Doing our best LA Blogger
There are few things sweeter in life than celebrating birthdays with your besties. For the last handful of years, my springtime birthday girls and I have toast our next year with a dinner out on the town including non-stop gabbing, obnoxiously loud laughter and a glass of vino or two. It has become a tradition I look forward to every year and one I know we will continue until we are grannies. This year felt particularly special as we all turned 35, have had babies in the last year and a half and are approaching 20 years of friendship. It only seemed appropriate to gift ourselves the greatest luxury imaginable in this season of early mama life, time away. The laughs were as big, the conversation was as meaningful but let me tell you the late nights and boozy brunches of our 20’s were solidly replaced with the 5:00 dinner reservation, 1 glass of wine preference and 10:30 tuck in for bed of our mid-30’s. This is 35!
LA Girls Weekend Itinerary:
Friday
Check in at The London, West Hollywood
Rooftop pool for lunch + sunshine (the truffle fries!)
Dinner at Republique (Big Eye Tuna toast is one of the best bites of food of my entire life)
Dessert at Jeni’s Ice Cream
Saturday
Breakfast at Joan’s on Third
The Now for Massage
Abbot Kinney for Lunch + Shopping
Dinner at Kismet
Dessert at McConnell’s
Sunday
The Assembly for Coffee + Matcha
Brunch at Gracias Madre
Quick stop at Erewhon Market + The Grove for a few goodies before flying home
Poolside Buddies at The London’s rooftop pool
Impeccable Design at Republique
This little unassuming bite of food earned a place on my Best Food of my Life” list
The G+T…for the record, Sam, the somm, was a delight
The battle of the specialty ice cream shops kicked off at Jeni’s with a little bit of everything
Like the movies (but in an Uber)
Joan, you just get me
Vanilla pound cake as a wink to my Grandma Jane, she always had it on hand
The Now is massage heaven (cool add-ons like CBD oil + coconut oil head massage)
Chair envy
The sweetest moment in the thick of the city
Well, thank you!
My girls
Random taco truck on the street turned out to be the most insanely fresh ahi poke taco ever
Birthday gift to myself, new sunnies
Matcha at Intelligentsia in Venice (not as good as my homemade)
❤ LOVE ❤
I could eat this cucumber salad from Kismet every day this summer
Fresh feta, thyme, beets
Crispy rice with a runny yolk in the middle
Bumps + Scoops
McConnell’s for round two of the LA ice cream challenge, my vote goes to these guys
go get ’em tiger all lit up at night
Of course LA coffee shops have curated insta moments
This cutie coffee girl
Brunch Dream come to life at Gracias Madre
Honestly, the food was good (not great) but this patio is a happy hour waiting to happen
Perfect weekend away made even better when I get updates like this, my boys!
a touch of lovely 