HOME SWEET HOME!

Hi all. Just landed in L.A today. I'll be here for a whole week to spend Christmas with my fam =). So excited to see all my girlfriends down here that I haven't seen in a while. Hangin' with my 2 childhood BFF's and having a sleepover like we used to do back in the day. Dinner on Sun with my girls from HighSchool and so on and so on. Super happy I have all week to catch up with all my people!!! I'll be back on to post some pics later next week. Hope you all have a great Weekend and nice Christmas If I don't blog before then....I'm off to Tahiti and Bora Bora the day after Christmas to spend New Years Eve! Much Love...

X-MAS PARTY IN THE CITY

Last Friday was my husband's Company Christmas party at a club/lounge called Infusion Lounge in SF. Every year they have some kind of a theme and this year was a Disco theme. It was fun, the bartenders had big ole afros on and there were ladies rolling around on roller skates in cute little outfits. The food was ok didn't really get to eat much because of all the mingling we were doing. It's always cool because each year it's open bar all night. Everybody always gets hammered!!! I wore a sequin dress and Chris wore his suit w/ a cashmere sweater vest and bow tie. They had a professional photographer there for the night taking pictures of everybody as they entered the venue. Here are a few pics from the evening...

At the Dubs before the party...

Nik and L

The Chris'

The Guys at Infusion Lounge

The Ladies...

FEELING A 'LIL LOOPY

It's starting to get really cold now and you know how I love my scarves! I just purchased a new one that I absolutely love. It's my "loop scarf", no more tying and wrapping and trying to figure out what the heck to do with it or how to wear it. You just simply put it over your head like a long necklace and let it hang long or you can double it up to shorten it and keep your neck nice and warm. It's so easy and it's great with any outfit. They come in different lengths, materials, colors and thicknesses. Check it out!

Photo courtesy of: www.Bloomindales.com

Photo courtesy of: www.Nordstrom.com

Photo courtesy of: www.Shopbop.com

Also a great gift for the Holidays coming up! Cute, stylish and inexpensive =)

WEEKEND WRAP-UP

Had a wonderful weekend! Friday night went out to dinner at one of our fave low-key Mex spots La Paloma. We celebrated a friends Birthday there and then headed out to the Three Plus concert in Santa Clara. Had a great time, got to listen to good music and hang with cool people...

On the way to the concert after dinner...

B-day boy Hamlin and his wife Reiko

Me and B at the concert

Chris and his boy Chubbs the MC for the night

Three Plus!!!

Crowd was hype...

Me and Reiko

Hey cuz!

Ran into my girl May

Chris ran into his boy Jay!

Good fun!

So after the concert we headed home at about 2am. That's late for us since we never go out..Haahah old farts! We had a great time though. Woke up early the next day, went to the gym showered up met up with some of my girlfriends for drinks and apps at Cheesecake Factory. We hung out there for 5 1/2 hrs!!! It was so nice to catch up and chit chat. 3 strawberry-tinis later went home and cuddled up to my B =)

Sun was a fun day. We went to Stanford Mall to try and get some X-Mas shopping knocked out. Btw it was freezing cold...Had lunch at the Neiman Cafe, ran into some friends there too! While we were waiting for our table we looked around in the kids department and came across these....Hilarious! Never seen anything like this in my life, had to snap some pics...

Kids treadmill

And it really works!

Kids elliptical machine...

I guess this is for all the parents that don't want their kids getting Fat! LOL

Sun night there was a VIP only Nordstrom event so you know we had to hit that up! It started at 7:30pm, got there a little after...Parking was a Biatch. It was packed! There were waiters serving champagne, sparkling water, mixed drinks and hors d'oeuvres. What a way to shop. We stayed for about 2 hours. Had a lot of fun there and did a lot of damage too! We were so hungry and hadn't eaten dinner yet. It was 9:30pm and on the way home decided to hit up "TB" hahah Taco Bell. We were so fat but it tasted so good! That's how we ended our weekend....Hope your weekend was as good as ours!!!!

ALOHA FRIDAY!

This is where I'll be tonight. Three plus featuring Mango Kings at Club Avalon...Happy Friday everybody!!!

QUOTE OF THE DAY....

Life Loves The Liver Of It
~Maya Angelou.

Live each day like it's your last because you never know if there will be tomorrow....

GOTTA HAVE IT!

