I'm back!

Alright.

I'm back.

Let's see....

Not many eventful things.

Went to San Fran, Vegas, and Hawaii this summer.

Got a new camera!


Sony T7 in Black.

Here are some pics I took on my camera:


Moley on Richard's lap in the car.

[Ok, takes too long to post pics so I will post more later]

Worked a lot. Still working out at Bodies in Motion. Although I completely abandoned my "diet". Had a couple of warehouse sales. And this week I am dogsitting Pepe!



That's Pepe when he was young. He's much bigger now, and much naughtier! He is getting used to having big dogs around though... he tries to play with them and he chases them. Doesn't work too well with Moley (who just stands there looking confused) but when he provokes Lulu... she can get pretty mean.

They're playing right now.

Vina is over right now too. She's playing with them. She had "nothing to do" at home. Pretty sad. 13" TV.

Okay that's it for tonight.

:D

This Weekend!

"The Warehouse Sale" is having another sale event... it's this weekend (Saturday, June 18) It's mostly denim but this time we'll have both men's and women's. And I'm talking a ton, a ton, a ton of denim from 7 to Citizens to 575 to Salt Works to Frankie B, Hudson and a million other brands that you people normally pay retail for. Mostly new & current styles, everything 40-60% off retail.

Other than jeans we'll also have other summer fashions as well as some jewelry and accessories from up-and-coming Los Angeles designers.

Where: Hollywood Metropolitan Hotel on Sunset
When: June 18, 9am-5pm

The event is free if you RSVP so make sure you do so at http://www.the-warehouse-sale.com

Help me spread the word... e-mail your friends and bring your buddies :) We have thousands of pairs so there'll be enough to go around.

Contending

I am loving my gym! Thanks e*!

For the past couple of weeks I've been trying out a few of the executive boxing classes (rumored to burn 950 calories/hour)... they are awesome. It's a professional fighters' routine that involving stretching, shadow boxing, bag work, combination drills, lower body conditioning, and abdomen work. The first time I took the class I only lasted 30 minutes. Now 2 tries later I can stick it out for the entire class :)



I especially love the series taught by Lloyd (although those push-up combinations can be killer) and Amine (which is faster paced but good to get you pumped). I am going to try to do this class at least twice a week. I have to put those new boxing gloves to use!

Showin' the lil sis around

Vina came up last night to spend a day with me :) And boy did we live it up :)

I picked up her up last night at 8pm. I let her drive up to LA in my car. I was feeling crazy :) It was only her 3-4th time driving on the freeway and her 2nd car driving my car. Living on the wild side. Once we arrived in LA, Vina felt like eating buffalo wings so I took her to Hooters. What was I thinking? Hooters during the NBA playoffs? Other than the waitresses, we were the only girls there! Then we went to Diddy Riese. Great diet I'm on, huh? :) We shared a chocolate chip cookie-cookies n cream ice cream sandwich. Yum. A whole dollar. Gotta go there more often.

Today we woke up late... we were supposed to stop by SMC in the morning so Vina could get her materials for registration, but we ended up waking up at 10:30am. We had to rush to get ready and we headed to Barneys for a Shu Uemura makeover. They had celebrity make-up artists from Tokyo Lash Bar in New York fly in to give complimentary makeovers. Well, they aren't really complimentary.... they always somehow swindle you into spending hundreds of dollars on make up you think you need. :) After Soomin, Vina and I got prettied up, we headed upstairs for a lunch of Barney's infamous smoked salmon.

After our lunch, Vina and I headed up to Burbank to go prom dress shopping at my friend's warehouse. She's been eyeing a certain BCBG dress that she saw on the website and lucky for her my friend had one in just her size! Awwww... the baby of the family is going to prom! Sigh, growing up so fast.

Then later in the evening we went to the Grove to eat some crepes. I really should start watching my diet. It's taking double the effort at the gym to keep the weight off when I eat like this. Oh well, maybe after this bag of pita chips I'm snacking on right now. :D

Fajita Pita

Yum!

I've been on the hunt for a "healthy snack"... since I've started working out and getting back into shape, I've also been altering my diet. I've been putting more effort into eating vegetables and trying to cut down on fatty meats. I also hold back on "white" carbs when I can... replacing them with wheat bread, brown rice, etc. when possible.

The one thing that I haven't been able to change is my snacking habits. I've tried soy chips, snacking on carrots, even fruits but nothing killed my cravings for Baked Lay's until now...

I was at Wild Oat's and decided to try a bag of Stacy's Pita Chips. I got the parmesan, garlic & herb flavor... and they are really good! Crispy and crunchy, unlike rice cakes or soy-based chips. The flavor is just right, not too much sodium and very low in fat.



Another new snack I've discovered recently are Healthy Handfuls. They are $1 a bag at Jamba Juice or you can find larger sizes at Wild Oats. They taste like a lighter, crunchier, airy-er version of goldfish.