25 Before I’m 75 revision

Aug 4, 2010

em..gee!! I just stumbled upon this ridiculously rad life list *makes my meager list look silly*

Can I just steal hers and start over? I suppose I could have put much more thought and imagination into mine. Ride a camel…hells yeah…in Egypt…even better…watch the sunset at the pyramids…yes please…why didn’t I think of these?? I knew these things were inside my brain but seeing Mighty Girl Maggie’s list has dug them out of the graveyard my brain filed them under.
1…See our daughter graduate from University in 2032 *hopefully with honors from Oxford*

2…Go to Buñol, Spain for La Tomatina *tomato throwing festival*

3…See Bjork play live at Glastonbury in the UK and in Reykjavík, Iceland

4…take my kid to a presidential inauguration *hopefully Obama will be re-elected in 2012*

5…drive a car on the left side of traffic *in any of the left-sided countries UK, India, South Africa, Japan, Indonesia or Australia/New Zealand* *we plan to rent a car in London during the Olympics although traffic will be ridiculous*

6…Cook an entire Thanksgiving dinner for 8 guests

7…Learn to speak French *at least conversationally*

8…Read 12 Classic novels *Oliver Twist, Pride & Prejudice, Jane Eyre, Moby Dick, Wuthering Heights, The Glass Menegerie, The Great Gatsby, Atlas Shrugged, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Lord of the Flies, Animal Farm, A Tale of Two Cities* italics are ones I have read. Hopefully Olivia will read these too.

9…learn to sew *Ask Antz Mom to teach me* and make this adorable dress for Liv

10…Volunteer at an Animal Shelter

11…Visit all 5 Disneyland Theme Parks *California, Florida, Paris, Tokyo and Hong Kong*

12…give birth naturally *drug-free* *sadly I succumbed to 3 epidurals but I did give birth to our beautiful daughter Olivia Lily, June 2, 2010*

13…attend the red carpet at a major awards show *Golden Globes or Academy Awards*

14…create a blog dedicated to my life travels

15…renew our wedding vows in Hawaii for our 10 year anniversary *pushing date to 8/2014, our 12 year anniversary because of the 2012 London Olympics, we also plan to bring our Mothers on this trip*

16…purchase a hybrid environmentally-friendly car *my lease is up 8/2011 and I’ll most likely get a VW Jetta Wagon TDI, although I need to see if it will fit in our garage*

17…purchase an airstream and road trip throughout North America

18…stay at 20 W hotels around the world *turns out there are 4 W’s in Atlanta alone and I don’t plan on visiting Georgia anytime soon, so I am revising the list to visit the following W’s worldwide*

W Silicon Valley

W San Diego

W London *London Olympics 6/27/2012*

W Washington DC *for presidential inauguration in 2012 or National Spelling Bee in 2022*

W Westwood

W San Francisco *maybe for my birthday next year*

W New York

W New Orleans

W Austin

W Montréal

W Mexico City *With Antz Mom*

W Paris

W Istanbul

W Bangkok

W Hong Kong

W Singapore

W Marrakech

W St. Petersburg

W Athens

W Maldives *our 20th anniversary 8/18/2022*

19…see Olivia compete in the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington DC

20…completely renovate our next house *My Dream House*

21…have our nursery/home featured on Ohdeedoh blog *DONE!*

22…spend one year living abroad *London or Paris would be dreamy*

23…attend the opening ceremony of the Summer Olympics *planning to go to London 2012*

24…visit the 7 Wonders of the World *Great Wall of China, Taj Mahal India, The Colosseum, Rome, Machu Picchu Peru, Great Pyramid Eygpt, Petra Jordan and Christ the Redeemer Brazil* I’ll be happy if I get to at least 3 of these

25…spend Christmas at a Bed & Breakfast in Canada *Montréal ideally*

He needs me, He needs me

Aug 3, 2010

Antz and I are obsessed with this song *and I adore Shelly Duvall*

Today is a ho-hum type of day. Nothing extraordinary planned. I could go to Target but I’m staying home since my Mom is due in town and may drop by. I just gave Liv a bath and she is contently napping on her playmat. I have New Orleans on my mind. Yesterday I called and the hotel is indeed sold out for that weekend. The reservations agent is supposed to email me if anyone cancels but that may be unlikely. I so could use a vacation but I’m not sure New Orleans is the best place for Olivia. Our friends will want to spend their time in the bars and I would rather hang out in the cemetary *and meet a real witch doctor*. Keith & Tina know some people who could babysit for us but I’m not so keen on leaving her with strangers. I would much rather take her to San Francisco for her first flight. We are familiar with the city, it’s much more bebe friendly and there is a W there *#18*

