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Struggle: Los Angeles Traffic

December 11, 2012 By allisonott Leave a Comment

All the horror stories you hear about Los Angeles and it’s traffic problems are 100% true.

To drive what you think would take 5 minutes could turn into a one hour ordeal. Seriously.

I have now lived in California for 3 years. I think that officially makes me a Californian? Ok, I’m a Californian with the heart of a New Englander. I can live with that.

As a Californian, I am now one of those people who works directions, shortcuts, parking rules (street cleaning, permit only, hourly, metered) and/or road names into any and all conversations…warranted or unwarranted. If you don’t understand what I am talking about because you have never encountered a true LA guy/girl… SNL was so kind to do a short for me to put on my blog to bring to life…life as I now know it.

SNL and Through Struggles to the Stars brings you…

THE CALIFORNIANS.

If you come to LA… just throw out road names like Wilshire, Santa Monica, Beverly, Mulholland, San Vicente, La Brea, the 405, the 10… you’ll fit right in.

The best part about the short is that they can’t keep a straight face!!

I think they’re cracking up because they have all lived here and know how real it is…and how ridiculous it is!

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Holiday Bazaar

December 10, 2012 By Caroline Leave a Comment

When I saw Tori Spelling’s invitation to her Holiday Bazaar at her store InvenTORI, I marked my calendar and so did my sister. This was not something I was going to miss. Especially if it meant an opportunity to meet Tori!

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Her store was very cute and full of vintage items. And boy, am I a sucker for vintage things!

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Tori has been such an inspiration to me because of her go-getter personality. Whenever she has a dream, she works hard to make them a reality. I mean for goodness sakes…she has been a successful actress, an author of a New York Times Best Seller, a shop owner, and a wedding/event planner, all while raising four adorable children.

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I hope that I can be like Tori and make my dream of becoming wedding planner and a mom my reality! So, I had to find a little something from her store to remind me to do just that…and I decided to go with the vintage bird doorstopper. I’ll place in my future office as I plan weddings for future lovebirds!

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Hello December

December 1, 2012 By Caroline Leave a Comment

I am one of those kinds of people who will not start spreading Christmas cheer until after Thanksgiving. I believe that Thanksgiving deserves our full attention. It’s just simply not fair to Thanksgiving to begin celebrating a holiday that doesn’t come around until after Thanksgiving passes. I’m sure I’ve got you all thinking I resemble someone like Scrooge or the Grinch who just doesn’t like Christmas…so I should probably clarify that I LOVE Christmas time and all that it entails. I just don’t begin celebrating until after Thanksgiving. So, now that Thanksgiving is over…I am ready to get into the holiday spirit! I am belting out and dancing to Christmas music, watching all of the Christmas movies (one of my favorites is Love Actually), putting up Christmas decorations, and enjoying the Starbucks Christmas cups. Here are a few pictures that have helped me get into the Christmas spirit and I hope they help you too! If you haven’t jumped on this celebratory sleigh ride yet…it’s about time because Christmas is only 25 days away!

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