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Snow Summit

March 8, 2014 by popnea

My alarm was set for 4:45am. It is a little early when it was already past midnight before you got to go to bed the night before. We wanted to get to Big Bear early so we could head back down before 1pm.

My first day on my new skis. They were awesome. It took me a few runs to get used to, they are super fast!

Great weather and not a lot of people. Another awesome day at the slopes. I am so happy I got to go again this weekend. Totally not planned for!

Lunch in the village before heading back to Los Angeles.

First Friday March

March 7, 2014 by popnea

We attend First Friday at the Natural History Museum quite frequently, but we are always so busy chatting away that we never really pay attention to the museum and the exhibits. I tend to always get lost in there as well. I wanna check out the dinosaurs but always end up in the creepy bird room.

I’ve been wanting one of these cups ever since I first was served coffee in one, about 18 months ago. I knew the store at the NHM had them so todayI finally bought one. I made use of it right away and pored some rum in it. It was right around here that we made plans to wake up at 5am to go skiing tomorrow.

New Toys

March 5, 2014 by popnea

I picked up my new skis from my friends house today, they look so awesome! Am I gonna get to ski this coming weekend?

Big Bear

March 2, 2014 by popnea

I should’ve picked up my new skis yesterday that was shipped to my friends house, but I got stuck at the bank for 3 hours counting my change that I wanted to deposit (eeeh, I’m at the bank, don’t they have machines to do that for you….??), so I got to use my old skis again today.

So excited to see real snow for once! In December I said I was gonna try to ski at least once every month for the season and in the car up I realized it was already March so I can check that off! I wonder if Big Bear will still be open in April, that would be neat!

Due to the recent storm, all of Los Angeles, San Bernardino and Orange County thought it was a good idea to go boarding. It took us quite some time to get up the mountain and we started to get a little scared it might sell out, but once we got a spot in the line for the shuttle that would take us up to Summit like kettles, we were all set. Just have to wait patiently.

Once we were up, the lift lines weren’t all that bad. The weather kept rolling in but it didn’t matter, we had to much fun skiing.

I very rarely have a drink before or during my ski sessions, I usually save that for after, but today was definitely a heiße Schokolade mit Rum day!

We didn’t see much sun today, but we kept skiing until they closed and I still felt like I could’ve kept going. This rarely happens to me, I usually feel like I’ve had enough around 3pm. I wanna go again!

We stopped by Big Bear Mountain Brewery on the way home, how come I have never been here before?

Storm!

February 28, 2014 by popnea

Since my phone is still in a bag full of rice getting CPR from it’s recent suicide attempt, I am stuck with a flip phone with a not so hot camera. I still felt like I had to take a photo of this though; Los Angeles is experiencing the worst storm, or “the largest rain event” in 3 years.

Since we currently have a draught, this is warmly welcome. I am also planning a day on the mountain this weekend, so it makes me extremely happy!

What’s not so cool though is that whenever there’s a storm coming in, the studio I work for in Santa Monica get’s flooded. This time it was a little worst than usual. Apparently the rain pipes are located on the inside instead of on the outside of the building. Who does that? It doesn’t seem that smart.

Bad Week

February 27, 2014 by popnea

I don’t know what’s going on right now. First the phone down the toilet yesterday and today this;

I needed some change for the bus fare this morning and my piggybank broke in half. Now, do I find myself a new piggybank, or should I just go and bank the cash?

My Life Down the Toilet

February 26, 2014 by popnea

Yes, panic mode! I dropped my phone in the toilet. Super gross! I put it in a bag of rice to dry out. Hopefully it will start up again soon!

Left and Right

February 24, 2014 by popnea

I have skied with left and right stickers on my skis for 10 years. It’s not because I always need a specific ski on one foot or the other, its more of a combination on me liking to ski fast and don’t know left and right; when someone behind me shouts “go left” I can quickly look down and see which way to go.

This on the other hand means that the edges on one side of my skis wears out more than the other. I have old skis, but they don’t have a ton of ski days on them, so they’ve been working okay. Until yesterday when I switched skis with my friend for a couple of runs. All of a sudden I could actually get some nice carving turns in, and my friend was sliding around like Bambi.

I ordered a new pair of skis yesterday, and switched my skis around today. I had to do some extra left and right thinking and will have to come up with a new solution for my new skis.