new friends

So I've finally been bored enough to want to get out there and meet new friends! Yay!

My friend Michelle (who lives in Miami) has a sister named Kat. Kat is an actress living and working in LA. Kat recently invited me to her book club meeting. We met on Sunday at another girl's apartment, which happens to be within walking distance of my place. (You guys know how much I love places within walking distance!) Chelsea then invited me to go art gallery-hopping with her tomorrow. She's an artist and is looking for places to show her work.

I also joined a Ladies Meetup group (from Meetup.com), and I went to a happy hour with them at a nearby bar on Tuesday. I could walk, the place was cute and the ladies are really nice and fun. I will definitely go back to the next meetup!

Another exciting tidbit of info: Mark bought a brand-spanking-new computer, which means that I've inherited his MacBook Pro. It has a 17 inch screen, it has PhotoShop (YEAH!), and it is so sleek and pretty. :)

More to come! Miss you all lots.

j

Michael and Melanie in Santa Monica

Mark's parents came to visit us this past weekend. On Saturday we went to the Getty Museum, which has incredible views and a vast collection of art. Unfortunately I left my camera in the car, but next time I go I will take pictures. The architecture is equally as impressive as the art, and we all had a great time! Here's the Freemans at lunch at The Shack near our apartment.

On Sunday we went to Will Rogers Park, where we had taken Maggie and Emily on their visit. The experience was completely different. As you can see, Sunday was a clear, sunny day and we could see for miles and miles! When we took Maggie, it was foggy and misty, but still quite magical in its own way.

Thanks for visiting Michael and Melanie! We had lots of fun. Can't wait to dance on the pool this New Years Eve. Maybe Mark and I will start practicing our dance moves...

Mag & Em, part 2

Here's Emily and Maggie in front of the Santa Monica Pier. They wanted to ride the roller coaster (called the West Coaster), but it was closed. :(

Down on the sand there was some sort of photo shoot happening. It looked like a bridal shoot at first, but there were actually two brides and many people with cameras, so maybe it was a photography class? Not sure, but it was cool to see ladies in wedding gowns laying in the sand!

Now, for your viewing pleasure: 

Mag whacks the ducks from hey jessica on Vimeo.


Maggie and Emily DDR from hey jessica on Vimeo.

Maggie and Emily in CA, part 1

Maggie and Emily arrived on Friday, and that day we didn't do very much. We picked them up from the airport, went to The Shack to eat burgers, came back to the apartment and hung out. We played cards and ordered Indian food for delivery, and the girls liked it!!

Yesterday, we went to Will Rogers State Park and hiked up into the hills. It was a little cloudy and misty, but it felt wonderful outside and we had a lot of fun.

After the park, we came back to the apartment and ate some lunch. For dinner, we headed to our favorite sushi restaurant, Kaido. Maggie and Emily loved the sushi there!!

After dinner at Kaido, we went to the theatre! We saw a play called The Further Adventures of Hedda Gabler. It was pretty good. A great day in California!

Countdown to Maggie/Emily

MAGGIE AND EMILY

are coming to visit next Friday. I couldn't be more excited! I hope to have tons of pictures of their visit. This is the two crazy kids being silly on my computer, literally years ago. :)

Also, it's raining here. We haven't experienced real rain in LA until now, so it's nice to see all the plants getting water and the sky a beautiful gray.

party time!

I've been pretty busy lately. For the past few weeks I've been a temp worker at Mark's company. I'm not sure how much longer it will last, but I really like the work and all the people. On Friday Betty (the CEO) invited all employees (and temp workers, cha-ching!) to a BBQ at her house. Here are some pictures from the party, taken by my favorite Apogee employee Mick.  :)

Here's Mark in the center hanging out where the food is being prepared. Betty's house is beautiful. The party was outside where there's a pool (with a slide!), a hot tub, a bar, and a grassy area up some wooden stairs. It backs up into the Brentwood hills.

This is me and Sophie. She does PR for Apogee, and she's a writer, so we had A LOT to talk about. She's very fun and nice!

The guy on the right is Kevin, the head engineer. He's basically Mark's immediate boss. He did NOT want to take a picture with me. Hahah.

The stone circle is the hot tub, and the stairs on the right lead up to the water slide and to the grassy area.

It's a beautiful day!

There's me on the left and Betty on the right. :)

The next 3 pictures are from the teambuilding games. First there's me and my team for the story-writing contest, which, of course, we won. :) Or, we tied for first place. I'll take it as a win.

And now the real fun begins! Pool time!

Left to right, Lucas, me and Matt in the pool.

Here's Mark after going down the awesome slide.

Yay! Me and Mick! :)

And now, we're having a fun/relaxing weekend. More pics to come soon of the apartment. It's really starting to come together.

Love,
j