently his "hostel" is a hotel with a pool. Nice.
After dinner we both cuddled up on the white couches and tried to read (the online 5th Twilight book for me, a play for Leigh). Our eyes were closing, my vision was getting blurry from trying to read a book on a computer screen (scrolling is no fun), so we decided that we must watch a movie. Auntie Mame was soooooo wonderful even though it was like 3 hours long! Gotta love classics.
Talked to Derek live from G Bay, he told me to continue living like a rockstar and that he's proud of me. Cute. Leigh and I spent the rest of the night DYING of hunger and contemplating whether or not to get pinkberry/coldstone (we didn't) because we didnt have any treats today. I did some calculations and realized that with our huge walk I had a caloric deficit. Definitely not good. Better get into the positive numbers tomorrow with some Sprinkles!!!
Tomorrow is going to be an official lazy day... but only because i'm tired of washing my hair!
Day 25
Have I mentioned how much I love threetimeteatime? I'm sitting here on the couch in the backyard, in the shade of the umbrella, drinking tea, reading a book (at least i was reading until i picked up my computer) and eating a buckeye and half a chocolate/cheesecake brownie (split with dave) from Big Sugar.
Have I mentioned that my Sprinkles loyalty is fading? Big Sugar is starting to win my heart - not that their cupcakes are better (nothing can beat sprinks), but I just loooove the actual big sugar store, i love their squares and buckeyes, and i love that it's in studio city. For some reason I really really love studio city, it's just so quaint! I wish I could buy Fred Mollin's old house and live there!
So today Leigh wouldn't let me go on a walk. So instead I went on a hunt for the black Robin's Jeans pants for her (with black angel wings). However they discontinued them and the one store that we think has them was closed today. On Leigh's suggestion I also went to check out the Flea Market at Melrose & Fairfax. It was pretty gross... as all flea markets are, but one booth had a BEAUTIFUL white wood framed antique-ish mirror for only 150 bucks. I wanted it so badly... but it would be impossible to bring home. Someday when I live here i'll go back to that flea market and it'll still be there with my name on it.
I then went to wonderful Studio City because I wanted to go to a bookstore but I didn't want to battle the traffic in a mall parking garage. So i went to the barnes and noble that's in an old converted theatre and spent a lonnggggg time looking through books, I ended up with a stack of like 15 and then had the difficult task of picking one, because I knew I'd only read one in the time that i'm here and I don't wanna bring home stacks of books like I did last year. It came down to two very chick lit fluffy books: Tori Spelling's new book about raising kids in Hollywood and some book called Beverly Hills Adjacent. I chose the latter. Because although I looooove Tori, i'm not so into reading about raising kids in Hollywood.
Dave and I then had lovely threetimeteatime and devised a plan where we'll both go to graphic design school so we can get TN Visas and live here forever. He also told me many interesting things about "clown culture" after doing a photoshoot with a clown yesterday. Did you know each clown's face is trademarked? Did you know that clowns despise mimes and vice versa? Did you know there's a clown hierarchy? It's all very bizarre.
We're going to Kabuki for dinner and i'm sooooo excited.
Today is full of things that make me happy! All the previously mentioned events plus more:
-Talked to Ryan live from australia via fbook chat, he's not dead and he has friends.
-We dressed casual for dinner.
-Ryan (Shamray) came to dinner! We had wonderful conversations about cupcakes and where he should live in toronto and made plans for a wednesday morning hike.
-Roger called me a doll. I called him a peach.
-Dinner was delicious.
-After dinner pinkberry was even more delicious.
-Leigh was appointed Gala Chairwoman and I appointed myself her assistant! (Which means i'll be back in January)!
Quote from weird Italian man at pinkberry who had a large and wanted to sit with us: "if you're gonna do it, go all the way!"
Have I mentioned that my Sprinkles loyalty is fading? Big Sugar is starting to win my heart - not that their cupcakes are better (nothing can beat sprinks), but I just loooove the actual big sugar store, i love their squares and buckeyes, and i love that it's in studio city. For some reason I really really love studio city, it's just so quaint! I wish I could buy Fred Mollin's old house and live there!
