What a weekend in Hollywood should be...

Happy Sunday everyone! It's about 11:30am here on the West Coast, what are you guys up to?! Before I start with the details of this weekend, I would just like to say that I agreed with Michael Scott of The Office on two counts this past week....first, gift baskets are amazing, people...they are the essence of class and fanciness. also, computers ARE about trying to murder you in a lake. Sally (my GPS) has not tried to send me and Laura into a lake, but she has suggested some things just as crazy so beware if you decide to invest in one hahaha. And, now onto our feature presentation...

So, Friday afternoon after me and Laura had been laying around like bums all day we decided that we wanted to see a movie and decided on "The Jane Austen Book Club" (you liked that segue didn't you?! hahaha). It was a precious movie...full of interesting and flawed characters and real life situations. I won't give anything away in case some of you want to see it, but I will give you my favorite quote from the movie...."He looked at me like he was the spoon and I was the bowl of ice cream." hahaha love it. After the movies we returned to the apartment, ate left over pizza and just hung out and watched Friday Night Lights...it was great.

On Saturday I had planned on running errands, doing laundry and getting ready for school on Monday since Laura was going to be going to Disneyland with Jenn & Travis. However, when I woke up I found Laura still at the apartment and was confused...only to find out that her car was broken and she couldn't drive to Disney :( Then Jenn called her back and said that I was more than welcome to come along and they would take care of it! Sooo sweet! I hurried and jumped in the shower and an hour later we were on our way to Disney! After dumb LA traffic we finally arrived at Disney about 1pm. While we were parking Jenn called to let us know it was "Gay Day" at Disney...fabulous. I loved walking around and seeing the sea of red shirts!
It was also my first time at Disneyland...I have been to Disneyworld countless times and it was fun to revert back to my childhood and go on all the rides that I hadn't been on in 15-20 years hahaha. Wow...am I showing my age, or what?! I also met Laura's friends Jenn and Travis! They were so sweet and funny! I had a blast hanging out with them and hope we get to hang out again! Here are some pictures from our incredibly fun day in the "most magical place on earth."

Laura, Me & Jenn getting ready to go on Thunder Mountain!!

Me & Laura on The Matterhorn


The scenery in The Matterhorn as we float along in our log on the water...

Gay Day!

Jenn & Travis holding on as we round a curve!

May the force be with you, Laura!

Jenn & Laura working out some of their issues


Me, Laura & Jenn at the "Kodak Picture Spot"
(either Disney is on crack or you must have a Kodak camera for the spot to work hahaha)

As you can see it was a really fun day, but at 6 we had to say bye to Jenn & Travis because me and Laura had tickets to see The Lampshades at IO West in Hollywood. For those of you who don't know The Lampshades is comedy show about a out of date lounge act starring Kate Flannery (aka Meredith Palmer of The Office) and Scot Robinson (Anchorman). But before I say anymore about that, I would just like to say that traffic in LA in absolutely insane. Until yesterday I had been in a few traffic jams, but nothing that had really frustrated me or tested my patience. I knew the day would come when there would be a horrific traffic jam and I would get flustered, and yesterday coming back into LA was that day. By the time we got to the car and left Anaheim it was probably 6:15pm....we should have been back into LA by 7 or 7:15 with a little traffic, but no it was a few minutes after 8 when we parked the car in Hollywood. I could deal with the traffic if I saw a reason for the delay, but there was NO road construction or accidents...all I can figure is that there are sooo many people in this one area and on Saturday night they all want to go to the same place! When the traffic began to break a little near Hollywood Blvd. I literally yelled out "hot damn...we're approaching 50mph." hahaha it was great. I was so worried we would miss the show and I really wanted to see it and hopefully get to meet one of my favorite characters from "The Office." Luckily, we made it (they were running late too) and were able to see the absolute hilarious show! The songs they sing and their arrangements are great....two of my favorites were 2001: A Space Odyssey and the combo of Mandy by Barry Manilow and Brandy, you're a fine girl by Looking Glass...uh-mazing. After the show me and Laura hung around the bar a bit drinking beers and people watching. And wouldn't you know it that I look to my right and I see little Andy Dick and I turn to the left and here comes Neil Flynn (the janitor on Scrubs). I really wanted to talk to Neil, but he was in the next show and was going into the club so I just settled for the fact that I saw him! Later on me and Laura were standing right next to Andy Dick and his son while they talked to a crowd of people...it was really funny- he's quite intense and just how I thought he would be hahaha. Finally, after Kate had talked to like a million people Laura went over and said hello (she had met her before). I quickly grabbed my beer from the bar and joined Laura! Let me just say, Kate Flannery is SO nice and beautiful! When I told her my name she was like "oh my gosh, a real Brandi, like the song!". I was like yeah!!..actually I was named after that song."hahaha. she LOVED that. We chatted for a few more minutes about us moving out here, the show, etc. and then she had to get going, but not before she gave us free cds of the music from her show! wahooo :)!! Here are some more pictures...

Laura, Kate Flannery & Me after The Lampshades at IO West in Hollywood

Improve Olympic (IO West) Hollywood, CA

Laura at the star that is sure to be hers one day!

Now, you might think that after this we would be tired and like ok, lets go home! this night could like not get any better!! (did you catch my valley girl speak?! hahaha) But no, after we got the car out of the parking lot and turned up the radio (I rapped to Snoop Dogg much to Laura's amusement B-Roe was in da house!) and headed to Hollywood & Highland to eat at Mel's Celebrity Diner. We got some good food, continued our giddy laughter at each other's jokes and called and left some messages and texts to friends in our tipsy stupor....it was great. And then all of a sudden we were very tired and decided to head home. As soon as my head hit the pillow I was out and dreaming about the wonderful day we had hahaha.

Well, that is all for this week kids! Tune in next week to see what adventures we're up to next! I start school on Monday so I'm sure I'll have something interesting to report soon enough!
Have a relaxing, fantastic Sunday!! :)

Until next time, B-Roe out......hahahaha