La Surfeza

When I got the text from my friend Alex that said the beer company he was working for (Pacifico) was sponsoring a a pub crawl for the US Open of Surfing in Huntington Beach for free, I really had to think long and hard about whether or not I wanted to go.

JUST KIDDING, duh :)

Recap of the night’s festivities:

VIP pass and beer #1

The owner of the pizza place on our pub crawl came over to check if we were having a good time, and one thing led to another (another 3 tequila shots) and he admitted to us that he was the real-life Sunshine that was in Remember the Titans! No this isn’t actually cool at all, but all the free boozing makes everything exciting!

Oh hello PoPo

...Obviously after a few more drinks

The next day the girls left but with my VIP pass that extended all weekend, there was no way I was going to leave. I called some friends that I knew lived close by and after going thru traffic of the THOUSANDS of people, I found parking 2 miles away and headed over to the next VIP lounge. More free beer, Wahoo’s fish tacos, a crazy photo booth, and plenty of entertaining creeps. And then the MGMT concert on the beach!

(This is not me) But fun nonetheless!

What a great summer weekend :-D

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The Coldplay Show at UCLA was Kick-Ass (in case you were wondering)

Would you expect anything but amazing from the fantastically talented Coldplay? I can't imagine a better birthday present. Not only do they sound better live than they do on their albums, but also their humble attitudes and goofy demeanor make them extremely lovable. Chris Martin has the voice of an angel, and his band mates are masters of their crafts.

Kevin and Amy at Coldplay

Kevin got INCREDIBLE seats. We were sitting in the front of the non-floor section, approximately 100 feet away from the stage, and the lovely and talented Chris Martin. We carpooled with two of the girls who live nearby that were also in attendance for my birthday party, and made it there with plenty of time to gawk at the rich white people that were there.

Surprise #1

Jimmy Kimmel was going to be there and the show was going to be streamed live on the Jimmy Kimmel show! Coldplay played two kick-ass songs off their new album to be released this fall including "Every Tear is a Waterfall." I'm biased because everything they do is amazing.

And it was all yellow...

Surprise #2

They played a lot of amazing classics including "Yellow," "God Put a Smile Upon Your Face," "Clocks," "Fix You," "Viva La Vida," and "Politik" (and many more). They also played a lot of fantastic new songs off their upcoming album. Let's just say I might buy it instead of finding a way to get it for free... it's that good. I also may or may not have tenderly wept during "Fix You"...

Surprise #3

A handful of celebs were in attendance there and Kevin and I had prime real estate for watching them. Two that I can confirm are Kate Bosworth (who had blue tips in her hair and looked like she hadn't eaten for a few years) and Lindsay Lohan (who was dressed like a lumber-jack/prude with a red plaid button down, jean shorts, and her bleached hair tied back into a librarian bun). I'm sure others were there, but they might have been on the other side of the stage/backstage.

This is me. Stoked for Coldplay.

Surprise #4

One of the girls we carpooled with has no censor, so the car ride home was definitely amusing. Not only did she spend the ride looking up "fun facts" about Chris Martin (the lead singer of Coldplay) and voicing how she yearns to be the piano that he "humps" while performing, but also she kept forgetting that her window was down and saying hilarious things about the people in cars next to us. They definitely heard, and my friend that was driving attempted to put her window on child lock. This is the same girl that got into a fight with a midget. I think we need to feature her on this blog permanently ;)

All in all, best birthday present EVER. I love these types of "experience-based gifts" rather than material items that I can break, lose, or get tired of.

Here are more photos of the event, courtesy of Kevin!

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Celebrating Amy's 23rd Birthday in San Diego

Some may choose to quietly celebrate their birthdays with a handful of close friends. I'm not sure who these people are, but it sure isn't me or my handful(s) of close friends... I was essentially the last one to turn 21 out of my group of friends a few years back, and ever since then my birthday has been used as an excuse to drink your body weight in jager.

So this year to celebrate my 23rd birthday 16 of my closest friends met up in the Gaslamp district of downtown San Diego. Let's just say that no one RSVP'd no.

Cramming 16 people into two rooms at the Hilton was no big deal - we all like to snuggle. So we pounded down some vodka tonics and tequila/Sun Drop concoctions and made our way over to Petco Park.

The birthday crew at Petco Park

Kevin in all his glory

We sat field-side and the weather was perfect. My boyfriend decided it would be funny to try to lead the wave in our section. Although he (and my other HS guy friends) failed miserably, their efforts were appreciated and served as a form of entertainment. My boyfriend is irresistible - check out his hotness.

Aside from the Padres losing to the Rockies, it was an amazing game filled with beer and dogs. Everyone had a good time in anticipation for the true party that night.

You might be thinking, wow this is tame? This is their excuse for a party? Just you wait (a small detail: we were all intoxicated for approximately 12 hours)...

Megan and Amy ready to go!