So today Leigh wouldn't let me go on a walk. So instead I went on a hunt for the black Robin's Jeans pants for her (with black angel wings). However they discontinued them and the one store that we think has them was closed today. On Leigh's suggestion I also went to check out the Flea Market at Melrose & Fairfax. It was pretty gross... as all flea markets are, but one booth had a BEAUTIFUL white wood framed antique-ish mirror for only 150 bucks. I wanted it so badly... but it would be impossible to bring home. Someday when I live here i'll go back to that flea market and it'll still be there with my name on it.
I then went to wonderful Studio City because I wanted to go to a bookstore but I didn't want to battle the traffic in a mall parking garage. So i went to the barnes and noble that's in an old converted theatre and spent a lonnggggg time looking through books, I ended up with a stack of like 15 and then had the difficult task of picking one, because I knew I'd only read one in the time that i'm here and I don't wanna bring home stacks of books like I did last year. It came down to two very chick lit fluffy books: Tori Spelling's new book about raising kids in Hollywood and some book called Beverly Hills Adjacent. I chose the latter. Because although I looooove Tori, i'm not so into reading about raising kids in Hollywood.
Dave and I then had lovely threetimeteatime and devised a plan where we'll both go to graphic design school so we can get TN Visas and live here forever. He also told me many interesting things about "clown culture" after doing a photoshoot with a clown yesterday. Did you know each clown's face is trademarked? Did you know that clowns despise mimes and vice versa? Did you know there's a clown hierarchy? It's all very bizarre.
We're going to Kabuki for dinner and i'm sooooo excited.
Today is full of things that make me happy! All the previously mentioned events plus more:
-Talked to Ryan live from australia via fbook chat, he's not dead and he has friends.
-We dressed casual for dinner.
-Ryan (Shamray) came to dinner! We had wonderful conversations about cupcakes and where he should live in toronto and made plans for a wednesday morning hike.
-Roger called me a doll. I called him a peach.
-Dinner was delicious.
-After dinner pinkberry was even more delicious.
-Leigh was appointed Gala Chairwoman and I appointed myself her assistant! (Which means i'll be back in January)!
Quote from weird Italian man at pinkberry who had a large and wanted to sit with us: "if you're gonna do it, go all the way!"
Day 26
Absolutely BRILLIANT Day.
Woke up at 7:45 to help Leigh read/film lines for a play audition. Had breakfast. Went for a hike. The hike went by soooo quickly today - i'm not bored of it anymore, it's really really enjoyable!
Came home, found out the exciting news that Dave's Obama/Blame It video was on THE VIEW this morning!!!!!! CRAZY EXCITING!!!! I then packed up my surf gear and headed on down to HB. When I arrived I texted surfer drew, but in true Christine fashion, forgot to check my phone once I was ready and missed his text. But it turned out he was getting an oil change anyways. As I was getting my board out of the back of the truck I felt really cool because this old couple come up to me and are like "you look like you know what's going on here, where can we get some good seafood?" They thought i was a Californian! YES! Anyways, surfing was DREAMY today! The waves were so perfectly little and I was seriously getting up on every wave! It was outrageous! I was soooo happy! After surfing I tanned on the beach for a delicious hour (but unfortunately didn't get rid of my hiking beater tan). I then called Drew to make a surfing date for Wednesday and to ask advice on how to fix the cracks in my board. As I was arranging my wetsuit in the back of the truck for optimum drying while driving, these little skater kids come up and ask me what my tattoos are of. It was really funny. I felt like a hot surfer chick. I then picked up some epoxy whatever from HSS and headed for home - and barely encountered ANY traffic on the 405! It's a dream day!
I then stopped by Roger's and delivered a get well present because he's still dying. The latest: a candy corn sized growth on his tonsil. Hot.
Came home, showered, had dinner with Leigh, and we flipped a coin about whether or not we should go to coldstone (we did best 2 out of 3 and it ended up being a no go). So unfortunate. Again it's one of those days where i'll be consuming negative calories... should've got a cupcake!
