On the first day of spring...

...I was born!

What an amazing, amazing day. I had such a wonderful and lovely birthday thanks to all my dear friends and family.

My sister took me to Tres by Jose Andres at the SLS Hotel in Beverly Hills for their afternoon tea. and I am seriously sad we didn't take more pictures because I stupidly left my camera in the car and said, "it's ok i'll use my phone" when my sis offered to grab it before the valet drove it away. WELL I WILL NOT MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE ON HER BIRTHDAY! Nonetheless we had a lovely afternoon...

Rifle Lamp

Lighted acrylic moose head above fireplace

Afternoon Tea Menu

Delicious little tiny bites 

It looks like it's glowing! But it wasn't

Dressed in our best 60s inspired clothing

After Tea Time I went home expecting to have a lovely dinner with my husband at Sushi Kimugare. I was really looking forward to this place since it got good reviews from Yelp and one of our friends highly recommended it as well! Well lo and behold, he took me to Apricott...a lovely little restaurant in Pasadena that I adore. I had mentioned to him a few weeks prior that they had a private room and I would love to have a birthday dinner there. And he remembered! He surprised me with my dearest friend...

an almost life-sized hello kitty ballon.

and my other lovely friends. isn't this room just gorgeous?!

Tofu Delight

Abricott Burger. 

And here is where all the food pictures ended because my photographer/husband started to eat

Souffle Cheesecake from Francis Bakery.

(This is THE BEST cheesecake in the WORLD)

I'm so happy!! I <3 you guys!

Thanks for coming! 

Thank you all for taking a little time out of your day to wish me a happy birthday and to come celebrate with me. I am so grateful to have all of you in my life!

Event: Style Suite @ Viceroy by Daily Candy & Suave

On Tuesday there was an event hosted by Daily Candy at the Viceroy Hotel in Santa Monica for the premiere of NBC's Fashion Star. The first fifty RSVPs were lucky enough to get their hair done by Suave Professionals in the Style Suite. This was too good an event to pass up! So of course my sister and I went to the Viceroy an hour before the event even started. and yes we were first! 

Before the event started we waited in the Cameo Lounge. The entire hotel was gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous. It's fashionable, chic and girly. I definitely want to come back and check out this lounge on the weekend especially since they have a poolside bar. While we waited we had a glass of prosecco and an order of the croquettes. Both equally delicious! (I was also famished so I may be a bit biased.) 

After we went in the style suite we both got our hair done and our picture professionally taken! They also had us do a video testimonial about what we thought of the products and the style suite. I thought the products smelled amazing! I totally did not expect that from a Suave product. But their new Keratin line smells like something they would use in an upscale salon. After we got our little makeover we headed into the screening room and there was sushi, veggies, fruits and hor dourves for us to snack on. Of course there was unlimited prosecco. We also got a caricature! Even though we didn't stay for the screening we each left with a gift bag filled with the Suave products they used in the style suite! 

Can't wait to attend another event like this!