weekend:

i'm back this week! thanks for all your kind get well wishes and tips from last week! it really made my day. nicholas got me some medicine (even though i'm stubborn and insisted that i didn't need medicine) but it really helped.

so i haven't done a weekend update in a while, and i thought my last weekend was definitely blog-worthy. whew, this is a long post but i hope you enjoy ;)

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so friday night was the bf's birthday: he had to work all day but we went to disneyland afterward. since we have passes, he got a free $60 gift card - sweet! we took the train to new orleans square, got a funnel cake, and left. we're such an old couple, he just wanted to get home and relax ;) plus when you have a pass, you can go whenever you want!

then on saturday, nick and i drove into the sunset to san diego for my little brother's girlfriend's dance show called body rock. it was a hip hop competition: and it was so incredible! even nick liked it, which i didn't think he'd be into it at all. anyway, it was her last show and we thought it'd be good to support. her team is called tm (team millennia) for any of you who are familiar with teams. they did awesome! i knew samantha was on a team but when i met steppie, she told me all about it since she was on a team in college as well.

i am amazed at how close the dance community is: everyone seems so supportive and amazing. and dancing in itself is such a neat expression of creativity. steppie had so many dance friends stop by and support her when we did the uc irvine show.. one of steppie's friend's even knew my little brother's girlfriend.

anyway, nick's favorite dance was by Poreotics, their performance was super creative and entertaining :) my favorite dance was by common ground, it seriously made me teary! if you have a chance, you have to watch it and tell me what you think! the quality on youtube is good. lots of cheering and madness, haha.

so sunday was a back to back day. nick and i headed to la in the morning to go to universal studios. i'm a big fan of universal, it's not usually too crowded (like disneyland) and it's fun. there's fun backdrops, like the one in the first picture: the book shop from notting hill! i like that my dress matched the entire thing.. and the 2nd picture is the famous shark backdrop... i'm sure we wouldn't be smiling if that were alive. ;)

ok, one of my favorite things to do at universal is go on the studio tram tour. they take you through sets and you get to see all the leftover props from movies and stuff. so if you have already recognized: that is susan mayer's house from desperate housewives! we got to see all the houses, i'm a fan of the show so it was lots of fun.

then they have the bates hotel stage from psycho. and they have a real person pretending to be norman bates! haha. he came out from the room with a body and put it in the trunk of the car. could you imagine if that were your job? all you have to do all day is walk around and pretend to be really creepy. he was legit.

after universal, we headed to glendale for a so cal blogger's lunch! i was invited by the most sweetest lady ever: dionne from city of dionne! i hadn't met anyone before, so i made nick come with me for support. it turns out i had nothing to worry about - everyone was so cool! dionne had put together lots of amazing goody bags for everyone, we talked a lot of nerd talk about twitter, blogs, and facebook. had lunch, some akward jumping pics (which are not included below, hehe) -- it was so much fun.

friends from left to right: Dionne, Maggi, Bethany, Sabrina, Lindsey,

the girls holding eric.
and then all the boys..some of them have blogs!
( Eric, Andrew, Jon )

the first picture is maggi, i brought something for the grand prize but since i won it, i couldn't win my own prize! so we drew another name and she won! so she's modeling all her winnings and i think she is quite adorable.

the 2nd pic is of lindsey and jon! it was their anniversary but they still came out all the way from san diego! after the lunch, jon started his own blog, which i thought was pretty cool since some of the boys were bashing blogs ;)

then there is bethany, who is enjoying some desert that dionne got for us!

and the last pic is nicholas, going over his paper. we played this super fun game that eric taught us. eric was so cool, he is a structural enginner by day and he is an extra in tv shows! he mentioned he was in the season finale of desperate so i just had to watch. and he sure was, right behind eva longoria in the church scene at the end. so cool, haha.

i won the giveaway prize! i couldn't believe it, i never win anything! it included some amazing soaps from spa delights and vintage pyrex tea cups from the kitchen shoppe and some very cute hair clips from ready go!

and then there i am with the beautiful dionne. she is quite amazing for putting this whole thing together: from all the food to the gift bags for everyone, and not only that, but she was so incredibly sweet! and she is just like me - she burns toast! the last image is her sad face with the completely burnt garlic bread in the trash, haha. thank you for letting me be a part of the lunch dionne!

have you ever met bloggers in real life? there is a whole list of blogger's i'd love to meet for reals. i feel super fortunate in all the connections and friends i've made through this little blog.

well that is it for my weekend update. that was a long one ;)