...life in overdrive...

Well, as you can tell by the lack of posts, the Troyan Chronicles has been greatly neglected. To say our lives have been INSANE the last few months would be an understatement. Honestly, there were a few weeks where Mikis and I looked at each other and said "Is this really our life?". We can't complain though, we have had a lot of new and exciting changes, which has kept us very busy and in turn is why we have been MIA. Here is a quick recap on what we have been up to the last few months:

[we celebrated our first wedding anniversary with a weekend getaway to sedona]

[we opened our newest endeavor, el hefe]

[i turned another year older...]

  [and so did mikis...]

[we went to san diego to celebrate our great friends, jen & claude's engagement]

[we celebrated my twin brother's 16th birthday]

 [we had a lot of out-of-town visitors]

[we had many fun night's out with friends]

 

[and i said goodbye to my two beautiful offices and almost ten years with westcor...]

[to start working as an associate event and wedding planner with outstanding occasions]

Wooh, I'm exhausted just recapping it. I promise to make more of an effort to update and post more often. In the meantime, if you want to see what we are up to at Outstanding Occasions, follow our blog here. 

xoxo,

R+M

 

...a weekend for the girls...

This weekend is an extra special weekend for us. Not only is it a fabulously long weekend, but a weekend that only a year ago we shared with the greatest of friends enjoying the best of times. A year ago from today I was hoping onto a plane and heading to San Diego for a weekend with the girls celebrating my last official weekend as a single lady. 

Some memories from the special weekend include:

a sash fit for a pageant, being ms. trojan and men sharing way too many trojan stories with me, dancing the night away, breakfast with a view, a surprise shower, true friends letting you borrow their dress for tear control, too many stories and secrets, bathing suits tied by shoelaces, not exactly making it to the hot tub, golden globes and tapas, and much more.

Thank you ladies for an amazing trip. It truly was a weekend I will never forget, and wish I could relive on a yearly basis. Here are a few photos...

xoxo,

R

...starting 2011 off with a bang...

After kissing 2010 goodbye with a low-key dinner and drinks, which you can read about here, we started January 1st off with a bang! First, we woke up and enjoyed a delicious breakfast and other tasty treats at the local Farmers Market in Little Italy. Honestly, this little market is pure heaven, they have tons of vendors with anything you could want, all overlooking the beautiful Mission Bay in San Diego. Really, what's not to like?

After stuffing ourselves, we got ready and headed to Coronado for some mid-afternoon Mimosa's. They were a perfect treat to start our day of drinking. After a few Mimosa's we headed to The Waterfront and walked into an unexpected dance party. Which meant two things, 1. drink more to get to the level of our fellow patrons and 2. dance the night away. It was truly the BEST day and a perfect way to start the new year. If the rest of 2011 is anything like the first day, we are in for one fun ride! Hope your new year started off with a bang as well!

Here are some photos from our day...



[the best breakfast sandwiches]



[coconut water, makes the hangover go down]

[mimosa's, one of many]

[james and the giant peach, we didn't get along so well]

[leslie was "making it rain"]

[the end...]

xoxo,

R+M

...kissing 2010 goodbye...

Every year for the last 6 years(well, minus one year in between) we have celebrated New Years in San Diego, and this year was no different. We started the night's festivities off with tapas and cocktails at Glass Door, a beautiful Mediterranean Restaurant in Little Italy. Afterwards, we headed to one of our favorite San Diego bars, Craft & Commerce for a celebratory night of craft style drinks and great conversation. This was definitely one of our more mellow New Year's, but it was perfect! Here are a few photos from our night...

[starting the night with dinner]

[the very unique decor of craft & commerce]

[the cocktails are designed uniquely to your taste and preferences]



[my mojito like concoction]



[the boys and their daquri style drinks, they're honestly not as girly as they sound]

[cheers-ing to a new year]

We hope your New Years was full of friends, love and fun. Here's to a fabulous 2011!

xoxo,

R+M