After freshening up and finishing off the rest of the alcohol (trust me it was a lot...), we stumbled our way to Voyeur - my favorite nightclub on the Gaslamp. It arguably is the best venue with the best music, especially for those who are into Electronica. It's also where we went one of the nights on my 21st birthday.

Here's where the night starts getting crazy.

Line, what line? Well I guess there was this huge line, but I just walked straight to the front of it and talked to the bouncer. I stood there like a BALLER telling the bouncer which people in the line were allowed in and which weren't... no cover. The whole bunch got in, no problem. Lesson to you all: act like you own the place (it obviously works...).

With this co-ed group drama was bound to happen, but I'm pretty sure my high school guy friends enjoyed their time "dancing" with my hot college friends. I also played "Have you met Ted?" (see video below - verbatim) with one of my girlfriends... and it worked. She was "hooked" for the entire night.

4 lemon drops later, we end up in the VIP lounge upstairs... somehow... all of us. Then Megan gets into a dance off... Then we lost two of our friends (both very tall girls) who supposedly got kicked out of the venue because they got into a fight with a midget. I can't believe I missed that.

We ended up at the Burger Lounge after the club closed (after the scramble of making sure everyone is together which took forever). I think I had the best burger of my life that night - the noises I was making while I was eating it were not normal.

All in all - the night could have been a catastrophe with this wild bunch. Maybe we're just all growing up? Nah...

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SHARK WEEK: The Drinking Game

And I didn't think anything could make Discovery Channel's Shark Week any better.

Thanks Jenna Daily Press :)

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You Can Find Me In Da Club

The drunk dude @Voyeur in Downtown San Diego thought he was all hard for breaking out the C-walk in the VIP table area on Saturday night. Little did he know that the white brunette with the 3 inch Jessica Simpson heels and Nordstrom jumper was about to show him up.

Back in high school when I was on the basketball team, some girls that I played with thought it would be fun to watch me C-walk. Catching people off guard when I do this is just so entertaining I can't stop myself!

In the pic:

Guy with his shirt off -- too embarrassed that I was just way better than him and can't even bare to watch.

Guy with hat yelling -- "Damn girl! Where'd you learn those moves?!"

Guy in white shirt -- "You need to come back EVERY Saturday!!"

I've kind of realized that the C-Walk is too outdated tho..anyone want to teach me how to Dougie? ;-)

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When I say "sake," you say "bomb" (and other random Friday occurrences)

This last Friday was very unique... to say the least.

The night started at a Japanese restaurant for our friend's going away party for med school. I showed up late and by the time I had gotten there everyone was already toasted. Mistake #1: Thinking I had to play catch-up the entire night. But I did anyways.

Between sake bombs we managed to take a quick pic.

While the waiter was trying to cut us off for ordering too many pitchers of beer and too many carafes of hot sake, we were pounding them down intermittently while eating as much spicy tuna as we possibly could since a handful of us had not eaten dinner. Mistake #2: Not eating dinner. So we called a cab because we were becoming too much of a liability.

Mistake #3: Thinking it was a good idea to run to the bar next door to take a shot of Patron. I guess we hadn't had enough beer and hot sake to go, so we hauled into the next bar and took a shot of Patron (the bartender convinced me that Patron was the only way to go when I ordered 4 shots of well tequila).

So we got into our cab. The cab driver wouldn't tell me his name so I made it my mission to find out what it was. Alas, I found it - his name... Gholum. I'm not even kidding. Mistake #4: Not taking a picture of Gholum's cab license as proof. I'm not even a Lord of the Rings fan; I couldn't even sit through all of the movies. But for some reason we all decided to geek out and talk to him in the "My Precious" voice... poor man. He liked us enough to give us his card to take us out on a regular basis. Oh the people you meet in cabs...

The "precious" business card

Then the highlight of my night happened. My thirteen year old self died of happiness once I met this pseudo-celeb. I think this might be added to one of my favorite nights. Senior year, Megan and I stumbled upon the cast of ABC Family's show "Greek" at a random frat party. While another one of our friends was doing handle pulls with Calvin (does his real name matter?), Megan and I were socializing with Rusty and Evan.

This night I run into no other than Ethan Craft from Lizzie McGuire... (name IRL: Clayton Snyder).

On of our other friends had the guts to go up to him and we ended up hanging out with him the entire night. Mistake #5: Taking a shot of tequila with Ethan Craft and accidentally calling him Ethan a few too many times. Who would have thunk that I'd be binge drinking with one of my "celeb" crushes from middle school? Turns out he's a really cool guy and a bomb water polo player.

And then there were three... somehow it got down to only three of us girls left with Ethan Craft and some of his friends (that were very drunk). We wandered our way back into a cab, stumbled our way home... and the rest is history. Unfortunately, I am still feeling the repercussions of drinking a lot of beer before drinking a lot of tequila... and whatever fruity drinks we ended up drinking. All in all - a good night... worth the pain. Motto of my life (that I actually need to stick by): "Beer before liquor, never been sicker." The proof is in the pudding.

Beer before liquor, never been sicker.

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