Tara TICHY's Bday!

We had a surprise birthday dinner for our dear friend Tara this weekend and went out to one of her favorite restaurants in Del Mar - Sbicca.

Here the birthday girl practices her best Miss America wave:And J shows us how confident he is in his masculinity by holding his wife's purse and balloons. Real men carry purses, just so you know. :)

After dinner we grabbed a quick photo, then headed across the street to L'Auberge for drinks. L'Auberge was kicking - it was crazy Del Mar Cougarville in there, enough collagen and silicon to plug the hole in the Titanic - but fantastic people watching!
We opted for non-Cougar low-key, though, and had our drinks out around the fire pit. It got really chilly on the ocean so the fire was great. Good times, what a super fun night!

Nothing wrong with a delicious BBQ!

I'm a week behind on my blogging, what has the world come to? I have a good excuse, though, we've been embarking on the next step of Warrenski-hood and are shopping for a house! I fear this may become an all-consuming feat, so if you don't hear from us for a while, just know we're fine and searching hard for the next Warren castle. Stay tuned on that front!

Last weekend, though, was a nice mellow one - we had a get-together with our friends for a casual BBQ. And, just like if a tree falls in a forest and no one hears it falls...do events really take place if I don't have my camera? I think not. We'd intended to host the BBQ for friends who were coming into town - we were super bummed when their plans changed but decided to have the BBQ anyway...I'm pretty sure we never need an excuse to get together and eat.

The Tichy's were sweet to host - speaking of houses, I have terrible house envy with it comes to Chez Tichy - their place is legit. I would love to live in a house like that when I finally grow up, but let's be honest, that's still a long way away. :)

Kicking it in the killer backyard:


We had a bit of a beer-situation with some frozen beers...quite entertaining to watch them explode on other people...certainly not so funny when you're on the receiving end. :)

Good thing Aaron didn't get pulled over on the way home, he smelled like a homeless guy after this debacle.

I'm an idiot and dressed for the weather that I wanted, not the actual weather that was. Therefore, the denim skirt quickly got traded for a pair of Jason's sweats. I'm not saying it's a look, but, the saggy sweats crotch situation may have turned a few heads. Here I let out my inner gansta in my sweats while Rob actively cheers me on.
It's too bad none of us love our dogs:
G wasn't too stoked on this situation - Bear claimed me as his own for the afternoon.
Galileo is becoming such an old guy, he poops out so quickly now at social events it kinda makes me sad. But on a cute note, he has such an adorable little old guy snore now.
As always, Bennett will NEVER complain of no attention from his "aunts and uncles".



Of course, I love any excuse to let my inner dork out:And so does Tichy - it's nice to not be the only one.
Pounds of carne asada, enough cheese to clog an artery or two, and being surrounded by our sweet friends - the successful mix to a delicious BBQ!

Putt & pamper are now 2 of my favorite words

We went to Indian Wells for a quickie getaway last weekend with our good friends - we went for Jason Reynold's birthday, along with his wife Lisa and our other friends Jason and Tara. We stayed 2 nights at the Mira Monte resort in Palm Desert for their "Putt & Pamper" package - the greatest thing ever. The dudes went golfing, while we girls hit up the spa and gym.

Rob and I drove up the 15 after work on Friday afternoon and needless to say traffic was horrific, so we stopped off for some ribs in Temecula - slurp!After staying up late chatting (and getting woken up by our next door neighbors but that's a whole other story that I won't bore you with), the guys were off to some golf! Alex drove up for the day to join the dudes, 2 hours each way, now THAT'S dedication to golf!
Here's some pics from golfing - looks like a great course but I still think hanging at the spa was the better deal :)






Of course, no pics of the spa but just rest assured we had a great time. We had a delicious breakfast, then a rockin' workout, and REALLY earned our laziness at the spa - it was quite delicious. I had a hot stone massage that made me melt into butter and a great pedi to boot. Throw in a killer sauna/steam room and I was like a noodle.

Saturday night we all went out for dinner at Roy's. Between birthday celebrating (Reynold's) and cocktails, needless to say, it got a little silly.

Here the birthday boy shows off his personalized birthday menu:
And here's while it was still a classy crew, ha!:





Other than that edamame pod in Jason's nose, the whole dinner was delicious! Lobster bisque to die for, short ribs that make you want to slap...oh wait....and, a chocolate souffle that was downright sinful. Good times, man I love our friends. And souffle.



I know it is probably much funnier if you were there, but I have this annoying habit of yelling everyone's names like I'm Oprah. Here's a few videos of the Oprah yell catching on...(it's addictive, just try it, you'll see)

Happy 2010 (whoa!)

Happy New Year's, I know it's already 4 days into the new year but I'm still having a hard time adjusting to the fact it's 2010. Bizarro - I swear I remember the 1999/2000 New Year's Eve like it was yesterday! Someone slow this ride down, it's going way too fast.

We had a nice mellow NYE that was much needed after all the other holiday hoopla. Our friends Aaron and Mo (with a photo bomb by Rob)hosted a great night at their place - just a chill night of some food (aka shoveling food in our faces until 3 in the morning), cocktails (let's just say since I was DD, I'm pretty sure I was the only one that was vertical the next day, much less got my butt to the gym), and our white elephant gift exchange.

I opted for comfy jammies that night while Rob went in his tux - don't ever say the Warrens don't keep you guessing. Rob channeled his inner waiter (notice the key touch, his converse):Here's the Tichy's showing off their white elephant prize, the best pillow EVER:
Mo promptly stole my gift, a twirly disco ball, that stinker! Here Aaron shows off his moves to it:

As always, the night ended with us all crowded around the fire pit - I love that thing. Always a good time is had around it. (wait, was that the worst grammatical sentence structure ever or what?) You get my drift. Plus, I like the steady progression of these pics into complete and utter disaster.