So hip, it hurts

Someone, anyone, please buy this.

We were in Lowe's yesterday when this lovely caught my eye.

Screaming SUMMER IS HERE!!!!!!!

Three

With the kids leaving in three short days, I am squeezing every spare moment out of the day to KEEP.THEM.ENTERTAINED. watching me write or edit photos for my blog is not one of their favorite activities I discovered.

So, attached are three photos that put a smile on my face and remind me about our great DC adventure.

Beautiful, stunning and somewhat phallic monuments -It's in an Austin Powers movie right? 

Handsome and I discovered the most amazing burger place EVER.... We ate there three times in 5 days.  

Sadly, it doesn't matter how much walking you do around DC after you reach a certain age -three burgers in one week=can't fit into my favorite jeans right now.

The History of our great nation.  I LOVE this photo.

Promises, promises

I have been....busy, overwhelmed and over committed.    Life has been filled with - kids (oh, I love em), resume writing (don't like them that much) and work (don't get me started).  Blogging got moved from the backseat and isn't even riding in the car anymore.  

I have LOTS to write about and still want to show pics from recent visits to LA and DC but I just realized that we are one month away from THIS AMAZING EVENT to which I am going to attempt at taking public transportation to so that should be *interesting*.

So, eventually, I will update here *soon* just not sure when.

D.C.

DC was AMAZING!

I am jet-lagged beyond belief and my eyes are stinging so I will limit this post and write later, much later.

The flight was long, bumpy and there was a 2 year old who was *very unhappy* the entire flight. The bitch next to us kept making comments until I told her to zip it..... not really. However, I did say something to the effect of - I know alot of kiddos experience ear pain from the altitude and air pressure which kept her quiet for about 3 minutes. Urghh people.

Anywho, it was a trip of a lifetime and will recount all the details later - when my eyeballs aren't on fire.

Viva Las Vegas

The day after we return from DC, Handsome will fly to go pick up the kids and while we absolutely treasure the small amount of time we get to spend with his fantastic kiddos there is definitely and adjustment period we all go through.

Since our summer will be filled with a lot theme parks and kid related events we decided to take a quick trip to sin city.

This is the living room area of our room at THE Hotel

THE Hotel is adjacent to Mandalay, the colors are very dark

the decor very modern, clean and stunning.

Lady Liberty courtesy of New York, New York

It was a quick visit - one night, two days.

Visiting the newest hotel Aria was a must,

here is the entrance to City Center.

Aria

The front entrance of Aria with beautiful modern water

trickling down a black wall.

From afar it gives the illusion of a grand waterfall.

Every excellent hotel has fresh flowers

Only the Aria has fresh flowers and flowers made of white, milk and dark chocolate

Nicely tiled wall, the line for the buffet

I was mesmerized by this wall, the texture, depth and colors all intriguing.

The light fixtures at the buffet.

You could only imagine what the food looked like - a whole other post

The Gold Lounge

Brass monkeys, how very funky

The newest Cirque show is based at the Aria - A tribute to the King.

While I am not a fan of Elvis, I was drawn to this gift shop

- a mini tribute to Graceland.

From magnets to Elvis and Priscilla Barbie- styled dolls.

Is that not the hottest photo of Elvis ever?

The sorbet shop

The details in this hotel were unbelievable,

there was an open space atop one of the hotel roofs

decorated with these cactus rock beds.

I hit the spa, to take pictures. Love the necklace

The spa lounge/waiting area was decorated with these delicate orchids

I love seeing the use of wood in unique ways, I think they win on this one

These twisted wood supports are such a unique feature, creating an urban forest

I know, I know - it looks like an airport

The gift shop skipped the typical snacks and went total highbrow -

mini, snack sized Dean and Deluca snacks.

While we spent the bulk of our visit at THE Hotel, our room and hotel were so dark that it became a challenge to take any good pictures especially any pictures to do our room justice. It was just so Vegas and over the top - a living room in our hotel room. Two bathrooms in one hotel room - any woman traveling with a man appreciates this feature. Ok, well any woman appreciate this feature.PERIOD.

