LAdventures: getty villa + santa monica pier

roommate adventure feat. special guest angel westover.

getty villa.

n'ice cream @ santa monica place.

santa monica pier.

best. day. ever.

india.

bts from last week's shoot with photographer lindsey boice.

had the incredible opportunity to work with india oxenberg,

who was recently featured in teen vogue.

spent the day in beautiful malibu at the oxenberg/van dien home.

so gorgeous! can't wait for the final images to be published.

love what i do? i'm OBSESSED!

dusty date.

m'dusty came up to visit this weekend.

father's office converts, we are.

we both got the father's office burger.

dusty's kinda picky when it come to food

and had nothing but good things to say about the foodstuffs.

success.

i take all my boys to magnolia.

they fall in love...with magnolia AND me.

see how my plan works there?

we sampled the banana pudding for the first time.

AMAZING! so so SO so delish.

after i sweetened dusty up with lots of good food,

i batted my lashes and convinced him to put together

a shelf for me.

that dusty, such a sweetie.

hey OC peeps, come visit! we'll eat good food

and have a grand ole time!

valentimes day.

matchy matchy.

heart attacks.

vday craft.

best valentimes day in a long time.

how was your lovey dovey day?

LAdventures: venice canals.

miss renee and i popped over to the venice canals

and i'm OBSESSED.

it's so serene and gorg and deliciously unexpected.

i need to hurry up and get a bf (now accepting applications)

so we can have romantic strolls on a weekly basis.

what're your fave LA spots?

christmas flashback.

sure, it's february.

but i miss home.

and christmas was pretty darn great.

just took a trip down memory lane.

cousin time. mama time. niece time. nephew time.

i love my family.

LAdventures: park's finest.

last week, renee rallied the ladies for a night out at the park's finest.

only open on fridays, filipino bbq is the name of the game.

shredded pork, tri tip, coconut beef, grilled veggies, cornbread.

the. food. is. SO. good. the service is amazing.

they hooked us UP.

pretty sure this is where you'll find me friday nights

from now until forever.

is it friday yet?

teenPROM.

super excited to see m'name in a glossy.

5 or 6 editorials in one magazine. hooray!

next stop: vogue!

aminat.

final edits from my shoot with rowan daly + brandon sapin.

had a great time shooting at griffith park. gorg.

love love love.

golden globe recap.

the ladies of the golden globes rocked it OUT this year.

i was doing some seriously drooling over the looks.

here are a few of my faves:

i'm not usually a big fan of super straight hair on the red carpet

but heidi klum rocks it out to perfection.

it's super sleek and gorg but has a hint of bend and movement

that take it from ordinary to extraordinary.

salma's luscious curls are nice but it's her color

that's totally drool worthy.

it's a brunette take on the ombre that is so delish.

emma stone is perfection.

her color. her coloring.

love the side swept part. so simple, so chic.

who were your golden globe faves?

outtakes.

teamed up with uber talented photographer lindsey boice

and celebrity makeup artist ermahn ospina this weekend.

it was a late night shoot that went into the wee hours of the morn.

if this outtake is any indication, the sleep deprivation was totally worth it.

stay tuned for the final images. so excited!

xo

ladies i love.

assisted lucie on the paul mitchell the school next top stylist shoot.

excited for the campaign launch...the images are GORG!

had a great time playing with the FP's and even had

a quick catchup with color guru, kate caussey.

i love that i'm ALWAYS surrounded by amazing mentors.

i'm a lucky lucky girl.

nye.

new years is kind of a weird holiday for me.

last year was pretty good.

a few years ago i went to dland. that was fun.

every other year...totally forgettable.

i don't know what i'm doing for new years.

probably watching this video over and over.

(can we TALK about joseph gordon leavitt??!)

i die.

what are you doing for new years?

finally joined google+.

google+

(yes, i know i'm late in the game)

i don't really get it.

i know...so uncool of me.

one of my friends posted this.

cool.

do you google+?

my little cupcake.

tyler came to visit

("business" trip)

luuuurve him.

we went to magnolia bakery (twice)

i introduced him to the joys of roscoe's.

we had so much fun.

i wish every day was fun with tyler day.

oh hayyyyyy.

i'm a blonde now.

and yes, they do have more fun.

xo

LAdventures: food truck party!

i was out running errands downtown the other day

and came upon a food truck party on wilshire across the street from LACMA.

15 food trucks all in a row. aaaaaamazing!

my tumbly was a grumbling so naturally i stopped.

there were so much deliciousness to choose from but i couldn't

resist the food truck of my people: lidia's dominican kitchen.

roasted chicken. red beans. rice. TOSTONES?!!!

heaven.

i love LA.

a toast! to french toast.

last week, i came into a large amount of baguettes.

(left over catering from a shoot i worked on)

wanting to mix it up i decided to try making french toast.

i gathered up some eggs, cream, vanilla and cinnamon

to begin the adventure.

honestly, i didn't measure out the ingredients.

(eyeballing it is how i roll in the cooking department)

but here are some discoveries i made:

make sure to cut the baguette thin enough or let it soak long enough that the egg mixture gets soaked all the way to the middle. otherwise, you end up with an egg-y outside and a dry inside. nobody likes that.

we were low on syrup, so i combined some cinnamon and sugar in a separate bowl and dipped the french toast in it right after pulling it out of the pan. delish! you could also put it back in the pan for a sec to caramelize the sugar. worth the few extra minutes (promise).

i'm no genius in the kitchen but this was super easy. it's a great way to use bread that's a couple days old and kinda crusty. the egg mixture softens the bread right up!

genius.

i just discovered the genius playlist function.

basically, you take a song that you love on your ipod,

click genius and it uses your music library

to create a playlist for you based around that particular song.

uhhh...game changer.

example. so i'm rollin' with m'girl renee and robin thicke's "get you alone" comes on.

we both start car dancing like crazy and i say: "i need to build a playlist around this song."

and miss renee "i'm so smarty pants i passed the bar" says: "let's see what genius comes up with."

oh, only the best playlist everrrrr! including:

prince - musicology

marvin gaye - got to give it up

beyonce - get me bodied

112 - dance with me (!!!)

estelle - more than friends

GENIUS!

what song would you build a playlist around???

gratitude: day 21.

holidays alone are no fun at all.

LUCKILY, m'peanut is coming to visit.

eeeeeiiiiiii!!!

i'm headed to OC for turkey day.

i'm grateful i don't have to be alone for thanksgiving!

gobble gobble.