country roads, take me home (or something)

wahoo! road trip is a' comin! let me just tell you how excited i am! best friend is flying in on saturday, getting my car washed (which is highly unusual for me), tasty treats will be bought, playlists are being made- it's all happening. it. is. all. happening.

so, although having a month off from work is slightly financially devastating....it is also awesome. i think i'm going to do a week and a half in utah- which i cannot be more excited about. i have a some truly wonderful friends that i have been missing a lot, so it will be good to see all of them. i have some favorite restaurants that i can't wait for and i have a whole lot of shoes, clothes, etc in storage that i can't wait to get my hands on.

but here's the thing: i've been thinking a lot lately about salt lake. it's hard for me to figure out if i'm romanticizing. cause i sure love to do that. i feel like i am a slightly different version of myself in the different places i have lived and sometimes i really miss the person that i was in salt lake. i think. sometimes i really miss how laid back it is. i miss how friendly it is. i miss how beautiful it is. but really, so much happened to me in the three years i lived there. there was so much discovery, almost like an unveiling and in a lot of ways i'm still learning about myself. a huge, huge part of it is, i left california to go back to school and become a therapist. and i'm not a therapist. and i can't tell if that is okay or not. although this is slightly irrational, i feel like i can only be a therapist in utah. i'm licensed there. i'm not here.

so i'm going to go back to salt lake for a visit. i'm going to red iguana and takashi (a couple times), i'm going to see some friends, i'm going to rediscover my wardrobe and i'm going to think about whether or not i need to live in salt lake again.

hello lover!

i came to work yesterday, was sitting innocently at my desk, quietly pondering where to begin, when in walks my friend (and co-worker) with a present for me. and a note, which said: we could haven't survived the last 4 months without you. I couldn't think of a better person to regift this bag. enjoy it as thanks for a job well done. I'll miss you next month.

i totally got tears in my eyes! she gave me the most beautiful patent leather bag. i could just die. (her sister works for a fashion magazine and often sends her very nice things, some of which she regifts- i happened to a be a very lucky recipient this time).

anyway it was very nice and touched my little heart.

so without further ado here is my darling bag:

hello tassels!!

okay

weird that it's almost thursday. had a rough patch there, which is sort of sad considering what a fantastic weekend i had. but i think tonight's dinner sort of sums up my week thus far: brownies and funyuns. yeah, i know.

blank stare.

so i'm going to reminisce over my tranquil weekend. full of good friends, good food and sailing!

these are the times when i think to myself, it's not so bad living in california. not so bad at all.

it's a seal! he was sunning his fins! (we saw a dolphin too)

sad lighthouse

port of los angeles

our sail

little kid hair:

san pedro

rainy day

i love rainy days so much. when i was a kid if it rained i would try and do anything i could to stay home from school that day. i would heat up mozzarella cheese, so it was kind of melty and dip it in red sauce, turn on re-runs, open the curtains and curl up in a blanket. it very rarely rained in phoenix, so this didn't happen too often, but i relished these days. and because it's very sunny here in l.a. i welcome the rain. i don't get to stay home today, but this is what i wish i was doing: in this order (be at home, eating cake, watching tv)
this is me in my ethereal look- i like to call it brentwood apartment rainy day time:


and this is by far the best cake i've ever had in my life. it was a white cake with coconut frosting. i can't even it explain it, so i won't really try, but just know that it was uhmazing.


and this is the show i've been watching on hulu. i love it and it reminds me of shows from when i was a kid. plus parker posey is in it. (it didn't get picked up)

lalala tralalala

last week a friend and i went to an art show in santa monica and we saw famous people, which was a lot more interesting then the art, because it was lame. now i'm not one of those people who criticizes art just because i don't understand it, but i am one to criticize it if it looks like poopy shit and has no business on any wall, let alone a gallery. needless to say, more people watching was done that night. this town is so weird because even at an event like this (there was a haiti benefit next door as well) people were really just there to be seen. it's unsettling. but this is who came out to be seen that night:
rashida jones:

gerard butler:

billy zane:

weird