These past few weeks have seen many an "adventure"....

....What an exciting and busy past few weeks!! First, Em's wedding--good times! ....you were all there. But, there's more!

I was afforded the opportunity to head south to beautiful Burbank and go to Em and Chad's open house in his home town. Mom and I flew down on Thursday after the wedding and spent a little time hanging out with Em and Chad! Burbank is a great city... their apartment is literally just blocks from Nickelodeon, Disney animation studios, Warner Brothers, NBC (with Late Night with Jay Leno), the ORIGINAL Bob's Big Boy (complete with car hops and an antique car show on Friday nights), and, my favorite-- Yummy Cupcakes!

Now, let me tell you just a little bit about these cupcakes. They are not good. No. They are fabulous! Make that fabulous, cubed.

Here we are exiting the shop. It was tough to leave.



Emily is here pointing out just a few of their decadent creations. We went for CHOCOLATE!! Imagine that. Heavy on the chocolate. We came out with a six pack!!! Don't be fooled by the white one. It's chocolate with a cream cheese and coconut frosting. Excellent.

It was wonderful to get a little more WEDDING in... the open house was great, hosted by Chad's mom, Ellen, and his sister. It was held at Chad and Em's church (hand's down, the coolest one I've seen-- a renovated country club in the hills of at the edge of Burbank--elevators, a huge gym, outdoor patio, and a fabulous view). I have only a few pictures of the night. Em got a new digital camera earlier in the day, she broke it out and I went crazy being the "photographer" for the event. Emily's got all the pics on her new camera.
It was a "cupcake" event. The mock wedding cake was a tower of designer cup cakes...Treats included numerous gourmet cupcakes for all to enjoy--- peanut butter chocolate, chocolate mint, coconut, key lime....etc. Plus lots of MINTS!

Here we are frosting all the great cupcakes. Fun in the kitchen!




Emily looked beautiful!! She wore her hair down this time, for a different look. Here's mom and Em getting ready.

Mom hung out with her cousins from Orange County, a treat for her!







Em (the professional photographer, and for good reason) took this visually stunning picture of me (NO, this is not retouched). Note how the visual effects (or is it affects?) of the lines create interest, and show just how witty, charming, magnetic, sensitive, and intelligent I am!! (I may have made some of that up, she might have said it was for dramatic effect, but needless to say, the diagonal lines were on purpose!) She is amazing. Thanks Emily!

Em and Chad were off on the honeymoon the next morning.

You all need to get down and visit! The Safari Hotel is just yards away, with a very retro neon sign, and classic pool! Awesome.

This was just the beginning...it was coast to coast in 2 days. The wonderful Pacific... We ate dinner at sunset on the beach in Malibu.

Stay tuned for the trip to the east coast, just 48 hours later!