Yum....cake

So, not much happened in my world this weekend...the usual..laundry, cleaning, watching movies. Saw a little indie film entitled, "Things to Do". It started out slow and I thought I would not be able to make it through because the acting was a little stiff, but I am glad I held out because it turned out to be a pretty funny little film.

Because I did not have time or energy to take pictures of things at home, I will link to some things that I think are pretty divine. So, dessert...who can really say no. I love these cake designs and I have a feeling that I would not be able to eat them because they are works for art: This cake is by: http://www.sarahmagid.com/index.html


This next one is off of a contest where you can vote on your favorite cake: http://www.brides.com/brides/cakes
Ohhh, and if you vote for your favorite cake you may win it....so go and vote for a cake you like and then maybe we can all have it at my wedding. :)
Right now I have a fabulous plan for the dessert part of the reception, but hey...we can always add a free cake. :)

Lazy Days and shame on me for not posting

Aloha! Whew, I have not posted in a little while here, but that is probably because the last few weeks have been lazy and not that thrilling. I am sure you all want to hear about how I have been working out and my swimsuit has changed to a completely different color due to the over abundance of chlorine in the gym pool and how I have been laying around on the couch getting only about a quarter of the things that I have on my to-do list done.

Over the past two weekends we have been hanging out with friends, enjoying the lovely clean smell of backyard grown lemons in our kitchen and taking much needed naps on the couch with Mr. Woodrow. Here are some pics:
Probably one of the last times we will be at the Poop Deck as it is in the process of being sold and then probably demolished for some trendy hot spot in Hermosa: mmmm... lemony: I love throwing these down the disposal in the sink cause the scent permeates everything. Woody would hate me saying this, but he snores....loudly...it is like a purr snore. Please please no photos!

Palma Springs

So, this weekend we got away. We headed out to the desert for some 80 degree temps and off-roading. We took the geology tour road through Joshua Tree.
I took tons of photos of rock formations and the vast expanse full of Joshua trees. They are so strange. The weather was perfect...not too hot and not too chilly. We spent most of the day off-road navigating the rocks. The trucks got a bit dirty as well:
After being on the road all day we stayed in Palm Springs. We got in after sunset and came to the Doral Resort (located in Cathedral City) which is where we had our reservation. The resort had overbooked themselves so they sent us over to the Holiday Inn in Palm Springs and paid for our stay. It was nice since the hotel was newly renovated and their pool was awesome and just the thing I needed in the morning.....pool and two HOT TUBS. :) So, I got to swim and gaze out at the snow topped mountains.
Overall a fabulous weekend, even though the truck now needs some welding work done on the front shocks. Somewhere off-road the front left shock just tore off it's bolt. We were able to drive back with it dangling with no problem. We stopped at the Outlet stores in Cabazon which I now notice are not really a good deal at all...in fact most of their prices were retail.

Very Rainy

I so wish that weekends and workdays could be switched around...so that we had two days of work and five days of relaxation. As you can probably guess by now...I do not like being in the office.
The weekend was fantastic even though it rained off and on. During the days it was mostly sunny and warm and looked so clear out....but then you would get the grey cover and pouring rain.
Saturday night we got the chance to go and check out the Walt Disney Concert Hall in downtown LA. I was hoping to get some outside pics of it, but it was pouring when we arrived. This was our vantage point in the hall:They were performing a "War Requiem" that was composed in dedication to a church that was bombed in WWII by the Germans and then rebuilt after the war. The Philharmonic played with the LA Children's Choir and the LA Choir. It was quite heavy being a war requiem and the lyrics were not really my fave. I felt for the singers because if I was singing this I would think...What the....... It was a lot of "blood on my chariot wheels", death and dying.
Just what one wants to listen to on a Saturday evening.
The background singing was done in latin I believe and the main soloists sang in English. The building by far was my favorite part of the whole evening. The place is unbelievable and the amount of beautiful wood grains in the building is massive. The centerpiece is this large organ that takes up one whole wall of the hall. The choir was coming in to fill those seats while we took this photo.
The entire score was one hour and 25 minutes and I am so glad I did not need a bathroom break because you are not allowed back in the hall due to the acoustics. So, once you are out- you are out. No intermissions in this one. After the event, Acura (the car company) hosted a reception with coffee and pastries. Yummy! I do hope that I can go back again and see another piece. It is such a beautiful place and there are no bad seats.
The rest of the weekend was spent cleaning and working out at the gym. Love the aqua class on Sunday's and it was pouring yesterday morning while in the class and so I decided not to change and walk to my car in my swimsuit and towel.....I mean might as well since I forgot my umbrella.
Now I am back in the office with absolutely no motivation to do anything. I must push myself to complete something.....I want to get at least one thing on my to-do list done.
P.S. We also watched two movies this weekend, Transformers and Stardust. I was soooo confused in Transformers....half the time I could not figure out what was going on or which monster truck was either good or bad. Stardust...such a cute movie...a definite chick flick, fairy tale story.