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I usually work on Labor Day Weekend but this year I headed to LA with my girl Trae. We were planning on a chill trip but we ended up with some random surprises!

The first thing we did was head over to Sky’s Gourmet Taco’s over on Pico. DELICIOUS ASS TACOS. Each taco comes with Sky’s Sassy Sauce which is probably what makes them so special. I ordered both the steak and lobster taco. Yes, I said lobster.

After stuffing our faces we headed over to visit our friends little brother/cousin (all of our friends are cousins or bro/sis). He’s finishing his last year over at USC and we happened to visit him on a game day. He wanted to take us on campus to experience USC tailgating. It was packed and definitely an experience considering Trae and I didn’t go to a school that was big on sports.

We even got in the fountain! Why is it so the water so milky? We have no clue…

The tailgating took it’s toll so we headed over to Sugar Fish by our hotel in downtown LA. The restaurant only serves sushi so both Trae and myself ordered the Trust Me/Lite which consisted of tuna sashimi, albacore, salmon, yellowtail and shrimp. I hardly order sushi with raw fish but it was SO good here. I would definitely go back if I’m in downtown LA again.

To continue the festivities of the USC game, we had a couple bottles of unfiltered (nigori) sake. I’ve had nigori before but it was the first time my friends have tried it. If you’ve never had it, it looks a little more cloudy and is sweeter than regular sake.

Later that night our friends spontaneously decided to drive down to LA to meet us! When we woke up the next morning there were about 10 people in our little room!

That’s when the chaos began. We headed over to The Do Over at Lure nightclub in Hollywood. Because there were so many of us and the line gets pretty long so we ended up getting bottle service. And I have to say, the tacos they serve there are HELLA good. I had them last time and they were just as good!

The night ended early for most of us which gave us time to rest up for the next morning. After checking out of the hotel we headed over to Roscoe’s for some chicken and waffles. Of course we needed dessert after so we drove over to Milk for some ice cream sandwiches. I had this the last time I was in LA with Reg and Eva, but I was so drunk from The Do Over that I didn’t even go inside. I had a bite and knew it was delicious though. So it was a must to come back to taste it when sober!

Unfortunately they were out of the watermelon ice cream sandwich so I settled for a rocky road. The marshmellows  were surprisingly soft. Usually marshmellows in ice cream is some what hard.

The rest of the day was chill and we headed home later that day. Thanks to our friends that drove down to meet us! Random trips are always the best!

I haven’t been the best blogger lately, but I’ve been busy with summer school and work. I haven’t even finished reading The Hunger Games trilogy that I started back in March!

Now that summer school is over, I went on a mini vacation to Disneyland with the boyfriend! Unfortunately we decided to choose a weekend where there was a heatwave so it was almost 100 degrees out there. HOT.

We headed to Disney’s California Adventure on Friday. I never really felt the need to go there, but it was fun. I probably won’t go back unless I get the hopper pass though. The Hollywood Tower of Terror was pretty fun as well as the California Screamin’ rollercoaster. Cars Land was so crowded with a 2 hour wait for the Radiator Springs Racer ride. But it was pretty cool feeling like you were actually in Radiator Springs!

Any ride where you shoot is fun.

The boyfriend’s friend picked us up that night to bring us to this donut place called M&M’s. We waited 2 hours for these blueberry donuts. 2 HOURS. They were good and all…just not sure if it was worth the wait. Lol

Disneyland always makes me feel like a kid. We had more fun here considering we knew what rides we wanted to hit up. Indina Jones, Pirates of the Caribbean, Space Mountain, Star Tours, and the Matterhorn are a must!

Since Pirates of the Caribbean was my favorite ride as a kid, and the boyfriend’s as well, we decided to eat at the restaurant that overlooks the ride. The restaurant, Blue Bayou, has a nighttime outdoor setting even though it’s indoors. I ordered salmon with goat cheese and instead of choosing salad as my side I ordered the chicken gumbo which was delicious. Sorry, no food pics though.

What we ended up buying in one of the shops…I’m missing R2D2 and Darth Vader!

Don’t mind my crappy photo quality. My front facing camera sucks. And he wouldn’t wear Mickey ears. 😦

Hint: if the ride stops, you can still accumulate points if you continue shooting…especially when you shoot the same target over and over again. :X

Fantasmic!! My favorite…

The next day the boyfriend’s friend took us to a waffle sandwich place called Bruxie. Deeeeelicious. I ordered the friend chicken sandwich (naturally). The boyfriend ordered a salmon sandwich and his friend ordered the a special, a pulled pork sandwich.

And yes…there is syrup on the chicken.

That pretty much sums up Disneyland. Now back to reality.

So back to our trip to Seattle/Tacoma…we flew in early Saturday morning and checked in early at the hotel. Then we headed to a restaurant called China Star. Pat’s girlfriend’s family owns the restaurant and so they held his graduation lunch there.

Our view from our patio of our hotel room.

Pat’s girlfriend Jenny brought us to a flight simulator! I probably had the most fun here. Haha The machine actually moves like you’re in a plane and when you walk inside it’s like you’re in the cockpit. The windows are a big screen so you can set what airport you’re flying out of. Ours was set to SFO of course.

Reg and I! We took turns on flying.

About to take off!

I’m flying over San Francisco.

After that we headed to Seattle to drop some people off at the Space Needle.

Then we headed to High 5 Pie. Reg is a foodie and found this place online. They’re known for their various kinds of pies; pies in a jar, “cutie pie”, lollipop pies…I didn’t really take any photos of the pies…because we ended up eating them…but Reg might have some pics on her blog. It was SO delicious. Reg ordered a peanut butter & chocolate pie that was seriously one of the best tasting pies I have ever had. Besides my apple cutie pie and lollipop pie, I ordered a chocolate cream pie that was pretty good. It wasn’t too heavy like most chocolate pies are. But it was still filling with chocolate delight! Like I said, I didn’t get pictures of the place or all their pies, but I loved the way the place looked. It has that vintage 1950’s look to it with vintage looking appliances.

After that we headed to Paseo. Reg really wanted to try the pulled pork sandwiches which is what they’re known for, but unfortunately they were sold out and we ended up getting a regular rice place dish. I got the chicken which was good but a little dry.

After that we met everyone else up at the Underworld Tour. Something I didn’t know about Seattle, it’s pretty much built on top of another city. So the photos I have are actually underground where there were once buildings and streets. The tour was pretty funny because it was vulgar and talks a lot about whores and prostitutes but at the same time it was interesting.

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