31 May 2012

SB wine (and garlic!) tasting.

we headed up to santa barbara on memorial day weekend to do some wine tasting with my brother. james and i have done tastings at rooms within the city, but not actually out in wine country. we started at tres hermanas in santa maria, where we met up with my brother and his friends, bruce and lillian, and their two sons.

tres hermanas tasting room.

then we headed to los alamos to bedford winery, where owner and winemaker stephan was pouring. this was my favorite of the trip, as stephan was awesome, and a huge dodger fan as well! they had a nice outdoor area where we picnicked - he even let us pause our tasting so we could go outside, eat and enjoy the gorgeous weather.

happy hour @ edendale.

i got pretty darn sick the week before memorial day, but i was so looking forward to the three day weekend, i refused to let it get me down. by friday i was feeling almost back to normal, and we got released early by production. it was such a nice day out, we really wanted to go and have a few drinks and snacks somewhere outside. i've never been to edendale, and james hasn't been in years, so we decided to try it out.


25 May 2012

phone UPGRADE!


it's here!! i've had the original HTC evo 4g for sprint for the past couple years. i've loved it, but some of the decisions it made about how space gets divvied up on the phone has made it somewhat un-upgrade-able for a good six months now. i don't want to get into details, as that's in the past now. sprint just released the HTC evo 4g LTE. i pre-ordered it a few weeks ago, and it was supposed to arrive last friday, but it got stuck at customs due to a stupid apple patent on HYPERLINKS (another oversimplification, i apologize). but it finally, finally arrived on thursday and i am happy as a lamb - lambs are happy, right? i will definitely post more about it when i get a chance.

16 May 2012

keepcup!

james recently got us both keepcups! they are "the first barista standard reusable cup"! he got the 12 oz and i got the 8oz. (they come in 4 sizes - 4-, 8-, 12- and 16-oz) and they are totally customizable via their website. i absolutely love it, and have been getting my daily cappuccino fix from proof bakery in it. couple more pics after the jump!


15 May 2012

florida is in the south, by the atlantic ocean.

a few snapshots of our amazingly fun trip to florida for matt's beach wedding.

first of all, two miles from the orlando airport is a cracker barrel. amazing. we stopped in for a late lunch/early dinner like the good southerners we are. and yes, i had the blueberry pancakes. SO GOOD.


on the drive from orlando to palm coast, there was a town called sanford! it made me miss the dog-child.


we stayed at the hammock beach resort. this is the front.


a palmcoast wedding - with dolphins!

we flew to orlando, florida then drove to palm coast on cinco de mayo weekend for the wedding of my good friend matt to this awesome girl lindsay. he's from hawaii and she's from florida, so they both have the ocean and warm weather in their blood - it was quite fitting that the cermony was held on the beach!


they had pretty colorful parasols (which were quite literally giant versions of the little umbrellas you get in fruity drinks) for everyone. groomsmen (left) and matt (right, and yes, i gave him shit for looking like a taiwanese pop star, as any good friend should).