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My Valentine’s Weekend ♥ At La Valencia Hotel
So I told you guys I would have a Valentine this year and I had to let you know that I kept my word 
Perfect Valentine’s weekend filled with yummy food, champagne, candy and pretty sunsets… I had such a fun weekend! I stayed in La Jolla at the La Valencia Hotel and I had a blast exploring the La Jolla tide pools, caves, coves, seals and amazing hotel! My parents had their wedding reception at this hotel so I was excited to see the area. I thought I’d share a few of the awesome pics. (Thanks Mom for the camera, I know you want the credit!)
Next time you need a new, fun place to stay in San Diego definitely check out La Valencia Hotel in La Jolla. Old school hotel but still so nice, plus it’s PINK! There are also so many cute little shops and restaurants to walk around to around the hotel. One restaurant we loved was Azul La Jolla. Azul is owned by the same people that own the Brigatine and Miguel’s in case those are 2 of your faves
Instead of ordering actual entrees we ordered yummy champagne cocktails and a million side orders. Perfect meal. In need of an awesome date location? This place was super fun and delicious. Just avoid the waitress with the pony tail, she was mean. She was probably mean because I asked for sweet champagne and when she brought me dry, gross champagne I sent it back 
oopsie.
Anyway, La Jolla definitely is somewhere you can go and explore tons of new things. The seals are really fun to watch, the waves were huge this weekend, the sunsets were pretty and pink, and like I said tons of bars, restaurants and shops to visit. Next date night try La Jolla!
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Saints Win The 2010 Super Bowl!
I am totally not trying to hop on the Saints bandwagon now that they are Super Bowl champs, BUT I definitely was rooting for them between the two teams, and am happy the Saints won! After all, Reggie Bush was a Helix Highlander with me, so I gotta support the Scottie Dogs anddd we all know I am obsessed with his GF Kim K. so who I was rooting for was a no brainer.
Is it just me or does Reggie’s body language say more than enough about where he stands in the relationship? I love Kim but she needs to let the brotha go, she is way too into him and you can tell he’s just in it for the ride. She is clinging on for dear life and he… well… isn’t. Can’t have 80/20 Kim!
Anyway, this year I went up to Orange County to hang with Pal and Dad. (Lindsay and her husband, I call him Dad)… Every year they have a giant Super Bowl party for their family and friends, oh… and of course the randoms of the family and friends. Every year there is at least 5 randos lurking the party we have no idea where they came from. Anyway this year was super fun! I met some bros out Saturday night at 333, some cougar club in Newport, stayed out for 30 minutes and went home to bed. I was over the night before I even went out, I was having more fun at home playing Valentine nail shop with Lindsay, I shoulda just stayed in because the club was a nightmare. Maybe I am just getting old, going out has lost its spark.
The next morning, I was promptly woken up at 9 am by 3 rats, I mean children, beating the door down screaming my name. I laid there silent hoping me ignoring them would encourage them to leave, but they instead devised an even more annoying plan. “Alex, you go run around to my room and bang on the walls, and I’ll stay here and bang on the door.” I popped out of bed and screamed at them to beat it, locked the door, and hopped back into bed.
I of course couldn’t fall back asleep so I eventually got up. Pal of course cooked a full on pre Valentine’s feast of yummy fruit and heart shaped muffins, I ate 32, and then we began some light party set up. Before I knew it, Pal had a mimosa in my hand as I am still in PJs… oh man gonna be a lllllllllllong day. Lindsay pulled out some shirts she bought for the game and flung them to me to decorate. We did the best we could given about one hour of rhinestone and cut time. They turned out eh ok… Better than nothing
Meet Kinsey
I know you totally want to meet all my friends so I thought I would introduce you to Kinsey. Kinsey & I grew up together, I have known her since before I was even born. Yep, our moms would walk with each other while pregnant with both of us. Kinsey was that friend that I’d poke with pencils, beat up, get beat up by, pull her hair, spit on each other etc and somehow 26 years later were still friends. Unfortunately Kinsey moved to Dallas to live with her fiance Jose aka J-Si who is a radio personality out there for the Kid Kraddick show.
Anyway, she was in town visiting and I had so much fun hanging out with her! We have the best time dying laughing at everyone reliving our retarded childhood days of loving Courtney Love and laughing about how junk we were. On Thursday night we had dinner at the Fleetwood then went to Hard Rock Hotel where we ended up hanging out with randoms with pagers clipped to their khaki pants. Then last night we went to Voyeur. (Not my favorite place duh but she wanted to go). Honestly everyone at Voyeur is on acid. It’s just so weird. Anyway here are a few pics from our adventures.
I’m sorry guys, this phone on belt trend has gotta go.
Happy New Year?
