Let's play Catch up w. Craig & Natsumi.

I am telling you guys that I'm behind so many posts and it's completely irritating. I don't want to just put 3-4 entries up just cause I feel like I have to just to catch up. I am still behind on my Eurotrip entries, and I've only gotten 2 of them in, lol. All the pictures I'm about to post on here are probably from different weeks. I don't really remember exactly what was what, all I know is that it was before Vegas. Get ready for a super duper long post!

If you all didn't know Loverboy's best friend flew in 2 weeks ago from the UK. He stayed a good two weeks with his girlfriend Natsumi (btw, she's like the nicest, and sweetest person you'll ever meet). I hope that all our friends made you feel very welcomed! We would want nothing more than for you both to make way back to L.A for a longer trip and possibly this time we can take a vacation as well and enjoy truly taking you all out. Thank you Craig and Natsumi for being awesome UK friends (they taught us some of their lingo, and it was pretty funny trying to teach each other things). I didn't get so many pictures with them and it sucks because I wish I had more memories to look back on with them! Here's pretty much the only compilation of pictures I have with them, excluding Vegas (I'll keep you guys waiting for the good stuff, lol).

The first place we decided to take them to was the Americana. I don't quite have pictures with any of them here or with Loverboy I sort of wanted to break the ice by taking pictures of them first.

The Americana at Brand

889 Americana Way, Suite. 330

Glendale, Ca. 91210

Picture via Google

We opted to walk around, but we didn't have lunch there or anything since Craig and Natsumi already ate. If you guys are from around my area then you'd know what the Americana is, and how it resembles The Grove. For those of you that don't know what Americana is it's pretty much outdoor shopping with restaurants, and condos as well. It's pretty much walking distance to the Glendale Galleria mall which makes it just a whole shopping experience for anyone who goes there.

I opted to wear something simple that day with my hair down

Look at this sexy red Belair!

The following time I actually documented taking pictures with them was when we went bowling after a dinner I had prepared for us. I forgot to take pictures of all the food I prepared and it sucks cause I usually do the weekly dinners. I seem to always remember to take pictures of the food, but this time I guess I was so caught up I didn't take any.

Canoga Park Bowl

20122 Vanowen St.

Canoga Par, Ca. 91306

I think I'm going to end the post here. I can definitely save it for a part 2 before I head on to the Vegas pictures. If you're wondering why I've been lacking pictures of Ryu it's because he wasn't really with us the times we took Natsumi and Craig out. It was too late to take him out and we didn't want him to get sick.

Mommy Wear #2 Casual/ Ryu Updates

I feel like I should keep up with these Mommy outfits just because I sort of like the idea that I can put on an outfit and still feel good about myself and all that jazz. I put together two outfits and they're both casual. It's just something I put together, nothing special. I think it's just as simple as it gets. Btw, sorry if there's that ghastly white cast that's my mirror being dirty. So yea, it's nasty and I apologize I should probably clean it.

Top from Urban Outfitters, and Pants from Angl.

I wore this to the mall. It's nothing special really. I love the stripes on the shirt. It's a simple cotton tee and definitely something you can dress up or dress down. I think it'll also go well with a plain high wasted skirt if anything. I didn't get out of the shower too long after the shot and that's why my hair is all over the place. I decided to air dry and just put it up in a bun after.

Hat from Urban Outfitters, White Obey tee from Metropark, Black Cardigan from Cotton On, and Jeans from Love Culture

I wore this to work today. I work in a small office and so dressing professionally is sort of optional. Everyone here dresses casually, including myself. I pretty much get to wear jeans all day, all week if I truly opted to. Although, I do wear nice clothes at least 2-3 times a week just so that I don't look like a bum (I mean I do work in an office, and looking nice is still optional). I guess the reason is because I work with my friends parents and they don't really care as long as you don't look slutty and all that stuff. Of course no distress jeans and all that. I think I look casual, but still stylish. I decided to wear black flats with these btw, since I don't really like to wear heels all that much.

On to Ryu .. time sure does fly fast when you've got a child you can see grow up..

Weekly Dinner Round 1

I decided to take a couple breaks from the European adventure since there's just so much to blog about and it's overwhelming me, haha. I was going through some pictures on my FB and realized that I was waiting to blog about a couple things, but completely forgot about it. I guess if you skip every other blog post I kind of have a routine post which is the dinners, the fashion post, random hangout or whatever.

