AltSCV Bowling Prom

Feb
22

Posted by: Maggie

A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of attending a very special event to celebrate the first edition of a new local publication AltSCV, Santa Clarita Valley’s first alternative weekly. I’ve been asked to write for the paper, although I haven’t written anything yet, I have ideas and will get around to it eventually. I swear!

Aleks, our editor extraordinaire, put together a little party to celebrate the first issue. She said that it was always a dream of hers to get dressed up in prom attire and go bowling. And because she has some amazing friends who seem to be up for anything, they made it happen!

We had a fantastic evening of drinks, donuts, and of course bowling!

me, taken with my iphone

You can read more about the fun over at the blog of my dear friend, Susan Fujiki (pictured directly above in the black & hot pink), The Tatami Mat 4.0: Part One, Part Two, Part Three.

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Categories: Celebrations, Maggie
Tags: AltSCV, bowling, Santa Clarita, the prom

My 29th Birthday!

Feb
21

Posted by: Maggie

Sorry for the posting delay! Last week was hectic finishing up my preparations for my How to Shoot Your Kids Workshop, and with Josh and Eleanor both getting sick. Not fun! Although, Josh is still not well and I’ve had a sinus headache for 3 days that doesn’t want to go away, I’m back to posting about my birthday celebrations!

The morning of my birthday we went out to breakfast at The Egg Plantation with my dad, step-mom, brothers William and Elliott, and Elliott’s girlfriend Lily.

photo taken with my iphone

Apparently, my choice of restaurant was perfect, because they give you a free breakfast on your birthday! And the coffee is good! Score!

After breakfast we said goodbye to the family and went on a little craft store shopping trip for some Valentines supplies. And then to pick up some birthday cupcakes, because according to Eleanor, birthdays=cupcakes, of course!

We tried out a new cupcake place in town, Bake You Happy. It’s very cute and the cupcakes are awesome, and I don’t even like cake!

We shared a banana cupcake there, soooo good! And brought three more home for my birthday night dessert!

Later in the day Josh and Eleanor gave me my birthday gifts!

Josh got me a book I’ve been wanting for a long, long time. It’s a collection from my favorite photographer, Cindy Sherman’s series, “Untitled Film Stills.” They are a series of amazing self-portraits. I’ll write a whole post about it soon!

Eleanor (with Josh’s help) got me some yummy butterscotch chews from See’s. Tasty!

We had our weekly family movie night and for dessert we had the cupcakes we had brought home!

A Chocolate Cherry Licorice (an amazing combination of chocolate cake filled with melted red licorice, topped with pretzels and marshmallow–incredible!), Snickerdoodle (like the cookie, a yummy cinnamon spiced cake the uneaten half was delicious with coffee the following morning!) and a Heavenly (a gourmet grown-up version of a Hostess Cupcake, delicious chocolate cake, with marshmallow filling topped with dark chocolate ganache–awesome!)