california in a weekend.

while visiting, my friends kelly and elyse got their first taste of in 'n out. needless to say, they loved it.

the hollywood sign!!

we went up to santa barbara and did some wine tasting.

oh, leen :)
stephanie and me!
their first taste of the pacific!
yay! :)

old friends.

my two very dear friends from connecticut are visiting!! yay. i can't wait to show them this city i call home!

agenda for today:

hollywood & highland

finding the hollywood sign

in 'n out

yogurtland!!

shopping on melrose

hmmm ?

is it weird to you when you see a man dressed in a suit, driving a land rover??

immersed!

on sunday i had the incredible opportunity to be baptized by immersion. pretty much i got totally drenched!! it was a unique experience that i am truly grateful for.

the ocean. the cold, cold ocean.

jessica and monica. amazing women who i look to for friendship and wisdom :)

adrian mentored me through this baptism process, and baptized me! he is an awesome human being!

coca cola.

i helped out on a coke spec a couple weekends ago and this is what the fridge looked like for one of the scenes. awesome.

a smoothie situation.

last night i wanted to test out my new fruit in smoothie form. i was very excited. i had some frozen blueberries, frozen strawberries, apple sauce, a banana, some orange juice and little bit of soy milk. i started blending it up, on the 'ice crush' setting, but i was having some trouble getting all the frozen fruit to blend. i would start the blender, then stop it and stir it. and then repeat a bunch of times....i was a getting a little annoyed that it was taking so long, so the next time i turned the blender on, i stuck my spoon in while it was going. needless to say, i have been reminded why you're not supposed to do that. my smoothie went everywhere! it was pretty hilarious and i'm totally bummed i don't have a picture to share.

i had another smoothie for breakfast, it was delicious and way less messy.

painters.

park la brea is painting the outside of my building. this morning, while sitting on my couch eating my breakfast, the painters stopped in front on my window. luckily i had closed the blinds beforehand so they weren't just staring in my apt...ha, but i could hear them outside! such a strange moment.