update in photos [long post]

All the Europe photos below are from Melissa's camera. Check her out: here

...MORE EUROPE PHOTOS...

Amsterdam...

our 1st meal in Amsterdam @ an Argentinian steakhouse

 2010 WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS!!!!!!

 Vlaamse Frites? Yes please.

 We met 2 Mexican guys from the Bay Area who had no idea that the San Francisco Giants won the World Series.. Met up with them later on in the night, followed them to a bar...Met a black guy dressed as a cowboy from New Jersey who moved to Oakland (Bay Area!!) who then moved to Amsterdam and sings in a cover band called Curtis Green.The rest is history. haaaai!! #truestory

 

at the Heineken Experience

...Paris

en route to Paris via train

 the trains are fairly decent.

 our hotel had the smallest elevator ever, no joke.

 there was even a sign that said it could only fit 2 people max!

 we're skinny folk so we crammed all 4 of ourselves in there

 Gibus Club in Paris for Rafael's birthday

 with my partner in crime

 Travis McCoy showed up at our VIP area and got a little friendly with Raf's girlfriend Brenda

 woops, I covered his Katy Perry look-a-like girlfriend.

 

dinner on top of the Eiffel Tower

 waiting for the elevator to take us back down the Eiffel Tower

Melissa @ Notre Dame

 rode a Vespa to see the city

 the Eiffel Tower looks much better under a bright blue sky. so gorgeous and unreal

 later on, the sky decided it was PMSing and cried while we were at the Arc de Triomphe

 Chateau de Versailles

 we got yelled at for this photo. Melissa laying on the ground of the Murakami exhibit

 Murakami exhibit at Chateau de Versailles

 

...Barcelona

 on a hop on/off tour bus w/ the best roomies ever, Liz & Kat

 Barceloneta Beach

 surprise Mel! hahahah

 I was loving this sky

 so unreal, no?

 eating fresh coconut on the beach

 eating at Xup Xup on Barceloneta Beach. eating outdoors is legit, but eating oceanside is baller

 "the beauty is in your head"

 Casa Batlló s a building restored by Antoni Gaudí and Josep Maria Jujol, built in the year 1877 and remodelled in the years 1904–1906; located at 43, Passeig de Gràcia. The local name for the building is Casa dels ossos (House of Bones), and indeed it does have a visceral, skeletal organic quality. It was originally designed for a middle-class family and situated in a prosperous district of Barcelona.

 @  Casa Batlló

 @ Monserrat. Mountain top monastery!

buenos noches Spain!

... and more recently...

with my cousins, Heidi & Lianne at our cousin Perry's wedding. Welcome to the family Amanda!

okay, this photo is from back in September BEFORE Europe but Perry finally uploaded them the other night.

yes, I cut my hair. bangs + layers.

 Thanksgiving dinner at my aunt's house. My feet were cold and I used Marty (Lianne's dog) as my footwarmer.

 Thanks Marty, I promise not to eat you.

with a bunch of my nieces and my cousin Jay. we have the same haircut!!! 

BANGS!!!

 ...Happy Birthday Melissa y Laurita...

 crowning Melissa

 the birthday girls, Melissa and Laura <33333

 dinner at E Tutto Qua (my favorite Italian restaurant in San Francisco btw)

 Melissa and her bff Cecy whom is also Laura's sister

 Melissa and her mini hers.. jk! Those are her younger sisters <3

me & the birthday girls!

 @ the bcocky launch event!

 double fist pumping ROOAAARRR! at the Harry Denton Starlight Room.

busted out the FAUX FUR

 with the fierce Nymphette of bcocky!

I purchased a pair of gorgeous earrings but unfortunately, I haven't taken a photo yet (lack of a camera)

Well, that's been my life so far. If you find this interesting, good for you. If not, then too bad.