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Photos 101 March 13, 2011

Filed under: Food,Los Angeles,Photography — Kelocity @ 7:14 pm
Tags: Food, Los Angeles, Photography

We completely forgot about the time change last night. We woke up when we woke up, and we plowed through more our to-do list and really didn’t even notice the clocks changed. I guess that’s a good thing. Sometimes it’s nice not having an agenda, you literally loose track of time.

Yesterday, I spent a lot of time on Skype. I talked to my grandparents, my aunt and cousin, and my mom! (Hi Mom!)

Living 3,000 miles from my family is tough, but Skype definitely helps. Thank god for technology!

Last night, Erika and Timmy stayed after our dinner party and we all watched Polar Bear: Spy on the Ice. It was Awesome! It was so cute, and such a good story.

This photo was taken yesterday afternoon, but pretty much summed up the evening.

Be prepared for some better photos on Kelocity. I started stealing Irving’s camera, and I’m not afraid to use it (anymore).

I’m really trying to teach myself about photography and be a little more creative. I’m loving new photos that look like this!

I’m also making the photos a little bigger on the blog and taking away the rounded edges. Let’s try it for a bit and see if we like it, shall we? Let me know if you have any suggestions!

This morning, we headed over to the Americana in Glendale. We just wanted to get outside and stretch our legs for a bit. It was a beautiful morning!

We had a blast strolling around, holding hands and talking about our 10-year plan. haha. We love to dream together.

Speaking of dreaming…. haha

And more photography experimenting.

We worked up an appetite and headed to Acapulco for a champagne buffet brunch. We were seated in between a baby shower and a bachelorette party. But it was still a nice time.

Champagne included? Yes please! We enjoyed ourselves, but didn’t over indulge. The day was still young!

Then we walked around Henry’s, a fantastic grocery store with lots of fresh products. Right when we walked through the door, I saw this! (I bought two!)

They sell lots of things ala cart too. If you want to buy 3 peanuts or a half cup of sugar, you can! Today I grabbed a cup of shredded coconut for some oatmeal this week.

They even sell protein powder by the ounce.

Irving ordered some meat from the butcher and I perused around.

The rest of the afternoon was spent doing our taxes. Not fun. Have a great week everyone!

What’s your #1 camera tip for someone like me who is just figuring out what aperture, F-Stops and Macro settings are?

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Snow in Los Angeles! February 26, 2011

Filed under: Food,Los Angeles — Kelocity @ 7:25 pm
Tags: Candy, Food, Groceries, Los Angeles, Rain

Today was such a strange day for weather in Los Angeles. This morning was bright and sunny, so we went for a morning walk to pick up some Croissants and get some fresh air. Not even two hours after we got back, it started POURING out!

Not a huge deal, because after all, it DOES rain in LA…. but this wasn’t just rain… it was HAIL!

We could actually hear it hitting the windows, it sounded like little pebbles hitting the glass. We both spent the day doing little things around the house and getting things checked off our never-shrinking to-do lists.

Irving took an inventory of our pantry and freezer, since we never know what we have in there. Now we can just glance at it and create meals around it. Very thoughtful and extremely helpful! Hopefully we can keep it updated as we eat items and buy new things.

Armed with a grocery list and a stack of coupons, I headed out (in the rain) to Trader Joes and Ralphs. It was raining, but the sun was shining.
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We did a little ‘divide and conquer’ and Irving headed to Costco. A little while later, he called me to tell me it was SNOWING in Burbank!
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Real snow was accumulating on the road!
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When was the last time it snowed in LA? Not since I’ve lived out here. This was very exciting for us! Real flakes!
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I was just four miles away, and I certainly didn’t see the white stuff, it must have just been a fluke!

Anyways, we both did really well in getting food for the week that can be made into real meals. You know how I have such a complex about meal planning and grocery shopping, but I think we did pretty well.

Wanna know what I got? It’s very exciting stuff (Including some Monterey Pasta since I won a coupon for a free one from Peanut Butter Fingers last fall!)

Root Beer and Vanilla Ice Cream = Root Beer Floats this week!

And um…. SEVEN boxes of cereal. I have a problem.

In my defense, each one of these had a coupon (or two!) Actually, I don’t think I paid full price for a single item in this grocery trip. SWEET!

I saved lots of money. What should I do with my extra fifty bucks? Something fun, I hope!

Irving did well getting some things on our list too… and some things that were NOT on our list….

We are now the proud owners of a Costco-sized jar of Jelly Beans. Awesome.

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Downtown Independent: A Tribute to Leslie Nielsen January 10, 2011

Filed under: Los Angeles,Movies — Kelocity @ 5:00 am
Tags: Beer, Los Angeles, Movies

Saturday night, Irving and I ventured downtown for a pretty unique event:

It was a Leslie Nielsen Tribute night at the Downtown Independent.
They were playing ‘The Naked Gun’ and ‘Airplane’ back to back.

Sounded fun, so we made a night of it.

We’re probably in the minority, but we love public transportation. We took the metro downtown and had fun taking pictures while we were at it.

We are so fortunate to have so many gorgeous buildings in our city. I highly recommend people go visit at night and observe them like tourists.

We always travel to the other side of the world and snap pictures of the sights, but how often do we do it right in our own backyard?

If you’ve never been to the Downtown Independent, you really should check it out. They have fun events all year long.

It’s become one of our favorite best kept secrets in LA.
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They even have love seats in the theater where two people can sit next to each other and cozy up. Romantic, no?

Sorry for the dark photo. I was too embarrassed to put the flash on.

The double feature was also a ‘Drink A-Long’ and the first beer was on the house!

They make it fun with clues during the movie where you’re supposed to ‘drink’.

-Everytime they say Roger in ‘Airplane’
-Everytime someone says But that’s not important right now in Airplane
-Everytime OJ Simpson is on screen in ‘Naked Gun’

And a bunch of others I can’t remember at the moment.

We’re going to make it a point to visit Downtown more often because there really are some great underground scenes happening there now. Lots of film, comedy and theater to check out.

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Ringing in the New Year with the Rose Parade! January 2, 2011

Filed under: Friends,Hollywood Events — Kelocity @ 7:51 pm
Tags: Flowers, Friends, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Rose Parade

Living in LA means lots of fun opportunities. We are so lucky to be surrounded by so many exciting things. This year, we were fortunate to score a bunch of free tickets to the Rose Parade (with amazing seats!) We woke up at 4:15am, gathered our friends, and braved the 28* weather to the parade side lines in Pasadena!

We love taking the metro whenever we can (we’re probably some of the few residents who do!)

The sun was just starting to rise when we got off the train, and we followed the crowds down Colorado Blvd.

We were bundled up warm! You’d never know this was southern California!

Ashley, Hudson and her mom made it out too!! Hudson’s first parade!

Before we knew it, the parade was ready to start!

Check out this Stealth Fighter that flew overhead!

Right at the very beginning, we saw the Amazing Race winners!! I’m a huge fan!
They had to decorate part of float during the season finale this year!!!! So exciting! I almost didn’t recognize them, but I knew they looked familiar! Glad I snapped a picture!