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Cinco de Mayo – Santa Monica Style

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Ariel and I headed west yesterday, from Hollywood to Santa Monica, to celebrate Cinco de Mayo with our other Floridian friends, Bret and Baily.  We braved the ultra chilly weather and sat on the patio at Oscars on Rose.  Oscars on Rose that Bret’s iPhone changed to Oscars on Rosé.  And Oscars on Rose that I somehow started referring to as Carlos’ on Rosé.  Lots of giggling yesterday.

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LA has become a home of sorts.  And hanging with Ariel, Bret, and Baily (who have known one another for years now) felt much like home.  Our cinco celebration made it very apparent that it doesn’t get much better than sitting across the table from three people you love so dearly from three very different phases in your life.

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Yesterday was a wonderful way to kick off my 30th birthday week and I’m so thankful that the people in this post will be the celebration company I’ll keep!

Hello Santa Monica!

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This trip has been a bit of a whirlwind tour of LA county. After my final day in conference land, I hopped in a cab and headed to Santa Monica.

I met Callahan at his office where we did a quick exchange of hugs for keys. I downloaded the mapquest app, looked for a lunch spot on Urban Spoon, and was on my way – true iTourist style.

I had been meaning to try Real Food Daily for quite some time and, by chance, it was the first restaurant that Urban Spoon suggested. Fate? I think so!

I ordered the VLT wrap sans T with a pressed salad and a Russian tea cookie for dessert. Everything was stellar, including the location. I’m totally crushing on Santa Monica right now!