The New Wine

Dance it up!

Source: Matisse

It's almost that time...

Coachella line-up was posted today



Here are some of my favorites:
Friday: Jay Z, LCD Soundsystem, Deadmau5, Calle 13, La Roux (Oh Yes!)
Saturday: Muse, Tiesto, MGMT, David Guetta, Hot Chip, Devo, 2ManyDJs
Sunday: Thom Yorke, Phoenix, Charlotte Gainsbourg (I can finally see my twin!), Babasonicos, Rusko (Vuvuvu Da Da Da), Paparazzi (Arena love!)

I am so excited!!!

Laidback Luke!!!

Saturday night was one of the best nights of my life :) The Avalon was incredible. The night started out with an amazing girl dj (rare to see) and then the outstanding Laidback Luke came on and rockeddddd the houuuuseeeee! I even got a photo with him.

Good friends make for good times. Dancing until 6 in the morning even though my feet were on fire. It was great start to the New Year :D

Drink of the night: Stoli and Canada Dry YUM!

A Success and a Disaster

So living on my own has really pushed me to explore my Top Chef abilities. This week, it was the instant food that was a success - so not due to any skill on my part - and my attempt at a new dish that was a disaster - not a real disaster because it tasted good, but texture wise, not so yummy.



The first creation was Duck Confit with Rice. The Duck Confit was provided by Bruno, a wonderful charcutier based in Silverlake. The Duck was a gift from my Mom for Christmas... and a perfect gift for me. The rice was provided by Uncle Ben. Yes, it
was instant rice and surprisingly delicious. I added a bit of Olive Oil and Paprika and Voila!



The second creation was Tofu Soup (originally supposed to be Tofu Stir Fry). The mistake I made was buying the "Silken" Tofu, because I prefer soft tofu, just not that soft. I sauteed it with some onions, garlic, mushrooms and topped it off with some bok choy. The vegetable bouillon cube and sesame oil made it delicious. I sprinkled some paprika (loooove the paprika), cayenne pepper, tamari, curry powder, and some garlic salt. It tasted pretty great except the egg-like texture of the tofu along with the water seeping from the bok choy ruined it half way for me. Next time I'll stick with firm tofu :p

What's up with that?!

So I've noticed while walking through campus that a lot of students wear sweatshirts from other schools. Where's the school pride people?? And also, they all seem to be other schools that are in California - no East Coast lovers. To me, it reads: "This is where I wish I was."





This is random but its in the "What's up with that" category. Every time - every single time - my Intro to Archaeology professor says "Bones" (and it's a lot), it sounds like Bongs haha! I have even heard students around me whispering amongst themselves: "Did she just say bongs?" :)

Top 40 Weakness

This is a fun one for the car :)

The Myth of the Olive Garden

Are you one of those people that have seen the commercials for the Olive Garden, but have never actually seen one? Well then, you are not alone. The myth of the Olive Garden has seemingly affected us all, though it's futileness never encourages us to speak out about it.
MAD TV decided to point out the elephant in the room though and mock the obvious absurdness of the supposed wonderful bistro that brings overtly happy families together.
MAD TV wasn't the only one either. My friend Christine decided to finally track down this Italian oasis and make an outing of it. Luckily, she invited me and when the word got out, we found ourselves with a party of 12. Apparently, the curiosity about the Olive Garden has secretly attained a lot more people than we thought.

After locating the nearest Olive Garden, we set out to butt-fuck Burbank to find ourselves in an enormous strip mall with a plethora of capitalist consumerism. It was all there! After taking about 15 minutes to park (the strip mall was happening) we strolled up to the quaint faux-rock/faux-Italy restaurant. We were surprised to find out that apparently everyone on the world knew where this little haven was... It was packed. Thankfully, we had a made a reservation, because our wait time would have been a whopping 2 hours if we hadn't.
We did still had to wait though, so Christine and I decided to get some drinks at the bar at the entrance of the restaurant. I got a Bloody Mary and she got a Cosmo and they were stiff. We were all giggly before we were even seated. Maybe this was due to us starving ourselves a bit during the day so that we could accommodate the endless bread sticks and salad that were coming our way. We were finally seated and cordially greeted by our waiters with name tags and ties. It was just one big faux atmosphere, trying to trick the masses into thinking that they were experiencing some fine dining.

The meal was gross. The soup was gross. The pasta was gross. The wine was strong thick vinegar. The best part of the evening was the infinite bread sticks. And the waiter managed to spill marinara sauce in my hair which resulted in me getting a free meal :) Thanks Olive Garden!

All in all though, the Olive Garden's slogan is that they bring people together and through the ambiguity of their supposed extewnsive amount of locations, they did bring 12 eager young people together, passing a night of laughter in ridicule of the evening or laughter because that is just what happens when friends are brought together. *sigh*

If you were born in the eighties, the eighties...

These are some fun ones for dancing in front of the mirror in your underwear :)