GG party tonight with Christina and friends! YES!
LEIGH AND I JUST WATCHED DAVE'S VIDEO ON THE VIEW! HAHAHAHAHA!!!!http://www.youtube.com/wat
We cracked. We got Coldstone. But we walked there so it wasn't sooo bad.
Leigh: Mint ice cream, chocolate sauce, heath bar & brownie, Me: banana ice cream, chocolate sauce, brownie. Deeeeeelicious!
Woke up at 7:45 to help Leigh read/film lines for a play audition. Had breakfast. Went for a hike. The hike went by soooo quickly today - i'm not bored of it anymore, it's really really enjoyable!
Came home, found out the exciting news that Dave's Obama/Blame It video was on THE VIEW this morning!!!!!! CRAZY EXCITING!!!! I then packed up my surf gear and headed on down to HB. When I arrived I texted surfer drew, but in true Christine fashion, forgot to check my phone once I was ready and missed his text. But it turned out he was getting an oil change anyways. As I was getting my board out of the back of the truck I felt really cool because this old couple come up to me and are like "you look like you know what's going on here, where can we get some good seafood?" They thought i was a Californian! YES! Anyways, surfing was DREAMY today! The waves were so perfectly little and I was seriously getting up on every wave! It was outrageous! I was soooo happy! After surfing I tanned on the beach for a delicious hour (but unfortunately didn't get rid of my hiking beater tan). I then called Drew to make a surfing date for Wednesday and to ask advice on how to fix the cracks in my board. As I was arranging my wetsuit in the back of the truck for optimum drying while driving, these little skater kids come up and ask me what my tattoos are of. It was really funny. I felt like a hot surfer chick. I then picked up some epoxy whatever from HSS and headed for home - and barely encountered ANY traffic on the 405! It's a dream day!
I then stopped by Roger's and delivered a get well present because he's still dying. The latest: a candy corn sized growth on his tonsil. Hot.
Came home, showered, had dinner with Leigh, and we flipped a coin about whether or not we should go to coldstone (we did best 2 out of 3 and it ended up being a no go). So unfortunate. Again it's one of those days where i'll be consuming negative calories... should've got a cupcake!
GG party tonight with Christina and friends! YES!
LEIGH AND I JUST WATCHED DAVE'S VIDEO ON THE VIEW! HAHAHAHAHA!!!!http://www.youtube.com/wat
We cracked. We got Coldstone. But we walked there so it wasn't sooo bad.
Leigh: Mint ice cream, chocolate sauce, heath bar & brownie, Me: banana ice cream, chocolate sauce, brownie. Deeeeeelicious!
Day 27
I was supposed to fix my surfboard today but I didn't. Damn it.
This morning we had a leisurely breakfast ritual of eating and facebooking. Talked to Ryan again. He's still alive. Our only plans before pilates at 1 and 2 were to do the Beverly Drive hike and go find the Robin's pants, so we took or sweet time.
We got to Franklin Canyon (at the end of Beverly) and pretty much wandered around aimlessly because there were too many trails. But the thing was, they were either full-out road with cars on them, or off-the-beaten-path-one-fo
They didn't have the black pants, but they had some fabulous dusty-rose ones, but I'm pretty much fresh outta cash money (too scared to check my visa or bank balances) so I've banned myself from shopping.
Pilates was wonderful again, we made a pit-stop at Sprinkles after so I could get a cupcake to eat during prime time tv time, and then came home to eat our lunch at 4:00.
We're currently still outside drinking tea and playing on our computers.
This morning we had a leisurely breakfast ritual of eating and facebooking. Talked to Ryan again. He's still alive. Our only plans before pilates at 1 and 2 were to do the Beverly Drive hike and go find the Robin's pants, so we took or sweet time.
We got to Franklin Canyon (at the end of Beverly) and pretty much wandered around aimlessly because there were too many trails. But the thing was, they were either full-out road with cars on them, or off-the-beaten-path-one-fo
They didn't have the black pants, but they had some fabulous dusty-rose ones, but I'm pretty much fresh outta cash money (too scared to check my visa or bank balances) so I've banned myself from shopping.
