I Feel Pretty, Oh So Pretty + Blog Lunch

Last weekend I checked out one of my favorite all time plays at the OC Performing Arts Center, West Side Story. Love. Pure love. I went with my Mother-in-Law and 2 of my Sister-in-laws, and one of my girlfriends. We had so much fun! The show was incredible, and afterwards we went out for dinner and drinks and a very fun Target shopping trip before heading home for wine and Something Borrowed (which I really liked - and yes, I read the book).

Then, this poor tragic soul died overall the Missoni drama at Target.

I also was lucky enough to meet up with Danielle from Sweet Nothings and Lyndsy from Yellow Brick Blog. We've met up before a few months ago, and another get together was long over due! We headed to brunch at The Farm and did some shopping at The Grove. It was so much fun and these two dolls are the best! Can't wait for our next playdate!

Such a great weekend! What did you ladies do? Anything exciting or new?

Defying Gravity and OOTD

This past weekend was the Fiance's bachelor party (check out my bachelorette here) so while the boys were away the girls will play! I thought the show was really good, but I didn't think it lived up to the hype. Some of my girlfriends don't agree and just loved it, to each their own. The music is incredible and Defying Gravity was amazing.

We had such a great time at the show then went to dinner at Miguel's afterwards.

OOTD

Since the Fiance was out of town, I busted out my Go Jane wedge sandals (from this Recent Purchase Post) and a Lulus summer dress I wore for my birthday last year (see this post). The Fiance likes more of a jean-and-tshirt kind of style for girls and hates when I wear heels so I figured I'd savor the moment. 

Then had a sleepover, drank some wine, played Apples to Apples and watched Black Swan. It was so much fun! For the wine, we used GIGANTIC champagne flutes that were used as centerpieces for our friend's mother's wedding. Go big or go home right?

 

 This weekend was so much fun and now we have a MONTH until the wedding! OMG. 

How was your weekends? What did you do? I hope you all had a great weekend and a Happy Monday!!

Hakuna Matata Hakuna Matata

Some of my best GFs and I went for a girls night out to Yard House for dinner then off to see The Lion King. I've heard nothing but rave reviews for the show and my sister has seen it three times so I was very excited for it to be in town. The production lived up to every one of my expectations! The costuming was incredible, visually the entire performance was phenomenal. If the show comes near you I would highly recommend seeing it and would even go as far as saying it's a must-see-before-you-die.  

Have you seen the show yet? Do you enjoy plays and musicals? What do you suggest seeing?

Summer Playlist- Girl Mix

The last playlist this week is dedicated to songs for you and your girlfriends. It's perfect for road trips, getting ready, and always cheers you up when you need a little boost. Each song was chosen because they're fun and upbeat and are sung by some amazing ladies- many of whom I admire both for their talents, beauty, fashion sense, or accomplishments. 


Again, I'm sure there's tons of great songs I've left off, so PLEASE leave your favorite in a comment below! I'm hoping to add some really great songs this week, just in time for my first summer vacation.


Check out the Rap playlist here and the Old School Rockplaylist here if you missed them.