So it arrived, the big NYE of 2010… I was all ready to hit up a Hollywood Hills mansion party with some of my fave friends, prepped for days, hair, nails, shopping, you know the usual girl maintenance before a big event. We all were super excited that we’d all be together at a low key party, no crowds, no lines, just a yummy dinner and open bar with friends. Perfect night or so we thought…
Where to EVEN begin…
First of all I drove my half broken pos car to OC to get ready for the night. At times I caught myself going 60 in the fast lane in fear that my car would possibly blow up. Anyway, I finally arrived, spent 2 hours painting my face on and curling my hair, all to get a call from Jo that the party address had changed. Wait what? I was on my way out the door to meet them, how is the address just now changing at 7pm??? And what if Jo never called me? People would just show up to the old address? Yikes, red flag #1
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Christmas Day Charger Game!
What a perfect Christmas present, the Chargers beat the Titans 42 – 17, officially eliminating them from the 2009 playoffs! Sucksss for them. I was watching the game at my parents house but my landlord called me telling me our hot water heater had leaked into the apartment below us causing a flood oops, so I had to rush home. I let in the plumbers and then met up with Kristen in PB to watch the end of the game at Miller’s Field. It was such a great game, I am sooo happy they won.
The Chargers have now won 10 games in a row and have the third best record in the league at 12 – 3. They secure the first round bye which history shows is a huge advantage in a run towards a Superbowl title. I am hoping that this is their year, we need this SB title, I really think we have the strongest team in the NFL when we want to play right. And no, I am not just saying that ;P
Anyway here are a few pics from our Christmas night in PB to watch the game!
PS- I finally got a new camera after I broke mine in Vegas so get excited, tons more pics
We loved his backwards, sideways, fake Ed Hardy hat!
Ice Skating At The Hotel Del in Coronado, CA
So if you don’t already know, Hotel Del is a huge fancy hotel here in San Diego, CA. It is located in Coronado and is a great spot for dates, so me and my man, aka Erin, headed out there to check out their beach front ice skating rink! So cute and sounded like so much fun, however, I have a confession… Erin & I totally went with the intentions of ice skating, buttttt by the time we validated our parking (At the bar of course) it was already 8:20 and it closed at 9:00, so we decided against it.
We weren’t paying $25 bucks to skate on a 2 inch rink for 30 minutes. We were both happy with our choice, it was soooo soooo cold out and the ice looked miserable plus the rink was tiny. If you are looking to just ice skate I would not suggest Coronado, DT is probably better. But, if you want to skate for a bit and run around and take cute pictures then it is worth the drive.
I decided to give you the pros and cons of the Coronado rink.
Cons: * $25 dollars for 2 hours, no one would skate for 2 hours so…. kinda annoying price wise.
* Smalllll rink, maybe holds 50 people. You can also almost see the wood coming through the rink, but we did go late at night before they closed, could be better during the day.
Pros:
* Would be perfect during the day or at sunset time because it is right on the beach, cuteee pics. Night time was not nearly as cool, I would go at around 5pm, ice skate, take pics during day light, then stick around for dinner and night time pictures around with all the pretty lights.
* Hotel Del is an amazing venue on its own. We took so many cute pictures! The entire hotel is decorated so cute!
* Tons of restaurants and bars to make an entire night of it. Overall we had so much fun just walking around, taking Christmas tree pictures and watching people eat it on the ice while we sipped on glasses of champagne. Definitely recommend dinner or drinks at the Hotel Del at this time of year, its so festive and soooo fun… and try ice skating if you’re up for it
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How prettttty is this! I can’t believe I live in such an amazing city. Us San Diegan’s are really spoiled.
Sorry the pictures are fuzzy, Erin’s camera died so the I-Phone had to do.
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Wednesday Fun!? Sure Sidebar!
Sidebar, located Downtown San Diego, has been around for a hot minute or two, but with its recent remodel has definitely upgrade itself. I never was a huge fan of the place, but they did a few things right, hired hotter staff (Brookie & Saddaf to name a few ) and remodeled the entire inside. Last night I rolled out with Erin who works at Hard Rock here, we always have the BEST time. We really do cause so much trouble together but I like it.
Sidebar is known for being a blast on Wednesday nights, and to be honest, the only place worth getting dolled up for on a random week night here in SD. So if you are in town, looking for the best place to hit up on a Wednesday, check it out you will have a great time guaranteed.
My only complaint was it was FREEZING outside but roasting inside. I loveeee heat but it was a bit too hot so bring something warm for outside but removable inside! It felt like a Summer day in there so my long sleeves were a nightmare. Oh another bonus, how could I possibly forget… CIROS’ is attached to this place. Ciro’s for those of you who don’t know is the yumyumuyummiest pizza in San Diego. I am not sure who Erin’s friend was that took us there but he got us a whole pizza hahaha we were in fat girl heaven.
Oh and the Chargers were there too poppin bottles like there was no tomorrow, in case you needed another reason why Sidebar is so kewl hey at least they were out on a Wednesday and not a Saturday right? Overall a fab night!
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