sábado, 27 de abril de 2013

Pasadena Doo Dah parade

Today we went to the 36th annual Pasadena Doo Dah Parade...a spoof of the oh-so-famous Rose Parade that graces the exact same street each year. 

The parade organizer came to speak at one of my classes last year, and my interest was piqued immediately. I knew I had to go check out the parade where the wackier, the better. There apparently are no rules...only that you be very ridiculous and random.  

And instead of throwing candy like at normal parades, people threw tortillas. 

It's kinda like Halloween for hippies....or maybe what's it's like to use hallucinogenic drugs. 

Anyway, it was awesomely weird:



some cute spectators of the weirdness





these guys were grilling hot dogs to deliver to the crowd, while this scantily clad skateboarder zoomed around happily with his hula hoop. 

There was a whole band of middle aged men with kids toys they had hooked up to amps. Probably my favorite. 
i also loved the guys zooming around in little cupcake cars

miércoles, 24 de abril de 2013

um, i think you mixed up your categories...



I was browsing a maternity clothes giveaway on a blog and came across this model on the maternity  website:
Maternity-Plus Size
Plus-size maternity

Really?? if she's plus-size, what would that make me?!?!

What's even more disturbing is that if you click on the link to the plus-size maternity page, she pops up again, but.....where's her baby?!?!?!



And again i insist...why is waify girl in the plus-size section??

domingo, 14 de abril de 2013

feel that jazz!

Yesterday Elvis and Suzy and I went to a free jazz festival at Caltech...check out this smooth dancer! Watching him was the best part of the whole show! Until he got creeped out by Elvis taking a video of him and went behind the bushes....


Elvis has to go back to NY tomorrow for the last time EVER! He will be back for good in 2 weeks...hallelujah!

Here are some more pictures of our silly goose from this weekend:



We also went out to breakfast with these dear friends for one of the last times for a while...what are we gonna do without you guys in Pasadena?!?! 

lunes, 1 de abril de 2013

Easter weekend

This Easter weekend was extra special because Elvis was here with us after being apart almost a whole month! We didn't do a ton, which was nice and relaxing. Took him to the airport again today, which is probably my least favorite thing in the whole world to do, but he will be back to spend the weekend again in 2 weeks.
making torrejas with Elvis...a traditional easter dish in ES which is basically french toast that is then soaked and cooked in a sauce made of milk with sugar cane candy and spices. YUM. 

easter egg hunt...this picture does no justice to the chaos!

Happy Easter!
Easter lunch out with some of our friends from El Salvador who now live in LA

kinda creepy bunny at the Easter fest at a nearby park....have you seen this website of even creepier bunny pictures???
http://www.happyplace.com/15235/the-creepiest-easter-bunny-photos-ever-taken