1. Beyonce- Single Ladies/Crazy in Love/Halo/Naughty Girl/Video Phone/Check On It
2. Bonnie Tyler- Total Eclipse of the Heart (Glee has a great one too)/Holding Out for a Hero
3. Britney Spears- Circus/Womanizer/Toxic/If U Seek Amy/Radar/Gimme More/Slave 4 U/Me Against the Music
4. The Pussycat Dolls- When I Grow Up/Beep/Buttons/Don't Cha/Wait A Minute/I Hate This Part
5. Spice Girls- Wannabe/Spice Up Your Life/Stop
6. Lady Gaga- Bad Romance/Poker Face/Love Game/Telephone/Just Dance
7. The Ting Tings- That's Not My Name/Shut Up and Let Me Go
8. Madonna- Express Yourself/Like A Virgin/Borderline/Holiday/Like A Prayer/Material Girl
9. La Roux- Bulletproof
10. Miley Cyrus- Can't Be Tamed/Party In the USA/7 Things/Fly On the Wall (Yes, we all know how much I dislike little miss Cyrus, but I have a confession....I love her music and her new video for Can't Be Tamed. Judge all you want)
11. Danity Kane- Damaged
12. Rihanna- Umbrella/ SOS/Pon De Replay/Rude Boy/Don't Stop the Music/Disturbia 
13. Lil Mama- Lipgloss/Shawty Get Loose
14. Christina Aguilera- Not Myself Tonight/Dirrty/Ain't No Other Man/Keeps Gettin' Better/Lady Marmalade/Fighter
15. Nelly Furtado- Promiscuous/Say It Right/Maneater
16. Black Eye Peas- Don't Phunk With My Heart/My Humps/Meet Me Halfway/Pump It/Shut Up/Boom Boom Pow/Imma Be
17. Kelly Clarkson- Since U Been Gone/My Life Would Suck Without You/Walk Away/I Do Not Hook Up/Never Again
18. Paramore- Misery Business/Brick by Boring Brick/Crushcrushcrush/That's What You Get/Decode
19. Kesha- Tik Tok/Your Love Is My Drug
20. Cascada- Evacuate the Dance Floor/Everytime We Touch/Dangerous
21. Starship Cobra- Hot Mess/Good Girls Go Bad (okay, this is a guy band, but these songs are about girls so they count! Lol)
22. Mariah Carey- Heartbreaker/Honey/Touch My Body/Obsessed/Fantasy/Dreamlover (You have no idea how hard it was to wittle down the list for Sister Carey- I've been a fan since the 3rd grade!)
23. Pat Benatar- Love Is a Battlefield/Hit Me With Your Best Shot
24. Katy Perry- California Gurls/Hot N Cold/I Kissed a Girl/Waking Up In Vegas
25. Janet Jackson- Rhythm Nation/Escapade/Feedback/All for You/Nasty/What have You Done for Me Lately/Miss You Much

Summer Playlist- Rap

This playlist is dedicated to rap (obvi from the post's title), which BTW was so hard to put together because a lot of artists work together on songs, so it was hard to figure out which artist to credit. So because of this, I'm sure some of these may be wrong, but I did look most of them up to be sure. I tried to choose songs that are old and new and just make you want to dance and have a great time or take you back to a fun memory (Hello spring break 2003 in Rosarito anytime I hear In Da Club by 50 Cent). Check out the Old School Playlist here in case you missed it.

This playlist is great for getting ready to go out, getting pumped in your car, or that magical ride into Vegas when you first spot the strip. Each song was picked because they get my blood rushing, my feet moving, and a smile spreads across my face because "my song" just came on. Or to yell out "rap video" and pour bottles and do a "tough" face for a picture and then laugh at how ridiculous it is.


Every list contains my favorites and I'm sure there's tons of great songs I've left off, so PLEASE leave your favorite in a comment below! I'm hoping to add some really great songs this week, just in time for my first summer vacation.

1. Snoop Dogg- Ain't No Fun (If the homies can't get none)/Gangsta Luv/Gin and Juice/Nothin but a G Thing/Drop it Like its Hot
2. R Kelly- I'm a Flirt/Go Getta
3. MIMS- This is Why I'm Hot/Like This
4. Fat Joe- Make it Rain (the remix is my fave, but both songs are great)/Drop/Lean Back
5. Jay-Z- Big Pimpin'/99 Problems/Can I Get A.../Empire State of Mind/Jockin' Jay-Z/Young Forever
6. 50 Cent- In Da Club/Just A Lil Bit/Magic Stick/Candy Shop/Shake that A**/PIMP/Disco Inferno/How We Do
7. TI- Big Things Poppin'/ What You Know/Bring Em Out/Swagger Like Us
8. DJ Unk- Walk it Out
9. Taio Cruz- Break Your Heart
10. David Guetta- Sexy B****
11. T Pain- Buy U A Drink/I'm N Luv Wit a Stripper/Bartender 
12. Trey Songz- Say Aah
13. Diddy- Last Night/I Need A Girl/Bad Boy For Life/Peaches & Cream/Come To Me/Tell Me/Can't Nobody Hold Me Down
14. Sean Paul- Temperature/Get Busy/We Be Burnin/Break it Off
15. Lil John- Snap Yo Fingers/Get Low/What You Gon' Do/Lovers & Friends
16. Gorilla Zoe- Hood N****
17. Flo Rida- Low, In the Ayer
18. Eminem- Shake That/Crack A Bottle/Lose Yourself/Without Me/The Real Slim Shady
19. PitBull- Hotel Service/ Go Girl/ Mentirosa/ The Anthem/ Crazy/Ay Chico (Lengua Afuera)
20. Cassidy- My Drink N My 2 Step/Hotel
21. Chris Brown- Run It/Wall to Wall/Kiss Kiss
22. Lil Wayne- Prom Queen/Mrs Officer/Lollipop/Drop the World/Stuntin Like My Daddy
23. Kanye West- Stronger/Good Life/Gold Digger/Heartless/Touch the Sky
24. DJ Khaled- We Taking Over/Out Here Grindin
25. Jagged Edge- Lets Get Married Remix/Where the Party At
26. Drake- Over/Best I Ever Had/Thank Me Later/Forever/Find Your Love

