| 2010 Europe Trip Day 2: Paris walk |
[13 Dec 2012|01:15pm] |
Paris was amazing, although choosing to walk all over Paris with a cold was probably not the brightest idea. Still glad we did though because it was the only way we were able to see so much. We took the train from Disney into Paris pretty early in the morning. Got a little lost trying to find the BTSSB store. Walked over to the The Jardin des Plantes and checked out two of the museums there- Grande Galerie de l'Evolution and Galeries de Paléontologie et d'Anatomie comparée. We walked along the Seine to Notre Dame. After that we explored the grounds of the Louvre since we knew we wouldn't have a chance to actually go inside. From there we made our way down to the obelisk at the Place de la Concorde.
Looking out across the Seine.
Grande Galerie de l'Evolution
Galeries de Paléontologie et d'Anatomie comparée
On the way to Notre Dame
Love lock bridge
Walking through the Louvre
I wish we had time to go inside but outside was quite impressive on its own.
Obelisk of Luxor
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| 2010 Europe Trip Day 1: Disneyland |
[13 Dec 2012|12:06pm] |
I've made it my winter break goal to finish editing and posting all our photos from the last time we went to Europe. That way they are actually up before we go back to Europe in mid January for Stephan & Hannah's wedding. This first set is from after we took the train down to France. We stayed at one of the Euro Disney hotels for 4 days- spent 2 days at Disneyland and 2 days in Paris.
You can check out the entire set here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/51846205@N00/sets/72157632176492946/
Our hotel:
We spent most of the day at their secondary park Walt Disney Studios.
There was a crazy hurricane going through France that day, but we were completely oblivious and just thought it was normal weather for that time of year.
They had so much Narnia stuff.
I love how dramatic they make the 3 foot drop look.
We had dinner that night at their equivalent of the Blue Bayou.
Dang, look how short my hair was back then.
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| Halloween |
[11 Nov 2012|01:04pm] |
So many people were complaining about Halloween being in the middle of the week, but I thought it was great because it just meant an entire week of spread out Halloween celebration.
Friday Oct 26th: Time Traveler's Party-
http://www.flickr.com/photos/51846205@N00/sets/72157631983485497/
Our friends Shazbot & Jeff hosted a big party up at their place. You had to come in a costume from any time period other than now. Matt & Ben were Manny & Bernard from the BBC show Black Books. I was some sort of ren fair-ish wench/pirate/whatever.
Saturday Oct 28th: Our Halloween Party-
http://www.flickr.com/photos/51846205@N00/sets/72157631877849443/
Charles & Kristin got a cute Tigger costume for their baby and asked us if we could host a last minute costume party so they had a place to take her to all dressed up. It ended up being a pretty good size party consider we kept telling people we were NOT going to have one and then didn't post about it until a couple days before hand.
Wednesday Oct 31: Halloween Day-
I was exhausted by this point. School all day, every day, too early. I figured if I was going to drag my butt off to class I might as well throw on a comfy half-assed costume when I woke up. Hense the "kinda sorta Ravenclaw student" costume. No scarf, no cloak, no wand, and no sweater for most of the day because it was too warm out still. After school I did homework, ran errands, passed out candy and watched tv with Stephanie & Matt.
Saturday Nov 3rd: Peers Vampire Ball-
http://www.flickr.com/photos/51846205@N00/sets/72157631984243040/
Jerry & Ashley were nice enough to buy us tickets for the fancy costumed ball event. We don't know how to dance and missed the lessons, so a little liquid courage got us through the night and we actually ended up having a really good time.
Sunday Nov 4th- Chelsea's Spooky Cute Party-
http://www.flickr.com/photos/51846205@N00/sets/72157631983511879/
Chelsea had an after Halloween party to show off her adorably redecorated apartment. We started the evening off with some shot shots and ended up going on our own little walking tour of the nearby cemetery.
...and then we were attacked by ghosts, the end ;)
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[15 Oct 2012|10:59pm] |
Here, have some jellyfish. They always cheer me up, and I feel like we could all use a little cheering up right now.