Pilates was wonderful again, we made a pit-stop at Sprinkles after so I could get a cupcake to eat during prime time tv time, and then came home to eat our lunch at 4:00.
We're currently still outside drinking tea and playing on our computers.
Day 28
I'm tiiiiiiired.
I woke up at 6:30ish because of clatter in the kitchen made by a mysterious stranger. I think I fell back to sleep, but then I was awakened again at 7 by a text from Ryan saying he wouldn't be coming hiking because he had to take his cat to the vet. I tried to fall back to sleep for 45 more precious minutes, but it didn't happen.
Leigh and I did the hike, did abs, and then I headed south for HB. No surfing with Surfer Drew again because he had a job interview. Maybe Friday... The waves were wonderfully small again and it was fabulous. Tanned for two hours and then headed back on the grossly busy 405. Made a pit stop at Sprinkles for a chocolate coconut cupcake, got home, delivered some items to Leigh at rehearsal that she'd forgot and then came home and had dinner.
Tory: I know you like cottage cheese. I'm really obsessed with this Rachel's pear flavoured stuff that i mix with peanut butter, cinnamon and banana. The cheese/pb combo sounds gross but we all know how much I love mixing cream cheese and peanut butter on bagels so it totally works and it's delicious.
On the agenda for tonight: Leigh's at rehearsal til 10. I'm finally gonna watch the DH finale.
Excited for a relaxing day tomorrow: Hike, palazzo pilates & tanning, & cupcake tea party.
Derek: email me back.
I woke up at 6:30ish because of clatter in the kitchen made by a mysterious stranger. I think I fell back to sleep, but then I was awakened again at 7 by a text from Ryan saying he wouldn't be coming hiking because he had to take his cat to the vet. I tried to fall back to sleep for 45 more precious minutes, but it didn't happen.
Leigh and I did the hike, did abs, and then I headed south for HB. No surfing with Surfer Drew again because he had a job interview. Maybe Friday... The waves were wonderfully small again and it was fabulous. Tanned for two hours and then headed back on the grossly busy 405. Made a pit stop at Sprinkles for a chocolate coconut cupcake, got home, delivered some items to Leigh at rehearsal that she'd forgot and then came home and had dinner.
Tory: I know you like cottage cheese. I'm really obsessed with this Rachel's pear flavoured stuff that i mix with peanut butter, cinnamon and banana. The cheese/pb combo sounds gross but we all know how much I love mixing cream cheese and peanut butter on bagels so it totally works and it's delicious.
On the agenda for tonight: Leigh's at rehearsal til 10. I'm finally gonna watch the DH finale.
Excited for a relaxing day tomorrow: Hike, palazzo pilates & tanning, & cupcake tea party.
Derek: email me back.
Day 29
I'm making plans. No, not just your average plan, but an elaborate master plan of how I can move here. There are too many options though and I don't know what path to take... painting, interior design/graphic design school, nanny-ing, tutoring, trading identities with Courtney and just working at Sprinkles... (I definitely like that idea the best although it's definitely the most difficult).
My favourite bowls were on sale for $2 at anthropologie today so I bought 8 for my future Studio City two bedroom bungalow with pool that i'm gonna have. Four white, four baby blue. This was not a silly idea, this just means I have more incentive to make it happen. Maybe i'll even buy my sweet mirror at the flea market this sunday. No, that's kinda silly.
Today was my favourite day since L&R left me. Leigh and I went on the hike early (7:45) and SAW A COYOTE! I full thought it was a dog, but Leigh pointed out that it had no owner. It was hanging out in the middle of the path and then scurried off into the jungle... Then we went to the Palazzo for what i thought was 10 am pilates. I'm an idiot, it was (and always has been) 9:00 pilates. Not too sure what I was thinking. So we got free tazo tea & apples & granola bars, said hi to Vino (who i desperately love because he makes me feel like a million bucks) and made plans to be back for next week's pilates. We swam a mile's worth of lengths in the pool and then tanned on the gloriously comfortable chaise lounges for an hour and a half. On our way out we peeked into the snack room to see a heaping cake stand of blueberry lemon loaf stuff! Heaven.
