famous

the weather finally cleared up out here, so i'm attempting to enjoy the cali sunshine. last week was bizarre, but by friday all was well with the sky. it's nice to be able to run outside. yes, i could run after the rain stops, but i'm clumsy and i know i'll slip. i have tripped on a flat surface before so i don't wanna take any chances with the elements. 

but speaking of friday... this past weekend was pretty darn excellent! started with a morning run followed by a lovely lunch on the ucla campus with the bestie. i was going to take a drive up the coast to explore malibu when my long-legged friend, lala, from austin called me. she was in town for work and happened to wrap early that afternoon. she was staying at the JW Marriot downtown. freakin' fly! so nice, in fact, that president obama was staying a few floors above us at the ritz carlton. the president. yes. so cool. 

i also experienced my first concert friday night. lala got tickets to the vince gil concert at the nokia theatre through the hotel so we went to check it out. i'll admit i didn't know who vince gil was and it really wasn't my style, but it was a cool little venue. 
 
some of our austin to LA friends met up with us for the show and then we went to a midnight dinner at this retro diner called cole's. that was, surprisingly, my first time in downtown LA. it's like a whole different world down there. the architecture is pretty amazing. looking forward to going back.


i hooked up with some variety magazine folks a couple of weeks ago and was able to take part in their event 'the power of youth' on sunday at the paramount lot. it was a pretty amazing presentation. tons of activities, stage performances, free food vendors and a huge red carpet. and everything was set up on the nyc backlot, where they film lots of movies and shows.

lots of celebs in the house, too. i knew they'd be honoring little bow wow and bieb's, but i didn't realize that lots of the young local celebs would be there. i'll be honest, i didn't know most of their names, but i recognized a lot of them from shows like 'parenthood' and 'modern family.' there were also a lot of wanna-biebers (copyright - ME :)) hanging around. even mark wahlberg was there! beib's is pretty freakin' adorable, though. i can't zoom on my phone, so it's kind of far off, but he's the little guy on stage in the orange flannel.

i had a sweet spot right in the thick of it. i was next to the stage and the dell sponsor activation. there was a press photog next to us, so every time a celeb would walk by he would grab them. can you guess who this is...?

i'll give you a clue. GLEE. for realzies! yes. chord overstreet, who plays 'sam.' he was actually hanging right next to us all day. see the popcorn machine in the corner. that was us! i tried to take a better shot, but i didn't want to be too obvious. my paparazzi skills need work. amber riley 'mercedes' was also there, but i didn't get a pic. sorry folks. 




and here's a special little treat to close with. seems fitting with the power of youth and the wanna-biebers. enjoy (hahaha!)

Big Time Rush - Famous (Official Music Video). Watch more top selected videos about: Big Time Rush