can...not...stop...watching.

I dropped the blog ball again. Here are pics to make up for not posting and what I was doing instead...

Spent two nights at this house. Night One for an Engagement Party and Night Two was for a listening party (Terra Naomi) . The owners of this house are amazing people with huge hearts to entertain, hence the house. How can they not have a party every night??




























I got my car washed! I only share this because my car was DIIIIIRRRRTTTYYY. A bird has now taken a big dump on it, but look how it shined...















Spent the day with Miss Bitt Sanborn up in Malibu. Our first stop for the day was Malibu Wines...















and our 2nd stop was Paradise Cove...lovely places to spend the day along the PCH















Went to Bark in the Park at Dodger Stadium with my friends Whitney and found out that pugs can over heat. When they do, you stick them in a pan of ice and they look like Thanksgiving Dinner....















Kate (roomie) has been out of town since the 18th. Our apt has turned into a hotel over the last week and 1/2 for a few special people such as the Bohannons....



















Boss Man Blake had another Birthday and that means a really fun Birthday Party. The theme this year....Silent Disco (= why everybody has head phones on)
P.S.
The blonde head in the bottom right corner = Charlize Theron =)















And,last a group of us went out to celebrate Caitlins bday. I forgot how nice all girl dinners can be.


















Hope you all had a good weekend!

Charity Water

Thanks to living in LA and working for TOMS I learn about more and more great organizations and non profits every day.

I had head of Charity:Water, but not till a few weeks ago did I really learn about Charity:Water.
I was able to help out with a house party to help educate and raise support for this organization. Such a great night to be able to be apart of this presentation and to meet the founder, Scott Harrison.

Charity: Water is a non-profit organization bringing clean and safe drinking water to people in developing nations. Right now, almost a billion people on the planet don’t have access to clean, safe drinking water. That’s one in eight of us. The presentation and the testimony from the man that started this non-profit just blew me away.

Click on the link below and you will find so much more information about this group;
http://www.charitywater.org/

Also fun fact: A Mizzou friend, Chris Schomaker and his wife Mo Scarpelli, work for Charity Water at their HQ in NYC! Small World...

I spent the day in Huntington Beach. Huntington is about a 45min drive outside of LA. Drove down to meet up with my friend Amy Graham who is visiting Southern California for a few days from Denver.

Amy went to high school with me and we have stayed close over the years thanks to TP email chains, love for new/indie music and gmail chat.

Always fun when bits of home come to visit!

I Know That Guy!

http://inside.nike.com/blogs/nikerunning_reporter-en_US/2010/08/07/on-your-mark

Shamus and I met at TOMS last Summer. Obviously he has moved on to new bigger things, but we have still kept in touch.

Very proud of my fellow Midwestern friend and can't wait to continue to follow along!

Congrats Shamus!

My August Playlist

Magic -- B.O.B ft. Rivers Cuomo
White Winter Hymnal -- Fleet Foxes
Something Good Can Work -- Two Door Cinema Club
Disappear -- The Gabe Dixon Band (why am i just now finding out about this band?!)
How it Ends -- Devotchka (little miss sunshine will never get old)
Shed a Little Light -- Foy Vance
Lover, Lover -- Jerrod Niemann
The Chair -- Ingrid Michaelson (great harmony)
No You Girls -- Franz Ferdinand (my go to top down song)
It Dont Matter -- Donavon Frankenreiter
Stuck Like Glue -- Sugarland
Can't Go Back Now -- The Weepies (my life soundtrack song right now)
Faithfully -- Glee Cast (just counting down till September 21st)

Drinking For A Good Cause

I was at an event a few weeks ago and was introduced to One Hope Wines

The idea is simple: OneHope, a for-profit company based in Irvine, Calif, tries to sell as much quality wine as possible, and 50 percent of its profits go to charity. Sales of the merlot go to AIDS research, the sauvignon blanc supports the environment, and the zin goes to causes that support U.S. troops.

Visit the website here; http://www.onehopewine.com/

Dear Blog,

I have not forgotten you. Lately I think of you daily and I'm sorry I have ignored you and have not used you to document the summer or thoughts I'm having.

I promise from here on out things will be better. I'll post more pictures. I'll share more links on cool things I learn about/see around LA.

Yep, time to return back to the blog.

Stay tuned.