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One…Twenty-One Guns September 1, 2010

Filed under: Hollywood Events,Los Angeles — Kelocity @ 12:23 pm
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Last night, Irving and I went to see Green Day at the Irvine Amphitheater. It took us forever to get there… almost two hours. We couldn’t figure out why they’d want to play there and not somewhere closer to LA. But believe me, it was definitely worth the drive.

AFI opened for them, but by the time we got there, we were starving, so we skipped them and had dinner instead. 🙂

I snuck in my awesome lollipop for dessert. HAHA

First of all, the set was AMAZING. Definitely one of the best music sets we’ve EVER seen at a concert. It was beautiful and entertaining. And the choreography of the lights was amazing too.

See that city landscape? That was all a video screen! So cool!

They played sooo many songs. About 38 in total! They seriously played for THREE hours straight!!!! [here’s the set list]

I LOVED that they played almost every song from the Dookie album! It was amazing to hear all those songs live. I used to listen to that album (ahem… on cassette tape) over and over!

I have a great video of them doing this song that I’ll post later… but that fire was all fake, but it looked so real!

They are just amazing. They had so much energy and went from old stuff to new stuff just like that.

I thought the band was just the three of them: Billi Joe, Tre Cool and Mike Dirnt…. so who was this random guy rocking out in the back? lol

It’s amazing that Green Day has been together since 1993? They sill rule rock and roll like no one else can. The show was SO impressive.

Three hours later, we walked away feeling like kids again. It’s shows like this that make the ticket prices and Itunes downloads seem worth the money. What a fun night!

 

I hate Summer… August 24, 2010

Filed under: Los Angeles — Kelocity @ 1:56 pm

I’m one of those weirdos who hates the hot weather. I just hate, hate HATE it! I much prefer the weather to be in the 60s… then I’m a happy camper.

This is just gross…

103*???? EW!!! (Side note, Irving is playing golf in Simi Valley today… and it’s about 110 there! He’s under strict orders to drink gatorade and slather on the sunscreen. I personally think he’s insane).

In other news…. 409 since my wedding?!?! I remember when that thing said 200 days until the wedding. Where does the time go?!

 

My 27th Birthday! August 15, 2010

Filed under: Food,Friends,Happy,Los Angeles — Kelocity @ 11:51 am
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Here I am… officially in my late twenties! I have a feeling it’s going to be a great year. 🙂

Irving had a top-secret evening planned! Yay!
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He even got me pretty flowers!!
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First stop was our favorite Pho Restaurant. I don’t even know the name because there is no sign on the door or any indication that it is even a restaurant. But I swear, it’s got the best Pho Ga in all of Los Angeles!

When we got to the restaurant, Erika and Timmy were waiting for us!
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What a fun surprise! They are WAY better at keeping secrets than I would be. lol

We had fun introducing them to the world of Pho!

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It’s basically a chicken noodle soup with rice noodles and some other goodies, but you put it all together yourself!
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My favorite part is the mint!
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All together!
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Love those noodles!!!
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Don’t forget the sauces!
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YUM!
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The next part of the plan was to head to the Griffith Park Observatory for a ‘Star Party’. They open up all the telescopes to the public to view the moon and the stars!
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But there was no parking and the lines were too long, so we decided to be spontaneous and head to Castle Park for some mini golf!!!
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(PS check out the cool anklet my mom gave me!)
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Mini golf was SO much fun! I’m a nerd and I love things like that!
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HAHAHAHAHAHA!

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Erika!
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Timmy!
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The girls!
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Irving and I!
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Look how pretty the course is!
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Upside down?

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But OMG look at this GINORMOUS SPIDER!
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There were Tons of those. That was NOT fun!  …shivers…

Check out this hole! It’s like candyland!
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Look! They even have a mini-golf chapel hole! haha
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After that, we attempted to go to one of my favorite bars in the area, but it was apparently closed for renovations! Sad! 
 

So we called it a night and went to bed early. (I told you I was old now!)

Thanks babe, what a fun night!!

 

Such a great weekend!! August 8, 2010

Filed under: Food,Happy,Los Angeles,Running — Kelocity @ 10:19 pm
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I had such a great relaxing, yet productive weekend!! I started it out by organizing and cleaning up so I had the whole rest of the time to have fun without guilt.

