labor day in LA

ok ok ok, i changed my headline just for sarah....and now i have added some pictures!

ok, so i really just wanted to rhyme up there in my subject line... most of you know my disdain my LA and my love for orange county. however, i will say, that i actually really like brentwood. there. i said it! i like brentwood. so for my labor day weekend, i went to visit sarah and stay in the casita.

i flew in on saturday morning b/c i didn't think i could take anytime off work. turns out the boss was on vacation all week and i could have easily flown in on friday afternoon. however, by the time i figured this out, it would have cost 960 dollars to change the ticket on continental. um, yeah, i think i'll wait the 12 hours and not spend that kind of money. so on saturday, i flew in and sarah picked me up. we then went and got lunch at this very cute cafe which i cannot remember the name of but sarah sees celebrities there all the time. well, no celebs this time around, but we did see what we could only dubb as 'ass man'. holy lord ladies, i kid you not. this older man with graying hair had on a small medium shirt that only barely covered his stomach and then the lowest pair of jeans cinched with a belt. the belt caused the pants to fall about where a kid trying to look cool wearing his pants super low would wear them. however, the kid lets his boxers hang out and this old guy let us see his bare butt. i swear, i wish i had a picture, but i don't... his butt looked like boob cleavage. that's about the best way to describe it. the belt was so tight around his butt that it made it popped up and over the jeans and it was WAY more than plumbers crack. omg. it was awful. everyone at the tables was staring and trying not to laugh...

later that day after laying out at the pool in the myman's backyard, we went over to kurt's place to meet the new baby and his parents who were in town visiting. baby addison is so adorable. and tiny! oh my gosh! i held a little 6 week old baby. she cried. turns out she was hungry. kurt looks adorable as a daddy and he truly seems to be so happy just to hold her! nothing is cuter than a man with his baby girl...

then sarah and i got dressed and ready to go out. we went to katsuya and ended up eating at the bar instead of dining at a table. we had a very attentive bartender who fed us the best dishes and also many a cocktail. our bill was ridiculously low. he was being a total flirt and sarah and i thought this was immensely fun... until his girlfriend showed up! what?! um, ok... after that, we went to a club in santa monica (again, don't remember the name) and met up with some girls we became friends with over dinner. and then chad met us out. chad had on his scary boots and scary music, but was so so so great and took us to get tacos and then back to the casita where i proceeded to try on the said scary boot!!


sarah and me all dressed up!


bartender at katsuya

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scary boot!


on sunday, sarah and i went down to newport for a ride on the duffy boat with her brother johnny and his friends. we had so much fun just tooling around the bay and eating lunch at the cannery. it was so yummy!

not exactly on the duffy yet, but they were on there way to pick us up and some guy offered to take our picture

and then we headed back to santa monica where sarah mac and dave met us at the casita for some wine before heading out to lula's for some mexican food. we had a wonderful dinner and an even funnier drive home. i'll let one of the sarah's comment on this part of the story!


dinner with the sarahs! and dave who lovingly took the picture :)

on monday, sarah and i went to equinox for an afternoon at the spa. we both got massages and then spent time outside lounging til it got too hot for us. later on monday, i had to leave and drive down to newport and then laguna to have dinner with kelley. we ate at javier's (i def got my fill of mexican food this trip!) and then i had to continue my drive to san diego for my conference.

here is where i must insert: sorry courtney! i wish i could have seen you!! and holly too, but you were at the lake... courtney, i just didnt have time for everything and i know i'll see you in less than 2 weeks at your baby shower! so i can only do so much... and that's the best way i thought to handle everything...

back to the blog... so in san diego, i got to stay at the hotel del. i'd only ever been there for drinks once with courtney years ago. it was a fun and historic place to stay. nicole was there too for the conference so that was fun. basically i had conference from tues morn until thurs when i flew back to ny. it was a long week! and i was exhausted, but it was so much fun. i can't wait to come back to california in just about a week and a half! yay!!