My Aunt and Uncle from Seattle were in town for business and we were able to meet up for a quick snack before watching a hypnotist show where we were initially selected to be part of the show only to find us deemed - unhynotizable ( like that, I think I just made up that word). The show - absolutely hilarious and very happy to be watching from the audience.

Our quick visit ended with a visit to the Aria hotel, the newest hotel and located at City Center. Stunning interiors, the details were just amazing. The food - wow the food. We decided to go for the buffet which was just amazing - hand rolled sushi, wood fired pizzas, salads placed in little glasses and OH.MY.GOD. THE DESSERTS - WOW. Two of my favorites were the Oreo cookie shooters and snickers ice cream. I could go on, really.

Angels

We went to the Angels game yesterday and had a blast.

The weather was fantastic, it's finally getting warm here - YAY

Our seats were pretty amazing, we were given some free tickets

and welcomed the chance to sit *this close* to the field.

We started off to a rocky start but things turned around

in the 7th inning, resulting in a winning

There's nothing like a bunch of high fives. It was so much fun.

Hard to believe we leave for DC tomorrow, wow - just wow, I am so not ready for this vacation.

I still need to post about LA and Vegas, not sure if it will get done today, lots of prepping to get done and head to my dad's for a BBQ.

*Remember the fallen, remember the Veteran's today and always.*

Bret Michaels

There are few people in life that I find so repulsive that the mere mention of their name causes me to shiver, gag and feel like vomiting. Sadly, BM was the highest- ranking member of this group and then he almost died.

Not being able to take my eyes away from the train wreck that was "Rock of Love" helped further develop of this utter disgust regarding BM. Who could forget the spoof Saturday Night Live did about "Rock of Love" and Amy Poehler, as the slutty, amputee contestant trying to win his heart. If you think it sounds funny, oh are you in for a treat. I searched, tirelessly - well ok, for about 10 minutes on the Internet and couldn't find it. Classic, pure funny and you will pee your pants from laughing - truly a must see.

I still couldn't stand him, but then he appeared on "The Apprentice" and then I began to tolerate him- dare I say, like him? Oh, train wreck with your bandanna, long hair and cowboy hats??? So Jose Eber. TRAIN WRECK.....Absolutely, he was ALL.OVER.THE.MAP. Consistently inconsistent and just a big, freaking -spaz.

Then he almost died and I felt sad (surprisingly, it wasn't about the mean things I said or felt). I am not sure why I felt sad but I did and actually I became concerned for his health and well being. I am gonna blame it on my dad, the whole heart attack, near death experience has humbled me toward men.... I know. Totally weird.

Then I watched him win the season finale and for the love of God - how big of motherflower biotch is Holly Robinson Peete ??? While I wanted her to win because her foundation Hollyrod supports families with children who have Autism I was so relieved and happy that she didn't win because she is just a really big bitch - or at least that is how she was edited to look on the show. I really, honestly hope she is completely different in real life.

Back to BM on the Apprentice finale, he won- I mean HE.WON. The camera panned the audience and focused on an older man wearing a bandanna a la BM and older woman with teased blond hair - his parents. Who looked like their son just gave the commencement speech at Harvard, as valedictorian heading off to Oxford for Graduate school or watching their rock star son win Celebrity Apprentice which might rate as the equivalent....in some alternate universe. Donald Trump hired him, for what- I am unsure of. I think he gets to play celebrity judge next season like Joan Rivers did this season but getting hired by "The Donald" WHOA......

Total street cred... because, being a rock star really isn't enough for me especially with such winning lyrics about roses and thorns.

Tonight I watched BM sing on American Idol and wear a Bob Marley shirt and all I could think of was ROCK ON!!! and wonder when is "Every Rose Has It's Thorn" going to end.