A Birthday

Pacino turned 1 this weekend and like any good pup parent with a new camera,
I strapped a crown on him and snapped a few photos.

Those poses!  Seriously, it's like he knew it was his birthday or something.

I made the crowns from a paper towel roll; an idea I found here.

{please note this photo was taken after a day of wine tasting}

Happy Birthday Pacino!

Today's one of those days when it's especially important to remember how lucky I am to live in a country where I can spend my weekends taking silly photos of my pup and wine tasting with my boyfriend.  

Thank you to all who have made that possible.
We will never forget.

LMF

I had this really cute post with some really great news all set to go this morning.  But last night Dan called and told me he was at the emergency vet with Pacino.

Apparently he'd gotten sick a few times yesterday morning and had been lethargic all day.  Dan took him in that evening when he got sick again and still hadn't eaten anything.  He ended up having to go into surgery late last night to remove an obstruction in his GI tract.

I talked to the vet this morning and he's awake and a bit groggy.  They're keeping him all day today for observation just to make sure everything's okay.  It seems he swallowed some sort of rubber stopper from a toy or a door stop, they think.

Pacino's been at Dan's all week and I've stayed at my house so I haven't seen him at all.  And I really just want to go pick up my pup and let him know everything's okay.  

So please excuse this little love fest of photos.  I was looking through them last night when I was waiting to hear from the vet and couldn't be with him. (I do realize this is a lot of photos to see of someone else's dog.)

I'm not sure what I would do without this lil guy.  

LMF

Hermosa Beach Cruise

A few photos from the weekend in Hermosa Beach

Mr. Pacino Man and I woke up early Saturday morning before everyone else and took a walk on the beach. 

I hope I always live near the ocean.  There's something so calming about it for me.  Even on the grey days, the beach is just gorgeous.  

I might even like it better on the grey days, but maybe that's 'cause I'm from Northern California and that's what our beaches always look like.  :)

Brunch in Huntington Beach at Zimzala

They had a "mans best friend menu".  Only in LA.

Family Photos

{with a drenched little Caperberry}

{Pure exhaustion after the beach}

{Boat cruise}

{Sunset from the boat}

No trip down I-5 is complete without In N Out

Happy Birthday to these two!  Thanks so much for having us.  What an awesome party!

LMF

Hermosa Beach on Dwellable

Roadtrip Playlist

Back from Hermosa Beach.  What an awesome weekend! 

Brunching at Zimzala in Huntington Beach

We got stuck in a bit of traffic on the way home last night.  But being stuck in the car isn't so bad when's there's good music on and you're with the ones you love.  I pretty much left my phone on shuffle but here are a few favorites that played.

Playlist
 1 - Erase Me - Kid Cudi
 2 - Paper Plane - M.I.A
 3 - Honey Bee - Blake Shelton
 4 - Firework - Katy Perry
 5 - Gimme More - Britney Spears
 6 - Small Town USA - Justin Moore
 7 - Wild Ones - Flo Rida & Sia
 8 - Run This Town - Jay-Z, Rihanna & Kanye West
 9 - Call Me Maybe - Carley Rae Jepson
10 - Lights - Ellie Goulding
11 - S&M - Rihanna
12 - Light up the Sky - Yellowcard

I love road trips so much.  You always end up learning something new about the people you're with.  For example, did you know there's a male voice in the chorus of Britney's 'Gimme More'?  It's pretty subtle but if you listen closely you can hear it.  He says "more".  Turns out Danny knows this part perfectly.  :)  It completely surprised me!  And I could not stop laughing for the entire song.

Pacino did great on the 6+ hours in the car.  
This was pretty much how he looked for the entire time.

I think beach time with his cousin Caper tired him out!

LMF

Summer wedges

This weekend was a bit of a teaser for summer.  The weather was amazing - in the 80's!  

The weekend included a bit of outdoor shopping (for bikinis and summer hats at H&M) and a gorgeous walk around the reservoir, which tired out the lil' guy. He kept falling asleep with toys in his mouth the rest of the day. :)

We popped into Old Navy and I found this amazing deal I just had to share.  These were originally $29.94 (already a steal!), but on sale for 30% if you used your Banana Republic card.  

Online just use the code ONSTUFF30 'til 4/29 for the discount.  Can't beat $21 for a cute pair of summer sandals - and comfy too!  Link found {here}

LMF

**disclaimer - this is not a paid advertisement, I just love cute shoes :)

Mondays

Looks like everyone's back to work on this Monday morning.

LMF

Puppers

Praying for my pup today.  He had to go to the vet yesterday for a very emasculating surgery.

LMF

Happy Friday!

It’s the first Friday of 2012, which sounds like a fantastic reason to celebrate!

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Except all I really want to do is get home, get in comfies and pour though the stack of magazines anxiously waiting for me. 

Somehow I don't think Pacino will mind. :)

LMF