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| VidCon Friday |
[08 Aug 2012|12:34am] |
I had this list in my head of people that would be at VidCon that I hoped to meet & events I hoped to go to but knew realistically that it would be impossible to do it all. Or so I thought, we met some many people, got into (almost) everything we wanted to and in general had pretty much the best con experience ever.
Because we picked up our badges early we got to check out the practically empty exhibit hall while everyone else was stuck in line. This is wear all the merch/demos/game booths were, autograph signings, a velcro wall, bouncy castle and american gladiator style qtip fight arena.
We ran into Hannah Hart of My Drunk Kitchen a ton on both days. She was super friendly and actually remembered us the next day, aww. If you don't know who she is you need to go educate yourself: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XT46FV64dr8
After (totes being an accidental stalker and) taking myspace style photos with Lindsey Stirling on my phone in the bathroom, she came out and took real pictures with the both of us. I was so glad we got to bump into and have a chat because her only event were in the super early morning before we even got to the con. Lindsey does covers of dorky stuff, pop songs and lots of original stuff while kicking ass on the violin. I don't even play Skyrim but this is still one of my favorite video's she's done: http://youtu.be/BSLPH9d-jsI
Wil Wheaton was there with a bunch of other people to promote Geek & Sundry. It was so cute when he turned into an excited fanboy & grabbed his wife's hand to drag her over to meet Hannah. Wil's show is Table Top, where he plays boardgames with different celebrity friends each week: http://www.youtube.com/user/geekandsundry
We ran into Andre from Black Nerd Comedy. He does a lot of funny rants & reviews: http://www.youtube.com/user/BlackNerdComedy
We met Liam Dryden as we were leaving the exhibit hall, great timing. He's from the band Chameleon Circuit & they signs songs about Doctor Who: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAi4izfvXo4
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| Twin Meetup |
[07 Aug 2012|11:00pm] |
I went to a huge meetup this weekend at the Golden Gate Park. Honestly I've been feeling pretty meh about lolita lately because #1 I'm frighteningly broke & #2 most meets happen in San Francisco and getting up there is such a hassle. But this meetup was so much fun, it made me realize that it's totally worth it and I need to start dragging my lazy butt out of the house more. We started with a picnic in the Music Concourse and then the main group broke up to go off on a bunch of differnt little adventures. Gia & I went with some of the group to the Japanese Tea Gardens and then we ran off to Japantown to meet up with some others for tea. All in all it was a fantastic day & it was great to get to see so many old friends and meet a ton of new people! Check all hundred and fifty something pictures here if you're interested: http://www.flickr.com/photos/51846205@N00/sets/72157630965575988/
JUMP JUMP
Everyone doing heart in the overall shape of a heart.
It was a twin themed meetup, so the three of us all matched in our (and by "our" I mean Ashley is awesome and let me borrow hers) AatP Melty Mermaid dresses.
All the mermaids went to the fountain to take a water picture because we're dorks like that.
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| Vid Con Day 0 |
[22 Jul 2012|11:46pm] |
VidCon was epic- best con experience ever. We drove down on my birthday, after finals and finally got to our friends house, aka sleep, around 5am. When we finally got up on Thursday we went to pick up our registration packages & tried to go to the Nerdfighter meeting. The meetup didn't work out but we did get to explore the Lego Store, got a couple drinks at Tortilla Joe's (which I renamed Tequila Joe's) and then went out to dinner with Mike & Julia.
Thursday pics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/51846205@N00/sets/72157630415049286/
So glad we got our badges this day because ppl waited for at least an hour the next day to get there's.
Chillin at the Lego Store.
Beer Dinner time!
We went on an epic drunk walk through the streets of so-cal to find the ocean, passed a train on the way.
Julia, Mike & Matt are in the ocean!
Yay for successful night walks.
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| Canada Day 4 |
[22 Jul 2012|11:37pm] |
We went on an epic adventure on our last day in Canada. Before heading off to the airport we headed out to conquer Grouse Mountain. We wandered through the snow in 80 degree weather, visited Grizzly Bears and went ziplining over giant valleys. We thought the zipline thing might be too intense (since we are both afraid of heights) but it was amazing.
Check them all out here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/51846205@N00/sets/72157630411970228/
Our view from the cart that transports you to the top.
