Happy 4th of July!

This weekend

Here's an email conversation with my sister about events this weekend:

A: Do you want to go with me to the Dwell on Design conference?
It’s free for students. You just have to register with your student ID.
http://www.dwellondesign.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=463&Itemid=247

N: sure. what day are we gonna go? should i register now?

A: Yeah register now. The ticket should be good for both sat & sun anyway. But I think I can only go on Sunday. We’re going to explosions in the sky concert and I have my stupid architecture test on Saturday.

I really want to check this out though;
http://www.dwellondesign.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=466&Itemid=230

N: hell yes to food trucks! explosions in the sky is on saturday too? busy weekend.
also, Michael Jackson =( you know the food trucks are on saturday night, right?

A: Yeah...but the concert doesn’t start till 7. There’s a SPRINKLES truck!!!

N: it said it's not free because it's after june 24. it was free for students before june 24. i'm a day too late.

A: Sonnuvah….!!!! Well I just bought I ticket. I will buy you one.

N: COOL BEANS!

Ghetto birds?

What is up with all the helicopters tonite? We've seen several
landing on the AON building, one right after the other. Is there a party
over there?

Live music at nickel

This is the first time we're having dinner at Nickel. I don't know if
this is a regular thing but there's a long-haired dude playing guitar.
He's just siting on one of the tables in the back, jammin on some
Spanish sounding music. Reminds of me being in Spain. Ah....

Friday Randomness…

This post is for HKH...

Wow, it’s been a while since I’ve been here…we’ve been back from our vacation since May 8th, but we’ve either been too busy (ATL) or too lazy (probably me) to post some stuff…

We are a sucks.

As inspired by our friends B&H over at Carter’s Blog, in an effort to ease my way back into the blogsphere, here’s some Friday randomness:

Walking Dakota down Spring St. one day, I noticed that the stores in the Alexandria all got new signs and then I noticed this one:

“Internet + Art Gallery + Karaoke” can only = Awesome…

I was abducted last weekend by some friends and was forced to endure a weekend at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. I’m not really going anywhere with this…I just wanted to let you know that I was in Vegas last weekend. Good times. Thanks to everyone who made it happen.

Here’s a pic of the view from our room at Mandalay. Big ups to Ransom for making that happen. Sorry, I took the pic with my blackberry.

Not only was I forced to endure a weekend in Vegas last week, but my friends also forced me to patronize a gentlemen’s club…I know, I know, but what could I do? I didn’t know what was going on, they threw a bag over my head and dragged me in…so I HAD to go. But I do know that using my flash in the club would have been a bad idea…

About a week ago, the film shoot for the film Date Night shut down Broadway between 4th and 7th in the evenings. Is it a prerequisite for all of the people involved with the shoot to be a-holes? I mean, really? There were times where they tried to prevent me from walking into my home. These a-holes were filming 200 yards away at the corner of 5th and Broadway and somehow, my walking from 4th and Broadway to my building 30 yards away was going to disrupt their shoot? They even had someone station in front of my building in order to prevent anyone from coming or going in an direction that was inconvenient for the shoot. As I understand it, we were not the only residents who thought this way. F those a-holes….F them up their stupid asses…

And WTF is up with the management of my building signing off on a late night shoot that disrupts their residents? Knowing my building management, I shouldn’t be surprised, but seriously?

As you may or may not have read, there was also a fire in my building last weekend. I was out of town on the aforementioned Vegas trip, but fortunately ATL was alright. Check out her post about it below. The unit that suffered the incident was located right below us. On Monday, they started to repair the water damage that results from the fire. On Monday night at around 11pm, the repairmen started hammering loudly. Really? At 11pm on a Monday? Thankfully, ATL went downstairs and they stopped immediately.

Another result of the fire is that the huge air blowers have been going 24 hours a day for the last week…and it kinda freaks Dakota out.

On Wednesday, my friend Salo was nice enough to invite me to the Dodger game against the Diamondbacks. The Dodgers won 1-0, btw. But the seats were ridiculous…field level behind home plate…and we got to rub elbow with the legends such as Paul Moyer, Larry King and Jose “Lima Time” Lima. Thanks Salo!

After the Dodger game, Salo and Al wanted to get a drink and the only place that they wanted to go was…
Now, if you haven’t been to Sam’s Hof Brau then let me just tell you that you have yet to experience downtown Los Angeles…

That's all for now, but we"ll make sure to update later with pics from the Flight of the Conchords show and Good Microbrewery.

Go Lakers!

Fire Drill

I know it's been awhile. But ever since we got back, I've been
swamped with work. It's like they waited for me to get back to have
all this work to do.

Anyway, yes it is 230 in the morning. There was a fire in the unit
below me. D is out of town, so me and my BFF are trying to polish of
this box of Franzia. The fire alarm went off. I grab my purse,
Dakota, and told LO to grab our wine glasses.

Party on the sidewalk while the firemen do their thing. The sad part
was when the FD brought out the doggie that as in the unit where the
fire was. They had to give it some oxygen. Poor puppy. No one else
was home. Apparently, the fridge overheated in that unit. But luckily,
we had our wine to comfort us.

I was talking to our neighbors and we're not the only ones that's
being harrassed by the film crew. I have to go more in depth about
this tomorrow. This film shoot, the crew & the rent-a-cops have proven
to be a nuisance for many of the residents here.

Here we go...

So while we're on vacation, let us leave you with some tasty images from our dinner at Animal:

And speaking of Animal, here's a look back at Suzy's TV debut on Animal Planet's Groomer Has It. I have clips of the show but I don't think I'm allowed to upload it on youtube. So here's pictures:





BTYL, Downtown! (blog to you later...)

All my bags are packed...
I'm ready to go...
I'm standin here outside your door...
I hate to wake you up to say goodbye...
But the dawn is breakin'...
It's early morn...
The taxis waitin'...
He's blowin' his horn...
Already I'm so lonesome...
I could die...

So kiss me and smile for me...
Tell me that you'll wait for me...
Hold me like you'll never let me go...

Cause I'm leavin' on a jet plane...
Don't know when I'll be back again...