Just another Chandelier tree.

Today we went out shopping to Citadel outlet. The drive that was supposed to take twenty minutes took one hour, forty minutes!!! So now we had a little taste of what the traffic can be like in L.A.




 On the way home I told my husband to stop the car because I was amazed by a big tree by the road, W Silver Lake Dr / Rowena.

Someone had hung up lots and lots of beautiful crystal chandeliers in a tree in a private garden.

Wow! We were amazed and surprised! And still are...;) In Sweden you can´t have anything like that...

We guess it was around 25 chandeliers hanging in the tree...

I went out from the car and found a parking meter that only took quarters for donations for that spectacular, unexpected show. Of course we donated;) Who wouldn´t....?

Lola Gaspar

  

We went to see some new friends in Santa Ana yesterday. We met up in a restaurant, Lola Gaspar. ( Put that name in mind if you happen to pass by.) The food was fantastic, and so were the drinks and service.

I´ve especially fell for a drink called The Latitude. Badaboom!!! I had an explosion of green chili in my mouth. And I wanted another one of course.;)

If you´re not into drinks I can tell you our real latitude here. It is 34° 3` 8" N / 118° 14`34" W.

BUT! If you are into drinks I can tell you that I don´t know the whole recipe of that drink but I can kind of make one up right now...

 

It consisted of (trying to remember, guessing...) mezcal, ( yes, the Mexican liquor with a worm in the bottom, I´m tough, you know ), ginger, crushed green chili and probably lime...It was served in a whiskeyglass with an oversized ice cube in it. And of course there was half of a green chili in it for the decoration...! Madre Mia, Caramba, Mamasita tenido calor...! 

If anyone knows the real recipe, please let me know;)

 

Until next time...Drop it like it´s hot;)

//Tiina

Tacos con pescado.

Lola Gaspar from the outside.

Lola Gaspar interior.

Finally in the US!

Hi, everyone. I just decided to blog about our new life in our new home country, US. Let´s see how long this blog will live....

I am an eyelash designer from Sweden, that´s what I want to do right now. It is my passion. I am also a certified makeup artist (and a Callanetics-instructor, but I don´t practice it at this moment because I´ve had my head full of life changing thoughts....I knooooow, excuses, excuses, blah, blah, blah, haha;)

I couldn´t decide which language I´d write in but I chose English. Reason is that the most Swedish people can read it and I need to practice it.

Well, our first "culture-shock" was finding a vacuum cleaner. Now we have bought an american one, and it looks like we´ve got a "movie projector" included...Surprise;) Thank You! This is really a land full of surprises!

Ok, this was a small introduction and a test, now I want to check how it looks like on the blog, my first posting.

/Tiina