Get Your Glow On
Posted by Brittney | Filed under Happy Homemakers, Random Musings
Oh lordy. This weekend we had yet another experience that made me feel equal parts uncool and country bumpkin. While all of our pals were out probsting biers at the local Oktoberfest we attended the annual Glow Festival at the Santa Monica beach. The festival was described as “an all-night cultural experience featuring original commissions [...]
Tags: art festivals, Santa Monica Glow
Fast & Furious
Posted by Brittney | Filed under Happy Homemakers, Random Musings
I had to make a blazing run to Ikea last weekend. I was in and out of the store in an hour (I’m still amazed). This time I actually had a legit reason to make the trek to the glorious land that is Ikea. While wrestling my freshly cleaned slipcovers back on to the couch [...]
Tags: ikea, ikea prints, steals and deals
Home Sweet Iowa
Posted by Brittney | Filed under Happy Homemakers, Random Musings
Last weekend I took a mini-vacation back to our home state. I missed my peeps and well, I really needed to support my team as they took on the Cyclones. Lulu was very sad she didn’t get to go this time. She packed her bag and everything. Delicious Pork on a stick. Oh, Iowa, [...]
Tags: iowa hawkeyes, tailgating, vacations
Hawkeye Country
Posted by Brittney | Filed under Happy Homemakers, Random Musings, Steals and Deals
This Saturday we welcomed college football back with open arms. Specifically, Hawkeye football. We’re both big Hawkeye fans and were a little nervous moving so far away from our favorite sports bar. We won’t miss the cold Iowa tailgating weather though! Luckily, the University Alumnae Club is serious about rounding up Hawks living in LA.We [...]
Tags: Barney's Beanery, college football, Hawkeye love, tailgating
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
Wine-ing around town
Posted by Brittney | Filed under Happy Homemakers
Last weekend Matt and I jet-setted (well, really we drove) up to to Santa Barbara for a little mini vaca between his summer/fall semesters. We were also making up for our lost anniversary celebration way back in June. Moving cross country and CFA tests are not conducive to vacations. I know that posting vacation pictures [...]
Tags: santa barbara, urban wine trail, vacations, wine tasting
Monthly Meals
Posted by Brittney | Filed under Happy Homemakers, What's Cooking Good Looking?
In an effort to stay organized and start eating more meals at home I decided to take weekly meal planning to a whole other level. Monthly planning. Crazy huh? I read about monthly meal planning here. We had been doing the weekly meal plans but almost every week I would be an ingredient or two [...]
Tags: bulk buying, costco, grocery list, monthly meal planning
Hollywood, Baby!
Posted by Brittney | Filed under Chiweenies, Happy Homemakers
We are on a roll people. We have crossed off another to-do from our Sand Bucket List. AND we went hiking for the second time in two weeks (I’m still reeling from the shock). We decided to tackle the Hollywood Sign hike and bring the pups along with us. After last weekend’s hiking adventure we [...]
Tags: hiking, hollywood sign hike, Sand Bucket List
Hostess with the Mostess
Posted by Brittney | Filed under Happy Homemakers
We recently hosted 6 of my family members for a 10 day California adventure. This how we survived the madness. Food: Have lots of it! I premade and froze the Pioneer Woman’s cinnamon rolls. I also made a couple of breakfast casseroles that we could just pop in the oven before the day’s adventure. Fun: [...]
