If you are my celebrity, and I am a faux celeb … here’s our alphabet: A A-List. Duh. B Besties. Everyone has to have one celeb bestie. Preferably a slightly-less-hot-than-you stylist. C Celebrity. Urban dictionary def: the reason why we have poor people. All they do is act\sing\get naked\some other thing that we don’t need and they…
Tag: orange county
At Some Point, The Question Stops Being “Can I Make It Here?”
And starts being: how. How big? How long? How do I want to live here? Because I can make it here. I have friends and things to do and sports I love and even though certain things have changed—car, CrossFit, co-workers—I am doing it. I am living here in Southern California. The temporary culture shock…
More Celeb Drinks in LA: Shorebar
As a follow-up to September’s Celeb Drinks in LA/Beer in Encino, we have MORE celeb drinks in LA. After all, Nicole Richie & Kirsten Dunst were sighted at SHOREbar a few weeks ago … should I be a celeb for Halloween—is there a way to do faux-celeb without doing reality star/teen mom/duck dynasty (not that I’m knocking…
Tacos & Tacos (& DEALS)
My favorite lunch spot near my office is called Tacos & Co, but we call it Tacos & Tacos for some reason. They have THE BEST fish tacos. I have never eaten anything else there, so I can’t vouch for it, but their fish tacos, side salad, and guacamole is a to-die-for (and huge!) lunch…
[Official Video Week] Travel
I hate videos. I hate when someone sends you something funny and you’re curious, so you have to pause Spotify or Pandora or iheartradio listening to Ryan Seacrest in the morning (don’t judge, I only started doing that when I moved to Orange County, it’s like a prerequisite for living here), and turn your sound…
Get Celebrity Eyelashes
“Mom,” I said, rehashing a recent OC party I attended, “Everything was fake. Fake boobs, fake faces, fake …” “Eyelashes?” she asked. “Mom!!!!!” See, Mom knew that at the urging of a coworker, I had gone to get eyelash extensions at LashSpot Spas in Newport Beach. For every inch I got blessed in leg length,…
Celebrity Double Play
Saturday was a banner day in my pretend celebrity lifestyle. Glitz, glam, and the gym—in reverse order. First up, Power 106 All-Star bball on the NBA Nation tour at Universal CityWalk. <— I missed this shot, clearly. Also, yes, those are Dunks crica 1998. Something about Nike sponsorship… Didja know? Power 106 was one of…
Gardening Training Wheels
This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Miracle-Gro for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine. I have a list on my fridge of Things To Do—well, I have lists like that everywhere, but the fridge is command central for Things To Do Around The House. On that list is one item:…
Let’s Get Real: Moving to a New Place Solo (Sometimes) Sucks
I’ve talked about making new friends in Austin and Aspen, but both times it was while I had friends. In other words, I’m a preachy idiot. For all my pretty beach photos and happy community talk, let’s get real: moving somewhere by yourself with no friends (ok, I have one friend) sucks. Most of the…
The Apartment Search
This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of apartments.com. All opinions are 100% mine. Ahhhh, the apartment search. In typical Lyssa-style, I went upside down with this one: I moved from the dorms into a house I bought with my brother, skipping the apartment hunt altogether. Then, upon moving to Aspen I…