Happy December ya'll!! I've been wanting to buy a flip cam lately. I'm always traveling so I thought It would be cool to have one to take with me on my trips. Also it would be great for my blog! I was browsing online and found out they have a ton of Hello Kitty designs and for those of you that know me know that I heart HK =)...I'm definitely picking up one of these! I think I might have to do it before our BIG trip next Month!!!! Some aren't available for purchase until tomorrow Dec 2 or Sat the 5th. Peep a few of the designs...

Loves it!

BLACK FRIDAY

We were "those" people this year. We went to the mall at 11pm on Thanksgiving night. That's the first and last time I think I'll ever do that. It was Bananas out there..Can't believe people do that every year. So we heard the mall across the street from us was gonna open at 11pm, we headed over there at about 10:30pm and figured we would be cool. We got there and it wasn't bad but at about 10:45 people were lining up and it started getting super crowded. They opened the doors at 11 at Saks and everybody rushed in the store like mad people! I cannot shop with crowds, I get really annoyed and irritated by rude people bumping into you and taking stuff out of your hands etc. I got a few things but by the time 1 o'clock rolled around I was over it! Here are a few pics I snapped of the madness...

Got there at 10:35pm!

Off Saks 5th Outlet

Waiting for Neiman to open at midnight

The crowd at 1:00am

HAPPY TURKEY DAY!

Happy Thanksgiving everybody! I am so thankful for many things in my life. The most important thing is my Family. I love them to death and couldn't be more grateful for having the dopest most supportive and understanding parents ever! My brother is someone I consider one of my best friends. It's only me and him..Never had any sisters but I wouldn't have it any other way. My husband...Where do I start? He is the most amazing person that I've ever met in my life! I don't think there is anyone more perfect for me in this world than him. I thank god everyday for putting him in my life. I LOVE U B, "U DA BEST" (as DJ Khaled would say)!! Thankful for good health, happiness, the roof over my head and much much more. I love you all and thank you for everything that you've ever done for me. HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!! Don't eat too much...Nevermind eat all you want today! Hahaha. Today we're going to celebrate with Chris' Family in Stockton. This is what I made to take over there.....Red Velvet Sprinkles Cupcakes anyone???

Have A Good Day!!!

GOT MINE..GO GET YOURS!

I don't know about ya'll but I was not gonna wait until the tix for JAY-Z's BP3 Tour sold out. I got my tix last week to go see him in Concert at the San Jose HP Pavilion. I've seen him in concert once before in L.A and he gives a dope show. I know that this show will be one of his greatest since his latest album The Blueprint 3 sold 476,000 records in its first week! Not to mention this is his 11th #1 album in a row. The guy's a beast and I'm looking forward to seeing him in March 2010 featuring your boy Young Jeezy!

Go to www.Ticketmaster.com or www.Livenation.com to cop your tix or for more info on whether or not he'll be performing at a city near you! HOLLA!!!!!

WHO SAYS BIBS ARE ONLY FOR BABIES?

One trend I'm still really feeling right now is the Bib Necklace. It's so stylish and can spice up any outfit. It can be worn either casually or dressy, day or night. Actually they look better when worn with just jeans and a tee. But also real sexy with a simple dress for going out on the town or to a nice event. The bib is an absolute statement piece. The best part about them is they can be purchased at every price point. You can find them at Forever 21 starting at $6 to Jcrew at $150 etc. Who says bibs are only for babies? Ladies can wear them now too and look darn sexy while they're doing so!

Bibs on The Runway

Dressed down bib necklace www.Anthropologie.com

Shadow facet necklace www.Jcrew.com

Olivia Palermo rockin' hers from the streets to the carpet

 

Garcelle Beauvais on the red carpet

photo by Red carpet Fashion

Have a great Week...HAPPY MONDAY!!!

NEW YORK STATE OF MIND

Went to NY back in September. The weather was per pretty much throughout the whole trip. I had never been to NY when the weather was nice so It was a cool change to not have to rock my snorkel Haha. That's what New Yorkers call parkas or puff coats =) Anyways we were only there for 4 days but from the minute we landed (took the red eye) we were on the go!  Dropped our bags off at the telly and headed straight to 5th Ave for some shopping and Rockefeller Center to take some pics. Only got about an hour and a 1/2 to 2 hrs of sleep in on the plane so we were pretty much running on adrenaline. As soon as we got back to the hotel we were starving so you know we had to get  a NY slice from Ray's.

San Jose we have arrived!

In the cab on the way to Manhattan lookin' real greasy faced...