Then we went to the Grove, searched for bikinis (L&R i think i might get the black striped roxy, the top is soooo flattering even though it's horrible for tanning), bought my bowls and discussed plans for me to move to LA.
Next stop was sprinkles where we got the prime parking spot directly in front (and got laughed at by a guy who watched me hit the curb while swerving into the spot - "it's alright, it's just a rental!") and there were 25 mins left on the meter! Once inside sprinks we picked a banana with vanilla icing, a red velvet and got a free lemon for whispering "fresh." Gotta love twitter.
Next: home for chill out time/threetimetea&cupcaket
Next up on the agenda. Surfboard repair. However I didn't quite get to finish because I need some sandpaper and Leigh and Dave or the Brangelina contractors didn't have any!
Leigh's play opens tonight! She's there now. I'm in the backyard where i'll stay until it gets too dark to read and until my computer battery dies.
xo
My favourite bowls were on sale for $2 at anthropologie today so I bought 8 for my future Studio City two bedroom bungalow with pool that i'm gonna have. Four white, four baby blue. This was not a silly idea, this just means I have more incentive to make it happen. Maybe i'll even buy my sweet mirror at the flea market this sunday. No, that's kinda silly.
Today was my favourite day since L&R left me. Leigh and I went on the hike early (7:45) and SAW A COYOTE! I full thought it was a dog, but Leigh pointed out that it had no owner. It was hanging out in the middle of the path and then scurried off into the jungle... Then we went to the Palazzo for what i thought was 10 am pilates. I'm an idiot, it was (and always has been) 9:00 pilates. Not too sure what I was thinking. So we got free tazo tea & apples & granola bars, said hi to Vino (who i desperately love because he makes me feel like a million bucks) and made plans to be back for next week's pilates. We swam a mile's worth of lengths in the pool and then tanned on the gloriously comfortable chaise lounges for an hour and a half. On our way out we peeked into the snack room to see a heaping cake stand of blueberry lemon loaf stuff! Heaven.
Then we went to the Grove, searched for bikinis (L&R i think i might get the black striped roxy, the top is soooo flattering even though it's horrible for tanning), bought my bowls and discussed plans for me to move to LA.
Next stop was sprinkles where we got the prime parking spot directly in front (and got laughed at by a guy who watched me hit the curb while swerving into the spot - "it's alright, it's just a rental!") and there were 25 mins left on the meter! Once inside sprinks we picked a banana with vanilla icing, a red velvet and got a free lemon for whispering "fresh." Gotta love twitter.
Next: home for chill out time/threetimetea&cupcaket
Next up on the agenda. Surfboard repair. However I didn't quite get to finish because I need some sandpaper and Leigh and Dave or the Brangelina contractors didn't have any!
Leigh's play opens tonight! She's there now. I'm in the backyard where i'll stay until it gets too dark to read and until my computer battery dies.
xo
Day 30
Today was my favourite alone day.
I had breakfast with Leigh and then ventured out on a solo hike while they got ready to go bike riding in Santa Monica. Came home from the hike, saw that Dave had kindly left several types of sandpaper on the stairs to my wing, and went out to sand my surfboard repair job. It's perfect.
I then packed up the truck and went to Malibu. Got to Franklin and realized I forgot my wallet (this is the second time i've forgotten my wallet going to malibu but this time i had to turn around cause i had things to buy after). Got the wallet, cruised down the traffic-free 101/malibu canyon road, and pulled up to a pretty empty Zuma Beach. Just the way I like it.
Surf conditions were Christine Perfect. Little. Only 4 other surfers in the water! It was sooo dreamy. After surfing I tanned for an hour, gave Roger some book suggestions because he says that he can't read James Frey because he's a douche bag, and then talked to my mom. Apparently Ryan called and said he didn't miss anyone except Berkley. My mom said they didn't miss him either! After trying to tan the sides of my body (soooo difficult), I went to Santa Monica.
