Baby Shower: Tiff & Josh

I hosted a baby shower this past weekend for my cousin. The very first baby in the fam in a very long time. It was just a small family gathering but I used it to experiment with baby shower decor. I decided on a pink, black and white color combo. I made my very first diaper cake and strung bibs and onesies everywhere. Everything started out looking fancy but quickly turned tacky. Too many things strung from every which corner of the room. My aunt made some truly delectable decadent desserts and my mom bought some bun bo hue. She brought over tiramisu (my fave) and cheesecake. I was too lazy to take any pictures once people started arriving so you only get to see the decor and my food contributions. Throwing parties like this mos def puts a dent in the pocket. I spent nearly $300!


The tattered gift wrapping paper on my door was from a Christmas thing TWO years ago. YES. I am THAT lazy! You can't see but the bottom half has been torn off.

I hand painted the lettering onto the bibs.

Nekkid brownies.

I made deviled eggs.

And sliders. I used ground pork since I don't eat beef. Thanks Miss HuHeHo and hubby for showing me how to make these. The bf loves 'em.

Some of the asian stuff.

Event: Hotel Cafe Tour

It was supposed to be the awesomemest thing ever. A bunch of my favorite female artists. Ingrid Michaelson. Priscilla Ahn. Meiko. Erin McCarley. And some others. My friend EmMa mentioned the Hotel Cafe Tour to me and I was stoked when I saw the line-up. The venue was the Meridian. Since it was so great last time I was hoping and thinking it would be a similar experience. But I was sooooo wrong. And I should have known better! There were so many artists performing so that meant a larger pool of fans. The layout is basically standing room only, which meant that the only people who could see the performance were the folks at the very front. Which also meant that I was not able to get any good fotos. Oh my lordy it was frackin' packed! And due to my lack of vertical distance, the fault of both the madre y padre, it was negatory on the visuals. I however managed to snag a booth about 25 meters from the stage and so I just stood up on the seats and watched from there. I really need to get my contacts Rx updated. Want more sadness? EmMa was feeling a bit ill and my cousin and her bf were not digging the indie-ness of it all and so we ended leaving early. Sadness! No autographs. No pictures with my songstresses. That's my fave part of these concerts! OK I lied. I saw Meiko walking around during some other person's set so I got her to sign my shirt and also got a picture with her. Overall though, if there was ever a case of indie overdose, this was definitely it. I'll have to think twice next time.

Outside the Meridian. They're always super late about opening the doors.

My fugly pic with Meiko poster.

Merchandise goody table where I spent a good fifty buckaroos on three shirts. I love concert shirts and these were of good quality too! I'll have to remember to take some fotos of my shirts.

Me with Meiko and what I suspect is her perfected awkward pose.

Musik Mundi: Meiko

Miss Meiko falls under the category of being white mixed with some Japonais. She's one fourth Jap to be exact. I want to say that she's quite capable on the geetar as well as the piano. I caught her Hotel Cafe Tour this past Saturday that features an all female cast of incredible musical acts. She performed while playing the geetar but I don't recall her the piano. More on my thoughts on the unhappy ending concert later. There's this other song that she has out called Boys With Girlfriends that I like a lot but I only have it on my iTunes (boo rotten apple!) and wasn't able to find it on my secret Chinese site.

*photo courtesy of amazon.com*


Meiko
Album: Meiko (2008)
Song: Reason To Love You
Song: Heard It All Before
Song: Piano Song

Baby Shower: P,B & K

My dear friend Miss Antsylily is currently in the process of spawning a new addition to her family. I attended her shower a couple of weekends ago. Good food and great people.

The happy pappy foursome.

This guy made this incredible cake. Yes I said a DUDE. Coffee filling. YuuuuuMs!

Somebody looks very happy with her diaper cake!

Their super calm dog Fat Choy. It means wealth in Chinese.

Some girls and I decided to go old skool with some Starshot poses.

Those Filipinos sure do love their spam!

My trendy little friend. So trendy that even her trash must match her dress. With one tug of the pink bow, the entire dress would have come tumbling down.

My gift to all mom and pops to be, a box of diapers from Sam's. I'm just practical like that.

Master Pretzel is the soon-to-be big bro. He thought the party was for him at first.

But he quickly learned of the truth. The party was not for him but for the still baking spawn.

He was a bit upset at first.

But he quickly cheered up when he realized lots of the clothes received were too big and he would get to wear them first. Hurrah!