Palms Springs and Marilyn

I've been lucky this last week! I've spend the last 2 days in Palms Springs relaxing/working. I love this city so much and was happy that I actually got to go out and explore downtown. Whenever I come here (at least 20 times!) I always take the last flight in and first flight out, so I have only seen what's close to my hotel in the dark.

My FAVORITE thing about this city is that it's all MARILYN MONROE! Everywhere you look, there is a statue or picture. If you know anything about me, you know will how utterly obsessed with her I am. She's the tops to me and oozes sex appeal. If I didn't have such dark hair (eyebrows) I would dye my hair and try to look like her in every way. Anyways, here are some pictures of my adventures in Palms Springs. 

Cloudy weather! No one wanted to come play!

 

  

Gay Pride Marilyn

Elizabeth Taylor's Star

 

My personal favorite, sexy/trashy burger girl

 

Best chicken Pho in Palms Springs

Best boxes ever

 

Mega huge, mega sexy Marilyn

 

And of course her fabulous star

Ahoy matey! My outfit for the day

Wanda Woodward and LA

I'm finally semi settled in at my new location in LA and I am already in love with the area. El Segundo is seriously a little city inside the big city. My mom took my down to the beach, which is only a 5 minute drive from our apartment so I have been taking advantage of my daily exercise right on the beach. I love it out here... and I love being so close to the water.

 

Working out of the LAX Airport is a new challenge, to say the least. Every airport is different and has specific ways of doing things, so its been interesting getting a hang of the different procedures! In Phoenix, I was seriously spoiled and just had to work one airline with one aircraft. Now in LAX, I am working 5-6 airlines and 4 different air crafts. I will tell you though, as much as everyone HATES the EMB 120, a.k.a Puddle jumper, Clown Car, or really small and loud plane, I had so much fun working that one on my first day. Even though you are constantly bumping into someone or having your hinny in their face ( not that I'm saying I like to do that :) ) it seems like a "closer" flight. Anyway, enough about that and I promise when I get back in to LA, I will start looking into Vintage Shops and see what I can find. ANY recommendations would be awesome!!!

 

Alright, now onto the vintagey part of the post, I've been thinking a lot about Wanda Woodward from the movie Crybaby. ( BTW, me and my sisters all time favorite movie). I've been EXTREMELY tempted to cut my bangs like hers.... I love them and find they so incredibly sexy... and of course the fire engine red lipstick.

 

 

 

But while looking at these picture, it got me thinking about a new sewing project... I think I will attempt to make her white and red wiggle dress...

 

 

Now let's just throw in a damn sexy picture of Johnny Depp for good measure. Yes Johnny, I will have your babies.

 

 

 

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Got back to Utah yesterday to finish most of my moving before I start the moving to LA. It's crazy that I will be a LA resident in 6 days... CRAZY! I'll try to do a fun post here in the next couple days once things start to slow down. But here is my baby girl doing what she does best.... relaxing and posing. :)

 

 

 

Also I would LOVE comments from you guys and what you want to see!

Special Shower!

Been busy the last couple days! I was able to do our company's last flight to Guaymas Mexico and got free tacos... Free tacos is always a good thing :) They also had their firetrucks spray their hoses over the plane as we left as a special farewell. I sometimes get alittle loud on my flights and yelled "carwash!" as we went through... I thought I was funny so thats all the matters. Here are some pics and I will try and do a fun post once I catch up on some sleep. BTW met Jamie Foxx today and he is way hotter in person.. just so you know :)

 

 

 

Fire trucks getting ready to spray us down

 

I know they look mean but they are super nice even though they hold huge guns.

 

And this is the crazy person who is flying your plane.... jk

 

Fun little things...

Ahh.. the life of a flight attendant... One minute you are planning on going to Des Moines for 3 days and then the next you are taken off the trip, left with nothing on your schedule.  So, I decided to go get my hair (dark burgundy, I've been loving the deep red color lately) and my nails done in a fabulous fire engine red.