I had to go to the Quik store cause it was apparently the only one in town that had the bikini that i was in hot pursuit of. They ended up having half of it. Correct bottoms, incorrect top. So I settled and got the top that has one brown boob and one animal print boob instead of the full animal print halter. Oh well, it's still really nice.
Today was a lovely day in Santa Monica and I discovered a new found love of the place. I think i'd still hate it on weekends though...
Next stop was whole foods to replenish my cereal supply and get some bananas. Then onto Sprinkles.
I pulled into a money spot once again, right outside the store. But there was a line today which sucked. However, the guy in front of me chatted up a storm asking me if i thought they'd give him 6 dozen cupcakes or if they'd tell him that he'd have to pre order them. I told him that he would probably be okay. He was on his way to a potluck birthday party in Malibu and decided to bring cupcakes. I wanted to go to this party. (Because I knew that probably only 2 of the 6 dozen cupcakes would be eaten and the rest would just sit there going to waste)! Anyways, so we get inside and he asks me for help on what flavours to get. So I picked out his 6 boxes for him and then he offered to buy me a cupcake! So, I got a free pumpkin from mystery man, and another free key lime for saying "Florida" (the secret password of the day). It was amazing! So tonight leigh and I are gonna have delicious tea & cupcake time when she gets back from her play. I can't wait.
Update. We just had our tea party and it was my favourite one yet. We sat in the living room (white couches match white iced cupcakes). The key lime was soooo fresh and delicious and the pumpkin was soooo warm-your-heart old faithful.
We then watched Dave's latest video:
http://www.youtube.com/wat
I had breakfast with Leigh and then ventured out on a solo hike while they got ready to go bike riding in Santa Monica. Came home from the hike, saw that Dave had kindly left several types of sandpaper on the stairs to my wing, and went out to sand my surfboard repair job. It's perfect.
I then packed up the truck and went to Malibu. Got to Franklin and realized I forgot my wallet (this is the second time i've forgotten my wallet going to malibu but this time i had to turn around cause i had things to buy after). Got the wallet, cruised down the traffic-free 101/malibu canyon road, and pulled up to a pretty empty Zuma Beach. Just the way I like it.
Surf conditions were Christine Perfect. Little. Only 4 other surfers in the water! It was sooo dreamy. After surfing I tanned for an hour, gave Roger some book suggestions because he says that he can't read James Frey because he's a douche bag, and then talked to my mom. Apparently Ryan called and said he didn't miss anyone except Berkley. My mom said they didn't miss him either! After trying to tan the sides of my body (soooo difficult), I went to Santa Monica.
I had to go to the Quik store cause it was apparently the only one in town that had the bikini that i was in hot pursuit of. They ended up having half of it. Correct bottoms, incorrect top. So I settled and got the top that has one brown boob and one animal print boob instead of the full animal print halter. Oh well, it's still really nice.
Today was a lovely day in Santa Monica and I discovered a new found love of the place. I think i'd still hate it on weekends though...
Next stop was whole foods to replenish my cereal supply and get some bananas. Then onto Sprinkles.
I pulled into a money spot once again, right outside the store. But there was a line today which sucked. However, the guy in front of me chatted up a storm asking me if i thought they'd give him 6 dozen cupcakes or if they'd tell him that he'd have to pre order them. I told him that he would probably be okay. He was on his way to a potluck birthday party in Malibu and decided to bring cupcakes. I wanted to go to this party. (Because I knew that probably only 2 of the 6 dozen cupcakes would be eaten and the rest would just sit there going to waste)! Anyways, so we get inside and he asks me for help on what flavours to get. So I picked out his 6 boxes for him and then he offered to buy me a cupcake! So, I got a free pumpkin from mystery man, and another free key lime for saying "Florida" (the secret password of the day). It was amazing! So tonight leigh and I are gonna have delicious tea & cupcake time when she gets back from her play. I can't wait.
Update. We just had our tea party and it was my favourite one yet. We sat in the living room (white couches match white iced cupcakes). The key lime was soooo fresh and delicious and the pumpkin was soooo warm-your-heart old faithful.
