Santa Monica

sunset strolls on ocean avenue: it's what's up.

ps, top photo of my friend, erik, who never updates his photo blog.

Agoura

Whenever I'm in California, I try to schedule a few days of down time in LA.  Why LA? one might ask.  To which I would respond with torrid tales of glamour and celebrity and the, like, trendiesttt hot spots and then I'd be all, just kidding! Unless you consider Madison, the yellow labrador, a celebrity and playing on swing sets glamorous and by hot spots you really mean the hot spring down the street from Kat and Kaya's place, or maybe hot tub, in which case, you got it.  Glamour.  Celebrity.  Hot.

Also, I should mention that I kind of really do consider Madison a celebrity.

And I was pretty excited about the snuggle session we had on the living room floor on Sunday when I was feeling like a train wreck from the 36 hours prior of work and travel.

Candice & John's Engagement Session: Venice // Los Angeles, California

Candice & John

November 14, 2011

Abbott Kinney/Venice Beach

Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles

Los Angeles, California

November 5, 2011

Cafe Habana - Malibu, California

left-right, top-bottom: sangria, margarita, mexican style corn, guac - all of which I highly recommend.

Cafe Habana has long topped my list of New York favorites,

so I had to swing by their new restaurant in Malibu while I was in town.

The look is very different, but the food, drink & cool factor are all right there.

I'm not the only one who thinks so, either.

When I was there in June with friends, we asked a fellow patron to take our photo.

While he was clicking away, we suddenly realized who he was.

Wonder if he loves the Mexican style corn & sangria as much as I do?

below: katrina took a huge bite of chili powder, hence the facial expressions.

Venice

I recently took a trip to Los Angeles to visit my nearest & dearest.

Amidst my western exploration, I took about eight million pictures

(okay... only a few thousand).

Here are a few from a day spent in Venice with the gorgeous Cara & Katrina.

Also featured in the photos: random strangers, strange tribal man, and the coolest kid in the world.

Katrina + the Waves

Los Angeles//Catalina