Your Tummy On Vacation

Sorry I’ve taken a bit of a blogging hiatus, I’ve been super busy lately and also enjoying my spring break!!!

Where to begin? Well Friday I picked up my mom from the airport and we headed out with Shannon to Mario Batali’s Pizzeria, Mozza. It was so so so delicious, maybe because I was starving. Luckily I stopped myself from devouring everything and took some pictures.

Saturday morning the three of us went out to breakfast at The Griddle Café. It was amazing! I ordered the Red Velvet Pancake with cream cheese frosting, which was basically cake. It was one massive pancake the size of the plate. Shannon got banana pancakes, 3 large pancakes that took over her plate. We had enough food on our table to feed a small country; needless to say, we have leftovers in the fridge.

Velvet Pancake

Our Meal

Later that afternoon we headed over to the Grove and Farmers Market to walk off our breakfast, do some shopping and grab a bite of lunch.

some kind of cheese plate

Saturday was our busiest day; I was invited to a potluck BBQ, so mom and Shannon came along! The BBQ was a welcoming party for Scott Mellis, the artist we went to see at Hotel Café. We forced him into playing a little private show for us and then sang a little backup. It was so much fun we didn’t want to leave.

We ended the night by picking up Elliot from work, heading back to Mozza for another delicious Dinner, and then heading out to do some karaoke.

My Egg potato Pizza!

We met Joe Bastianich, a food network guy, an actress from the TV series Greek, and an MTV Real World cast mate all in one night. Not too bad ehh?

More blogging about spring break tomorrow!

<3 Caity

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Accomplished With A Sliver of Patience

Shannon's Pasta!

This week has been another crazy week in Los Angeles, but before I tell you about my week, I have to post a picture from last week. This is the Pasta Shannon made last Sunday and It was delicious!!!

So, this week my good friend Tom came to visit! Since he’s been here there have been many visits to our favorite hot spot, The Farmers Market. He’s also had a few meetings at Fox so I got to drive by the Fox studios and see a sliver of the grounds.

Thursday night I went to a screening of the new movie Friends With Benefits. One of my co-workers at Sony did the Music Supervising for the film so I was invited to go see it before it’s been released. It was a very good movie, I laughed the entire time it was soooo funny. I recommend it to anyone around my age... or anyone older who’s into that kind of film.

Friday my little group went to see the new Matt Damon movie The Adjustment Bureau.

Saturday Shannon, Tom and I took a drive into Santa Monica and walked along the beach and the Santa Monica pier amusement park. We had beautiful weather, Shannon and I even got some color on our cheeks! Afterward we went to the promenade, walked around and had a tasty Italian lunch.

Pier

Pacific Ocean

One of my co-workers at Sony is a Curator and invited me to an art gallery showing Saturday night. So I invited Tom, Elliot and Shannon to come with me! It was nice to get out and see some art and casually mingle with people! Shannon, Elliot and I are definitely going to go back next month.

Welcome to Calabasas!

Sunday Tom had a meeting with a guy in Calabasas CA, which is about 40-45 minutes outside Los Angeles. After we dropped him off, Shannon and I headed to get coffee and walk around Calabasas for a while. We found “Dash”!!! Dash is the clothing store that the Kardashians own and operate. We were very proud of ourselves for finding the store, even though we knew it was closed on Sundays.

DASH!!!

Driving from Calabasas to Malibu! Amazing view!

After we picked Tom up we headed toward Malibu to grab a bite. We went to this place called Dukes and ate the lovely buffet and enjoyed the ocean view from our table.

The view from our table at lunch!

Tonight instead of preparing a meal at home like we usually do Sunday nights, we’re going out to Barney’s Beanery, which I’ve heard is known for having good chili! I’m sure it’ll be a lovely place and can’t wait to see it.

So as you can see, another busy week for me in California! It’s nice that I’m being invited to events outside of work!

Friday my mom’s coming to visit me for spring break! We’ve got lots planned so I’m very excited!

Hope everyone had a good week, looks like the weather in Chicago is going to be close to the 50’s this week!

<3 Caity

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Being Lazy Cake

Another standard week at work. Nothing too exciting or crazy. We had class Wednesday night at a Korean restaurant in Korea town! I also visited the 99 cent store this week which I kind of fell in love with, I bought some batman socks!

This weekend was pretty relaxed, Shannon’s just getting over a cold so we took it easy. We went to the Grove to do some shopping and walking around, and later a couple of us headed to the Farmers Market for a night out.

Sunday we cleaned, cooked and chilled out.

I wish I took more pictures this week, but I just have a couple from the road.

Superbowl Sunday today! I’m excited for the commercials at least!

Tonight Shannon’s cooking dinner and I’m baking strawberry shortcake, I’ll post pictures later.

Sorry this was a boring blog post, I promise to have an interesting one next time!

<3 Caity