Girls Weekend to LA for "The Sing Off"

 Have you met my BF, Eliza Jane?  (Friend from NAU, transfered to U of A, convinced her to come back and be my roommate (at NAU)?  Remember, we had an a cappella group with a couple of guy friends? Well, you may have seen her recently on NBC's "The Sing Off".  Crazy right?  She is in Afro-Blue, from Howard University.  Isn't she gorgeous?? (She's the white girl, kind of hard to miss)  Anyways, I knew that she was in LA, although I didn't know why.  She finally called one day after the cast listing for the show was announced and was able to tell me that she was on the show!! (thus the secrecy about her being in LA, and not talking to me for over 4 weeks)  YAY!  Janey lives in D.C. so we aren't able to see each other but maybe a couple of times a year, and I miss her terribly!  Knowing that: 1. she was in LA and only 6 hours away made me stoked, and 2. that she was taping for a nationally televised show, I knew I couldn't pass up the opportunity to cheer her on!  Too bad I can't tell you what happened while I was there!  AHHHHH!!  I called Kathy and she was game for a totally spontaneous trip to Cali--thanks, Kath!!

Venice Beach

Two-headed turtle

I stopped at this cute cafe for lunch.  I had an awesome Panini and then some homemade doughnuts.  YUM!

All Kathy wanted was to get a sunset picture, but because of our schedule and the taping of the show, this was the best we could get.  I pulled over (probably illegally) and Kathy jogged up a hill to get this shot.

Of course we couldn't pass up the opportunity to spend all day Sunday on Huntington Beach.  It was so nice to have a day off!!

 These are so out of order but it was really funny that on Saturday night we went to the pier (we are talking 10PM) and there were gobs and gobs of people fishing.  Whole families with very little children were there past 11, so strange!  But it was fun to see some night life!

Umm, we totally ran into Andy McDowell.  She was alone and taking pics of people on Venice Beach.  

You may or may not see this sign on an upcoming episode (Props to Kath for making it).  Just to let you know it was the talk of the night.  It even got a laugh out of Nick Lachey (did I mention how good looking he is in person?)  Did I also mention that we were interviewed by Sam Tsui?  He's an Internet star, look him up on you-tube.  I will be completely embarrassed if my interview shows up on the website, I acted like a silly teenager!  But it was so fun!  Being apart of the taping was awesome, but tiring!!