This weekend, we went out with some friends to Pinz! It’s a bowling alley that they often use to shoot tv shows and movies in. Saturday night was “Glow Bowling” night.
I love bowling, but I didn’t do so well this time. I’m so used to the candlepin bowling that we have on the East Coast. This whole “ten pound bowling ball” thing just doesn’t cut it in my book. Give me a little guy I can hold in my hand, and we’ll be good to go.
Candlepin Bowling looks like this:
And real bowling looks like this:
Basically the pins are shaped different and the ball weighs 3x as much!
It was still fun though. We had a great time!
I loved playing around with the long exposure!
Last weekend, Irving and I headed up to Lake Tahoe for a fun weekend with some family and friends! We met up with EJ, Sarah, Sarah #2, Doug, Jake and Janie! It was such a blast.
We flew into Reno early on Saturday morning. From the airport, we headed directly to a Snow Mobile tour! It was a BLAST!
We suited up and headed out. We had to take a school bus to the trailhead. We totally felt like we were going on a Field Trip. haha
When we got there, we had to pick our machines! They had so many! We picked a good one and we were ready to go! Hi Guys!
And were off! We headed up the mountains and at the top, we had AMAZING views of Lake Tahoe! It was perfect, so we had a photoshoot!
Brother and Sister! Sister and Sister!
Irving and I! Yay for old friends! (Sarah and I!) The boys! Doug and Irving! HAHAHA this picture makes me laugh!
On the way down, I drove a little bit! Kind of scary along those cliffs! And my sisters will appreciate that I probably stuck out my tongue the whole way down. Bahahaha! Towards the end, we stopped for a hot chocolate break! They have a "secret recipe" and we were trying to figure out what it was! We think it might have been cinnamon or some other kind of spice. It was really good.
But I definitely couldn’t finish a whole cup of it. Too much of a good thing I guess. 🙂
Then we headed back on our machines for the rest of the tour! For some more highlights, check out the video we made! It was so much fun!
That night, we went out to celebrate Jake and Janie’s birthday! I was in a random mood and got an awesome salad with a side of saffron rice. MMmm! The next day, Sarah and Doug went snowboarding and the rest of us hung out in South Lake Tahoe. We walked along the beach and it was absolutely GORGEOUS! SISTERS!!!! Pretending to fight "like real sisters". hahaha Hubby and I! I think this is a cute picture of Irving and Jake. :) Then we spent the rest of the day in the Casinos. Irving really wanted to gamble on the NCAA games that were on. Thankfully, we found a smoke-free sportsbook inside Harvey’s Casino. It was actually pretty nice. I think overall, we lost, but I totally won on the "Goldfish" Slot game! Unfortunately, while were losing all our money in the casinos and Sarah & Doug were snowboarding, Doug broke his shoulder! It was so sad. Getting hurt on vacation totally stinks. We felt really bad. Get better soon, Doug!!! It was such a bummer. We love you guys!
The next day, Irving, Sarah, EJ, Jake and Janie headed up the mountain to ski. I didn’t want to risk breaking my leg a month before the Boston Marathon, so I opted out. Looks like they had a great time though! While they were out, I totally enjoyed some alone time in the beautiful weather. I went for a long walk and snapped a few pictures.
Then I had an amazing massage at one of the resorts. So refreshing! I finished with just enough time to catch Irving’s last run down Heavenly.
Here’s the video of his last run. He’s a rockstar on those snow blades!
Thank you so much to everyone who came out to my “Scrap for a Cure” event last night in Burbank. It was an amazing success, and I am humbled by the support of my friends (and new friends!) I think everyone had a great time. And we raised tons of money for Dana-Farber!
Funfetti Cupcakes!!!!
Prize Table!
And just a reminder….. ANYONE who donates to Dana-Farber during the entire season will automatically be entered to win my grand prize! A SIGNED LA Galaxy soccer ball signed by all the whole team—including Landon Donovan and David Beckham! For your chance to win, make a tax-deductible donation here: www.rundfmc.org/2010/kelleyl !
Thanks to EVERYONE who made last night such a success! As one girl said last night: “My heart is full”. Thank you!
Last night we celebrated the Olympic Opening Ceremonies in style with an Olympic-themed party! We had a “cultural potluck” to celebrate all the countries! Everyone brought a dish from a different country and it was DELICIOUS! We have some talented chefs in our circle of friends, thanks guys! (More on the food later).
But first, we were SUPER excited about our totally awesome American decorations we found at the 99 cent store. SCORE! Check it out!
Even in the bathroom!!
And check out the AWESOME olympic rings I made. Pretty good, huh?
Irving and I got into the mood by wearing some of our “medals”!
((A little piece of Irving trivia: He ran the Las Vegas 1/2 Marathon in 2006 because I signed him up without telling him. haha!
We had about 13 people in our place! I think that was a record for us! Hopefully everyone was comfortable.
We got these cute chocolate coins from World Market. They had different coins from around the world. Some of them also had picture of different cities. They were fun!
Like I was saying, we had some AMAZING food! Everyone had to make a name tag for the country of their dish. 🙂
Here’s a sampling!
Chips and Salsa = Mexico
Armenian Pizza (served with Lemon!) = Armenia Pizza = Italy
Christina brought over Dumplings! = China
Chili = Chile HAHAHA (We were pretty proud of that one!)
Cornish Vegetable Pastries = England
Baked Brie = France
Hummus, Pita, Tzatziki, Olives = Greece
A Heineken Keg = The Netherlands! HAHA
Baked Eggplant with Goat Cheese/Tomato Sauce = Spain
Red Velvet Whoppie Pies! = Canada or Switzerland (For Red/White Colors!)
Then we watched the Opening Ceremonies! All 4.5 hours of it. For the most part, I thought the show was great.
We were a little confused about the costume choice of this act… but still pretty cool.
We ended the night with a shot out of the “Ice Shot Glasses” we got for our wedding. (Yes, my husband put frozen shot glasses on our registry. haha)
Everyone keeps saying that the Vancouver Olympic Ceremony wasn’t anything close to Beijing. I understand what they mean, but I’m really happy with the way Vancouver did them. They aren’t proving a point to the world like Beijing was. The world already likes Vancouver, they don’t need an overly expensive spectacle to prove that. I think it was smart and cute. Although I was disappointed they didn’t have any Cirque du Soleil stuff (considering it originated in Montreal).
Thanks to all our friends who came over! Hope you had as much fun as we did!! GO USA!!!!
Whenever I go back home, it’s fun to do and see things that we used to do when we were kids. Always on the list: candlepin bowling. Haha they don’t have that on the west coast, and I personally think it’s more fun because the rules are different and the bowling balls are easier to hold. Irving’s mom was visiting and had never been, so we got a group together and made a night of it. It was ghetto-fabulous!
Hi I'm Kelley! I'm a 30-something cancer survivor and a self-proclaimed world traveler. I am originally from Boston, but now call Los Angeles my home. Traveling is my passion, but I also love running marathons, watching soccer, eating cupcakes and planning future adventures with my Husband. In June 2012, I became a mom to a beautiful baby girl named Adele. Our lives are forever changed and we couldn't be more excited!
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