V-day 2010 and General Update!

Since moving to California I have been lucky enough to have visitors (seriously almost every month). I guess that is the great thing about living a warm fun place that people always want to visit. Dorothy and Greg and their boys came for a visit just before V-day and I was lucky enough to join them for a couple days of Disneyland fun!  Dorothy and the girls we were with all went to lunch at Aerials Grotto! I know what you are thinking... princesses? YES!  It was actually kinda neat to see the princesses up close and personal and it was really fun for the 8 year old we went with. The food was SERIOUSLY great! It was less expensive and better than the blue bayou (in my humble opinion).  It was a fun pre-birthday thing for me so it was so great to spend time with my big sis! Thanks Dorothy for coming to visit and letting me hang with you for a couple days! 


Friday I had to rush back to Burbank in time for the Babysitting fundraiser for the girls in my ward!  We had a pretty good turn out and it was great opportunity for the girls to raise a little money for camp.  We will be doing this often so locals check back about more of these in the future.

Saturday Chad and I spent the morning at this amazing event held in a hanger at the santa monica airport.  It was the first annual Inspiration show put on my Rin Tanaka who wrote the books of everything vintage.  It was for Kulture recycling and vintage clothing. Tag-line: We need to reset the world with vintage freaks!  Chad's Oscar line that he has been working on for the past few years had a retro themed booth at the show which Chad designed the concept and the layout of the booth.  (Stay tuned for pics) There were so many amazing booths with denim, leather jackets, and everything vintage. The lounge was sponsored by Modernica.

It was fun to meet a few of Chad's friends and people he has worked with in various streetwear stuff.  One of my favorites was meeting Jason and seeing the Parabellum line of leather items made from buffalo leather and ceramic and kevlar parts. Chad as designed the logo for them so it was cool to see something my husband designed in the form of a radical booth at the show, the awesome jackets (see here and here), and the items that he helped come into the world! I am so proud of him and was so excited to go to a show were vintage style and products are given place to thrive. 

After that Chad and I headed to downtown Disney where we had a lovely V-day dinner and then went to see Casablanca on the big screen playing there.  It was a very romantic and spontaneous night and I have to say that I am definitely a fan of Casablanca. Neither of us had seen it all the way through so it was nice to see a GOOD romantic movie, that is classic and classy. Afterwards we stayed in Anaheim thanks to Dorothy letting us use her hotel since she headed back to Utah. We soaked in the hot tub and enjoyed an amazing continental breakfast. 

Sunday we headed down to newport to go to Balboa Island where we kinda just relaxed and enjoyed the sun, ate at one of the best fish taco places on earth, rode the ferris wheel, and reading on the beach. It was a very relaxed and fun and basically perfect valentines day topped off with a perfect sunset! I love you Chad thanks for an awesome Valentines day!