Jenell's Birthday Extravaganza/Labor Day

What a weekend! I actually had a social life over Labor Day weekend. Who would have thought!?

The troops rallied together Saturday to celebrate Miss Jenell's birthday. We took the train to Del Mar to watch the ponies run, and it was so much fun! Hey that rhymed!

Here is how the day unfolded... Meet at the train station, drink, get on train, drink, freak out because part of our group missed the train, celebrate with a drink when they made it on the train at the irvine station, take the trolley to the track, drink, bet, drink, cheer for the ponies, drink, head to pizza port, drink, eat a whole lot of pizza, take the train home.



When it was all said and done, grandma Lara actually managed to keep up with the party crew. I couldn't be more proud...and I'm sure my mom would concur.

I spent Sunday trying to re-hydrate after the chaos of the day before with lemon slushies and soda. (The recommended fix for dehydration of the Surgeon General.) I met up with Jenn, her husband, Dean, and his visiting friend Gavin at the Orange Street Fair. I have to say, we weren't in our best form, but we managed to sample a good amount of the food. Right now, I'm really wishing I had that egg roll and burrito I passed over that day.

After stuffing ourselves, we headed to Newport for the rest of the day. It was a gorgeous day and once we were baked properly, we hit the bar scene. Figuring no visit to the OC is complete without a bucket from Sharkeez, we headed to the pier area. But after witnessing one of the most pathetic shows of desperation to get in by some chick claiming to be a local celeb, we decided to hit the blue beet instead. We had the roof to ourselves there...and although it meant missing out on partying with some guy named "Favi" the afore mentioned "Newport celeb" was screaming about knowing, it suited us just fine.

A quick trip to the Newport Brewing Company for food finished off the day nicely.

Monday...the couch and I were one. Ahhh back to the proper life of a golden girl.