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Oh my Manicotti! June 5, 2010

Filed under: Food,Friends — Kelocity @ 9:04 am
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We had quite the little impromptu dinner party last night. It all started when we saw we had one bag of Manicotti in the pantry that we wanted to use.
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So Irving whipped up some cheese filling to stuff them with…
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And then we realized that we had WAYYYY too much filling for just one tray of Manicotti… in fact, we ended up with FOUR trays of it…double stacked!

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So we solved the problem by inviting 15 of our friends over dinner. It was such a great time!

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Ma nicotti (x4)!
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Make-You-Own-Caesar-Salad Station:
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Mozzarella, Tomato & Basil Skewers!
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Our friends also brought Homemade Bread, Veggies, Green Bean Casserole, Garlic Bread & Wine!
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Janet brought over an AMAZING dessert! It was gone in like 10 minutes once we cut into it!
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With that many people at our house, we had a fun game of “Apples to Apples” going!
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We played in teams, which was SO much fun!
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Erika and Timmy won in the end!

Then we played a few rounds of “Left, Right, Center”. We had some helpers rolling the dice for us! So cute!
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We have great friends, thanks for coming over and entertaining us!

 

We <3 Having friends in town! May 17, 2010

Filed under: Food,Friends,Galaxy,Los Angeles — Kelocity @ 9:26 pm
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We had such a great time with Erika and Timmy this weekend!

We took them to Philippe’s in Downtown LA. If you haven’t been yet, you really should. It’s one of those old Hollywood joints, where coffee is still 9 cents a cup! They are best known for inventing the original French Dip sandwich!

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In typical Kelley fashion, I didn’t order the French Dip…. I got the cheese sandwich!

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It was thick cheddar cheese on a crusty roll. Yes please!

Erika and I both got Pickles… of course.

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After we ate, we headed down to the Home Depot Center to catch a LA Galaxy game!
JR and Ashley met us down there too!! It was a great game.

The boys (JR, Irving, Timmy):
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Erika and I:
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I missed a picture with Ashley!!! Aweee.

It was Military Appreciation night!
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I spent most of the game trying to get a good picture of Landon Donovan. haha
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Because of our amazing seats, we were just a few rows down from where David Beckham was sitting! He had a private box. Yes, we saw him. Yes, there are pictures to prove it. But my camera died, and I’m going to have to bribe Erika to give them to me. 🙂

It was a great weekend. One of those weekends that feels like 5 days long. It was great. Erika and Timmy are moving out to LA soon and we are SO excited they will be our neighbors!!

 

Lots to catch up on! May 15, 2010

Filed under: Family,Food,Friends,Los Angeles — Kelocity @ 3:37 pm
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Earlier this week, Irving came home with a surprise for me!
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Doesn’t that look AMAZING? Whoever thought of that is seriously genius.
S’Mores Brownie Mix. I mean, are you serious?!

And I love the card.
That is love for SURE!
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This week, we were so excited to have our friends Erika and Timmy in town!
They will be moving out here soon and are here trying to find the perfect apartment!

We baked them some chocolate chip cookies!
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Somebody’s hand was caught stealing one, fresh out of the oven!
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Hee hee. But yea, I ate a whole bunch too. Oh well.

I am in love with bright flowers. How cute are these!
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I had green button mums in my wedding bouquet. I just love them!

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Friday night, our friends Ashley and JR came over too and we had a BBQ and an exciting game of bananagrams!

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The girls!
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And the guys!
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Today, we spent the day apartment hunting with Erika and Timmy.
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And we stopped for lunch at Henry’s Tacos! It’s this little hole-in-the-wall taco stand that everyone raves about.
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The menu was simple, but awesome.
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I was expecting cheap, greasy Mexican food, but it was surprisingly good! It was fresh, light and filling. We will definitely be going back to that place!

And today is my parent’s 28th wedding anniversary!
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, MOM AND DAD!!
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Happy Mother’s Day May 8, 2010

Filed under: Friends,Mom — Kelocity @ 8:49 pm
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Happy Mother’s Day to my mom!

I dedicate this post to her!

My Mom, Cathy:

On my wedding day:

In Los Angeles:

In Hollywood:

In Santa Barbara:

In Tijuana:

In Cape Cod:

At WHDH-Boston:
In Boston:

In Boston:

In Manchester, NH (Cake tasting for the wedding!)
My mom on her wedding day in 1982 (it’s almost their anniversary!)

Happy Mother’s Day, Mom!
(She’s gonna kill me for posting this. HAHA This was taken in Europe when she traveled abroad in 1981 I think!)

Love,
Angel #1 (me)!

 

House of Pies May 1, 2010

Filed under: Food,Friends,Los Angeles — Kelocity @ 5:52 pm
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Last night, at 10pm, we decided to go out with our friends Ashley and JR. We wanted Ice Cream, but something a little different. We headed over to “House of Pies” in Hollywood. It was fun to get our of neighborhood a little bit and have some good food and company.

Irving and I:
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Ashley and JR:
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It is called the house of pies, but I opted for a brownie sundae. It was probably the best brownie sundae I’ve ever had. The brownie was warm, and the hot fudge was so HOT that it melted the ice cream. Amazing.
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Can you SEE the fudginess??

Irving got a Bavarian Chocolate Banana Cream Pie…. it was so cool! It had layers of actual banana in it!
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It was a fun night!