Broken

So we arrived back from Vegas without too much damage to our bodies and bank accounts. We had a lot of fun! I love Vegas! Unfortunately I can't write a full post on Vegas just yet because my computer is broken. It has decided it doesn't want to turn on. I would use Scott's computer but he left for Tucson yesterday. I promise it will be soon!

Wedding update: We are getting married 8/6/11! We are having the reception at The Wimbish House. I am really excited about it! The place is amazing! I am still working on the church...

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! I can't wait to see everyone in a few short weeks!

J

Turkey Day = Vegas

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I want to start off the blog with an update on the wedding planning.

Well the wedding plans are coming right along much to Scott’s chagrin. He wanted to enjoy being engaged for a while before we started planning. Now I totally understand that and if he wanted to wait a while to get married I might have just enjoyed it for a while, but no the boy wants to get married like tomorrow. Which is very cute and romantic but boys don’t understand the amount of time and energy it takes to put a wedding together.

I have picked a reception venue and am in talks with the people. We just have to sign the contract and give them a nice fat check and we are good to go! I will officially tell the world where once all that has happened. Finding a church has been a whole different story. Apparently a lot of churches in the city won’t let you get married there unless you are a member. Well I think that’s crap! I'm an Episcopalian just like them and because my parents didn’t want to drive all the way down to midtown for church I can’t get married there. Ridiculous! I went a little bridezilla on them. I know I'm going straight to hell! So anyway the church is still up for grabs. We will see what I can do but it probably won’t happen until after Thanksgiving.

I have plans to try on dresses when I'm home in Atlanta and I have some ideas for the rest of the wedding so I'm feeling good about it right now. We will see how long that lasts...

Tomorrow we are going to have Thanksgiving dinner at Scott's sister's aunt's house which is his ex-step mom's sisters house. It definitely won't be the same without my family but we do get to spend about a week together during Christmas. LA has been experiencing a cold snap the last few days so it definitely feels a little like home.

On Friday we are headed to Vegas to meet up with Scott's best friend John and his girlfriend. John is a huge gambler so he stays for free and he is letting us use some of his points for a room. We are staying at the ever classy Flamingo. I'm excited! I haven't been to Vegas since LHD's bachelorette party. Both Scott and I have the always important Vegas outfit and will definitely have pictures to post from the weekend.

Happy Turkey Day and good luck to Susan on her half-marathon!

J

He liked it so much he put a ring on it...

Well I'm sure all of you have heard by now that Scott and I are getting married. He finally put a ring on it! The ring is gorgeous and we couldn’t be more thrilled to be starting our lives together.

Attention west coast peach readers…. I need help with ideas for reception site venues. I want something off the beaten path that is indoors as we are probably getting married in August which is just about the hottest month of the year. I have some ideas right now and my mom is going to see some places this week, but new ideas are always welcome!!

Last weekend was fabulous as you can imagine but we also did a lot of other things before the proposal. Saturday morning we went on a semi-early morning walk on the beach (Scott had ring in his pocket but too many people around). The beach was crowded due to a surfing competition which was kind of cool to see. After the walk we had a fabulous brunch at Crème de la Crepe. It was the jam!! My crape had tomatoes, avocados, cheese and lettuce. Awesome!!! One downside we sat outside which is on the sidewalk of the restaurant and according to city code they can’t serve alcohol to their outside seating because there isn’t a railing. I thought that was crap! I wanted some champagne! I digress…

In the afternoon we of course watched Auburn beat Georgia. I had about 5 heart attacks during the game. After the game we went on another walk on the beach to watch the sunset (again ring in pocket and again too many people). That night we went to a party at Scott’s buddy’s house. There was an ice/shot luge of which I participated in. 

Sunday morning we got up and went to church. We have been trying to go for a month now and we finally made it. There was a couple who sat behind us that just moved to Cali from Atlanta. We thought this was awesome! So after church we chatted and will definitely get together at some point. Small, small world. That afternoon Scott had work to do so I went straight to the beach to get my vitamin D in.

When I got back from the beach Scott wanted to run some errands then go for a walk on the beach. (at this point I'm like how many walks on the beach are we going to go on this weekend) I say yes only if he comes with me to the gym to sign up.  So we both end up signing up for Gold’s Gym. It’s a huge facility and I think we are going to like it. I need to get wedding ready!

So we finally go on this walk on the beach and on the way back towards the house (still on the beach) he gets down on one knee. Now at this point I am in total shock. Kid you not I don’t say anything but shut up! OMG! for like 15 seconds. Scott said he was nervous that I wasn’t going to say yes. I'm like power walking back to the apt so I can call people on the east coast before it gets too late. I do catch my family and they were so excited. Because I couldn’t talk to a lot of people that night and the excitement of getting engaged I did not sleep at all that night!! Still recovering from the lack of sleep.

I will probably start a little wedding blog once we set a date and what not so be on the look out for that.

