San Diego Playing Tourist :)

So Trevor and his friends decided to go on an overnight deep sea fishing trip! This left one of the other wives in the group and me alone. Since Billie hadn't really seen San Diego before my mother and I decided to give her a quick introduction to some of the fun things you could do downtown! We ate lunch down town at Babycakes and had the best tomato basil soup ever, with the most amazing homemade croutons (&some cupcakes if you remember) We walked around the beautiful Sea Port Village, and showed her some of the great boats around in the harbor. There happened to be a special Navy Sailing Ship from Chile there which got my mother all excited seeing that Alex my little brother is serving in Chile right now! The boat is the second tallest and longest sail boat in the world. Later that day we all went to a great show down town called Mix Tape, a fun musical highlighting the best of the 80's. It was a jam packed day and we were so exhausted when we rolled in around midnight :)

It was a perfect day! :)

Oh & P.S. Today is my HALF birthday! Does anyone else take note of their half birthdays? haha :)

what women love.

Do you all remember when I did this post? You all made lots of guesses as to what I was giving a sneak peek for, some of which were pretty clever. But what I really did was a photo shoot with the lovely lady who shot these beauties to go along with her wonderful new series called Women Who Love. I was so happy to participate in this series because Lissa focuses on all the different things that women love and what women are passionate about.

I of course chose to focus on my love for history, cultures, &travel. 

Check out the full post here!

cupcakes.

So my mother and I share a love for baked goods, what girl doesn't? We love cupcakes and I have been bugging her about my need to try these Sprinkles cupcakes everyone keeps talking about! So we decided to start a cupcake tasting contest. Since La Jolla just opened a Sprinkles store and I knew I was going to be in San Diego, we planned a date for it! So I had my first ever Sprinkles cupcakes... the verdict? They were divine. I LURVED them. I also loved that they had an SD Padres Sprinkles cupcake, I couldn't get over that haha.

Next up was a place down in Hillcrest (down town San Diego) called Babycakes! This place was great and we actually had lunch there too that was incredible, I will share about that later. These cupcakes were great and unique (I even had a PB & J one) but I think the true winner was really Sprinkles in the comparison test.

Next up? My mom keeps on RAVING about a place called Crumbs up in Malibu? Heard of it? What do you think? Where is another great cupcake place we should go and try?!

beach days & girlfriends...

Of course one of the top things to do when I vist home, is THE BEACH. Der. The best thing to do is go with my friends :) Thankfully my friends were super available the week I was down and we got to hang out lots; bridal showers, bachelorette partys, indian food date nights, beach, you name it, we did it the week I was home :) I couldn't really complain about anything, the weather was perfect &I have been missing my friends so much.... it was exactly what the doctor ordered.

  Michelle had to have an ice cream before we went and got Mexican food.... this girl eats so much she is hilarious :) &if you ask her, she will give you a long lecture about how much food you should be eating for a proper breakfast! haha

Oh it is always a joy to have good times &laughs with friends :)