We then watched Dave's latest video:
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Day 31
Today was relaxing. Just what we needed!
Leigh and I woke up at 7:00 and were EXHAUSTED, but we wanted to do the Hollywood sign hike and needed to get back in time to go for lunch with Dave's cousin (Reesy & Leila - Cleophee - you know her right)?
Hike was grueling as usual. Lunch/brunch was wonderful as usual - L&R I got the banana berry pancakes! But then felt a little guilty cause it was literally a plate sized pancake, but it was soooooo delicious. But realistically the salad & peach cobbler of past visits was definitely the tastier choice.
Shopped at Barney's, Dave got jeans, Leigh got her wallet repaired, I got nothing. YES! Because I can't afford to shop anymore.
Came home, I tried to tan my sides (i'm looking very oreo-like these days... not a good look) while Leigh played on my computer and researched our potential Arizona roadtrip on Monday. We had a tea party, ate salads for dinner and then she left for the play.
Roger & Trey & Tristan are now on their way over... I kindly asked Roger if he could pick us up some cupcakes but he took his sweet time and they closed. The plan is to smoke 30 pounds of weed and then go to Bird's and drink 30 beers. Sounds like my kind of plan.
*Instead of that plan we went to Bird's, the boys ate 30 pounds of food, I had hot chocolate, Leigh got home from her play and didn't wanna come out so we went back to the house, the boys had a pow-wow in the backyard while Roger and I cuddled on the couch and discussed his tattoos.
Tomorrow Leigh and I will have a cupcake party and it will be "glorious," right Leigh? Chocolate Coconut and... ?
Leigh and I woke up at 7:00 and were EXHAUSTED, but we wanted to do the Hollywood sign hike and needed to get back in time to go for lunch with Dave's cousin (Reesy & Leila - Cleophee - you know her right)?
Hike was grueling as usual. Lunch/brunch was wonderful as usual - L&R I got the banana berry pancakes! But then felt a little guilty cause it was literally a plate sized pancake, but it was soooooo delicious. But realistically the salad & peach cobbler of past visits was definitely the tastier choice.
Shopped at Barney's, Dave got jeans, Leigh got her wallet repaired, I got nothing. YES! Because I can't afford to shop anymore.
Came home, I tried to tan my sides (i'm looking very oreo-like these days... not a good look) while Leigh played on my computer and researched our potential Arizona roadtrip on Monday. We had a tea party, ate salads for dinner and then she left for the play.
Roger & Trey & Tristan are now on their way over... I kindly asked Roger if he could pick us up some cupcakes but he took his sweet time and they closed. The plan is to smoke 30 pounds of weed and then go to Bird's and drink 30 beers. Sounds like my kind of plan.
*Instead of that plan we went to Bird's, the boys ate 30 pounds of food, I had hot chocolate, Leigh got home from her play and didn't wanna come out so we went back to the house, the boys had a pow-wow in the backyard while Roger and I cuddled on the couch and discussed his tattoos.
Tomorrow Leigh and I will have a cupcake party and it will be "glorious," right Leigh? Chocolate Coconut and... ?
Fabulous day (even for a weekend)! I realized today that I really don’t hate Memorial Day weekend at all. CLR usually hates weekends because everything is crazy busy, but the thing with Memorial Day is that all the LA people go outta town so only the tourist attractions are busy. It’s really very lovely actually. Anyways, Leigh and I planned to sleep in til 9, but unfortunately I woke up at 6:36 and couldn’t fall back to sleep for like half an hour. But then I did. And then I woke up at 9. We ate green cereal breakfast together, then ventured on the hike. She only went to the peak because she had to get back for her play, but I went to the top and then ran on the way down to the post – it was intense, because even though it’s “the way down” there were still uphill parts where I thought I was gonna die.
Got home, bid Leigh farewell, and headed on down to Beverly Hills to hit up Sprinkles (got THREE free cupcakes for showing our out of state I.D.’s – today’s “code”), went to Tory Burch in search of mom’s shoes, and then came back home.