Attention 90210 watchers:  If you watched the latest 90210 episode you have seen where Scott and I live. The scene was about 2 seconds from our apt. It was the scene when one of the characters is driving a red hot Bentley at the beach. Scott had actually seen the Bentley parked in a parking lot near our apt a month and a half ago. There seem to always be crews filming near us. I'm not sure why they like our little city but it’s fun to see!

Can't wait to see everyone in about a month!

J

Hey! Batter, Batter!

On Thursday night Scott got a call from his old roommate David asking him to fill in at their softball game that night. Scott had previously played with them before when he lived in LA but didn’t join this year because he wasn’t here at the beginning of the season. Like the good girlfriend I am I happily went to cheer him on. Unfortunately the team didn’t pull out the W. I believe the game was called because the other team was up by like 14.

Scott playing catch

Batting

After the game we went to a bar that used to sponsor them called Upper Deck in Hermosa Beach. It was fun but we stayed out way past my bed time. I am exhausted today.

This weekend is actually jam packed. Saturday we will be watching the AU/UGA game, then dinner with some friends and then a house party that night. Sunday, hopefully some beach action then trivia at a bar in Hermosa. Maybe some dresser shopping, I am in desperate need of a dresser. All my clothes are either hanging up or still in boxes.

Side note on the Cam Newton fiasco, I am so sick of hearing about this. Everyone who plays college football gets perks. They are going after him because he is the best player right now and MSU is bitter that he didn’t pick them and we kicked their ass this year. Why do you think that Cadillac Williams drove a Cadillac? Some dumbass writer at the AJC wrote an article about why Cam should sit out of the AU/UGA game. Well duh! Of course you want him to sit out of the game you are probably a UGA fan. AJC, let’s try to be a little more objective shall we. If he is guilty then he has been ineligible ALL season the whole season is wiped out. I am eager to see if my Tigers can put all this mess behind them and win the next 2 games proving to the sports world that they won’t let the pressure get them down. This country says we are all innocent until proven guilty. However all the sports writers don't feel that way. I want to see facts not some he said she said bullshit. War Cam Eagle!

J

Downtown or Mexico?

So this past week was the first week at my new and improved job! So much better! The company pays for lunches every day which saves a lot of money. They do so because they don’t want their employees leaving for lunch.  I get into work about 7:30ish and leave around 3:30ish. It’s not a bad gig. The people are really nice and I met a fellow Atlantan! I was floored that another southerner worked at the same company. Also all the big movie star celebs agents are in a building next door to me. No celeb citing yet…

Friday night we finally went out on the town in Hermosa Beach. I of course got drunk, shocker! It was a lot of fun and I found a place to shake my groove thang! :) Saturday, Scott and I along with some of his friends from work who were in town went to Downtown LA. Before having lunch we went to what reminded me of a Mexican market place called Olvera Street.  Much like the markets in Mexico everything is cheap. Scott and I have been on the hunt for a few weeks for some Mexican pottery to decorate the apartment. We didn’t need to look any further. We hit the jackpot!

Olvera Street

We went to the world famous Philippe’s restaurant for lunch which is the birth place of the French Dip.

Now I usually don’t like beef sandwiches (if I'm going to put meat in a sandwich it’s going to be turkey) but I LOVED it! It was so good, no wonder it’s so famous. I did take the ever wonderful biting into the sandwich shot but I looked a HOT mess so I will not be distributing that all over the internet for the world to see. I don’t know how Anthony Bourdain and especially Adam Richmond from Man V. Food eat on camera and still look good.

The Counter at Philippe's



Scott and I outside Philippe's

After eating we went to the Fashion District. Scott told me not to get too excited because it was less like Nordstrom and more like a Mexican market place. I was kind of put off by the site of it. It looked like someone had cut out a piece of Mexico and plopped right in the middle of LA. And to be quite honest I didn’t see any fashion anywhere. So don’t worry for those of you who make the trek out here we will NOT be going there!

We left the work people because they wanted to go to Hollywood and Scott and I have already been there, done that. Since Auburn had already played that day and it was a little cloudy at the apt we decided to go find a sunny beach. Scott said there was a beach in Palos Verdes that we would be able to walk down to. No such luck. We didn’t find a suitable unrocky beach until San Pedro. We hung out for a while then headed back home. As we arrive home we come to find out that the sun had eventually come out at our beach.  I'm staying home next time!
I found it yall! I found a bagel place that is almost at good at Einstein’s! It’s called Noah’s Bagels. Maybe I like it so much because everything is the same right down to the packaging of the schmear. It was so weird. They must have the same manufacture.
On other almost unworthy for the blog notes I got the oil on my car changed which set me back a pretty penny. Who knew synthetic oil could be so expensive. We also did laundry which was very exciting.
And last but certainly not least I have booked my flight home for Christmas! I will be in Atlanta from the 24th to the 30th. I hope to see as many people as I can!
I hope everyone had a great weekend!

J