neil patrick harris

oh how i love NPH!  so much that he deserves his own blog post.  after hearing that nph {yea i call him nph, we are tight like that} received a star on the hollywood walk of fame, i knew it would be one of my top places to see on my trip to LA!  we stumbled upon the star on day 1 and as i screamed with joy, people either thought i actually saw nph or had been stabbed.  either very likely scenarios.  obviously, this is such a special site that it required a second trip for a photo shoot.  yay, for nph!!!

"we got more bounce in california, we like to party all the time"

day 2 in cali was a really beautiful day! the sun was shining, weather was perfect, and there were so many sites to see! we headed up the 405 and stopped in santa monica. our very first stop was for paula. apparently there is some show on mtv about a big girl who works at a clothing store. paula loving a show about fat people. shocker! so we made our way to the store where this girl works. sadly, we didn't see her but paula got a picture so i'd say it was a success!

next we stopped at the santa monica pier where i dipped my toes in the pacific ocean for the first time ever! it couldn't have been more beautiful. beach. mountains. ferris wheel. constant texts about the wolfpack beating clemson. awesome! we sat on the beach for a while enjoying the sites (aka people watching).

once we were done lounging on the beach, we drove through beverly hills and hollywood to go to the griffith observatory. we made it just in time to see the sunset and what a site it was!

after looking out over LA, we checked in to a hotel right in the middle of hollywood. one of allison's friends got us an amazing deal at a marriott so we stayed there saturday night so we wouldn't have to make the drive back to long beach. we found (after a lot of wandering around) a restaurant for dinner and enjoyed hollywood at night!

it really was a perfect LA day.

more pictures from the day...

the golden state

so i'm finally getting around to posting about my trip to sunny california! 

for a more in depth summary of the trip, read this.

i arrived late on thursday after a miserable flight from the east coast. is it just me or have airplanes gotten smaller and more uncomfortable and people more annoying? and add on having a cold! let's just say the lady next to me thought i was an emotional wreck because the change in altitude caused lots of pain in my head and my tear ducts to flow. but a mere 72 hours (ok it was more like 6), i made it to LAX! unfortunately, didn't see a single celeb. i was really looking hard, though. i guess flying coach on a commercial airline isn't the best place to see a celeb. 

on friday, allison had to work and paula didn't fly in until the afternoon so i had some time to explore long beach. about an hour later, i had explored long beach and was ready to move on to the big city! in long beach, i drove around downtown, checked out a farmer's market, and snuck on to the queen mary... then it kinda freaked me out being enclosed in that huge boat so i snuck back out- props to jack and rose!

that night, we headed to one of the other intern houses (aka allison's friend's house) for one of their birthdays. this house is in hollywood so we got our first taste of the big time! i also found out later that brandon (the birthday boy) is some sort of cousin (first, second, distant... i'm not sure) of kris humphries (kim k's ex-hubby). he was even at their wedding. whattttt! now, let me make clear that i do not like kim k or kris h but STILL! how could someone not tell me information like this?? allison just happened to forget but i think she was saving herself from the embarrassment of me asking him a million questions. which i would have done and i would have not been one bit embarrassed. if you couldn't tell, i'm still pretty upset that i didn't get to talk to him about it.

1 day down, 5 to go so stay tuned for more!

california here we come!

i am headed off to cali tonight! i am so excited to see alli and all the sites in LA (and hopefully a few celebs).  many updates to come!

L.A. or bust

3 of my friends are currently on a road trip from raleigh to L.A. (via new orleans which still doesn't make sense to me).  check out their adventures here.  I'm still pretty upset that I'm not on this trip but I am enjoying the blog updates.  I'm also pretty upset that they are leaving Allison in L.A. for a whole year! 

miss you already, allicat!

baby ava

i finally got to meet my friend's {tom and kristen johnson} sweet little baby, ava, recently.

it was so good to spend time with old friends and to get to hold ava!

 tom and kristen live in washington, nc {little washington} where my grandmother 

used to live so i had to make a stop at her old house.