Concert!

Friday night was so awesome. Miranda and I went and saw The Black Keys perform at the Oakland Arena. It was so, so good. They are absolutely incredible live, I must say. Better than I even expected, and I expected a lot. They played all my favorite songs, we danced like maniacs, spent too much money on beer and concert tees, but it was so worth it.

Also, the encore of "Everlasting Light" was incredible! It involved the largest disco ball I have ever seen and made the coolest light effects in the arena. Just awesome.

If you ever get a chance to check them out live, I highly recommend. They are like no other.

Have a good week everyone!

Sunday Funday

On Sunday I went into San Francisco to meetup with Miranda and her manfriend to watch some March Madness, drink beer, and eat Buffalo wings. It was an extremely good time. (Although I was sad about the game...Stupid Kansas). Anyhoos, I actually remember to snap a few photos with my phone, since I didn't want to be that obnoxious person with a full on DSLR in a bar, so please excuse the notso good quality and use of instagram (I have a problem, people).

Miranda and manfriend

And then, walking around the Haight, we saw a band playing on stoop...seeing stuff like this is one of the reasons I love San Francisco so much.

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend too!

UPDATE: Apparently this band is Battlehooch, and randomly the son of one of my mom's friends is up in there. Ha!

(Early) Birthday Weekend

Every year, my mom and I spend a weekend in San Francisco for my birthday. We eat delicious food, shop, laugh, and drink massive quantities of champagne. This year was no exception. My birthday isn't for nearly a month, so we celebrated early and had an absolutely wonderful time! We went to the opera, ate a several amazing restaurants, shopped until we dropped, and hit up the Academy of Sciences in Golden Gate Park. All in all, pretty freakin' fun, if I do say so myself.

Now, photos!

I have to say, the Academy of Sciences is way cool and I'm so glad I finally got to go! I highly, highly recommend checking it out, and definitely see the planetarium show. So worth it.

And how was your weekend?

One Lazy Weekend

I was going to put this playlist up on Friday, like I usually do, but the internet was being a brat and it didn't happen. Then yesterday I was too busy being lazy all day before going out with Jenny to stuff our faces with French food (SO DELICIOUS), so it's going up today. Sometimes these things happen.

Anyway, my obsession with 90s music was reignited recently, so I made this playlist and have been listening nonstop. So many awesome songs, so many memories attached to them (like MTV playing real music). I got my inspiration from songs I have on my iPod, but I was inspired by a Vh1 countdown of the "100 Greatest Songs of the 90s", which you can check out here.

What are some of your favorite songs (with memories attached)? And not just from the 90s, but from other decades too, I'd love to hear them.

PS I think I might have to do an 80s playlist next week

Maybe we had too much fun?

Some pictures from my really fun weekend in Oakland with Miranda, my mom, and stepdad. We walked around Lake Merritt, ate delicious Thai food, then went wine tasting and bar hopping. A good time was had by all (maybe too good a time?).

Alright, now I know I should have gotten these pictures up sooner, but I got knocked out by a bout of food poisoning the last two days. But here they are. Enjoy friends!

A good time indeed. What did you do last weekend?

Recovering

Miranda and me

This weekend I visited Miranda. See, she finally got the hell out of Sacramento and now lives in a super cute apartment in Oakland and I am so happy she's in the Bay Area. It really is the cool place to be.

Anyhoo, we explored her neighborhood, ate some delicious Thai food, then my mom and stepdad came up for dinner and drinks. And well, what usually happens happened. Let's just say that today was a day spent recovering. From last night. Yeah.

I've watched a lot of CSI and ate an entire bag of cheesy popcorn from Trader Joe's. Because that is what one does when one is recovering.

Pictures to come soon, my friends!

Las Vegas Favorites

So remember I went to Las Vegas? Now I'm finally getting around to posting some photos of my totally awesome and fun trip (even if I did get a cold). I took a lot of pictures, but I'm just posting my favorites, because otherwise it would be photo overload.

Enjoy!





Mandalay Bay pool...best pool in Vegas!

 

Circus performer at Moon

 

Playboy Bunny!

Las Vegas was loads of fun and I can't wait to go back!!