meet bean

this is my baby bean, aka zoey, aka zo. don't ask why i call her bean because i can't remember how it started. she is a two pound papillon and i love her dearly.

book review: the girl with the dragon tattoo

so can i just tell you how amazing this book is? liiiike, really. you need to read it. the funny thing is how much of a scaredy pants i am and i still could not manage to put it down. it got to the point where i made my sister come over at night and keep me company so i could read the book without having to be afraid. 

facts: lisbeth salander is my bff. well maybe, except for lisbeth doesn't really like people. but you will like her.

mikael blomkvist is hot. i mean i don't know for sure but considering daniel craig is set to play him in the american version of the movie, i'll go with yes. 

henrik vanger is old. 

the story revolves around the disappearance of harriet vanger. harriet's uncle henrik has been trying to solve the mystery of her disappearance for over forty years. henrik hires blomkvist to investigate the mystery who gives a ring on the tele to lisbeth for help....

let me jut say that you will not be able to stop reading this book, so prepare yourself to be a lazy bum for a few days. also prepare yourself to have a difficult time remembering who is who for the first hundred or so pages because all of the names are swedish and most of them start with the letter "b"

happy reading!

california: day four

our fourth and final day in california :(

 

beth in my grandparents backyard

 

driving back to la from oxnard

 malibu

 

santa monica

 aunt beth and uncle joe's house

 lunch at jack & jill's with my long lost friend inga! we went to high school together in la

 

the grove parking garage

 beth at the grove

 so pretty!

 hollywood sign (notice the restricted area sign? i'm such a rebel)

 i need this garage, or this house

 beth and the hollywood sign

 one of my favorite views of los angeles

a nice relaxing last night in la...salad, pasta, wine, and tiramisu at louise's 

sad that our trip is over, but i had the most amazing time with beth. our four day vacation was much needed and a perfect start to the summer :)

california: day three

on day three of our california trip we headed up north to the ventura/oxnard area to stay a night at my grandparent's house on the harbor

 driving up the pacific coast highway, pepperdine university

 delicious tacos at a restaurant in downtown ventura

 lauren (my aunt) and i at the rudder room in oxnard

 wilmer valderamma look-a-like with beth

our new friend diane...she was FIFTY TWO and had the most amazing skin!

california: day two

and so the trip continues...

brunch at aroma cafe

 the most delicious french toast

after brunch with grandma, aunt beth, uncle joe, and beth

 at the warner bros lot

 just decided to go to new york for the day, kidding! warner bros lot

 and again

 uncle's office at warner bros

 men men men men menly men men men

 gilmore girls

tangled!

hollywood boulevard

roosevelt hotel

paparazzi waiting to take photos of maria shriver...not cool

<3

california: day one

so this past weekend i took my cousin beth on her first ever trip to california, needless to say we had a fabulous time!

here are a few of my favorite photos from our first day:

 pretty rocks at a pit stop in quartzsite

 approaching the border!

 beth's first photo taken in california

 sizzingly delicious fajitas at cabo cantina

 a view of los angeles from sunset blvd

 mayhem after an accident that happened right in front of us, sooo scary...thankfully everyone was okay!

 outside the gay couples house on modern family, it's in my aunt and uncle's neighborhood

 rodeo drive

beverly hills

 dinner at the ivy with cousin beth and aunt beth

colorblocking

at its finest