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Monday, February 2, 2015

Weekend Update

A few moments from this beautifully blue Super Bowl weekend. 


Highlights included...

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A hike to the hidden Murphy Ranch Nazi Camp.


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A long Saturday night dinner consisting of multiple courses, multiple glass of wine, and multiple lovely ladies at Hostaria Piave. Long Italian dinners are pretty much one of my favorite things in life.


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Started Sunday early with Redondo's annual Super Bowl 5k/10k. 
Couldn't have asked for better weather.

So proud of this lady and her new PR! 


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Sunday brunch with my mom and Sheridan to honor a very special family friend.


xo, 
Kate

Thursday, October 16, 2014

LA Grand Central Market

A few weekends ago, Kiana and I made our way downtown to LA's Grand Central Market. 
The market consists of booths with authentic food from all over the world, just my kind of place.We arrived with empty stomachs and plenty of cash. After taking in the sights and sounds, we settled on Thai food (my all time favorite). We piled ourselves onto on of the little stools and enjoyed our curry while we discussed what was next on the menu.

The rest of our morning went something like this...
-coffee to go as we walked through downtown on our way to Bodega Louie's.
-a box each of the most beautiful macaroons ever from BL. 
-back to the market to buy a pizza to go.
-Cowgirl creamery cheese to go.
-staring at the ice cream place kicking ourselves that we didn't have room.


Fat and happy, 
Kate

Thursday, September 11, 2014

LA Food Festival

The LA Food Festival is going on now through mid-December and is absolutely worth checking out. Each weekend there is a specific type of food featured and if one of them tickles your fancy, well then you must go!

A friend and I made it to Ramen week a few weeks back and despite the 90 degree heat and the fact that I unceremoniously dropped my sunglasses into my bowl, the ramen was phenomenal.

Coming up this weekend is an Asian themed night market. 
Get those chopsticks ready!



Click here for the LA Food Festival schedule.

Foodie, 
Kate

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The mini chalkboards in my room.

Sunday, August 24, 2014

Weekend Update

highlights included...
1-my favorite little hike behind Trump Golf Course with a few of my favorite roommates. 
2-succulent shopping. trying for a little yard makeover while respecting this severe CA drought.
3-homemade pizza. 
4-Sunday day was spent watching Lauren kicking volleyball butt at a Santa Monica beach tourney. 
5-Sunday night was spent signing our hearts out to all the Beatle's classics, at Hollywood Bowl's 50th anniversary tribute. such a special show. 

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hope your weekends were also full of  lots of sun and good friends!

xo, 
kate

Thursday, August 21, 2014

CA Science Center: Pompeii and the Endeavor

Been awhile since the last post, but I have all kinds of things to show you!

Last Saturday, my friend Linds and I made our way to the California Science Center to see the current Pompeii and Endeavor exhibit. I haven't been to the Science Center in quite some time, an elementary school field trip may have been the last time (oops.)...nonetheless, the museum doesn't disappoint. With free entry, aside from a few of the special exhibits, it is a great way to spend an afternoon.



[Pompeii Exhibit]
When people hear the word 'Pompeii' they mostly think about the tragic volcano that brought the city to a stand still all those years ago. What we don't ever seem to learn about is just how vibrant and, in my opinion, darling, the city really was. I loved the women's jewelry! This exhibit walks you through an average day in Pompeii culminating with a mini reenactment of the volcano at which point you walk out to see the casts of the deceased. 


[Endeavor]
The Endeavor space ship, now officially retired, has it's eternal home at the Science Center. The shuttle was no doubt impressive, but what was more impressive was how well hidden it is! The shuttle, not surprisingly, is huge. Linds and I patiently waited in line, then through the really nifty video of how the shuttle made it's way through the streets of LA to its new home, until we were allowed into the garage. We were pretty eager by the end of the video. Everyone must have felt the same because as soon as the video ended, all 50 of us literally ran to out the door to oohhhhh and ahhhh at this space shuttle. 
I love space things. Ocean things too while we're at it. 
As we gazed at this enormous beast I found myself feeling surprisingly patriotic. So cool to be surrounded by people who were equally as excited to see this American feat. 
It really was incredible. 



Ancient volcano to modern day space ship,
Kate


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Making it through the week without a desk, phone, scanner or copier.

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Flipboard App

Wednesday, June 11, 2014

Go Kings Go

a mini photo series of a few high school friends watching the stanley cup finals while eating teddy grahams. 
that's all.



go kings go,
kate

Friday, May 30, 2014

Takahashi Murakami @ The Orpheum

Contemporary Japanese artist Takahashi Murakami is in town promoting his first movie, Jellyfish Eyes. I went with a co-worker the other night to watch Mr. Murakami and Pico Iyer, a British born resident of Japan, sit down to talk about about Murakami's art, it's cultural implications as well as its reception in Japan and in the west. I found it all fascinating. You can watch the 90 min conversation online here if you're interested. The chat was put on through The Broad foundation.

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On our way to The Orpheum theater we passed a few downtown LA details as well as buildings with incredible architecture. I couldn't get enough. 



The classily stunning Orpheum Theater. 
Highly recommended if for no other reason than the interior architecture.
Beautiful.

Pico, translator (only for the difficult questions) & Takahashi. 
(please excuse the iphone camera)

Cross-cultural convos,
Kate

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Motivation 
In wintertime, it’s very important to do aerobics, because you’re stiff. So I make my staff stretch. And now we say “hello” and “good night” and “thank you so much,” because the young generation cannot say hello. Everyone wants to keep quiet. But SMS is loud, and everybody is quiet and cannot look each other in the eye. It’s crazy. I hate that. You have to say hello. Hello. Hello!
-Takahashi Murakami on calisthenics and the kids these days
Accomplishment 
Making it through this week on little sleep.

Obsession
Our new car
(!!!!)

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