30 days till 30

It’s officially 30 days until my 30th Birthday. It’s the last month in my 20s. I was reading through my Moleskine today and I noticed that my 30th has been a recurring goal year and you know what, I am no where near what I had planned to be. BUT I have finally realized it’s not about a list, it’s about living out your dreams and while I may not have accomplished my dreams, I’ve been chasing them ever since and I would say that is much better than settling.

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Crazy how time flies, life moves on whether you are ready or not and while you may have a lot of goals they only happen if you make them happen. I may not be where I want to be but I have a lot to be happy about in my life.

In celebration of good things in my life, I was blessed enough to go shopping today. Scored some great items from Forever 21 and H&M. See my haul inspired by ‘Things Organized Neatly‘.

Happy Spring!

It’s the first day of Spring, vernal equinox, and the weather was gloomy and it was a busy day at work so I am barely now getting to recognize that Spring is here! The next two weekends are going to be exciting. I get to go to San Diego to celebrate one of my good friends baby shower and a belated bday for one of my bffs. Also, for Easter weekend my office is closed on Good Friday and we’ll be traveling home to be with our family for the holiday. I haven’t been able to spend Easter with my family in years so I’m excited to see a lot of my family that weekend. It’s going to be a busy week and a half ahead. To stay on a positive note, I was inspired today by a note I seen on Instagram about things that make me happy. In no particular order and not my full list but some things I am currently thankful for:

  1. My car still running fairly well after 11 years of having it.
  2. Having a job in this economy.
  3. The roof over my head and the food in my stomach.
  4. My supportive family especially my parents who never hesitate to go the extra mile for me.
  5. Having the time & money to be able to visit my nearest and dearest in San Diego and Sacramento in the next two weeks.
  6. Being able to live in sunny So Cal.
  7. My supportive boyfriend who always pushes me and stands behind me as I am pushing to pursue my dreams.

I could probably go on forever and I don’t say it enough but even in rough times I have so much to be thankful for. I am blessed beyond measure and I need to celebrate the good rather than dwell on the bad. Hope your Spring is off to a good start. Stay positive and enjoy the little things.

LA Art Show

Today, Pete & I went to the LA Art Show for free thanks to LivingSocial & Slickdeals. Totally scored on that one because it was great. The exhibits were presented in “distinct sections: Modern & Contemporary, Historic & Traditional, Vintage Posters, and the IFPDA Los Angeles Fine Print Fair”.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I thought attending on Sunday meant it would be less crowded but it was packed and full of people looking to see great art and a lot of art dealers and buyers. When you entered there was a great installation that I thought was really fun for the entrance. This is only the beginning of the installation it was draped from this point all the way to where you walk in I would say about 30 ft.

It’s incredible to see how much people are able to make off their art. I seen work up to $45,000 but that’s only what I saw, I’m sure there was art for more than that. Obviously art is subjective so I saw a lot of stuff that I absolutely loved but some things I couldn’t understand. Overall I left feeling really inspired to be creative and also glad I was able to see such awesome art from all over the world. I really liked these Oil paintings from Beijing artists:

 While I love fine art and I can’t believe how beautiful these pieces are and how the colors and details are beyond anything I can even imagine doing by hand there was also a lot of great modern/pop art. These were my favorites. Art by graffiti artist Tilt:

Caught a great moment of this kid listening to a video as a part of the installation. I can appreciate parents who expose their children to art at a young age.  Tilt’s art is currently being exhibited in LA (Studio City) at the Fabian Catanier Gallery for anyone who wants to check it out.

I also really liked this Einstein piece:

and these cool designer pills.

 Glad we went and knowing how much art is being shown in LA, I definitely plan to try and be exposed to more art going on in this city. I’m excited to see more of what comes out of Pete’s new venture, Graffiti House LA as well. The grand opening is around the corner, can’t wait for our family & friends to see it.

Why I love “Suits”

Just finished watching the latest episode of Suits (Season 2) and I just have to blog why I love “Suits” so much.

