My baby brother and his beautiful wife had my parent's first grandchild on August 19, 2008. I'm an Auntie! This is the story of my first meeting with my handsome little nephew Santiago!

Rob and I decided to do a mini vacation when he found out that he had some meetings in Vegas! Since, I'm off work for a bit, why not join him and have a mini-meet-up with my fellow Travbuddies from Las Vegas!

Supposed to be a 4 day weekend that ended up being 2 weeks!

A once in a lifetime chance to spend 16 days traveling through 11 countries with Rob (RobtheTraveler) and creating many memories that will make me smile every time I think of them. Here we go....

Let me tell you the story of a girl named Joy...she met these amazing people that share the passion and excitement of life and travel with her...these people have formed a lasting impression on her and they hold a special place in her heart. You know who you are...my LA "Core" Crew. No worries my Vegas/LA/SF/Missouri/Uk crew - you are all special to me as well, BUT these people drive me wild! I love them to death!

Burbank, CA... What's out in Burbank? The studios! That's what's out here! NBC/Universal, ABC, Disney, Warner Brothers, and of course Universal City Walk and Universal Studios Theme Park and just a hop, skip and a jump is Dreamworks Animation.

Meeting up with Rob's Colleagues in San Diego. Finally meeting the people I've only heard about for the last few months.

THE CURE!!!! I LOVE THE CURE!!!! I'm saw them in concert at the HOLLYWOOD BOWL!!!! Whoo-Hoo!!! Holy Frijolies!!!

What an amazing time I had with these TBer's!!! Had no idea that these amazing people are just as crazy as I am.

I know, I know this should be a restaurant review, but sorry...I have too many photos to share this wonderful experience! My LA "CORE" CREW minus one decided to get together and we threw down a quick get together at a local restaurant in LA.... CHECK IT OUT!!!!!