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The Fall Festival of Love October 3, 2010

Filed under: Food,Friends,Halloween,Happy,Los Angeles,Love — Kelocity @ 11:33 pm
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Irving and I started a tradition a few years back that we appropriately deemed The Fall Festival of Love. 🙂 It’s a day to forget we live in Los Angeles, go out, find some pumpkins and enjoy some fall themed festivities.

A quick history:

2005 – Faulkner Farms
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2006 – Riley’s Farm
It rained that year and we didn’t feel like trucking through the mud to get a pumpkin. We tried!
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2007 – Underwood Farm
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….we skipped a few years after that…

2010 – Underwood Farm (Again!)

This time, we went with our friends Erika and Timmy = built in photographers. 🙂

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It’s a huge farm up in Simi Valley (with lots of pumpkins).
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It was “Public Safety Weekend” there, so they had tons of firetrucks and cop cars and fun stuff for the husbands kids.
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One of the highlights was the giant ‘pumpkin drop’! They had two firemen climb a HUGE ladder and then they dropped pumpkins filled with candy to the ground! (Kind of like a Fall Themed Pinata?)
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There they go!
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1…2….3…
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GO!
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And then all the kids ran over to get their candy!
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Including that big kid in Orange!
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They have a big farm too, for all the adults kids to enjoy.
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Next up was the Corn Maze!
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Seems easy, but it was quite confusing!
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How do we get out?
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But finally (with the help of some little kids), we made it to the end!
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Nice job, babe!
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And then… it was pumpkin time!
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And some pics in the patch!
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Farmer Irving wanted to drive the tractor!
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Random Fact: Irving knows how to juggle!

Somewhere in between all the fun, we had lunch. There were so many great options to choose from. I started with the spiraled yams!
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YUM!
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I also got a fresh roasted corn on the cob!
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Irving got a French Dip with Chili Cheese fries! (I think he’s fist bumping the camera!)
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Unpictured was the fresh tomato (right off the vine) that I ate as a snack later. There is nothing like a fresh garden tomato, let me tell you.

And that, my friends, was the 5th Annual Fall Festival of Love!
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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!!

 

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!

 

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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Valentine’s Day Weekend Extravaganza! February 16, 2010

Filed under: Uncategorized — Kelocity @ 11:38 pm
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We had an amazing long weekend, just hanging out, getting some stuff done and enjoying the fresh air. It was just so nice to not have an agenda and relax. 

On Monday, we played 9 holes of golf together at a little course in Burbank. I told Irving that I wouldn’t play unless I could have all kinds of PINK things to go with it:

Pink Golf Balls:


Pink Golf Towel:
 
Pink Tees:

Pink Golf Glove:

And of course, a pink hat, skirt and shirt!
Golf is allllll about fashion, yes?
 

That’s my husband!


A beautiful day for golf!

 




Then later, we played a great game of “Extreme Life”!


It took us forever to figure out the rules, there are so many pieces!

 But it was great….and for the record… I won! To be fair, Irving beat me in golf—but not by much. 🙂

And just for fun, here’s a picture of my new Dana-Farber running shirt!!! This is the one I’ll be wearing on race day!!