 

 

With the rest of the day free, I went thrift shopping in Downtown Phoenix. And leave it to me to find my new favorite shop a week before I'm suppose to move! One of the shops I went to today was called Antique Sugar. They seriously had some of the most beautiful vintage pieces I have ever seen.

 Here are some of the pieces that I found .

 

1940's Fun beaded hat

 



 

1940's Light Pink Silk Nightie

 

1950's Bright Yellow full skirted dress

 

And my favorite of all... a 1950's ankle length evening dress. Seriously, the picture does not do it justice and I almost dropped the $400 for it....

 

Even though I didn't buy any clothing items, I did find something that I have been wanting for years and just haven't been able to find....

 

An Asian to go Purse! I am in love with this! It was stashed with random other objects and I almost skimmed over it!

 

 

Then headed over to a shop called Gertie's. It didn't have a big selection of clothing but I did find a little gem in the back of the shop, a 1950's diner! If you are looking for the best Pumpkin Pie milkshake, this the place to go.

 



 

Thrift store shopping is one of my favorite things to do and I was pretty happy with the items that I did purchase. I think I spent a total of $25 for 2 purses and some 1950's hair pins that had never been used.

 

 

 1950's brown leather bag ($8), Asian to go Purse ($12) and my hair pins ($5)

 

But sometimes I just can't help myself...

 

 

Anything pink and studded, I go weak in the knees for... Also a pic of the Schwinn J got for me :)

Little Nugget :)

It's nice to be back in Phoenix, one of the 3 places I call home. My other 2 being Utah and Pasadena with scattered belongings here and there. But in Arizona I have some possesions that are out of a suitcase. So I like to try and do "homey" things while I'm here. I was able to sleep in one of my beds, which is a huge luxury for me and I seriously get excited about. I did the pay bills and clean apartment thing and then decided I should do some cooking while I was here. I love anything with cheese and eggs so I decided a quiche would be perfect! I can mind my way around a kitchen but am no cook. Please keep this in mind when you look at my recipe. :) Sooo here is my super easy recipe...

 

Bacon and Cheese Quiche
Premade Pie Crust
5 eggs
1 cup milk
1 cup mozzarella cheese
1 cup sharp cheese
3-5 crumbled pieces of bacon
Salt and Pepper, to taste
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix eggs, milk, cheese and bacon together and place in pie crust. Cook for 40 - 60 minutes or until knife inserted in middle comes out clean.
What did I tell you..... easy peesy!

Well I'm off to finish enjoying my day home but here are some random pictures I couldn't help but put up.

 

 

Cock and Bull Ginger Beer soda and our hulky man

 

 

Some of the decorations from my Farewell party I can't take down

Presents I got from my party. My new favorite cards, travel notebook for all my random thoughts and a travel journal.

 

PS.... Now for the most excited news of all! I'm going to be an auntie and I couldn't be more excited! This is the first baby/grand baby in the famliy, so we are all so excited to meet baby nugget! (That is the name I came up with that HE will always be stuck with!)

 

Isn't that the cutest little nugget profile you have every seen!

 

House of Blues

Last night was an epic night and I was able to mark something off of my bucket list! We were able to scored some tickets to Nikil Korula band at House of Blues. Of course I had heard of it but never had the chance to go. We have some great friends we were able to go with, dance, chill and drink. Once I live in LA, I think House of Blues will be one of my new hang outs. I absolutely loved it and it had such great energy last night. I have heard from many sources that everyone in LA is stuck up and rude but the crowd last night was so fun and welcoming. Everyone there was just there to have a good time. So it gave me a little bit of hope that being a "transplant" won't be that bad.

 

Dinner at The Hook. Their sweet potato fries are so good!

 



House of Blues

Outfit for the night. Bustier top in leapord, studded bag, jeans and black wedges. Also of course the signature pomp.