Don't forget to enter my first giveaway, winner will be chosen Friday!

Summer Playlist- Old School Rock

Now that summer is just around the corner and everyone will be out this Memorial Weekend, I thought I'd post a few of my favorite songs/playlists from my collection this week leading up to the start of summer. I've tried to keep the list to my top 10, but I'm sure there will be a few posts with 12....or 15. Ok, I'll keep it under 20- promise. Each playlist will have a theme, and today's is Old School Rock. I grew up listening to my Dad's stuff because I didn't have an older sister/brother to teach me who NKOTB were....seriously, had no clue about them or why my friend Sissy was so obsessed. Luckily, I had other friends who did have older siblings and I totally love Whitney, Mariah, and Tiffany thanks to them.


This playlist is for easy car rides, laying out by the pool, and great music to BBQ or listen to on the boat. My old roomie used to call this my "Utah" music when I would play it while cleaning. LOL.  Ever list contains my favorites and I'm sure there's tons of great songs I've left off, so PLEASE leave your favorite in a comment below! I'm hoping to add some really great songs this week, just in time for my first summer vacation.

1. Elton John- Levon/Tiny Dancer/Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting) (Nickelback & Kid Rock did an awesome remake of this song BTW for one of the Charlie's Angels movies)/ Bennie and The Jets/Rocket Man
2. Journey- Don't Stop Believin/Anyway You Want It (Rise Against has a great remake as well)/Lights
3. Billie Joel- Piano Man
4. Jimmy Buffet- If You Like Pina Coladas
5. The Beatles- Hey Jude/Let it Be/Help!/Can't Buy Me Love
6. Neil Diamond- Sweet Caroline/I'm a Believer/Mr Tambourine Man
7. Queen- Bohemian Rhapsody/Another One Bites the Dust
8. Bob Dylan- Knockin on Heaven's Door/Like a Rolling Stone
9. Foghart-Slow Ride
10. Creedence Clearwater Revival (CCR)- Proud Mary/Bad Moon Rising/Down on the Corner/Who'll Stop The Rain/Lookin' Out My Back Door
11. Aerosmith- Walk this Way/Dream On (Glee's version is amazing)/Sweet Emotion/Come Together
12. Manfred Mann-Blinded by the Light
13. The Police- Roxanne
14. AC/DC-Back in Black/Highway to Hell
15. Lovin' Spoonful- Summer in the City
16. Lynyrd Skynyrd- Sweet Home Alabama

Supercalifragilisticexpealidocious!

My friend A and I both love plays/musicals. Over the years, we've seen several together and I know I can always count on her to see anything that Julie Andrews has ever appeared in- she's one of our idols. We bought our tickets for this show like six months ago and I had been counting down the days.

It was everything I dreamed of and more. Mary Poppins is one of my favorite movies from when I was young and I know all of the songs by heart still ( they're on my I-pod). If the show if coming near you I highly suggest seeing it, it's worth every penny. The choreography was spectacular! Especially the Supercalifragilisticexpealidocious number, it was incredible!