the hottest weekend

... and it's not even summer yet.
John works so much that we hardly get to spend quality time together. So last weekend, I suggested that we go to The Grove and Santa Monica since we haven't been there for awhile. Part of the reason is to escape the heat wave. Last weekend was supposed to be one of those days where the weather in our valley will hit 3 digits. So we decided to go somewhere near the beach to avoid the heat. So I had this day all planned. ;) Here's our fantabuloous journey...

got some gas before we hit the road

First destination was the Farmer's Market for some international food. There was a huge line at the French crepe cafe. We figured it must be good and had our breakfast there.

I got the crepe with banana and hazelnut cholocate, nutella? it was so sweet!!!

john's turkey sandwich. boring.

we then hung out at the grove. Walking around...

taking pictures

and of course we didn't leave empty handed. yes, i had the day all planned. what he didn't know is that shopping is in the agenda. :-D

After that, we headed down to santa monica for cupcakes. We stopped by the ever so popular Yummy Cupcakes. It's a cute little tiny store with lots of cupcakes selection.

mmm..... which one? which one?

we then ended up with 2 cupcakes each. pretty .. pretty

i got red velvet with cream cheese topping. very yummy! i love it!

this is called happy day. basically vanilla with sweet frosting. john's. boring.

After some yummy treats, we did more walking around at 3rd street. Yes, more shopping! :) On the way home, we took the PCH route so we can stop by the Malibu Beach Pier.

our diligent little gps doing its job

A small detour, took us to.... WESTLAKE VILLAGE INN! There was a wedding going on, yep a Sunday wedding. It was over when we got there. The bride and groom were cruising around taking pictures around the hotel.

The newlyweds are cruising around taking pictures as well as us! lol...

ah... almost a yr ago, i was walking down this aisle with my dad.

checking out the gazebo. Looks like there was a wedding the day before. The flowers were wilted. smiley me

and the grumpy me. this is how i normally look like according to john. :X

we goofed around somemore at the place where we pledged our love infront of our families and friends

ppl thought we were crazy

this is a private villa. $1,200 a night. We forgot to take pictures here on our wedding day. :( When we booked this place, we saw wedding pictures taken here. They were gorgeous! There were so many things going on on our wedding day, that we forgot to take pictures here. Oh well... we got to take some now. >.<

We got home later in the evening, just enough sunlight to get our hands on our now dying cactus. I want to go Venice Beach next time!