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i love being nerdy with him.

i'm off to the east coast tomorrow!! and irv's off to the great midwest! have i packed yet? no, of course not! shhh don't tell irv though, he's been packed since friday! ha :)

fun.

our sunday afternoon was filled with:

1. treasure hunting at the rose bowl flea market
2. jamba juice
3. dots cupcakes
4. old town pasadena
5. many, many laughs

i think i'm gonna pass out now. been running on 2 hours of sleep today. the past 2 days have definitely been well worth the lack of sleep though!! :)

triple bypass.

yesterday irv and i went to the oc fair and met up with mello, ann, stephanie, mike and kaela while we were there.

this is what irv and i ate + drank:

1. deep fried oreos
2. chocolate dipped cone
3. veggie corn dogs
4. roasted corn
5. watermelon juice
6. giant funnel cake w/ strawberries

we didn't eat it all at once mind you. somewhere in between we all left the fair and ate dinner at native foods :)

k.anne.

yesterday kristianne and i had some photographic adventures in a handful of laundromats in redlands. isn't she great? i love this girl.

delish.

jylos jam + homemade nutella = perfect pair.

this afternoon jael and i made some homemade nutella! it was soo easy to make. did you know hazelnuts are actually pretty interesting? when you blend them they change in stages: dry, wet, clumped and finally smooth. quite entertaining actually.

movie mondays.

just had a perfect summer evening! we sat under the stars at the ocpac and watched mamma mia projected real big on the side of the building.

the only way to watch this movie is outside on a summer night surrounded by a few thousand people dancing, clapping and singing along. it was perfection. beach chairs, a picnic, fireflies and friends. i even saw a shooting star!! :)

tthai.

i ate some of the worst thai food ever for dinner tonight.

pad thai = salty noodles
panang curry = spicy soup
free coconut ice cream = frozen coconut milk

i'm a sucker for good marketing, branding + packaging. i guess sometimes those things lure me in. should've looked at the obvious - absolutely no one in a restaurant during prime dinner hours probably means the food isn't that hot.

if you're looking for delicious thai food don't eat here. sorrie to say it, the people there were really nice. everything about the restaurant was so pleasing to the eye, but the food? terrible.

birthday bash.

for irv's golden birthday bash we hopped on a boat and made a day trip out to catalina.

the first thing we did when we got there was to rent a bike - and not just any bike. a tandem! neither one of us had ever ridden tandem before. let me tell you, when we first got on i could NOT stop laughing! its harder than it looks! i had to get used to the fact that i couldn't really steer, pedal on my own or see in front of me.


but by the end of the day i loved it and didn't want to give it up!

shortly after getting to the island we were starved and after hunting around for awhile we ended up at the pancake cottage.

funny thing...neither one of us ended up getting pancakes even though they looked amazing.


the rest of the day was spent riding tandem around the city of avalon, watching the sea life (like this seal), exploring, eating and swimming.

this almost made us miss out boat back...but i really wanted one.

once back in newport we met up with some friends for (what was supposed to be a surprise) dinner at garlic jo's.

you can tell when i'm really hungry + love the food because then there aren't many photos. i sampled a little something off almost everyone's plate and i finally got to try garlic ice cream (something i've been wanting to do for years now)!


the garlic ice cream was a little bit of a disappointment - tasted more like vanilla than anything else. i guess i'll just have to continue to dream about going to ggf for garlic ice cream.


turned out to be an amazing day that just went by WAY too fast! vin, i hope you enjoyed - i couldn't have asked for a better day!! :)!