Sunday, June 30, 2013

June 24 - June 30

Another whirlwind week has passed during my break in CA. Although presently my days are mostly  filled with watching Wimbledon, tanning, sort of practicing Swedish, and working out (I know, tough life) this week was also full of family time.



Wednesday we celebrated Cody's 16th birthday and the attainment of his drivers license. Scary thought!


Me and cousin Lisa at dinner for Cody



Me and Dad...with a super nice painting behind us...



The next day, Nanny I started the morning lazily watching Wimbledon. And if I recall correctly, there was also a conversation of Tupac, P. Diddy, Snoop Dogg, and Biggie Smalls. Later we picked up Nana and drove over Beverly Glen and Sunset out to PCH where I finally got to have lunch at The Reel Inn, a place I have been wanting to go for years!



After a super delicious lunch, we started back inland but stopped at the Self-Realization Fellowship in Pacific Palisades.



Checking out the view of the lake and swans



Saturday it was time to celebrate Lisa's bridal shower!

Here's the bride-to-be on her gift opening throne:




Pretty excited to finally get to be tall (well, more like normal height) and wear my big platforms. It's a whole new world at that height!



Nanny and all of her granddaughters



Me and my brothers. Lookin' pretty sharp.



Feeling so much taller than Linds!

The best line from the day was Jess telling me, "Kels, you could be a supermodel, like, if you grew a little bit." Wow, thanks, Jess!



Sunday morning, Mom and I drove over Mulholland to Charlie's Pantry in Bel Air for a pre-hike breakfast. Once we had our fill, we made it out to Solstice Canyon. Still trying to follow Hayden's workout regime!

We were driving along the coast when we see a Coastal Access sign in a neighborhood of mostly private beaches and we spontaneously decided to pull over. Not sure where to go, we tried to inconspicuously follow this guy who kinda-sorta looked like he knew where he was going. We ended up finding Lechuza Beach in Malibu, which it was absolutely gorgeous on this quintessential Los Angeles summer day.



Sunday's celeb sightings include Janice Dickinson and Jane Adams, which was pretty cool since I watched America's Next Top Model for years and Jane is in one of my favorite movies, Father of the Bride 2.


I also started reading Chick Hearn's book this week and Grace Coddington's memoirs as well. Both are seriously great!

Sunday, June 23, 2013

Continued Summer Adventures So Far

Dinner with the Williams fam at Mucho Mas...



Definitely not the most flattering picture but I thought it was necessary to get a picture in front of George Clooney's house after hiking Fryman Canyon. Mom was so embarrassed but I think George is probably used to it...



Hollywood and Highland with Nanny/Grandma Dorothy/Doron/Farmor and Cody...





View of Downtown LA from Yamashiro in Hollywood...



Spicy Tuna Crispy Rice from Yamashiro. Amazing!



After an already great weekend Mom and I took off for a drive up Pacific Coast Highway which ended with a stop at Malibu...











Thursday, June 13, 2013

Kelsey in California

After 10 months in Sweden, yesterday I left Lund for a six week stay in California. From Lund to Copenhagen to London to LAX to Studio City, the whole journey took about 18 hours. I watched Promised Land, the last Twilight movie, Beautiful Creatures, This is Forty, and started Gangster Squad during my flight. Being away from LA has given me a lot of movies to catch up on!

This song was stuck in my head for the entire flight:


Californiiiiaaaaaaaa!!!

Except for a 45 minute nap I was awake for about 23 hours. Before I finally fell asleep I was pretty delirious with exhaustion.


This morning I woke up ready for a real American breakfast so Mom and I headed to one of our favorites, Sweet Butter. I'm allowing myself one week to eat everything I missed (including meat!) and then I'm going back on my pescetarian regimen!



I'm pretty relieved that the real summer weather hasn't started yet in LA since I don't think I'm quite ready for temps in the nineties (35C+). But I did tan today! It feels amazing to be back in the California sunshine...


Also, my plan is too look like Hayden Panetierrie by the end of the summer. I am about 20 pounds down after all! Just gotta keep going.   :)