In anticipation of a feast.

I simply cannot wait until 3pm today when get to leave work early, while it is still light out no less, and start enjoying my four-day weekend. So excited.

We are having a FEAST tomorrow. And, because I love this word and around the holiday season is really the only time to use it without being strange...there will be a smorgasbord of food.
***Le Menu***

Basil Pesto Deviled Eggs
Baked Brie
***
Gourmet Mac & Cheese
Creamed Spinach
Swiss Chard & Sweet Potato Gratin
Rotisserie Chicken
Stuffing (NOT from a box!)
***
Apple Pie
Bourbon Pumpkin Cheesecake

I also plan on...
planting flowers outside,
outlet shopping on Friday in Camarillo,
continuing a holiday apt window display with Naomi,
working on my hexagons,
going on a 6-mile (nervous though, it's been awhile since 5+) run...

...and simply enjoying not working. :)

Here is a snowflake preview...they're addicting to make. We've been having whoever comes over try and make one, it's fun to see what each person comes up with.
*before*
*after*

Happy Halloweeeeen.

Runway Halloween fashion.

Me as a more down to earth riding hood at my desk. With a really strange look on my face for some reason, I look like I tasted something gross.

Have a wonderful weekend, I'll have better pictures at some point. :)

Ps. Look! P90X is now mainstream enough to be a Halloween costume. Although this guy doesn't look like he's even thought about starting the program yet...

Sister sister.

So Jess has been visiting for the last week...and needless to say we have traversed Los Angeles, hung out in Berkeley and at Treasure Island, been on multiple adventures in Hollywood, gone thrift shopping, eating, eating and more eating...we fit in so much in a relatively short amount of time. One of my favorite things we did was on Sunday. This is one of my ideal days, consisting of...

1. Bay Cities Deli's "Godmother" sub. And oh my God, it is a mother.

2. The Getty - specifically, I really enjoyed the Irving Penn special exhibit they have on display right now. This is the first time all of his 252 photographs of his "Small Trades" Collection have been together in a single exhibit. It was just a cool reminder of just how many professions do exist, and kind of takes you back to a different era when different jobs existed. I felt like a kid sort of, when you have the most wild ideas (vs. when you get to college and decide to be "practical") about what you want to be when you grow up. For example, I wanted to be a firefighter for the longest time. At least five years. Here is of my faves...old school scuba:
Other faves I couldn't find pictures of online were the "cheese man," a smiling man from Paris with a "fromage" tub as well as the "female dancer" (NAOMI, she had tassels) and "female acrobat" (who was still smiling in a leotard at at least age 55).

But anyway, this combination of activities, combined with a Hotel Cafe Greg Laswell show FOLLOWED by finally seeing Where the Wild Things Are, made for a fabulous Sunday.
Doesn't her hair look amazing there? Pretty long locks.
Such beautiful gardens at the Getty, Jess took some amazing macro flower pictures that I can't wait to get my hands on. Much better than my pathetic iPhone pics. I'm so lazy, I should just carry my camera.

I'll have to get more pictures of my adventures with the clone and post a few later. Now back to real life/work.

Friday.

Jess is here, the work day is over, Naomi kidnapped me from work today for a fabulous FREE Sprinkles cupcake run (thank you Naomi for being on Twitter!), I met my goal of working out five days in a row...and I am taking Monday off. *sigh* it just feels great to think about it...

:) Have a wonderful weekend.

this is how i feel...

This is how I feel about making it to the weekend.

[via FFFOUND!]

This is really weird, but I thought it was really funny for some reason. Partly the dog, the gaze, those tattoos...haha.
[via FFFOUND!]

Here is an adorable long gold necklace, my favorite of late. Looks like you could just float away...I've never been on a hot air balloon. But someday, I would like to go.
[tenthings shop on Etsy, featured on Daydream Lily]

I'm off with my favorite boy-duo to see Mutemath this weekend. Apparently they put on a fantastic show. Other than that, I hope to rest and sleep. The new fitness program I started is really taking it out of me. Time to recoop.

Have a great weekend.

Arizona.

Not much going on this week, but I am starting a "90-day challenge" at work on Monday and have committed to doing 5 days a week of Insanity in addition to setting some personal goals including lowering my body fat percentage, which was recently tested in a Hydrostat tank. The title speaks volumes. I did one of the harder workouts today, and I am so wiped out. It definitely is going to push me however, but at the moment five days a week is sounding pretty daunting. It's intense cardio / plyo, which is defintely the right kind of workout for me. Also, pretty awesome that I'm encouraged to work out at work.

Also, I'm really digging (tacky?) What I Wore these days, she posts great pics of really practical but creative style. In particular, I love this look (those Oxfords!).

Funny video, poor guy. Makes me glad my friends aren't all married. Yet. ;)

Musings.

Cute. If I said this to someone they would realize that I REALLY meant it given my deep love affair with all things coffee.

This weekend was definitely full and fun.

Bon Iver knocked our socks off at the Wiltern Friday night. Amazing musician, truly.

I now own this in preparation for "fall" in southern CA. Feels like a blanket. It's not as white as it looks in the picture. [Forever 21]

Picked up this necklace at the Abbot Kinney fest in Venice yesterday. I'm a big fan already. Bad picture, can't really see it that well but it's from the iPhone. I tried.

After seeing Coco Before Chanel yesterday, not only am I obsessed with her style but she had this amazing nautical shirt on...I am now craving something similar. I think this dress would hang so nicely on a real person. Also it was a simply fantastic, well-done movie.

Used this amazing marinade recipe for a steak this weekend. I don't think I'm as nervous about cooking red meat anymore, seeing as this was absolutely delicious!!

Scraps of my weekend.

Such a great weekend! Went to the beach x 2, farmer's market flowers, dim sum, cat naps in the sunshine, a VIP experience at the Greek Theatre Gipsy Kings concert...good times.

A Seale and a Seib. I need to get a wetsuit...I'm missing out!

A real seal. And an example of what I did this weekend. I can only wish I was that cute though. :)

Mango dessert. Delicious because it's heart shaped.

[via A Cup of Jo]
I want to do this with our flowers. I need to find/save some taller jars however. New project.

Tahoe!

It's my last 5 minutes of work before a FOUR-day weekend with 5 of my favorite people!

This is how I feel about it (I want this kitty)

We will be off tomorrow morning for a Lake Tahoe camping adventure. And it surely will be, with six of us sharing a tent. I am oh so excited to get away and hang out in the woods...

The break will be nice. It's been an interesting week, what with my "P90Xident" and all (thanks Brett). I'm just hoping to be able to hike around here and there still, and of course there's always the lake.

Have a fabulous weekend!

Meet Eddie.

This is Eddie.

Such a great weekend! Rode my new bicycle to Santa Monica with Jackie and Naomi and felt a newfound freedom away from my gas-guzzling vehicle...

...we hit up our local Brentwood farmer's market for some fresh / local produce. Also, I bought an extremely tall $10 orchid. I win.
...Also went to Real Food Daily...
...bought a new coffee pot...
...went to the beach...
...power yoga...

...made some spicy shrimp cocktail (delicious!)...

Good times. Can't wait until Friday. :)

Time Travel

Naomi, Jackie and I in the...20's? ...not entirely sure on the decade. I hope you have as much fun this weekend as these three lovely ladies in their fantastic bathing costumes.

The boys are back in town! (and that song now stuck in my head...) Friends being back makes this weekend so incredibly appealing. I'm looking forward to relaxing, catching up and reuniting, sunning myself and barbeque-ing. Maybe a margarita or two... :)

Oh and my new collage / latest "art" endeavor is finished! A picture or two soon.