spreading the love...

next i'm going to blow this picture up and write our names in glitter!!! lol

this has to be one of my favorite pictures right now...

thanks cile and ja for the inspiration and anna for the pic,
i <3 the tecsons and anna 4-eva

HAPPY EASTER!!!

this weekend,well the past couple of weeks have been totally and completely crazy. two weeks ago i went to vegas to watch RENT (which i was pretty good). to prep for that day we watched RENT (the motion picture) and right before we left, larnie was yelling through out alvin and minette's place "RENT IS DUE!" it was totally hilarious.

the week after that was my mom's 6oth birthday, and now this past weekend was my dad's induction ceremony for the malasiquinians of america, where he is vice president. he danced the todo todo, but it was this different one that i'm not used to.

those boquiren boys...

anyways and this past sunday was easter! CRAZY!!! and during this past week, i basically had this whole breakdown...

anyways so this past sunday larnie and i slept in till about 10am and then had lunch with mando and jackie at around 1pm at DOUGHBOYS on 3rd. the same place that i saw LC. we didn't have that much luck today, but we did see a whole bunch of l.a. hipsters. it was fun. it kinda of made me realize how much i like la. i'm not so much in this hipster scene, but it's fun to have the option to just visit it and hang out. people watch. i guess if i really tried i could fit in, but i live in so much debt that i don't think that is necessarily the life for me. but the energy of la is pretty great. and lately i've kinda been reconsidering living up north. i'm sure my mind with change in the next couple of months, but la has so much to offer and see. anyways, so larnie and i really wanted to go to mass, but mando was like, let's go to brunch, but mass started at 2:30pm at the cathedral (which is pretty awesome, if you haven't checked it out) well they told us that the wait was going to be about 25 minutes, which it didn't which was a great easter surprise. and then we had a great meal. i had the S.O.S. (shit on a shingle). but it's not as bad as it sounds. it was this large piece of some crusty bread, baked with butter and asiago cheese, covered with potatoes and topped with this creamy beef mixture and two poached eggs. it actually looked kinda gross, but it was quite delicious!

then we went to church at the cathedral and walked around the masoleum...

Happy Birthday MOM!!

this past weekend was my mom's 60th birthday party. thanks to all of you that came and i hope that you had a good time...

umm lumpia... i LOVE lumpia...

trying to get the heater started. i was totally afraid of this big old fireball coming out of there and burning all of my hair off...








me making a speech to my mom. it was my favorite part of the night... lol. lots of "ummmms" and "uhhhhh" and laughs...

The Boquirens



Tired, exhausted, but it was fun!!!

another reason "I'M SO LA"

i can't believe i was doing this, but... on this rainy thursday, i was sheltered in warmth at the starbucks in santa monica, waiting for my hair appointment with eleazar, sipping on my green tea frappucino and checking email on my mac. to my right was this young day trader wearing his herringbone blazer, designer jeans and boots, his curly hair held in place by a light pomade, trading. to my left, this sporty black guy, with track jacket and diesel jeans who was surfing the net.

all of us were so into what we were doing but we still managed to look up and see the passing housewives headed for pottery barn, and the homeless people carrying their belongings in double plastic bags and begging for food and money.

only in la...