Rooms were pretty big for New York rooms

Our view

Times Square 8:00am

Rockefeller Center

Couldn't wait had to take a bite! Pizza was off the chain

After we had our slice we took a short nap and got ready to go out to dinner with some friends of ours that live in Staten Island son! They came and picked us up from Manhattan and took us to this Italian spot in Nolita forget the name of it but it was really good!

B & D

Me and Kells

Love the De Santis'

After a long, exhausting but productive 1st day we headed back to our room and knocked out! Slept like a baby it felt sooo good!!!! Didn't wanna wake up the next morning but we had another exciting day to look forward to. Spent our whole 2nd day in SOHO, did some shopping, a lot of walking and guess what we ate??? Yup....more pizza! From another fave spot "Two Boots". They're pizza is like Cajun style pizza all kinds of crazy flavors and spices...in one word BOMB! When we were done shopping we headed back to Manhattan hit up another new fave of mine Dylan's Candy Bar and of course the Sanrio store. Went back to the room and changed for dinner. Ate at this Cuban spot called Cafe Habana on Prince Street back near SOHO. They are known for their corn on the cob slathered with mayo, cheese and powdered chile peppers and lime juice. You have to try it if you're ever in NY. We go there everytime.

Shopping in SOHO...Love the street vendors!

Two Boots Pizza

mouth watering

Nike Sportswear. Looks like Chris' closet...

Chris at BAPE

Getting my shop on at Topshop

Streets of SOHO

Cabbin' it back to Manhattan

My new friend at Dylan's Candy Bar. Gotta love his fit haha

Sanrio NY

headed to Cafe Habana on Prince

The corn is the Bizzness

@Habana

Went back to the room, hungout and goofed around taking pics. Ate some of our Dylan's candy then headed back out to walk around T-Square. It got a lil chilly but not bad at all. Still was able to roll out in a cardi and scarf. That place is poppin 24-7 it's crazy! It literally is the City that Never sleeps....

T-square

He loves NY

Day 3- Hit up Magnolia's Bakery for the 2nd time. Forgot to mention the 1st time to you. Took some cupcakes over to our friends baby shower. Had to stop by 47th St. The Diamond district before catching the Ferry for you know who. The shower was in Staten Island so we had to take the Ferry over there. It was pretty cool. There are so many people that take the Ferry on a daily. Some even take it for work to Manhattan everyday. The best part about the Ferry ride is it's free and you get some Tourist shots while you're on it! After spending a few hours at the shower we had dinner plans with another friend that lives out in Brooklyn with his fiance. We ate at some Thai spot in Meatpacking.

Hmmm...I'll take 1 of each!

                                     

On the Ferry to Staten Island

De Santis Baby shower

CY and JT after dinner in Meatpacking

Yips

Our Last day it rained. Good thing we were prepared. We packed our rain coats, beenies, etc. We decided to head back to SOHO and do some more shopping since we hadn't done any damage the first 3 days there. We were good, didn't spend much money just hung out and visited with friends. This was our last full day so we said why not spend the whole day doing what we do best. HAhah Shop! Stopped by Ray's to grab a slice one last time before we headed out to jump on the train back to Prince. I swear I can eat NY pizza all day every day. After SOHO the weather cleared up so we decided to go to Central Park and take a walk through there. Later that evening had our last NY dinner at a dope spot called SushiSamba. It's a Latin/Asian restaurant and the food was so good!

 

                                     

                                                 

Central Park

                                     

Cheers! Sambatini

                                     

Sushi

Yellowtail tacos

Churrascaria

Our real last day in NY was beautiful. It was like 70 something degrees! We decided to take a walk by Bryant Park better known for their tents they set up every Spring and Fall for Mercedes Benz Fashion Week. It was so relaxing. People just hang out, have lunch and read books when the weather is nice like that. We chilled for a min took some pics then headed to "Top of the Rock" above the Rockefeller building where you can see all of NY and the views are breathtaking. Met with one of Chris' old co-workers that now lives in NY and he took us to lunch at a cool Korean BBQ joint. After lunch headed to the airport ready to hop on our plane back home. This trip was one of our best trips to NY hands down. We did so much in the short time we were there. We visited with friends, had great meals, shopped, did some sight seeing. What more could you ask for? I LOVE NY!!!!

Bryant Park

Chris and Ted

View from Top of the Rock. Central Park

cab ride to JFK

It's been real....

PEACE!!!!