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Update with Kate: My Day in LA

July 5, 2016

hey all!
so a few weekends ago i got to experience a very LA day, and i visited west hollywood. to give you context that is the area of melrose-ish nice area with great restaurants, shops and more. so today i want to share with y’all some of my pictures and what i did that day!
lets get started:
first, my family and i took a trip to the shake shack
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here is my food with my new phone case! so in case if you don’t know what shake shack is its an east coast burger chain with ONE LA location, so naturally we had to check it out!
my review: i had the season “white cheddar burger” and their famous crinkle cut fries, and let me just tell you…YUM!! this is so good, and saying this i am not a burger fan, like i would way prefer some new york style thin crust pizza over a burger, but this is one of the best burgers i have had. and fries are basically my specialty and should i even dare to say that i liked the shack’s fries better than in-n-out, because personally i think they are WAYY better!!
on to the next spot, since we were in the area we stopped down in melrose:

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romper / shoes

i told myself i wouldn’t be basic… yet i so am. you probably know where i am, and if you don’t know where i am you have been living under a bridge for awhile man. i am in front of the ICONIC pink wall of paul smith in LA. basically everyone ever takes cute and trendy photos in front of it, basically add me to that list!
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because i cannot apparently stand with two feet on the ground :))

and i visited nasty gal!
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i really couldn’t help myself, i was determined to take a mirror picture with an entirely mirrored dressing room , and i absolutely LOVED some of the off the shoulder tops they had at nasty gal, and they may be featured in my next fab five ;))
next we went to alfreds tea room in melrose
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which i did talk about in my post about my summer bucket list!! which you can see here: and anyway, i got a iced matcha latte with almond milk which was a real winner in my book !
i also did a very LA thing which is finding these amazing painted walls and going for photo shoots…
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this wall is by an artist called RETNA and features unique script lettering, it can be found West Hollywood Library, 625 N. San Vicente Boulevard, West Hollywood, fair warning it is on the back of a parking structure so its a little difficult to find.
so i really enjoyed that!
then we visited sockerbit (which i mentioned in my bucket list post)
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man no candy will ever live up to how good this is, because of its all natural ingredients its just trumps all!
and my 2nd place winners (aka i visited on a different day)
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i visited the churro borough, this is a small batch ice cream shop which makes these absolutely AMAZING ice cream sandwiches. huh? well what makes them so special?
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the cookie part is a churro! and you would be skeptical about this but walk out wanting more like my whole family!
well i hope you enjoy this picture post! comment if you have tried any of these places or are looking forward to trying them!
xoxo
kwe monogram(aka kate wins!)

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Update: My Summer Bucket List, COMPLETED ITEMS!!

June 30, 2016

hey all,
do you remember a few weeks ago when i posted my summer bucket list?
well today i am very excited to show you some of my completed things, so here we go:
here was the whole list before:

  1. go to sockerbit
  2. make homemade pasta
  3. try out different local yoga studios (to find a perfect fit for me!)
  4. go to katsuya
  5. complete my first round of college prep testing
  6. visit disneyland
  7. go to diddy riese
  8. run a blog giveaway
  9. try to get out more often with friends
  10. go to perch 
  11. go swimming!
  12. watch fireworks
  13. go to alfreds tea
  14. visit la flower mart
  15. try to take more pictures
  16. go to cafe gratitude
  17. organize my closet and get rid of unnecessary clothes
  18. get my makeup organized
  19. go to  gracias madre
  20. stay a weekend in newport beach

and here is the list now:

  1. go to sockerbit
  2. make homemade pasta
  3. try out different local yoga studios (to find a perfect fit for me!)
  4. go to katsuya
  5. complete my first round of college prep testing
  6. visit disneyland
  7. go to diddy riese
  8. run a blog giveaway
  9. try to get out more often with friends
  10. go to perch 
  11. go swimming!
  12. watch fireworks
  13. go to alfreds tea
  14. visit la flower mart
  15. try to take more pictures
  16. go to cafe gratitude
  17. organize my closet and get rid of unnecessary clothes
  18. get my makeup organized
  19. go to  gracias madre
  20. stay a weekend in newport beach

okay, so i got some finished, and since i promised that i would write a post on the ones that i finished here we go:

  1. so, sockerbit:

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a few days ago, i went down to west hollywood for some adventures (post on my whole trip to come soon!) and knew i needed to visit sockerbit. for those of you who do not know what sockerbit is, its a scandinavian candy store on west 3rd street by the grove shopping center. first of all, their candy is made with high quality ingredients so its free of transfats, has colors from nature and is free of genetically modified ingredients (GMOs). and just let me tell you, this candy is heavenly!
2. finish my first round of college prep testing!
yay!!!! i finished, i took the ACT and the SAT for the first time cold, and am right now just waiting it out for scores and doing summer homework.
3. go swimming:
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okay, so fun fact about kate time, i HATE swimming. like with a burning passion, maybe its cause i have never been a great swimmer. but i just hate getting my hair full of chlorine and feeling prune-y fingers and toes, i just find it disgusting. and when my friend invited me to her house so we could go swimming, my heart wanted to say no, but i typed yes, i mean, i wanted to see my friends and if this was the only way i would do it. i guess you could say i “jumped into it”.
4. go to alfereds tea

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i love matcha so matcha!

so pretty much if you are not an california local you might now know about alfreds coffee, well, its a really popular coffee place in LA and is very trendy. recently they opened a little tea place called alfreds tea room. i mean i am a fan of coffee, but i have always been partial to tea. so i decided to check it out. and it was great, I am a matcha connoisseur to say the least, i have been in love with matcha for years (as you can see in this post) and this place really hit the spot, and it was just beautiful!
well, i hope you enjoy this post on my bucket list, i am looking forward to finishing up the rest and showing you how i enjoyed them!
xoxo
kwe monogram(aka kate wins!)

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