Daww teddy bear.
So much melty snow, so much soggy feet.
Matt & I on the baby zipline that is made to get you used to the feeling of it.
Getting ready for the last ride back down the mountain, wearing our oh so fashionable harnesses.
Flying through the sky was crazy- epic views of mountains & valleys to the right and of the cityscape to the left.
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| Canada Day 3 |
[11 Jul 2012|03:58am] |
Our third day in Canada was quite exercise-centric. I was sore and exhausted by the end of the day but it was worth it.
A few favorites are below or see them all here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/51846205@N00/sets/72157630408721244/
We went to see the Capilano Suspension Bridge at the base of Grouse Mountain. It's even more massive than it looks in the shot, it's super high up, and between the wind and all the people walking across it is constantly shacking.
Before adventuring across the bridge we did their newest addition- the cliff walk.
It's just as high as the bridge but instead you are going across narrow walkways that are attached to the cliffside with cables. As you can see here, some parts are actually see through.
After treking across the bridge we made our way to the Treetops Adventure Ewok village.
Come on, doesn't that look like an Ewok village? Or maybe where they sleep with the Lothlorien elves in LOTR? Ugh, I'm such a dork. It was a series of platforms up in the trees all linked together with small suspension bridges.
After that we took a bus back into town and rented bikes to ride around Stanley Park. I hadn't ridden a bike in about 10 years and it was pretty hilarious at first watching me try to remember how. Here I am looking like a massive dork.
A little pond at the start of the park, you can see the part of town our hotel was at in the background.
Most of the path around the park looked like this.
Since it was a whopping 70 degrees that day the whole town had gone mad. Apparently it never gets that warm there, so everyone was just walking around town half naked. Most people who were riding bikes or roller blades through the park were in bikinis. I overhead one group talking about how it was just too hot to wear clothes. On our ride we passed their one proper beach and was completely full of people- shoulder to shoulder and there hundreds of bikes piled up along the edge of the sand. It just seemed so weird since we were actually kind of cold most of the day. :)
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| Canada Day 2 |
[11 Jul 2012|03:31am] |
On our second day in Canada we set out to visit Victoria. Everything & everyone talked about how quick and cheap it was to get there from Vancouver- they are all liars, but I'm still glad we went. :)
The whole set is here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/51846205@N00/sets/72157630400021334/
The day started with an epic misadventure to pick up our rental car. Look how tiny it is!
Then we drove forever & just barely made it in time to catch the ferry. The ferry was huge and had indoor seating areas, a full restaurant and lots of walkways along the decks. I was quite impressed because I had never actually been on a ferry before and imagined them all to be depressing cramped things.
The port in Victoria isn't actually in Victoria at all and instead at least half an hour away. So after a bit of driving and only slightly getting lost we parked here. We mainly wanted to visit Victoria so we could have high tea at The Empress Hotel.
It was by far the fanciest tea I have ever been too. It didn't hurt that we ended up getting free champagne as well.
We hadn't planned for the necessary amount of travel time (since it's "so quick to just pop on the ferry" *glares*) so we did a quick run through of the areas around the hotel before we had to get back on the road.
Oh man, missed a dinosaur exhibit at the museum here by just a couple days.
Matt & I in front of the British Columbia Parliament Buildings.
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| Canada Day 1 |
[11 Jul 2012|03:12am] |
We flew in to Vancouver on a Thursday and were tempted to just crawl into bed. Instead we decided not to waste any part of our trip and went exploring. We walked for quite a few miles through the parts of town near our hotel with only a vague idea of where we were going.
All of that day's pictures are here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/51846205@N00/sets/72157630157999038/
Graffitied wall next to some hipster clothing shops.
This was a train station/food court/mini mall
Taking a break to watch the ocean.
There were a few cruise ships docked in town that weekend.
Leaves in a random park we passed through.
Flowers along the path that follows the ocean.
Fish & faces.
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| Maker Fair |
[10 Jul 2012|03:46am] |
I've been meaning to go to Maker Fair for a few years now but have always been too busy until this year. We got to go check it out with Jerry & Ashley and ran into a few friends that were working there as well.
