Birthday Snow

This year I had the most amazingly wonderful birthday. Angel and I went up to Big Bear for a couple of days to snowboard and relax. The sliding was perfect. Soft, 3 day old snow, sunny and gorgeous weather. (down below it was cloudy and raining off and on allll day =). That night we went to the most perfect Indian & Nepalese Restaurant right in old town Big Bear Lake. The Himalayan is Great!! Angel even spotted a moviestar... (I would have never known that dude at the next table was Jon Cryer, lol).

Our room was a private little cabin- with a Jacuzzi! It was a great place, I recommend the Frontier to anyone who's looking to stay the night up there. We woke up around 7am to a beautiful sight, light falling snow. Angel said he's never seen snow fall before, so we went outside in our snow gear and played around for a bit. Simply perfect. Here are some shots I took while Angel was getting his boots on.

Clippers Box Suite!

The entire gang, such a fun night!!

Gabi, Marisa & Em

The Kubos

Mariko & Marcus

Stacey, Emily, Beth, Mariko & me!

Beth was the only one to get a shot of this!

Mark & Tom

Marisa & the birthday boy

Danny & Beth

Jeff & Mark (bromance)

The Mark we all know and love!



This was the perfect birthday event for our buddy Mark. Not only is he the biggest Clipper fan since Clipper Darrel, but he likes to live the good life. Mark got a SWEET suite for the Clippers vs. Hornets on Friday night. Seriously, that place was NICE =). Mark got drunk per usual and yelled down at the court, cheered for the Clipper girls, and clapped as loud as possible - all in True Mark form. We had a blast, ending the night with some more drinks across the street at the Yard House. Great times with my greatest friends ever! oh btw, the Clippers won. By exactly 3 points. Happy Birthday Markifer!

Sweeping Chimneys

People stopped us all night to take pictures with the group. SOOO much fun!

Me, Henry, Amy and Liza suffering from Black Lung



Me, Leilani, Liza, Leo, Jeffry, Frances, Henry, Wade
Scotty, his mom, Abi, Natalie


What a stupendous idea!! This was a collaboration between Henry's mom and their friend Jeffry (aka Mary). They invited Henry's family and pals to come to trick or treat night at DCA again this year for his birthday. All we were told was to wear all black, with a black newsboy hat... they would provide the rest. We got there and Jeffry had hand-made 11 chimney sweeps! They had cute little scarves and black smudge for our faces. Let me back up a little bit - Henry's favorite movie/musical of all time just happens to be Mary Poppins. He's practically in love with the character, and is instantly happy when Mary is around. This was PERFECT for him =). I'm so happy I was able to be a part of this fantastic night! Happy birthday bud!

Oktoberfest!!

Mariko is about to attempt to conquer the Sampler!
Full table at BJ's
I was so amazed, Kristine finished her whole Sampler Taster with no help.
Mariko, Marcus and Shamanda!
Tine and the rarely seen 'Drunk Ryan'
Couples
LAYY-dies!
Team America Drinking Team... I had to have a picture with them.
the three amigos
Tom showed up at the very end of the night =)

Mariko liked it so much last year that she made it her Birthday Celebration for 2009 =). Started the night at BJ's for pizza and the beer sampler... ended it cheering for a drunk guy until he puked. Now that's class! One of the high points of the night was playing Crack Coin, where we dropped quarters down the crack of a drunk guy who was hunched over on the table. Yep, like I said... Class.

Palm Springs Girls Weekend!!!

Whoa... Happy Birthday Stace, who knew we still had it in us?? We chose the Riviera Resort and Spa in Downtown Palm Springs... for the pool and the nightlife. We got everything we dreamed of and more! When we checked in we got a complimentary upgrade to a suite :). Then we got a sweet deal on a Cabana by the pool.. then we drank and drank and drank and drank some more. (thanks box o' wine). The pool was awesome, and the cabana was awesome-er. It was somewhere around 112 degrees and we needed the shade and misters, for real, especially hungover as we were!.

The Cabana Boy, Dom, turned out to be a delight, giving us advice on restaurants and nightlife. We even ended up meeting him for drinks and dancing the night away. Dinks was a great spot for dinner, and had a good DJ spinning, but nobody was dancing so we hit up The Village Pub. 2 thumbs up for the live band and fun atmosphere! All in all, great weekend, however, I am once again giving up the booze. It's sooo not good for me, and not worth the price I pay the day after.

Pac-man fight, sing star, wine tasting, video games, pizza etc. etc. etc....

Happy Birthday Emily!! Party at Bet-ny's again, their place is becoming THE place to go for a good party :) Thanks guys for hosting, we love you!