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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!!

 

Pickles and Papoos! August 13, 2010

Filed under: Food,Friends,Happy — Kelocity @ 8:11 am
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Last night, we didn’t feel like cooking, so we gathered up the troops (Erika and Timmy) and headed to Papoos for dinner!

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Papoos!
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It’s one of those “That looks good but I’ll feel gross after” kind of places. But in the best way possible. HAHA
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I started out with a good old fashioned Arnold Palmer!
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Mmm Crushed ice!
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I got the Avocado Melt!!
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With two big ole’ pickles!
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Irving got an open faced chili burger. lol
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We saw a sea gull during dinner!
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Yesterday, I got a birthday present from a friend at work!
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I LOVE COLORED PENSSSS!!!!! I used to be obsessed with them in high school and I still love them to this day. 🙂

The world needs more color, no?
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Thank You!!!!!!!!!!!

In other news, Irving is still tormenting me with this stack of presents!
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2 more days!!
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Happy Friday!!!

 

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!

 

Enjoying The Small Things… April 1, 2010

Filed under: Happy — Kelocity @ 8:01 pm
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Today’s post is all about the little things in life that make me happy. 🙂

Let’s begin with new running shoes. Who doesn’t love the feel of brand new shoes, just waiting for a nice run around the block? These are the same make/model as my old shoes, but they just feel bouncier and comfy. I can’t wait to run my 10 miles in them this weekend!

I love that the box says “Run Happy”. After all, that’s the point right?

Check these out, they’re practically GLOWING!
 
You know what else makes me happy? Free Socks!! The lady threw in a pair of dri-fit socks for free.

She probably felt bad for me since I just shelled out close to $130 for a pair of sneakers that USED to cost like $75. Oh, this post was about being happy…. YAY RUNNER’S FUEL! 

I love my Ultima. It’s the only sports drink mix that doesn’t have sugar in it. And that makes my tummy HAPPY!!!

And who doesn’t love FLOWERS! I picked these up at the grocery store today. They were just screaming: “It’s Spring! It’s Easter! It’s a beautiful day!”


There are my beautiful east Bunnies that my grandparents gave us for our engagement! I just LOVE them.

Hmmm… what else…check out these WIERD veggies I had for dinner. I dont know what they were, but they were REALLLY good!

And last but not least…. I love crafts!!! I used iron-on letters to add my name to my Boston Marathon Race Jersey last night! Pretty good, eh?


Have a happy night!