Champagne at the Standard

The weekend, and spring break, ended Sunday night with Champagne at the Standard in downtown LA. It was the perfect ending to lean back in their lounge sofas, look up at the tall buildings, and sit with friends and reflect over the past week over chilled Champagne.

LCN convention

Saturday was all about the LCN (Lebanese Collegiate Network) convention. Ramzi is on the executive board and I was the chair of the election committee. I think they needed a neutral party, so the obvious choice was the only Sweden present... :)

The convention went really well, I think all the students had a good time. 

There were some workshops on building Lebanese campus clubs and making them successful, followed by lunch outside, and finally the elections for the new board. One could claim that I closed the convention... Well, I guess not since there also was a banquet that night.

I was given a certificate for my participation in the elections. Aaahhh, they're so sweet! 

The night ended with a wild Lebanese party with lots of dancing. The music was loud, the people were loud, the dancing was great, and the service sucked, but overall it was a lot of fun. I shook my hips as fast as I could, but still nowhere near Shakira... :)

Beach kubb

We spent the entire day at the beach preparing for a bon fire for 70 people. Meanwhile we waited for people to show up, we played kubb on the beach. Kubb is traditionally played on grass in parks accompanied with beer and wine, but we found out that it works great on the beach as well. I see a market for importing this and selling it as a beach game...

Princess sleeves

I love my new light purple sweater with the puffy sleeves. I'm like a princess!!! Anyways, aside from that, I enjoyed today by planning the LCN bon fire (that' tomorrow), taking care of my garden, and challenging Mazen and his friend, David, to power hour. I'm ahead of Divd but Mazen is unbeatable... :)

Spa day at home

Today, I started out programming, got stuck on a bug, and spent the rest of the day treating myself with a home-spa treatment. I had a Bodyshop grapefruit body scrub, hair treatment, face mask, manicure, and a pedicure. My winter-me is now ready to enjoy the spring in sandals! As a sign that spring is truly here, I got a lovely bouquet of daffodils. 

Food coma

All sorts of spontaneous events happened yesterday! Ramzi and I had to go to Huntington Beach to scope out a spot for a bbq on Friday. Since we were at the beach we figured we might as well have dinner there. We planned for Fred's since it has tacos and a good view, but when we got on main street, there was a full-blown street fair going on! 

Our plans quickly changed to BBQ. One of the restaurants, Mo's, was grilling tri tip out on the street and it smelled so good! We got the tri tip and a pulled pork sandwich and brought them down to the beach to eat and watch the sunset.

I finished off almost 0.5 lb of meat! Then I fell into some kind of food coma. I felt dizzy, nauseated, and then my stomach hurt so bad! I went straight home to the couch and watched two episodes of dancing with the stars. Again, I have to thank abc.com for broadcasting these online, so I can watch them without the bf going crazy. Then I ended up sleeping for 10 hours!

So, the meat was good, but it should come with some kind of warning of side effects. Tri tip... could cause dizziness, nausea, fatigue, and stomach pain...

It's a girl!

My best friend just found out she's having a girl, I'm so excited for her!!! After having lots of nephews and friends with baby boys, it's finally time to buy pink ribbons and dresses, I can't wait! Congratulations Michaela!!!!