Coast to Coast

Well, we knew that June was going to be a busy travel month, and it has definitely begun.

We kicked off the first weekend in June with a trip to see my relatives in Louisiana, and it was refreshing to see kids entertain themselves for hours (yes, hours) with an Igloo cooler. The game was between three brothers, and they would crouch down into the cooler while the other filled it with water. Yes, it sounds dangerous, and it probably was. We couldn't resist watching all the fun....

The second weekend was a girls trip to Los Angeles to see our friend Charis. My dear friend, Lyra, and we got on a plane Friday afternoon for our trip. We were really looking forward to great people watching, and what Charis refers to as the "tragically hip" crowd along with the newly coined fashion trend of the homeless pirate. On Saturday morning, Lyra and I needed coffee, so the girls packed up with baby Micajah in tow to get some caffeine. To our liking we saw our first homeless pirate in the front display of Chanel:

We continued our trek around the Hollywood area, and I was able to get my yearly H&M fix. After filling only on bag at H&M, putting our hands in the stars hands in front of Mann's Chinese theatre, and watching all the tourists get pictures with locals dressed as popular movie characters, we decided it was time to take a walk into Beverly Hills, and we spotted the Govenator a street over from Rodeo (where Charis told us the stars 'actually' shop). Here's a shot I got from across the street, as I try to be a paparazzi....

Finally in one of our final stops down Rodeo, we decided to pop into Tiffany's. They were a little slow, and our new friend let us try on rings that cost 3xs Patrick and I's house. Here's the biggest of them all:

After walking around for about 4 hours, it was time to head back to the apartment to rest and figure out what we were doing for dinner. For dinner that evening, we headed to a little pizza shop right off of UCLA's campus, and we followed it with a fabulous cookie sandwich from Diddy Riese. Diddy Riese has the most incredible concept: pick your cookie of choice (you can even pick two different kinds) and pick your ice cream, and viola you have a personalized ice cream cookie sandwich. For my masterpiece, I went with chocolate chip and macadamia nut cookies with butter pecan. It was so heavenly, I had to snap a picture.

Next weekend is Boston, so I'm sure we'll have plenty to blog about. Stay tuned...