maui musts: road to hana.

everyone i talked to raved about the all day adventure

that is the road to hana. the second we hit the

road, i knew why everyone RAVED about it.

the road to hana is THE maui activity.

black rock beaches,

banana bread shacks (yum!),

GORGEOUS coves,

and the greenest valleys you've ever seen.

the down side is hairpin turns and one lane roads.

it gets pretty crazy. like...SERIOUSLY crazy.

honestly, the drive sucks but the views are incredible.

it's a maui must.

birthday girl.

it's m'little sissy ramona's birthday.

she's funny and sweet and crazy and the cutest thing you ever did see.

the little darling is turning 24 today.

i can hardly believe it.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MOOSKI!

sunday style.

i bought this dress the other day. i'm obsessed.

it's like walking around wrapped in a

ray of sunshine.

bad bad news.

the gazebo restaurant. napili shores. maui.

laid off today. boo.

shoulda stayed in maui.

if you hear of any jobs, send 'em my way.

i'll do anything. well...ALMOST anything.

coming soon: maui musts and busts.

aloha...from my office in mission viejo.

back to the grind. dreaming of maui.

i'm OBSESSED with maui.

if you haven't been, you NEED to go. serious.

over the next few days, i'm going to be sharing some of

the best and worst (mostly best...'cause it's all amazing!) of maui.

get ready and get excited!

now you see him, now you don't.

two hours with mike loveland in photoshop 101

at art weekend - los angeles and look at me go!

now you see him.

now you don't.

oh the possibilities.

i've said it once or twice and i'll say it again:

if there's an art weekend comin' your way...GO!

p.s. don't you loooove seth's face in this?! i do.

tsunami?!

ever been woken up by pounding on

your door and sirens blaring warning of a tsunami?

freaky.

woken up at 5:30am. packed in like sardines.

nine looooong hours.

we passed the time as best we could.

got m'nails did.

card games galore.

luckily, i had chelsea handler's book on hand

to help pass the time. hee-larious!

just as we were about to go crazy,

the evacuation order was lifted and we were free!

no tsunami for maui (phew!) but what an adventure!

sunday drivers.

after church, katie and i took a drive

along the northern coast of maui. gorgeous!

i enjoyed myself immensely.

katie...did not.

but that could be 'cause the drive

was a one lane road with hairpin turns.

perfect conditions for motion sickness.

hair pin turns and single lanes aside, the drive was

absolutely GORGEOUS! i couldn't get enough.

i love love LOVE maui.

do you have a sunday drive tradition? where to?

ice ice baby.

shave ice is my fave. annie's in lahaina is the shiz.

throw some ice cream under all that ice and syrup...heaven.

i plan on spending as much of my weekend

as possible with this little delight in my hands.

what're you up to this weekend?

surf's up.

finally made it to maui.

today was a most delicious day filled with beaching,

snorkeling, surfing and whale watching.

yep...you read that right. surfing.

now, i use the term very loosely, as the lesson

was filled with lots...

and lots...

and LOTS of wipeouts.

but i eventually made it to my knees...

...and even got up on my feet for a few seconds.

so basically...i'm a surfer now.

it's what i do. better than kayaking anyway.

the future is NOW.

have you seen these soda machines?!

i think i understand how flummoxed

people were in the olden days when new

inventions were introduced.

cotton gin. microwave oven. velcro.

the futuristic soda machine.

what will they think of next?

shake shake shake it.

have you been to granny's in heber city?

it's worth a trip to utah JUST for their milkshakes.

bestie offered me some of her

rocky road concoction.

i passed in favor of my german chocolate cake shake.

chocolate, caramel, coconut and walnuts.

so good.

go there. NOW. serious.

crash course.

i thought i was getting a crash course in photography.

turns out i got a crash course in modeling, too.

our class model didn't show up, so i played substitute as best i could.

now, we all know i'm not shy but holy cameras! awkward.

all in all, day 1 of AWLA was fabulously fun and oh-so-educational.

nicole is a ball o' sass and beauty and fantastic teacher-ness!

if you've got an art weekend coming your way, don't miss it!

just be sure to get your hair did before you go 'cause

you never know when there'll be a hundred cameras pointed your way.

i pity the fool.

they call it mr. t(iger).

when i saw it, i laughed...for a long time.

get it here.

closet envy.

m'peanut gave me a tour of the costume shop

she works in.

umm...yeah. incredible.

hundreds and hundreds of shoes.

i'm not kidding. HUNDREDS!

racks and racks of clothes.

m'girl is quite the little seamstress.

a project runway shoe-in for sure!

whaddaya say, peanut? after london, maybe?

mini art weekend - los angeles.

headed up to LA on friday for a mini art weekend.

crash courses in photography, adobe photoshop,

adobe illustrator, screenprinting and more!

it's not too late to sign up. go HERE.

see you there!

l.o.v.e.

valentine's day eve was

spent with...

her...

and him...

and these two.

all of whom, i love. like...a lot.

gourmandise.

we hit up the most delicious bakery in slc.

gourmandise. yum yum.

we ate and ate and ate and laughed our heads off.

it was a good night.

together again.

in honor of my utah visit, miss brenda rallied

the peeps for a little dinner.

the bombay house has an excellent reputation.

and rightfully so!

the food was delicious!

the company divine.

it was so good to be together again!

i love bombay house. i love my friends. i love my life.

my funny valentine.

lookin' for a play-by-play of my

valentine's gift to m'bestie? here you go.

i commissioned m'girl, shauna, for this

valentine's day delight.

sweet sweet success.