One reason I hadn't posted in a while was because the week and weekend after the 4th of July, we did a whole lot of nothing. We were both busy with work! The weekend after I last updated, Charlie bar tended private parties (in Bel Air and Manhattan Beach) both Friday and Saturday night while I babysat Friday night and made jewelry all day and night on Saturday. I honestly can't remember what we did on that Sunday ...so I'm sure it was a whole lot of nothing!
On Monday July 16th, Charlie got a call from his great Uncle Tom who just so happened to be driving through town for the night. We gave him a place to crash, so he took us out to dinner. After work, we walked down to the Redondo Pier to catch the sunset and grab dinner and a bottle of wine at Kincaids. 'Uncle Tom' got one of the seafood specials, Charlie got braised short ribs in a red wine reduction with roasted mushrooms and silky mashed potatoes, and I got smoked chicken tortellini stuffed with ricotta, garlic confit, asiago, sun dried tomato, and a pesto cream sauce. Needless to say, there were no leftovers and the wine was finished before we got dessert. For dessert, we got a giant piece of cheesecake with three forks. After dinner, I was too full to move, Uncle Tom was tired from driving all day, and Charlie was also tired from a long day at work, so we decided to head home and call it a night.
Thursday, July 19th, we were invited to the South Bay Local's Choice awards party at Terranea in Palos Verdes. The party was hosted at Terranea's adult pool. Longboard and signature cocktails were on the house as well as appetizers being passed around on trays by the staff. They also had an amazing cheese, meat, and bread buffet set up! We tried quite a few different kinds of cheeses and meats including salami, fennel salami, and fresh chorizo. Charlie's company, VOX DJ's, were the entertainment for the evening. We had a great time eating, drinking, and mingling poolside!
Relaxing by the fire pit
Friday night, we grilled out pork chop sandwiches with augratin potatoes and fresh roasted green beans. I hadn't had a grilled pork chop sammie in forever ...it was incredible. After dinner, we met our friend Brian for a drink at Old Tony's on the Redondo Pier. After a quick drink and some catching up, Charlie and I had to do some last minute shopping for Saturdays event!
Saturday we had a big day ahead of us! Saturday night was the White Light White Night event. White Light White Night is a charity event to raise money for Walk with Sally. Walk with Sally is a non-profit organization that provides healing and comfort to children who are living with parents who have cancer or have lost their battle to cancer. From what I understand, they are like a 'Big Brother, Big Sister' program. They pair children with a mentor who has also been affected by cancer. For more information on it, you can visit www.walkwithsally.org. White Light White Night was sold out at 1,000 tickets, and they raised an incredible amount of money.
Paul Lemire
Charlie and I hanging out backstage
So, early Saturday morning Charlie got up early to meet Allen (the owner of Saint Rocke) for breakfast. Allen & his team were producing the Smash Mouth show at White Light White Night. Charlie was Allen's right hand man for the day, so they had to go over some last minute stuff for the event. While Charlie was working with Allen all day, I got my nails done, bought shoes for the event, and Whitney (and Jackson) came over to do my hair!
Around 2:30, I left to walk down to the event. It didn't start until 5PM, but I was also working it! Danielle, my boss Jen's sister, was the co-chair for the event this year. I was Danielle's assistant for the remainder of the afternoon and evening. She, along with her crew, did an AMAZING job on the event. I only was there to help for a couple of hours, which were of course the most stressful hours leading up to the event, but everything turned out GREAT. As Danielle's assistant, I basically shadowed her the whole time and got to meet a lot of great people who live in the South Bay. My busiest task as her assistant was being the 'door lady' for the meet and greet. A handful of people at the event got to meet and take pictures with Smash Mouth. I had the 'guest list' and wristbands to let people in.
Enjoying tacos & key lime pies after their long work day
Smash Mouth
Hanging on the side of the stage during the show
Besides a hosted bar (which I, of course, took full advantage of!), the Taste of the South Bay was also at the event! I had the opportunity to enjoy some of the local food that I love and try some of the restaurants I've never been to. I had vodka penne from Lido, steak and mashed potatoes from Paul Martin's, a Mediterranean sampler plate from Open Sesame, a phenomenal short rib taco from The Rockefeller, and chips, salsa, guacamole, and a house margarita from Ortega 120. I got to hang out backstage at the event (where Charlie and Brian were working!), mingle with people I knew and people whom I met that night, and enjoy the music! Paul Lemire was the opener for Smash Mouth. He was also the acoustic act at the South Bay Home magazine launch party that we went to! Smash Mouth, of course, sang all of their 'greatest hits' as well as some stuff from their new album.
Rocking the red carpet in style!
After the bars closed and Charlie transported the band back to their hotel, he, Brian, and I went to Saint Rocke for the unofficial after party. One Drop Redemption was covering Bob Marley's 'Legend' album, and I indulged in some more adult beverages!
It was an amazing night, and I'm so glad I got to be a part of it all (thank you x a million, Danielle!!!!).
Sunday was a slow-moving morning. Charlie and I made our infamous biscuits and gravy. We then went to the mall and did some returns (he ended up returning all $200 worth of clothing & accessories that he had worn the night before). We also got a slushy, a smoothie, and pretzel bites with cheese! YUM! I had to exchange my new running shoes at Kohls (the ones I got in the mail were too tight. I opted for some Nikes instead!) and I had to exchange my new camera at Best Buy which was already malfunctioning. After a long afternoon of shopping and returning, we came home to nap. I had to cut my nap short! I made meatball sammies (out of the meatballs & sauce that had been cooking in the crockpot all day) and headed to Hollywood. In exchange for Whitney doing my hair for Saturday night, I had agreed to babysit Jackson while Whit and Andrew went out to celebrate his birthday.
Jackson and I had a nice, relaxing night! ;) I didn't get home until after 1AM though. So as I sit here and type this at work, I.am.exhausted. I have both Kate and Audrey home sick today!
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