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Wedding Pictures – Before
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Wedding Pictures – During
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Wedding Pictures – After
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Where To Go – Jeff’s Definitive Guide To Los Angeles Part I
Getty–Is this our favorite place in Los Angeles? I think it is. The only place that we send all people. If you are only going to do one thing, this is it. It’s like someone crossed a spaceship with Roman marble and plopped [...]
What To Eat – Jeff’s Definitive Guide To Los Angeles Part II
Pizzeria Mozza/Osteria Mozza: Mozza is one of our favorite places to eat in LA–it’s definitely worth a trip. The restaurant is a joint venture between Mario Batali and Nancy Silverton. The Pizzeria is definitely cheaper, while the Osteria is more expensive and more refined. There is also a takeout sandwich [...]
Our Engagement Pics
We wanted to show you some of our favorite pics – from our amazing photographer, Suthi Picotte.
Turkey Day
Given that we’re all transplants, Sarah, Diana, Jenny and I all had Thanksgiving in Manhattan Beach. Sarah and Diana decided to be ridiculous and created a “Pilgrim and Indian” theme. This was relatively entertaining, especially going down to the beach. What was interesting is that everyone said hello to us, probably because they wondered why [...]
Dolpins!
Practically National Geographic. Check out the dolphins I saw on my sailing trip to Catalina. We counted 8 total. They stayed with us off the bow of the boat for 10-15 minutes. So cool.
Saturday In San Diego
Sarah and I haven’t been to San Diego in about four years, so when my good friend John surprised his wife with a last minute trip from Seattle to San Diego (needed to escape the rain…), we decided to drive down and hang out with them for the day. It was a fun day, and [...]
Mud Run
Today we did the Irvine Lake Mud Run with Diana, her roomy Daniel, and several of his friends. It was fun, ridiculous, painful at times, and obviously quite dirty. The deal is you dress up in costumes, and run/walk/slip through a 5K over, under, and through obstacles in the mud – followed and preceded [...]
Sortie Means “Exit”
“Sortie” day. Sad (although Sarah is stoked that she gets to use one of the few French words she’s learned in a sentence). We woke up, and successfully made it to the airport using nothing but our own two feet and public transportation. It was hassle free, cheap, and easy. I wish that we could [...]
Merry Christmas Manhattan Beach
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Despite shorts, flip flops, palm trees and surfers, Manhattan Beach feels downright seasonal and festive for the holidays. The town is decked out to the nines in lights and decorations, and the night of the holiday fireworks festival always gets me in the Christmas spirit. [...]
Sunset Swim
The last Friday before daylight savings ends is always the prettiest Friday evening swim, we get to enjoy the sunset the entire swim. Bittersweet though as this is the last time we’ll get to enjoy the sunlight on Friday evenings until spring.
Big Sur
Sarah and I went on a little mini-vacation, just for fun. We left on Saturday morning and drove up to Cayucos, a sleepy little town just past Morro Bay on Highway 1. My friend Kiowa really likes Cayucos, so we thought it would be fun to check it out. We stayed at a little bed [...]
Brotherly Love
My little brother Andy and his girlfriend Caroline came to visit. Unfortunately for them, it was pretty cloudy and gray the entire time. Oh well, we had a really good time with them. I wish they lived closer to us than Denver–I think we’d hang out a lot. I picked them up at the airport [...]
Hermosa Triathlon
I finished my first triathlon and am still alive! It was just a sprint – 1/4 mile swim, 10 mile bike, 3 mile run, but a good place to get my feet wet with tris (no pun intended, hehe), and to see if I want to try something a little longer next season.
I did [...]
ffeJ Fam!
My parents came to visit for the weekend, and although Sarah and I feel a bit sheepish in our shitty apartment by the beach, well, it’s by the beach. One of these days, Sarah and I will get a real place so that we don’t feel like transient college kids. I mean, seriously–if we lived [...]
d comes to Cali!
To our delight, d is moving to Cali in October! She stayed with us this weekend and we spent our days scoping out apartments and potential roomies in OC. We met quite the cast of characters in our epic hunt, but she found the perfect place in Laguna Hills. Her trip was [...]
US Open Of Surfing
We went down to Huntington Beach, just to check out Weezer for free. On the beach. At the US Open of Surfing. It took a long time to park, and we parked really far away. It was fun; lots of semi-naked people in the sun, being really into surfing and Weezer. Hot Hot Heat played [...]
Pier To Pier
Brrr! I made it! I escaped without any close encounters with jellyfish, stingrays or other evil sea creatures – and also managed to escape hypothermia, which FIFTY SIX people were treated for. Our lack of a real summer here has resulted in chilly, chilly water this year. The race is about 2 miles from the [...]
Mayhem In Manhattan
I can remember my first Six-Man experience when we first moved to Manhattan Beach in June of 2006. I was walking down the Strand, minding my own business, when I stumbled into the Six-Man Volleyball Tournament. Manhattan Beach is “the home of beach volleyball,” but this tournament is a different beast. There’s something surreal [...]