See all the pictures here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/51846205@N00/sets/72157630138995872/
Adam Savage from Mythbusters gave an inspiring speech.
Bees?!
So many cute robots- all the WALLE's and R2D2's a girl could ever want :)
Matt & Jeanine- now in 3D!
Yay, my second Dalek sighting of the day
Jerry & Ashley at the musical bench
Also, I am a robot
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| Fanime Day 3- Sunday |
[09 Jun 2012|10:11pm] |
Sunday was another crazy busy day: Fanime lolita picnic, Cafe V event at Satori Teahouse, Clockwork Alchemy with Ashley to check out their daytime events, Black & White Ball at Fanime, popped over to the Emperor Norton Ball at Clockwork Alchemy, and another late night of silliness.
Both balls were not what I expected- at Fanime the staff was rude and it was organized poorly with too many structured mixer dances and demos. I just want to dance with my friends and have a good time, why is that so hard?! Stop yelling at everyone for their shoes and instead come up with actual rules that you clearly comunicate to all members of staff. Ugh, not fun. At Clockwork Alchemy it was kind of weird that their ball stopped being a ball 1/3 of the way through and became a typical dance party that most of the con goers were not interested in participating. When we got there no one was dancing at all, instead everyone was hanging around the edges of the room looking incredibly bored. Instead of being intimidated that we were the only ones on the dance floor, we all danced the night away like fools and it was great.
The entire set is here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/51846205@N00/sets/72157630002353193/
Joel & Lindsay are always such a lovely pair, Liz went all out in a OTT sweet lolita ganguro hybrid outfit, only Cimone can rock those ridiculous meta pieces and still look so good, and Julia looked awesome as usual *cursing myself that I didn't buy that skirt fabric in time*
Some of the group that went to both the lolita picnic and Cafe V.
Chelsea is alway a beautiful rainbow and looked so at home with this random bit of art we passed on the walk to Satori.
I loved these girl's circus themed outfits
Cafe V was really silly and fun. Everyone was ready to fight to the death to win that tea cup.
There was so much nifty stuff over in the dealers room and artist area of Clockwork Alchemy.
Matt & I all fancy for the Black & White Ball
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| Fanime Day 2- Saturday |
[09 Jun 2012|04:52pm] |
Saturday I ran around like a crazy person all day. Woke up crazy early to get ready for the fashion show, rushed over the to reg line to say hi to Bonnie, after the show quickly changed back into my own clothes, went on an adventure to get Sophia & Sky's car from Gia's house over to my house, food truck event, ran into Lindsey, Lee, Leila, Sarah & Jason and took pictures for a bit, back to my room for impromptu dress up time with Sophia and Sky and then we went to Clockwork Alchemy to check out their concert which was just meh but we still had fun running around the con, and the night ended with Jerry & Ashley joing Sky, Sophia, Matt and me at our room for boardgames and booze.
The whole set is here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/51846205@N00/sets/72157630054006524/
Outfit # 1 or 4 (or 5 if you count the drunk pajama party)- Giraffe dress from Lady Sloth
Peter Pan & Tink! *dies of cuteness*
Randomly kidnapped Sarah & Lindsey for photos
The ladies just chillin
Hotel room photoshoot time
One of the bands at the concert
One of the steampunk shorts we watched + a slight misunderstanding + so much laughter =
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| Fanime Day 1- Friday |
[09 Jun 2012|04:32pm] |
No pictures from Thursday, although I was there. The power went out, everything went crazy, helped out a bit while hanging out with matt and then popped by the swap meet.
Friday- stopped by the My Little Pony meetup to take pictures of friends that I knew were dressing up, bounced around the con hanging out with various friends, and went over to Clockwork Alchemy with Jerry & Ashley to check out their concert that night.
The whole set is here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/51846205@N00/sets/72157629979571468/
NO PONIES!
Sophia & Gia were so cute in their cosplays!
Fabienne was rockin her shades and converse like a boss ;)
Jenny was wearing what may be my favorite steampunk lolita outfit ever
Absolutely gorgeous Ariel & Ursula
Unwoman played all night while a series of dancers joined her on stage.
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