audio love.

and California's on her mind.

so true, so true.

On March 10th I boarded a plane to Chicago (where we had an hour layover) then to Los Angeles with my friends Ashley and Lindsey. Spring break 2k7 was in full effect. Jason and Ross picked us up at LAX and drove us to our hotel on Sunset Ave right in West Hollywood. After catching up for a bit and us girls getting ready for dinner Jason & Ross took us on a little sightseeing tour and then we went to dinner. We ate at Birds and then ended up back at the hotel and on the Sunset Strip bar hopping. Fun times.

Sunday, Jason picked us up and we went to sunday brunch at Patty's and met up with his friend Seth and Sean. We then spent the day at Universal with them. It was a blast, I think I could have gone on the Mummy ride about 15 million times. The studio tour was sweet and so was everything else. I'm jealous that the boys go to Universal whenever they want to hang out. We got dinner at Hard Rock at Universal where Steve and his girlfriend Chelsea met up with us. Jason and Seth were the manliest men ever and ordered Pickled Tink drinks. We then went to see 300 right in Universal City.

Monday, what did we do on Monday? I believe we just laid up at the pool and wandered around Sunset for a bit. We got a late dinner with Jason at this sweet pizza place and then us girls went off to Metal Skool. Oh Metal Skool how I LOVE THEE. The opening bands were...meh, but I couldn't wait for the real show to begin. Check down to the bottom to see the YouTube videos that were posted from that night. It was David Draiman of Disturbed's birthday and so many people were there celebrating. He got up and sang a couple songs while Jerry Cantrell of Alice in Chains joined in. Some of System of A Down were there and Pantara plus others. Then RZA of Wu Tang got up and sang while Justin Guarini got spotted and called down. He sang Journey which pretty much made my life. Seriously, if you can go to Metal Skool you really need to because it's something of it's own.

Tuesday, I woke up and went to the pool as usual. Did I mention that our pool was on the roof of our hotel and had a SICK view? We then got ready and caught a cab to the Walk of Fame and the Chinese Theater. We were touristy all day and it was amazing. We ate lunch at this sweet ass Disney diner. We then changed and Jason picked us up with his friend Jorge and they took us to Santa Monica. We ate at this mexican place at the end of the pier. I had a sand fight with Ashley that was fun...until she realized that she lost her ring. I'm still not sure who was to blame for the beginning of that war. haha. We came back and got drinks at our hotel bar in which I pawned mine off to Lindsey because it was gross. Might I add how much I hate pineapple juice? Ash and I finally hit the sack because we were exhausted.

Wednesday, Lindsey met up with us at Mel's Diner. It's a great place to eat that's all I have to say. We didn't do much because Seth had got us guestlisted for Jay Leno that night! It was so much fun, Minnie Driver, a seven year old girl Bailee Madison? and Finger Eleven were on it. We then went to dinner with Jason & Seth at Wokcano where Sean worked. I got some sweet sushi and Jason and Seth surprised us with a Chocolate Soy Sauce Cake. Yummm. We then went back to "party city" which wasn't much of a party because we were all exhausted.

Thursday was suppose to be our last day. We changed that. Added 3 more days onto our stay because we weren't ready to leave. We ate at Mel's again same table even. We then finally made it down to Melrose. Ash spent an hour in Ed Hardy and finally bought a sweatshirt, haha. We all made out amazing in Teenage Millionaire and had fun browsing the shops. We only made it like 4 blocks before we had to catch a cab to Ross's apartment for his show. Alesana called in and did a phone interview and Mellowdrone was in the studio. No One Goes Home was hanging out and we all went to dinner.

Friday, we woke up and went shopping again on Melrose after grabbing burgers at a diner that begane with a C, I'm blanking right now. Made it a couple more blocks down on Melrose. I almost decked a employee at one of the stores. We all bought dresses to wear that night. One of the Jason, Ross, and Steve's friends was having a birthday party and we were going with them. We first got dinner with Jason at P.F. Changs after our cab driver was the biggest douche and got us lost for about an hour. We then went to this club that took us back to the 1900s. It was amazing. It was so pretty and so different from any where I'd ever been. I really felt like we'd been taken back in time. I'm pretty sure that was one of my favorite nights in Cali. It was a great place, great drinks, with amazing people. Minus the fact that Jason got us lost in Compton for a bit on the way home when Greta couldn't tell us where to go.

Saturday. Oh Saturday, our last day/night in California. We woke up early and got breakfast with Jason & Seth at Jack & Jill's in Beverly Hills. We then walked down to Rodeo Drive and walked/looked around. It's so pretty but I liked Melrose better, maybe because I'm poor. We then went back down Sunset went to the "rock of fame" that was in front of Guitar Center. Ash & Lindsey went on a "secret mission" with me which was successful. We then went back to our hotel where we were going to pack, but we napped/rested instead. We got dinner at Saddleranch and that's where my memory taps out. Happy St. Patty's day for me I guess? Or not...?

Sunday, we left our hotel at 5:00 am. Our cab driver ripped us off. We got on the plane and left. The weather was warm when we left even with it being that early, we got to dc and it was 40 degrees, I just wanted to go back to the sun.

All in all, California was everything more than I expected. I had so much fun. Thank you again to Jason, we seriously can't thank you enough for everything you did for us, I miss you already. Ross/Steve/Jorge/Seth/Sean and everyone else we met, thanks for everything you guys are great and made our spring break unforgettable.

I'm still waiting for photos and such, that'll be another blog. I have some videos to upload as well. But for now I'll leave you with a few videos:

Metal Skool!!




Bordello video won't allow itself to be embedded, so head over to ross's buzznet to watch it: http://djrossstar.buzznet.com/user/video/play/184487/

So basically, that's it in a nutshell. I'm leaving out tons and forgetting a lot but it was one of the most amazing breaks/trips I've ever had. Thanks again to everyone who made us feel at home.

Oh, and these shoes rule.

xoxo audio love.

LET'S PARTY!!!

I'll be in L.A. from March 10-15 with my two friends.
It's our last spring break so we want to make it count!!

Let us know what's up, what's going down, and all that jazz.
I've never been to the west coast so I'm looking for a good time!

We're staying right on Sunset Ave at the Hyatt West Hollywood.

Drop a note/line/comment with anything you think we need to hit up or if you want to party with us!

xoxo audio love.