*we stayed at the W in San Jose*

Virgin America is having a sale for flights from LA to SF for $49 each way. It would be awesome to go for our anniversary but then we’d miss our annual Duke’s Malibu dinner

Last year they changed the surf n’ turf to Polynesian steak. I am hoping this year it’s back to the original. We plan on taking Liv *hoping she’ll sleep the entire time*

Happy August & Happy Birthday Olivia!!

Aug 3, 2010

That’s right, my favorite month is here and Olivia is now 2 months old!! So exciting

Keith & Tina’s pool party was fabulous *despite the chilly weather* We went to Aimee’s first to pick up my BabyHawk and give Aimee her router *she was so happy* then we arrived in Westchester at 3:30. We thought we were late but we were the first to arrive. Soon after Story & Chris showed up. Keith & Tina’s kitchen remodel looks incredible *as expected* I forgot to take pictures but we will be going over there again on Labor Day weekend
Olivia was fantastic in the water!! She really enjoyed it. I can’t wait to take her swimming again.

Keith & Tina have a vacation condo in New Orleans and they invited us to come out there for Halloween. I really want to go. I’ve been wanting to visit New Orleans for a year now *they have 2 W hotels!* Problem is, the airfare is really expensive and it seems the W in the French Quarter is booked Halloween weekend. I can still call the hotel and see if any rooms are available. Look how pretty!

My Last birthday as a non-Mum

Mar 21, 2010

I need to hurry and finish this post because I am fighting sleepiness and I have to remember the events of the evening. Beginning backwards, as we were leaving the Standard rooftop bar, I walked right past Cameron fucking Diaz! I am kicking myself that I didn’t immediately ask her to take a picture with the bebe but I was exhausted, didn’t have my camera out and she was walking like quickly and I didn’t want to be a pest. Boo! I usually never past up a celeb photo op. Well, despite that, the evening was perfection, we made to Morton’s right on time. The food and the service was impeccable! The dinner felt really 5 star, our waitress was really cool and I managed to eat a lot *although I did have leftovers*

FOOD GLORIOUS FOOD!!!

Antz had filet mignon with shrimp Alexander, he gave me one of the shrimp, soo yum!

I had filet mignon with scallops wrapped in bacon to perfection.

Dessert was molton lava chocolate cake and vanilla ice cream, I wish everyday was my birthday!

I had to take week 29 at dinner, the hostess gave us this pic. Can’t wait to take Olivia here for dinner.

After dinner we went over to the Standard and just made it before 7pm to meet my friends, Story, Jes, Tom and Dave.

The rooftop pool, I so wanted to jump in!

So cute!

Sheesh boobies!

Looks good Jes!

Me & Dave

My friends are the best! We really love that place and hope to go again soon. My husband is so rad for making my birthday such fun. I couldn’t be happier. Tomorrow we are going back to Bel Air to pick up the rest of the bebe furniture and hopefully finish painting. Everything is going to perfect, I fucking love my life!

Goodbye Ruby Tuesday

Dec 10, 2009

That song has been stuck in my head for a few days now. Last night I went to prenatal yoga, which was lovely but I am sore. Tonight we are going to Paramount to see The Lovely Bones. I am going to see my sis-in-law at Bed, Beth & Beyond today to buy a few things

Boppy Pillow
At first I was going get the Snoogle *shaped like a candy cane* but I like that I can use this to nurse.

I hope this works, it’s early now but in January movement begins and I would love to play classical for the baby.

Everyone has to have a Hooter Hider

My sis-in-law is getting me a 20% discount. I really want to take advantage of the end of year sales but we don’t have any place to store things. Last Monday I was checking out Young House Love and I got inspired and attempted my 1st mood board.

