ROAD TRIP--LA STYLE

Day one of a three day road trip with Andrea to Santa Monica.  Yes, she got the beach with the sand (yeech), but I got the first overcast day all year.

Every road trip to the Beverly Hills area should be celebrated by a trip to Sprinkles

Yes--the picture above is a photo of cupcakes.   When you pick them up they are in a special brown box...

The picture to the right is not the eyes of a mixed up owl....they are very special cupcakes (or were).  I do wonder where she got the recipe for my mom's buttercream frosting.


We headed to our hotel....the Hotel California

Perfect....it is close to the beach, we can both travel back to that moment in time that we actually knew surfers and did not think of them as time-wasting-no-job-deadbeats...we thought they were cool.  You know your day is going well when you open the door to your room and a large poster of Kurt Russell as Snake Plisken awaits...be still my heart.

We wandered over so that Andrea could see the sand--she will touch it tomorrow!

Luckily, Andrea was saved from the sand  and the real "Snakeman" by Spiderman (only in LA).

Only after we took these pictures did we find out that a tip was not just appreciated but demanded....imagine us running down the pier with Spider/Snakeman after us.

What day would be complete without an inspirational trip to Anthropologie

These lovely lamps are simply round wood rings held together by wonderful fabrice....I could do this.

This is a headboard made of metal pipes afixed to the wall with square wire attached and then lovely doilies.  Seriously folks....these people are brilliant!!

Tomorrow it is beach, lunch, and then LACMA!!! I am already excited!!!