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Around the World in 6 hours! September 7, 2010

Filed under: Food,Friends,Las Vegas — Kelocity @ 1:00 pm
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First thing’s first when in Vegas:

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How is there a Dunkins in Vegas and not in LA??

Erika, Timmy and I went straight for the coffee and bagels/donuts. And my husband went to the Mexican Market and came back with Churros and a Tecate Beer. lol
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oh man.

Timmy hadn’t been to Vegas before, so we had to do the grand touristy tour of all the big hotels. It was so fun because I hadn’t been in some of them in years!

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New York, New York!

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MGM
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We saw Lions in there!
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Excalibur
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Luxor

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I don’t even have to go all the way to Cairo to see hieroglyphics. haha

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Bellagio!

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L ook Out, Reese!
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Paris!
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It’s exhausting going around the world in one day. 🙂 It was so much fun.

For dinner, we all met up at the Rain Forest Cafe. IMG_5723
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The highlight of the dinner was, of course, the dessert.

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It was a crepe with bananas, ice cream, whipped cream, caramel and chocolate sauce. Mmmm!
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The highlight of the evening was:
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We were SOOO excited for this. Cirque shows in Vegas is just something you have to do. I was looking forward to this for so long.
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The show was incredible. We absolutely LOVED it. Everything was impressive…from the stage to the music to the performers. We had great seats and soaked in every awe struck moment of the show.

In other news… I broke a nail after the show. It was SOOO sad!!
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Irving doesn’t think a broken nail is blog worthy, but I disagree. This is my first broken nail ever!! (I’ve been growing them out since April). I was devastated.

le sigh.

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Night Vegas!

 

John Williams at the Hollywood Bowl August 29, 2010

Filed under: Food,Friends,Hollywood Events — Kelocity @ 1:57 pm
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Last night, Erika and Timmy, Erika’s Mom, Irving and I headed to the H-Bowl for one last show of the summer. It was ‘John Williams and the Music of the Movies’!
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John Williams is a legend in Hollywood. He conducted the music in SO many of the world’s greatest movies!
-Indiana Jones
-ET
-Jurassic Park
-Star Wars
-Catch Me if you Can
-Harry Potter
-Jaws
-And SO much more!

But before the show, we had dinner ––picnic style (per usual!)
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Summer Must be coming to an end because it was SO dark out!

On the menu was:
-Eggplant+Tomato Salad
-Bruschetta
-Fried Chicken
-Cole Slaw
-Cheese + Crackers
-Sweet Hawaiian Rolls w/ Honey
-And… Wine!!

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They allow you to bring in whatever you want, but they still check bags at the gate when you walk in. We were joking that they are probably checking to make sure you BROUGHT your wine… maybe you wouldn’t be allowed in without it. LOL

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Anne, Erika, Timmy!
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Me and Irving!
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For Dessert, Irving’s Favorite!
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I mean… his ULTIMATE favorite! This man can easily eat a whole box of these babies. 🙂 But he shared.
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The show was great!
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I love how they light up the bowl.
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Of course, the highlight of the evening was when he played the Star Wars theme!

Out of NOWHERE, all these Light Sabers came to life in the audience!!
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Look at them all!!!!

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We were laughing so hard. Light Sabers are officially on my Christmas List for this year. (I never thought I’d say that!)

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It was a great show to end the season on!

 

Celebrating with our Friends! August 26, 2010

Filed under: Dining Out,Food,Friends — Kelocity @ 7:06 pm
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On Monday, Erika found out that she scored an amazing new job! We were SO excited to celebrate with E+T that night! We headed up to Universal Citywalk to have dinner at Saddle Ranch.

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The service was slow, but we started off with a ginormous plate of Nachos!
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It was as good as it looks, I assure you.

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I had no idea what I wanted, so Timmy and I did halfsies and split the Buffalo Chicken Wrap and the BLT.
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It was perfect. I could only eat the wrap and took the BLT home, but it was perfect. 🙂
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Congrats, Erika!!!
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Tater Tots! August 21, 2010

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Trader Joes just started bringing Tater Tots into the store, so naturally we bought a bag. We weren’t quite sure what we were going to use them for… until Irving brought home a bag of Harris Ranch Burgers!

Beef!
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We got some Cabot Cheese (our new love since we went to the factory!)
And cut up some Tomatoes…
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Enter…the Burger Buffet!
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But the star of the show was the tater tots (seasoned with some cajun spice!!)

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Love!
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Hubby Brought me Presents!

Filed under: Family,Happy — Kelocity @ 5:25 pm
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Irving was out of town last week and at first, I was happy to have the house to myself (I only made the bed twice all week, shhh!) But by Friday, I couldn’t wait to see his smilin’ face. I mean come on, who wouldn’t miss this guy:
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When I came home from work yesterday, he had just walked through the door. We immediately went out and ordered a pizza to take back. I think we were both too hungry for our own good and we ate the WHOLE pizza minus ONE slice. I think we both decided not to eat the last slice just to say we didn’t really eat a whole Xtra Large Pizza in one swoop. HAHA

But regardless, I’m happy to have him home. He even came armed with PRESENTS from Harris Ranch! Aside from the amazing burgers he brought home for dinner tonight, he brought me my FAVORITE parfait cup!
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Chocolate Cake, Vanilla Pudding, Strawberries, Chocolate Sauce, Whipped Cream and Walnuts. Mmmm!
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He even tied a bow around it so it looked even prettier (as if you need do anything to make chocolate and whipped cream look prettier, right?)

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But that’s not ALL…check this out!

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It’s a Candy Corn flavored Lolli-pop!!!! I LOVE CANDY CORN!!!! What a guy.

Missed you babe, welcome back!!!

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In other news, I wanted to share the amazing birthday card that my sister Laurie sent me this week!

But first the back story… when we were little, every winter, my family would have a “Beach Party” in the living room. When it was super cold outside, we’d crank up the heat, get into our bathing suits, lay on our beach towels and eat a picnic on the floor with paper plates. It was pretty epic.

Exhibit A:
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Exhibit B:
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Inner tubes and flip flops required.

So fast forward to this week, I almost died when I saw this card in the mail from my sister:
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BAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

Thanks Laurie, that was pretty hilarious!