CarpeDenim : 24

I turned 24 this year. It was my first birthday away from home, all the way on the other side of the country from home! While I miss home, Matt made sure 24 was my best birthday yet. Very simply we hopped around L.A on what was basically a guilty pleasure tour. First stop was breakfast at Alfred coffee, a fun over the top trendy (& pricey) coffee shop. At Alfred we split croissants and sipped ice coffee while people watching (another guilty pleasure!) it is a hang out for a lot of aspiring actor/model types--they should just film a reality show starring the patrons. After we hopped over to DASH, the boutique owned by the Kardashians, this was not a part of the original plan but it was right by where we parked--how could we not !? The selection of Kardashian water and Robert's sock line was pretty impressive ! Although guilty pleasure aside I have to say the selection of clothes was really fantastic, too expensive for me right now but in a dream world I would have bought about 70% of what I saw.

After a day of hopping around we hit West Hollywood for happy hour. Got nacho's at my favorite place, Tortilla Republic. They even put a candle in the nacho's for me which pretty much made my night. Then we hit PUMP that new bar by Lisa Vanderpump (of the RHOBH fame, because c'mon guilty pleasure!) unfortunately when we went to pump there was some super old lady, pretty intoxicated who was being loud at the bar and just plain me --specifically to me. So we ended the night on a slightly stingy note but I guess you can't have a day filled with guilty pleasures in WeHo and not expect to encounter a hollywood troll by nightfall (thats when they come out!) Either way that won't rain on my parade, 24 was a simple and fun filled day I feel so lucky and so excited for the year ahead of me ! Here are a few pictures from the day, the night time snaps are a little blurry!