Guest Bird #2 – Sylvia
Hi everyone — welcome to my very first guest-blog entry (thanks, Ryan!) First, a little background info about me: I grew up in central California, spent 20+ years working in Manhattan, and now my husband and I are sort of “bi-coastal” although not by choice. We are desperately trying to sell our New York house. For the moment, however, we are in the gorgeous Palm Springs, California area — which I will report on in-depth in a future blog entry!
Until next time – Sylvia 
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Last weekend on Saturday night she and her boyfriend threw the best Halloween dinner party ever (yes, a week early!) They prepared many dishes, but the Halloween themed were: Pumpkin Martinis (made with pumpkin liqueur), Butternut Squash Soup, and Pumpkin Creme Brulee — all fantastic! After dinner we headed to the local Irvine pumpkin patch to buy pumpkins, then back to her house for carving. Her kitchen became a gooey mess with piles of pumpkin seeds everywhere!
I stayed overnight and spent much time playing with her absolutely gorgeous 6-month-old Abyssinian kitten named “Athena”. Now I want one!
On Sunday (since my husband wasn’t along this time) I took the opportunity to do one of my favorite things — shop! I had never been to the famous “South Coast Plaza” in Costa Mesa, so I headed there first. This mall has all the high-end stores — first time I’ve ever seen a Rolex STORE (last I checked there wasn’t even one in NYC!) I didn’t buy anything, only stopped into Tory Burch to complain about the resin purse I had purchased at their East Hampton boutique, which has now badly “warped”…
My next stop was my favorite southern California outlet mall, just west of Palm Springs. This mall also has high-end stores, from St. John to Jimmy Choo. I bought a few items at Reebok and Columbia Sportswear, but my favorite outlet store OF THE DAY was Brighton Collectibles…Started on my Christmas/Hanukkah shopping (husband’s family is Jewish), spent around $400 but got 10 items — leather handbags, wallets, cell phone holders, etc. SO MUCH FUN!!!
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