californication

Wow. It's been 5 months since Anthony & I have moved to Los Angeles...and it's been a crazy ride. Both of our lives have been a world wind! Here are a few of my favorite moments...

 

Celebrating my 26th birthday with sushi..

 

Summer days hiking at Big Bear 

 

Lunch at Terranea...so delicious..

 Backyard fireplace nights..

 

One of my very BEST FRIENDS...miss Whitney came to visit in September.  We had the best time everrrr!

 

Southbay Magazine Preview Party 

 

 

Dinner at Sur in Hollywood (Lisa Vanderpumps Restuarant)

 

Playing on Hollywood Blvd. late night. 

 

Our place for the night... 

 

Whitney & I went to our friend Shannon's wedding in Encinco...it was fabulous! 

 

Spa day at Terranea... 

 

Beach day... 

 

Malibu days with Anthony... 

 

Malibu with Anthony... 

Pumpkin picking in Beverly Hills

 

 

Our Saturday Trip to Catalina Island...

 

 

Cherishing every Saturday night I get to spend with this guy... 

 

Anthony & I both work a ton, and sometime have totally opposite schedules.  It's nice when we do get to have al of these amazing adventures in our new town (I mean 2nd largest city in the country!) hahaha

Seriously though, I love this city. I have some amazing sunset/skyline pictures that I need to share in my next post, which I promise will be soon.

On another note, how is it already November?

Until next time...



june 2013*our first month in socal

Anthony & I have offically been living in California 2 & 1/2 months.  We could not be happier with our decision to sell 90% of everything we own and move out west! It has not been easy.  The last few months have been extremely stressful, yet exciting! We are missing our Lexington friends and family so much!

 Deb's 50th Birthday Party

Weekends at the Beach. We have spent several weekends just hanging out at the beach.  Hermosa Beach is my favorite South Bay Spot  We also ventured to Malibu on weekend, which is really cool.  It's a different vibe, and much less busy.  Most Malibu beaches are difficult to get to because multi-million dollar beach properties line the coast.  Even though most of the beach line is "public", the homeowners (lots of celebrities) put up signs and gates- perceiving the areas to be private.

Redondo Beach

Hermosa Beach

Malibu

I am so behind on all our adventures but I am going to do my best to get caught up!

Wedding Weekend- photographer

The wedding clock is ticking and I'm checking things off my to-do list.

We are decided on our photographer...she actually did my sister's engagement pictures.

Here are a few of my sister and soon to be brother-in-law. Speaking of which Brittany and Travis are getting married this coming weekend!!! So exciting! I can't believe it's actually this coming weekend! Eeeek, I can't wait! 

 

   

engagement celebration

This post was supposed to go up two months ago but somewhere in between all the craziness that our life has been...that did not happen!

On April 6th, we had an engagement celebration during the first Saturday meet at the infamous Keeneland Race Course.

Anthony & I met at Keeneland during the Spring meet in 2009, so it was only fitting that we have an engagement celebration.  I didn't get any pictures of the sit up but we had lots of food, delicious mimosas, and lots of friends & family to celebrate with.

Brittany (my sister), myself, Whitney

Anthony & his two sisters

Whitney & Allison

Kristy

Katherine & Kellie

My sister & I

My favorite people!

Anthony & I (we were so busy mingling with friends we never got a really good picture...so sad!)

Amanda & Brittany

Jen, Brittany, & Amanda

I wanted to wear white to the engagement party because I felt like it was only fitting.  The dress I am wearing above was from a little boutique like store "Altar'd State".  The back of this dress is why I purchased it...it's completely open. (Even though you can't tell in the pictures.) I'm obsessed with open back dresses.  As for Altar'd State...it's a neat store, but I found out they are only location in the southeast part of the country.  You can check out similar looks here....http://www.altardstate.com/

The Keeneland Engagement celebration continued the next day...