Crusing along...

So lately i've been pretty sad that i haven't been able to ride my cruiser bike because i don't have a decent enough bike rack that can hold it all the way to the beach or a car large enough to thrown it in the back. so instead i've been looking at images of bikes wishing that soon i can ride My candy apple red cruiser again.

My lovely red bike, i've also added a white basket to the front!

A Suprise LAX and Beach Trip

Yesterday my brother-in-law was headed back to school because he was visiting for Easter, sadly after going though LAX security and waiting for his plane to board he received the news that everyone hates to hear...."your flight has been canceled". He was lucky enough to find another flight out but it wasn't till many hours later. He called my husband and i to see if we would like to have lunch with him and of course we said yes.


We headed out to Pann's Restaurant. The restaurant is a pretty unique building where it holds the tradition of the “Googie” style architecture. Pann’s has received The Los Angeles Conservancy’s Award for best example of “Classic 50’s Coffee Shop” in our city and has been the location choice for numerous award winning films such as PULP FICTION, XXX, BEWITCHED and most recently NEXT. The best part is of course.....the food.



After dropping off my brother-in-law back at LAX after our delish meal my husband surprised me by driving us over to Manhattan beach! I LOVE Manhattan beach, the long stretch of beach, bike route and walking route with all the large unique homes (which i posted a few pictures below they range between beautiful and creepy). we spent an hour and a half walking around looking at the homes and at the water, it was quite pleasant.

Happy Easter

Everyone should at least ONCE in their lives do the House of Blues Easter Gospel Brunch. Walk in and you'll find tables lined up with white tablecloth linens and share a seat next to a stranger. The food ranges from Creole to America Breakfast and all of it is down right good! Now to the best part, the performance. The curtains open up on that stage and a large wall of voices meet you singing from old r&b, gospel, acoustic and acappella. These people sing and play with all their hearts and everyone in the building is moving and waving their hands. Hallelujah! When the event is done it leaves you feeling light hearted and joyful the rest of the day. Happy Easter.

Giveaway at sfgirlbybay

over at sfgirlbybay they are having a great giveaway that you should take a look at. lesley evers, is giving away an adorable mimi tunic that you can wear as a mini dress or with a pair of leggings from their spring collection. So make sure to go to sfgirlbybay by tuesday, april 26th get a chance to win the mini.

Paris i miss you...

Daily I click over to Hip Paris Blog to see what amazing things they find in Paris. Today they had a post "I know I'm in Paris when..." and it made me think over the best parts of paris i miss. It hasn't been a year yet since i've been there but it feels like eternity. i remember looking out of the plane window as i was landing in paris and seeing the city sprawled with buildings and in the middle there was the Eiffel tower calling to me to visit.

Looking out while landing in Paris


If you ever go to Paris and staying for a week or longer you should just rent a apartment, then you truly emerse yourself into the culture of the city. My husband and i were very lucky to find an adorable apartment for a great price over in the 14 arrondissement which was near the metro, monoprix and a boulangerie. We bought our fresh bread every morning to go with our breakfast and for our lunch. lunch was always a fresh baguette with emmental cheese and ham with a bag of monoprix chip bag that we would eat in a little park we would find while we were out. every afternoon we would find a cafe to sit at and have an espresso with a dessert trying to figure out what to do next, and dinner most of the time was what i made in our little rental kitchen.


our first meal in paris


our apartment

espresso time!


miss their au lattes


i could eat these every night




our last night we ate at a restaurant that we would pass by on our way to the metro that was just AMAZING! i ate and ate and ate till i felt ill, it was all delish.

i miss paris so much, every time i see someone win a trip or talk about how they are going i'm not going to lie i get jealous. they get to go to my favorite place in the world and i don't know when i'll be able to visit again. One day i will make my way back....one day.

Warby Parker (YAY!)

Thanks to sfgirlbybay i found out about warby parker’s Home Try-On Program. you can select any five pairs of glasses and they’ll ship them to you for free. You’ll have five days to try out the frames, ask your friends or family for second opinions, and pick your favorite pair. Ship them back and place your order online.



What's even better is that you can get the Vintage inspired frames with prescription, Anti-Reflective Prescription Lenses and Free Shipping and 30-day Returns for just $95! that's a whole lot cheaper than Costco.


they have some really cute colors!




yes they do have a monocle

I'm now just waiting for my box to come! i'll post pictures of the ones that i picked out :)

Building it up

Since my last post I've been searching the internet for items for my costume and I've finally have found some stuff that i think would be perfect!

the first is the halter leather corset, it's a bit pricey but i think it's very similar to my drawing and would work really well.



Next is the jacket, it's pretty dead on! it has the ruffles around the collar and it's a fitted short jacket. again, a little on the pricey side but that's why I'm working on it now, I'm going to slowly gather the pieces over time instead of all at once.



And finally I've found my goggles, I'm going to tweak them a bit and see if i could somehow create them to light up on the inside with a small battery operated led light to give it that steam punk feel.