I know it’s a bit cluttered and the text is overwhelming but I was excited and I wanted to try to put everything in the room at once. I still have to figure out how to put in the crib bedding. I’m glad I could visualize the room but I wonder if it lacks color, and it’s going to be difficult to find the right wall paint. We are keeping the 2 brown walls and I wanted to put a square pattern of teal, turqouise, lime green, Tiffany box blue and orange. However, I have seen this exact pattern in magazines and Bringing Home Baby a few too many times. I would like to put up a wall size canvas behind the crib and have Antz draw a mural but I’m not sure of what. I have seen too many trees, safari animals and monkey murals. I love this piece of art I saw at Monkeyhouse in Silverlake *which is sadly closing next month*

Lorax by Darren Goldman. I can’t bring myself to have any other artist besides my husband in the nursery. Ah well, hopefully the popcorn ceiling removal will happen this month and sometime in March we will seriously plan paint. So, being that next year is right around the corner, I have a new babymoon destination. I think it’s quite suitable as it is international travel and it has a W hotel 🙂 Drumroll please, Montréal, Quebec, Canada.

I am hoping we can go the weekend of my birthday in March. I will be 29 weeks so I can still fly without a doc’s note. I have always wanted to go to Montreal, I love the French culture and I am excited to go to the Biodome and see the Artic animals. I also hope to pick up a bunch of toys for the baby out there.

Sing a song of sixpence, a pocket full of posies

Nov 11, 2009

I just realized I need to brush up on my nursery rhymes and songs. It has been a week since I wrote, but I can’t say it’s been busy. I have been stuck in a daily routine that is feeling quite monotonous. We bought tile for our front stairs this weekend and Antz will be taking Thursday off to work on them. I also got free tix for a screening of Fantastic Mr. Fox, a Wes Anderson film. I am just disappointed Anjelica Huston is not in it

Anjelica and Jeff Goldblum *my crush*

We are going to our first official Ob/Gyn appt. on Thursday. I scheduled the nuchal screening test for Nov. 24th. I feel like I’m on pause. I am too early for any fun preggo events. I have been taking naps everyday around the same time. I am looking forward to starting prenatal yoga next month. Hopefully I can figure out a way to get some weekly swimming into my activities *Keith & Tina’s house*. I feel a little blue because I would love to be starting some home reno projects to prep our house for sale and we can get into Atwater Village. Well, it’s not a bright idea to be around major work while I’m preggers. So maybe 2010 will be the year we move. Still craving a babymoon, I will have to book soon because after 20 weeks, no travel.

My dream Babymoon

Big Sur Glen Oaks Cabins

There is also a spa nearby. Not sure how great I would feel after a 6 hour drive but at least it’s close. My lovely is making his amazing tacos for dinner so I shall leave you.

Baby, Baby, Babymoon

Oct 19, 2009

I need a vacay! Seems strange to want to go on a vacation after spending the last 168 hours in bed but I am dying to take a trip. I am leaning towards New York but now that I am really thinking about it, I really want to go to New York so we can go to Niagara Falls and I read that I can’t take the Maid of the Mist boat tour if I’m preggers. My friends just went so it makes me want to go more.

It looks pretty but there isn’t much to do there unless we go to Canada.
Besides, I’ve been to New York like 8 times and maybe I should try somewhere I haven’t been…Hawaii, yeah right! Maybe we can take a weekend road trip up the coast to Santa Barbara or Big Sur. I would like to go in March around my birthday *I’ll be about 6 months by then*. Last time we took a trip was back in April, we went to San Diego to see Lily Allen. It was a blast, we stayed at the W. My dream is to stay at every W in the world which is quite ambitious since there are 52 hotels and 14 more being built. Maybe I can go to at least 20, so far I have 3 down!

Today was an interesting day

Aug 10, 2009

Check this shit out!

Legend

Blue – Los Angeles *Highland Park* where we reside

Red – Places we have traveled together

Green – Places I have traveled

White – Places Antz has traveled

Yellow – Places we hope to travel *with Bebe*

I… *along with Antz help* put together my map project. I was so giddy as I pushed in each pin. I can’t wait until I can say I have been to every place on my map. Hopefully, our next trip will be in 2012 to London for the Olympics. I also found out the lovely news that my all-time favorite hotel will be opening in London in 2010, the W! I adore the W. They are the best hotels I have ever stayed at. They have the most comfy beds, excellent room service and posh decor. So far I have only stayed at 2 🙁

W San Diego