LA Trip / Pump WeHo!

I have to warn you, I have so much stuff going on the next few months, the blogging might fall apart moreso than it already has.

So I was in LA last weekend to shoot a beautiful wedding (my first gay wedding!) in Palm Springs. (Evan & Addison's City Hall Wedding wasn't a full-on wedding).

Before heading out to Palm Springs, I played with some of my favorite LA peoples.

Aly (Arry), having finally moved back from Japan, finally was introduced to Jesse.

Being both pretty little giants (Arry wore 4 inch heels, making her 6'4" for the evening), they instantly fell in loves. 

We LOVES having giant friends!!!

Mr Jesse got a LITTLE bit overserved and started acting a little CaRAYZY and we ended up running away from him...but we're going to try to forget that all happened...

We hit the Abbey...

Then met up with Mr Payton (I was crashing with him for a couple days)...

And he brought us next door for a little glimpse into his new gig at Lisa Vanderpump's PUMP WeHo!

PRETTY.

The next night (Friday) was the grand opening of PUMP.

We met up with Oprah Will for some tacosss.

Then headed over to PUMP for the opening party.

LOVES having fabulous bartender friends at the best new hotspots in town!

PUMP has been impeccably designed by Ms Vanderpump herself. The only issue is...low hanging chandeliers and tree branches. UGH!

Ken and Pandora were there too! Here is the back of Ken's head.

We loves having a fancy new place to play!

The garden outdoor is filled with low-hanging trees and is verrrry romantic (and unfriendly to talls).

We were seated at a table right next to Lisa's table so we took lots of sneaky pictures. She was there having dinner with her fellow housewife of Beverly Hills, Joyce!!!

Here's Joyce...

And there's Lisa!

Lady Di and Poppy came to play also!

At one point as I was making my way through the garden, I ended up walking behind Lisa. She turned, saw me, and grabbed my arm as I ducked under a tree branch apologizing for not designing the place with me in mind...it was so sweet.

From now on whenever I go there she will always remember me. And then we will be best friends. It is done.

LOVES LA!!!!!

Pump is also featuring Lisa's brand new line of Vanderpump Sangria...it is DELICIOUS. She's going to be the next Bethenny...just you wait and see.

OMG David Allan made an appearance too!

And Steven! Hoooray!

Well...life can't be all giants and rose, but it should be!

Saturday I drove out to Palm Springs for Charlie & Yohannes's Wedding. It was beauuuutiful. (It was also VERY VERY HOT. 106 degrees. We stayed indoors most of the day. )

Still got great pics though!

Then on Sunday I drove back to LA and on my way stopped at the LA Arboretum for an engagement shoot with Rehman and Kayla, whose wedding will bring my back to LA in about a month...

And for the grand finale to my trip, I ended up at Palm Restaurant in West Hollywood where I met up with Eric and Ming-Na for an epic dinner.

Ming's show - Agents of SHIELD - is coming back for a second season!!!

Fantastic end to a fantastic trip.

Gay Pride / Beverly Hills Housewives!

Even though it wasn't planned, it was only fitting that Diana had her wedding on Gay Pride Weekend in LA.

The morning after Lady Di's wedding, we rolled out of bed and rolled back to West Hollywood to catch the tail end of the parade.

Since we still had our capes from the night before we donned them as we walked around.




The gays were out in full force.






People LOVED the capes.



They got us lots of attention.



Yay!



We stopped by a bar where Danny was bartending. Yay free daydrinking.



Then we met some friends who said they were heading over to Sur.

A favorite spot of mine long before it was made famous by the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, we tagged along.



The recently underwent an expansion and now have this beautiful back forest-patio.



As soon as we walked in, a hot and friendly girl named Katie started chatting us up about how much she loved our capes. I happened to have an extra and asked if she wanted it. She was thrilled.

Suddenly cameras appeared and surrounded us. Turns out Katie works for Lisa Vanderpump and has some kind of story arc in the new season of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.



Her gorgeous boyfriend soon entered the bar and we chatted a bit and then the camera people motioned us to step aside while they had some kind of discussion. (We were on-camera, but I'm pretty sure we'll be edited out.)



AND THEN!!!!

The QUEEN appeared.



Lisa Vanderpump herself. Looking Pink and fabulous.



She LOVED our capes. Obviously.



Filming filming filming.




We LOVES West Hollywood.



Happy Pride!