This past weekend Chris and I had the honor of attending the wedding of Diana and Eric, a sectionmate of Chris's from HBS! What a beautiful wedding it was, most of it organized by Diana, and so very much fun! It was great to catch up with friends from Boston, especially Patrick, Patricia and Brad. We look forward to seeing all those guys again very soon. Gotta make it happen!
The lovely bride and groom!
Me and my hubby at the wedding.
I think I caught Chris and Patrick mid-laugh.
Patricia and I. Poor thing got into a bicycle accident just a week before the wedding.
Towards the end of the wedding, drums were set up and one of Diana's friends, also a guest of the wedding, showed off her mad drumming skills. I have a new goal in life to be able to play the drums at a friend's wedding (yeah, probably not going to happen, but a girl can dream). It was so awesome and gave a very cool vibe to the reception. Watch her in action below. So cool!
In addition to attending the wedding, we also did a little bit of sightseeing and friend-seeing. When we arrived on Friday morning, we headed to Manhattan Beach to eat lunch with our good friends Alisha and Ryan. We ate lunch at a yummy Greek restaurant called Petros. It was so great to finally see them. It has been a long two years. Can't wait to see them again, probably in their soon-to-be-new home in San Diego.
Ryan and Alisha
Alisha and I
Manhattan Beach
Manhattan Beach (another view)
The pier at Manhattan Beach.
Friday night we had dinner with Patrick, Patricia and Brad at an uber-cool restaurant at the Viceroy Hotel in Santa Monica called Whist. The food was good, the atmosphere was excellent.
On Saturday, we got in as much sightseeing as we could before the wedding. We started out by having breakfast at Urth Caffe where they have a trademark Spanish Latte that was so yummy. Thanks to Maureen for recommending this place. I highly recommend it as well if you are ever in LA, it is a must try. After stuffing ourselves, we made our way up to Mulholland Drive to get a good view of the Hollywood sign. Unfortunately, there was quite a bit of haze, so the pictures aren't great. Oh well, better luck next time. As you can see from the pictures below, we drove down Hollywood Boulevard, one too many times, Rodeo Drive, drove by Warner Brothers Studios, checked out the Santa Monica Pier, from afar, and drove up to Malibu where I put my feet in the Pacific Ocean for the first time. It was a great trip! I can't wait to go back to LA for a visit.
I'll just go ahead and ask for forgiveness for my Pretty Woman quotes!
"Welcome to Hollywood! What's your dream?"
Warner Brothers Studios, unfortunately, they didn't ask me to come in and film something.
Hollywood Boulevard
Capital Records
"Beverly Hills, what a thrill!" Guess that movie?
"Rodeo Drive, baby!"
"Reg...Bev....Wil!"
On the drive up to Malibu, we drove by Pepperdine University where they had placed a flag for every person lost on 9/11. What a moving memorial.
What a great trip! We plan to get down to LA at some point but as you know it's about an 8 or 9 hour drive and um I am not doing that with a 2 year old :) Looks like you had a great time!!
Fun trip - Urth Cafe is sooo good. They have the best homemade apple juice! When we were there Courtney Cox & Jennifer Aniston had been there earlier in the day!
What a great trip! We plan to get down to LA at some point but as you know it's about an 8 or 9 hour drive and um I am not doing that with a 2 year old :) Looks like you had a great time!!
ReplyDeleteFun trip - Urth Cafe is sooo good. They have the best homemade apple juice! When we were there Courtney Cox & Jennifer Aniston had been there earlier in the day!
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