  1. Gabriel Macht aka Harvey – Can’t deny it he’s hot and wears a suit well but the main reason I love Harvey is that he has just enough ego to make his character seem tough and like a great lawyer but his soft side shows with some of his interactions with Donna and Mike. I also love his back and forth banter with Louis, Donna & Mike. Makes the show that much more exciting.
  2. Patrick J. Adams aka Mike – How can you not like the bad boy genius with a photographic memory, whose confidence gets him in to trouble but he always figures it out. Prior to his Grammy passing, it was so sweet that he would visit her and tell her about working as a lawyer and Rachel.
  3. The Suits – I love a man & a woman in a great suit. I don’t work in a place where a suit is needed but I love seeing the fun fashion and the great fit of the suits. 
  4. The egos and the banter – Everyone at Pearson Hardman thinks they are the best at what the do and it shows in their interactions. They all have just enough ego not to annoy you except maybe Louis who you love to hate but feel sorry for him a lot. Found this fun image on the Suits Official Tumblr.
  5. The strong women – Love Donna & Rachel the most but Jessica’s the boss and I love a strong female/minority boss. Donna is fun and her chemistry with Harvey makes the show fun. I think Rachel is so pretty and I hope she gets with Mike. And I love Mike’s Grandma. “I know life has been hard for you, but you’re not a kid anymore and I want you to promise you’re going to start living up to your potential.” – Grammy And l love that Jessica is the boss. 

Overall, I’m a big fan of Suits and I definitely recommend giving it a try. 

It Never Rains in Southern California

That’s what they tell me…SIKE! This morning it was raining in LA which made my commute 2 hours. I normally don’t mind rain but when it rains in Southern California I would much rather it be on my days off because the traffic is so much worse. Traffic seriously puts me in a foul mood. To cheer up myself and laugh at myself and my mood I found this fun ecard.

It’s supposed to rain all weekend so I just have to suck it up and deal with life in Sunny So Cal because the rest of the year is so nice.

Last night on Modern Family Lily kept telling everyone “somebody call the whambulence”…that about sums up my rant. Rain and traffic is nothing compared to what some people are dealing with negative temperatures.

Blue Monday

It’s always hard getting back into my regular schedule after a long weekend but I’m trying my best to stop making excuses so even though I wanted to go straight home after work I went to my 2nd Nike Training Club at Nike Santa Monica. It was a special NTC this week to continue the 2013 goal to #makeitcount. This week Nike was handing out special “Beat the Blues” shirts and we ran from Nike Santa Monica to Santa Monica High School. Zico was handing out coconut water, there was a stage and a DJ.

It was pretty cool. The main focus for this week is that everyone has beat “Blue Monday”, the day that most people give up on their resolutions. While I didn’t make any real resolutions this year, same as last year I want to be a better version of myself which includes being healthier and getting in the best shape I can.

 


The Second Inauguration of Barack Obama

Happy Martin Luther King, Jr. Day!

My office was closed in recognition of this holiday and rather than sleep in, I got up so I could watch “The Second Inauguration of Barack Obama”. His speech was really inspiring. I originally started this blog when he won the election in 2008 so today I was happy to see him be sworn in for a 2nd term. His speech was very relevant and it covered a lot of topics that I’m interested in seeing move forward this term like gender equality, gay marriage, climate change, health care and the economy. One of the most important things I’d like to see happen this term is for the politicians to put aside their parties and work together for the greater good of the nation. Check my Facebook & Twitter feeds for my updates.


Besides the speech, as usual I loved the first family.

and of course the FLOTUS’ fashion for the day. Read about it from the NY Times.

Exploring Silverlake

Spent some time in Silverlake today, in an effort to embrace LA life.

We have been living in LA for nearly 10 months and it’s still growing on me. I haven’t fully embraced it because I miss San Diego so much but also because I spend so much time commuting from Pasadena to Santa Monica (about 3 hours a day). Both Pete and I don’t get home till around 7:30 PM each night (he commutes to Corona), so we are too tired to do much exploring or going out during the week and on the weekends we normally just hang out around the house catching up on errands and relaxing. Today we decided to check out Silverlake, I had heard it was a cool area so we jumped in the Golf and went for a drive. Seen some cool shops… I liked Reform School & Bar Keeper. We also found a Filipino bakery and we got polvoron and siopao. Our last stop was the 99cent Store. Seriously, don’t sleep on the 99cent Store. We copped a bunch of spices, beans, Tylenol & NoteTabs. 14 things = $14 (technically $13.86 but you get the point).

Overall, we had a successful Sunday. Going to continue to try and explore each weekend we have free. Next weekend we plan to go to the LA Art Show, thanks to a great deal on LivingSocial.

Silver & True Blue Battle

In support of my boyfriend and his new venture I went to the Silver & True Blue Battle at Graffiti House LA today. My bff, Jaela, came up from San Diego to visit for the weekend so like the old days she was my sidekick for the battle. Reminded me of the old days when we would go to hip hop events.

For the first event open to the public they had a great turn out. I took a few pics of the event…

and for a full recap check out the Graffiti House blog.

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