I landed at LAX late on Wednesday night and after surprisingly heavy
traffic for Wednesday at midnight, I couldn't have been more excited to
dive into the matouk sheets at my aunt and uncle's house.
Top row: My aunt and
uncle's gorgeous family room and dining room - you can't see the
herringbone wood floors in the dining room but they were amazing
Bottom left: In my uncles office/library they used an awesome green color with exposed beams and the coolest ski print
Bottom right and middle: LA has awesome home shops
My sister Tory
and I woke up early on Thursday and went to brunch at
Vida, a local
favorite in the Pacific Palisades, and indulged in huevos rancheros and
blueberry corn cakes. Lets just say this was not the last of our
indulgences. We shopped on Robertson and had lunch at
the Ivy, which was
yummy but expensive as expected.
Reiss was having amazing sales and we
really cleaned up there. We stopped into the
Johnnie-O store in Santa
Monica and got to say hi to everyone and check out their new digs. The
new store is so perfect. Thursday evening we stopped by the Beach Club
with my uncle Chris and then had the most delicious meal at
Giorgio Baldi. I was beyondddd spoiled his trip. After dinner Tory and I met up
with one of my favorite people from Cornell, Chris Sheridan, at
Shore Bar.
Friday we ate lunch in Venice at an awesome little spot called
Gjelina, where we had awesome flat bread with mushrooms, goat cheese
and truffle oil as well as kale salads, a buratta, prosciutto and grilled peach number and cappuccinos. We shopped
around Venice and then went to Hollywood to peak in some vintage shops
and home stores (my fave). After a quick nap, Tory and I ventured to the
new
Nobu in Malibu. We dressed to the nines (expecting a celeb sighting
or two ) and were rewarded by a brief glimpse of Mel Gibson and Brooke
Burke-Chavret. The food was also to die for and if you ever go make sure to request to sit outside (pretty impossible but worth it) and make sure you order the yellow tail with jalapeno.
Saturday morning we drove up to Santa Barbara for the most amazing wine
tour and stay. We were with an eclectic group and, as with those kinds of
things where drinking is involved, made fast friends . It was a perfect
day and we stopped at 4 awesome wineries. It was one of those trips that
doesn't even seem real in hindsight. We stayed at the most adorable inn
that I'm dying to go back to on a more romantic weekend.
The Upham is the
kind of hotel that puts out cheese, crackers and wine at 4pm and
everyone sits out and just enjoys an hour of quiet. We ate way too much
in Santa Barbara and shopped around and then drove back to LAX. It was
the most amazing weekend and really made me think about moving out to
the west coast one day. It's just such a different pace than NY.
Granted, everywhere is a different pace than NYC but still. My sister
can't wait to move out there in January or June and I wouldn't hateeee
to follow her out there :)
That's
all for now. I'm having a big group up to the lake this weekend and
then Riley is visiting the weekend after so, to be honest, life is good.
Why does summer have to end?!
