Iowa Invasion
Posted by Brittney | Filed under Dashboard Diaries, Happy Homemakers, Random Musings
Last week our best friends came to visit us for a week. We impressed ourselves with how much action we crammed into 6 days. Prepare yourself for an avalanche of photos, celebrity sightings and LA fun. Away we go…
We spent our first day soaking in the sun on the beach and doing a little bar [...]
Tags: Beach Fun, Beverly Hills Tour, Bike rides, dodger stadium, Hollywood Tour, Sprinkles Cupcakes
Hip Hip Syrah!
Posted by Brittney | Filed under Dashboard Diaries, Happy Homemakers
We spent the weekend celebrating Matt’s graduation in the Santa Ynez Valley wine tasting at the Bridlewood Winery. It was a perfect day to spend outside wine tasting.
Our family friend who works at Gallo Wines suggested that we take the cellar tour at Bridlewood Winery. I definitely recommend it! Our wine tour guide (Amy?) [...]
Tags: bridlewood winery, california, Dashboard Diaries, Sand Bucket List, santa ynez
In to the Wild
Posted by Brittney | Filed under Dashboard Diaries, Happy Homemakers
We finally made it to the Wild Animal Park in San Diego for Mother’s Day. Our last attempt was rained out but this time the weather was perfect!
This place was so great! It was a lot different than a regular zoo. The animals are all grouped by their natural habitat and are allowed to [...]
Tags: fun in the sun, San Diego Animal Park, Sand Bucket List, vacations
Start Your Engines
Posted by Brittney | Filed under Dashboard Diaries
Well, better late than never…Matt and I made it to the Long Beach Grand Prix a couple of weeks ago. We made the executive decision to take the Metro Blue Line from LA to Long Beach. It was definitely an experience! It was really nice to skip the traffic and the parking though. We met [...]
Tags: adventures on the road, Long Beach Grand Prix, Sand Bucket List
Dino Discoveries
Posted by Brittney | Filed under Dashboard Diaries, Happy Homemakers
Matt is nearing the end of his grad school adventures and after taking a look at our Sand Bucket List we realized we better step it up a notch if we want to cross everything off our list. So we got our geek on and headed to the Natural History Museum. Talk about a cheap [...]
Tags: Los Angeles free activities, Natural History Museum, USC
To Market, To Market
Posted by Brittney | Filed under Dashboard Diaries, Steals and Deals
Last Sunday was another beautiful day in the neighborhood so I decided to drag Matt to a local Flea Market, the Melrose Trading Post. I was secretly hoping that all the trendy hipsters in Hollywood would be selling awesome bar carts for cheap since my last attempt to find one was unsuccessful. Spoiler alert, no [...]
Tags: flea market, LA adventures, Melrose Trading Post
Candy Cane Lane
Posted by Brittney | Filed under Dashboard Diaries, Happy Homemakers
This weekend Matt and I hopped in the car, cranked the Christmas music and headed to Candy Cane Lane. This neighborhood has been decking the halls since 1952. My Mom and Aunt remember going to take in the sights when they were little. The photos don’t do the festiveness justice!
I love how everyone in [...]
Tags: Candy Cane Lane, Christmas, Christmas Lights, Festive
Sea Life Safari
Posted by Brittney | Filed under Dashboard Diaries, Happy Homemakers
We hit the road to La Jolla this weekend for another California adventure. Sea Kayaking! I was a little nervous since I had never been kayaking but it was so fun! We rented a tandem kayak and wet suits and hit the waves.
It was such a neat experience. We saw leopard sharks, the [...]
Tags: La Jolla, sea caves, sea kayaking, sea lions, Sunny Jims Cave, traveling
Day at the Races
Posted by Brittney | Filed under Dashboard Diaries, Happy Homemakers
We spent Labor Day at the Del Mar Race Track. It was fun times had by all. It was a pretty swanky track (not that I’ve been to many) and I saw more than one hat wearing lady in attendance. Fancy.
I’m not sure what I was expecting but lush lawn and manicured gardens weren’t [...]
Tags: adventures on the road, Del Mar Races, labor day fun, wiener dog races
FLUGTAG!
Posted by Brittney | Filed under Dashboard Diaries, Happy Homemakers
That’s Fly Day to all you non-German speaking folks. Matt heard of the event and like any proud German, was set on seeing these flying machines hit the water in person. We met up with our friends and headed over to this crazy event. There were so many people there! The grand tally said over [...]
Tags: flugtag, fun stuff, long beach, videos