I really did three things all weekend: Run, Cook and SCRAPBOOK!!

I really HATE to cook. I hate all things related to cooking: grocery shopping, meal planning, and the actual cooking part. (Don’t let my sporadic recipes on the blog fool you!)

But I got the itch and suddenly my kitchen looked like this:
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I made a Blueberry & Peach Crisp, Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies, Blueberry Muffins, Israeli Cous Cous, and a few other random meals in there. I don’t know what came over me!

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While I was baking, I was listening to the “90s” music station on the cable box. I literally squealed when this came on!
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Circa 1990 baby!

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After I got all of my domestic duties out of the way…. it was on to SCRAPBOOKING!

My Dining room went from this:
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To This… in 10 minutes FLAT!
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Seriously, it looks like I own a scrapbook store.
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It was “Operation-Make-My-Wedding-Scrapbook!”
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This is my STACK of things to get into that book:
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I have SO many wedding-related things to use, it was so much fun.
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Our colors were Teal and Brown, so I saved all the ribbon I got over the past 2 years!
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The Carnage:
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I promise to show you the finished pages when it’s done. I’m really proud of how it’s coming out. Stay tuned!

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This morning, I headed out to the beach with the Los Angeles Racers for a 6-mile run (per my training plan). Mile 3 was pretty slow for me, but I was able to pick up the pace at the end (thanks to my friends!!)
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The weather was perfect. Overcast and a  little cool. PERFECT!! We even saw dolphins swimming off the coast towards the end!!
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And speaking of dolphins, I just wanted to share this picture of Irving unknowingly swimming with dolphins in Malibu in 2006!
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Heading out into the surf:
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Here are the dolphins playing in the waves!
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Irving ended up right next to them! He told me after that he didn’t see them and when he turned around he thought it was a shark. Scary!! But they just wanted to play!
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I love Los Angeles!!! Have a great week everyone!

 

Hollywood Bowl: Dudamel! August 6, 2010

Filed under: Friends,Hollywood Events,Los Angeles — Kelocity @ 10:31 pm
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Last night was my 3rd Bowl Night of the summer (here’s night one and night two!)

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We got there a little later than usual, so we didn’t do the usual potluck picnic, but we still brought our dinner to enjoy under the stars. Erika and Timmy and I went to Vons to get Deli Sandwiches. My high school friend, Luca, texted me to place his order: Turkey + Cheese on sourdough with lettuce, avocado and pickles—-well imagine our dismay to find out when we got there that they forgot to put the cheese AND the turkey on the sandwich! How does that even happen?!

hahaha. two thumbs down for Vons.
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Luca didn’t seem to mind too much, but I felt bad! Sorry Luca!
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It was so fun to have a mini high school reunion at the Bowl! Still friends 13 years later!
(Well, I’ve known luca since 5th grade –which is 17 years?!?!)
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Everybody knows that a night at the bowl isn’t complete without a bottle of wine (or two), but the older couple sitting next to us didn’t get the memo. Right when we sat down, the man proclaimed “Geez, I hope they don’t let the music interfere with their drinking.” I was kind of annoyed because my little group of friends is probably more respectful than the average twenty-something. I don’t like being judged. And PS, we split 1.5 bottles between 5 people –hardly the rowdy group!

So I did what any decent person would do, I offered them some watermelon and they obliged. 🙂 Situation remedied. Then he was nice to me for the rest of the show.  Kelley: 1, Rude people: 0.
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PS, after the show, the man told me that he’s been coming to the bowl for 66 years. I told him that I’ve been coming for 6. He smiled and said “ah, well that means you have 60 wonderful years at the bowl to look forward to.” He’s now my friend, I thought that was sweet.

The show was conducted by Gustavo Dudamel (if you haven’t heard of him, watch the piece that 60 Minutes did on him last year, it was phenomenal.)
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He has so much energy and he just LOOKS like he’s having a great time up there, which makes it so much more fun for the audience. He captivates people like I’ve never seen at the bowl. He got standing ovations.

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We had so much fun listening to the awesome music under the stars.
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We always sit way up in the bleachers (really can’t beat $8 tickets)! But I always bring my binoculars with me to get a closer look. (I even offered to let the old man use them, but he declined! See! I’m nice, not rowdy!)

Great night, as usual. I love living in Los Angeles!