When I arrived home Dave was like “do you want a massage?” because he and Leigh and arranged for a masseuse to come to the house but he had too much work to do and Leigh wasn’t home from her play yet, so I had a massage in the backyard and it was soooo wonderful!
After that, I checked my phone to find several messages from Roger so I gave him a call and said that we should go out for dinner. So he came to the house along with his entourage and we chilled out on the couch, made plans to get married when I move to LA, we all went to the grocery store and bought a million dollars worth of food and came back and cooked it. I made a salad while Roger barbecued and Dave milled around doing very important tasks. Trey and Tristan and Chris sat on their asses. After dinner we had a fire, Trey roasted me some delicious marshmellows, Leigh and I ate way too many chips, and we made Terrie’s wonderful cookies. It was a wonderful day. And now I have to get up in 3 hours to go to Phoenix! Goodnight!!
Day 33
4am wakeup call didn’t happen because I forgot to set my alarm. Thankfully Leigh woke me up at 4:30 and we were out the door (feeling reallllllly sick from eating too much the night before and soooooo tired since I had been woken up several times in the night: Henry barking, someone making food, Roger’s car). Anyways, our drive was soooo quick cause there was no traffic anywhere, and we pulled into the hotel exactly 5 hours later. It was beautiful! But SOOOOO hot. 100 degrees sucks. I don’t know how people can actually live there! We hung out by the pool, I could only tan for 15 minute intervals before I would literally liquefy and had to jump in the pool to solidify myself. We split a cobb salad for lunch, got drinks and had afternoon naps under the shade of an umbrella. Leigh’s soon to be brother-in-law Matt and his friends were all making fun of us for not getting drunk and for being no fun, but we loooooove being no fun.
Dinner was soooooo delicious. We went to a Hawaiian restaurant that had surprisingly amazing sushi, as well as two of the best alcoholic drinks I’ve ever tasted (leigh’s pineapple martini & my mango mojito). We split a bunch of rolls, matt got chocolate soufflé for dessert and I got pineapple upside down cake (with coconut ice cream)!!
After dinner we had a photoshoot and were in bed by 10:30!
Day 34
We slept in til almost 9 and it was amazing! We got starbucks for breakfast and ate it by the pool, swam a mile in the pool, suntanned/shadetanned and then met Leigh’s mom & Matt for lunch. After lunch we hung out by the pool until 2:30 and then got our stuff ready and hit the road by three. We made a pit stop at starbucks to get my phoenix mug, were reallllllly tempted to get Coldstone (but we didn’t) and then we hit the road.
7:15 we roll into the Palm Springs outlet parking lot, geared up to do the impossible: conquer the world’s best outlet in 45 minutes. We split up to maximize time and ripped through the mall like bats out of hell! I don’t know how we did it but we managed to hit every store we wanted. I got my palm springs starbucks mug, a Diane Von Furstenburg wrap dress (black and white print obvi), green Cole Haan shoes to go perfectly with my Betsey dress and a roxy brown bandeau bikini top (because I had been searching for one). I was soooooo pleased with my purchases. We got back to the car soooo frazzled but soooo triumphant and thinking back to Phoenix, it felt like a whole other day.
We made it home in good time, resisted the temptation of never-ending In n’ Out’s along the side of the highway, and had dinner when we got home. Thankfully there was still barbecue food left.
Day 35
Hollywood Sign Hike. Ran for a large portion and made RECORD time (1 hr, 50 mins). Came home to a message from surfer drew saying that he wanted to surf, I wasn’t feeling it cause I already planned a day of not surfing, so instead Leigh and I went to Tory Burch to get my mom her shoes (they didn’t have them so they’re ordering them), went to Ralph Lauren to try on her bridesmaid dress for Ashley’s wedding (sooo beautiful!) and hit up sprinkles for a Peanut Butter Chocolate (which I totally forgot how good it was) and a Ginger Lemon. L&R – I CAN’T believe that you don’t like ginger lemon – it’s like a souped-up ginger molasses cookie!
Now we’re having threetimeteatime.
