The O'Rourkes: palm springs

Sunday, July 1, 2012

The Ace Hotel

Boy oh boy do I miss you guys! A series of huge life events (graduating college, wedding anniversary, getting a job!!!)mixed with some technical difficulties (computer charger dropped dead on me!) have left me high and dry in bloggersville BUT - they have also taught me a valuable lesson in blogging...

Typically, because of my procrastinating ways I am behind a few days...weeks, in this case MONTHS on my blog posts... I know, I know!! But, in my defense this is usually because I want to make sure my posts are chronological, and I won't allow myself to post about the most recent things until my previous things are documented! But (yes, there are lots of tushies in this post :)) since I have fallen so behind and my computer charger croaked on me I am tossing that rule out the window! At least for now because I miss you guys! I miss blogging and I just can't wait to access my computer for photos so I am just going for it! Yeehaw!! Or should I say YOLO right folks... or i guess that is my pathetic use of YOLO ;) (for those of you unfamiliar with the acronym it means you only live once) So please forgive the crummy iPhone pics and my short and sweet iPad (I know, grad gift...spoiled right!!) posst until I am back and fully functioning.

Anyway the valuable lesson was -- just Ef it! Ef the rules, and especially Ef the rules if they're keeping me from blogging, YOLO ;) !! So from now on I am making a goal for myself to be more up to date and to not let my OCD chronologicalness be a wet blanket!! So here's a little somethin somethin for you guys... It's me and the hubs wedding anniversary vaycay to The swanky and oh so fabulously hipster and cool Ace Hotel!! We had such a ball!! We felt like we we time traveled back to the 70's!! The entire place looked like old Hollywood retro, so fabulous!! The people were so chill, the weather was hotter than Mississippi in the summertime (I just made that up because it sounded good!) the cocktails we're fabulous, and the people we're so trendy it gave us an excuse to bring out the big guns!(pink flamingo shorts for Pat and high wasted bikinis and flower crowns for yours truly! YOLO) Then on our last day we found the best coffee shop in all of California - Koffi! OMHeaven on earth this place was to die for! best damn coffee EVER!! If you're ever in Palm Springs go there! If you don't me and Pat will be forced to cut ties with you...sorry!

And whoops, my B if I look wasted in every single one of the photos... I probably was!

Saturday, May 5, 2012

PS. I Miss You

Happy Weekend Lovers!!

Hallelujah for the weekend... even though mine consists of studying for midterms....:(

Today, I am dreaming of and missing last week/end!

I was in the gorgeous Palm Spring with my dear family and I miss them!!

Why can't we just all live closer?!?!?!

Anyway it was a wonderful family reunion of sorts!

It started on Tuesday at 5:00

that's when I got out of class!

I got a wild hair and decided to drive up to Palm Springs just me and Carlita

{Pat had work and school booo :(}

and SURPRISE my family!!!

And, I am so glad I went for it!

I text my sister-in-love Julie on the way up there just so she could keep me posted on their whereabouts and keep the old farts awake...but somebody just couldn't keep a secret!

cough*JULIE*cough

not to name names ;)

She told my brother Wes

"I know a secret about Kayla"

and of course he said

"SHE'S PREGNANT!"

and she said

"NOooooo!... she's gonna be here in like 15 minutes and she needs a way to get into the gate!"

and so he went out to get more "chasers" and worked over the gate keeper

{flashed her his right boob ;)!!}

to let me in!

Thanks Wes....

SO then I got there and let Wes walk in with Carlita and say "look what I found at the door?!?"

Then everybody got real giddy and smothered me with sloppy kisses and bear hugs! I loved it!

I had so much fun... it is hard to beat the dessert this time of year! The weather was so grand!

Also... I got spoiled rotten with a shopping spree and fine company so that was lovely too!

Can we all just go back?!?!
Round two, ya?!?!

Here are some "Palmstagrams" from the trip!