So dinner was at Jics this time, and well it was actually really bomb. It was just 5 of is plus Ryu. She made a whole awesome meal and then Pao Pao decided to make his Cajun shrimp on top of that. It was a very chill night, and I don't think I could've had a better group to share such a chill night with. We had tons of laughs over dinner, had some wine, and definitely the important part dessert. I love when Jic cooks cause it's really good, it's something we enjoy a lot, but we don't try to overdo so that we don't get tired of cooking. I guess I'll start with the yummy food that we had for dinner, so thanks again JICCY for the delicious dinner you prepared, and to Pao Pao for the Cajun shrimp I couldn't eat because I'm highly allergic to seafood, definitely amplified if it's shellfish.

Our dinner definitely has no certain theme. Usually when we make dinner it's mixed with whatever we feel like having for the night. I guess this was all over the place cause we had spring rolls, pasta, bbq, cajun shrimp. I mean everything was absolutely delicious! For dessert I bought plain new york cheesecake and red velvet cupcakes! Okay, I gotta tell you guys this is def. the first time I've ever tried red velvet cupcakes! I was telling myself I'm probably not going to like it since I'm not a big fan of sweets. I was so wrong! I know you're all probably thinking, what?!?! first time trying red velvet?! you're crazy!! I'm telling you though I couldn't have enough thereafter. Here are the pictures of us from dinner.

I love having the small weekly dinner with my friends because they're second family to me. I feel like that saying .. how does it go..

"A happy family that eats together stays together."

I definitely can agree that it's like that. I feel like since I've had a sit down conversation with these people during dinner we can sort of catch up in each others busy lives. I think also it gives us even that 2 hour grace period a week to bond. The weekly dinner didn't really stop it was just that the last dinner we had before Vegas I was so caught up with having Loverboy's friends over for dinner (They're from Europe) join us I wanted to make sure dinner was perfect! I guess I then forgot that I should've taken pictures of the food and the guests! Oh, well. lol. This week we all went out to eat, SO. I gotta get back on track with these weekly dinners

Schoenbrunn (Eurotrip) pt2.

You all must be proud of me because here I am making an effort to coming around and posting about Europe. It's crazy I'm telling you I've had such a great experience in Europe and honestly I don't think that 3 weeks was enough for me to fully get around and enjoy was Vienna has to offer. Have you ever watched a show or a movie and when they show you a location that's just absolutely breathtakingly beautiful, ever think wow is it really like that there? I've never quite seen anything on Vienna until I watched HGTV and it was just beautiful. When they did a short excerpt on House Hunters I was blown away with the view that they were showing. At first I was thinking to myself, "So what it's a bunch of green, big whoop!". Though, in the end of watching the show I was seriously thinking damn L.A is no where near that beautiful, haha.

Btw, some of my pictures are watermarked and some are not cause I just steal them from my FB. I'm way too lazy to watermark each and everyone of them, haha.

This was the palace we went to visit. It was absolutely beautiful!

For some reason I thought this bike was awesome.

In front of the palace.

Ryu dreading the nasty heat! lol

Hoops from Forever 21, Off the shoulder top from Metropark, Shorts from Forever 21, Gladiator flats from Love Culture, and Handbag from Guess.

I forgot the name of the palace which sucks because this place is absolutely Gorgeous and I just wanted to continue and blog about the location. I'll tell you this place was so huge it was literally acres, and acres of land. I don't even think I could walk around the whole place in a day. It just made me think of what life would be if I lived in that era. There was a full zoo in this palace (The first zoo in Europe I believe, from what I've heard), a huge garden maze, and much more. Imagine being a princess just roaming around in your courtyard. I think it's so insane how preserved this place!

Ryu eating his animal cracker

Ryu with Daddy

Loverboy and I

Imagine this being your greenhouse!

Giant ass Garden Maze!

This is all the way to the top in the backyard of the palace. It's like Mt. Olympus

That sort of concludes the Schoenbrunn trip. The next couple of pictures are of Ryu because I feel like I haven't been posting pictures of my pride and joy. He's so cute! I felt so bad because everywhere we went he was literally sweating. Most places in Vienna aren't air conditioned due to the fact that they have really, really cold winters and the last thing they need is something to make it even cooler.