Creeks, Culture, and Craziness!

We spent the last awesome few days in mermaid lagoons and restaurants, a gallery and a club, and the company of amazing friends! 

Friday was yet another non-working day BUT we totally made the most of it! We went with Brittany to Malibu Creek State Park to go on one of her favourite hikes that ended in a beautiful, mermaidy lagoon! 

We spent ages exploring, watching people jump from different heights on the cliff face, trying to avoid submerged rocks, and paddling around. We'd worked up an appetite so we went out to Lemonade for lunch afterwards! We'd been wanting to try it for ages and it totally lived up to our expectations, so yummy!! 

We spent the rest of the afternoon hanging out by the pool, so lovely to get a full day of fresh air and sunshine!

Saturday was a super fun day! We ran errands and did the grocery shopping in the morning and then Sierra, Han's college roomie/bestie came to visit for the first time!! Yeee! We chatted and caught up for a few hours then we went with Schwartz and Brittany to an opening at the gallery Brian works at in Santa Monica. They were showcasing three really lovely artists, we were super impressed!

Right nearby was another restaurant we've been wanting to try, Wurstkuche, so we went there for dinner! We had the most delicious sausages (although Han's was so spicy she almost didn't make it through) and amazing fries in this cool, hipster bar area.

Next on the agenda was Sierra's first ever clubbing experience!! We went to Lure, the same place we went with Sully, and had a fantastic night full of dancing and silliness! 

We also almost deafened ourselves, it's Monday and our ears are still recovering! The big drama of the night came later on when we got a Lyft (a super affordable taxi service) home. We reached the apartment and the driver told us she'd forgotten to start the timer thingo when we'd left! Han's credit card info was already entered into the app on her phone, so the driver just said she'd start the route and drive back to the club so it was exactly the same time. Well, 15 minutes later (the right amount of time for the ride) Han's credit card got charged for the Lyft....... $90!!!!! WHAT?! Ninety bucks for a 15 minute drive?!! Apparently there was a 200% tip added..?! Ughh so we called the driver and she was super nice about it, promising to help us sort it out, but we're still waiting to hear back from customer service. It was a wonderful night nonetheless, and fingers crossed we'll get a refund too!

Yesterday was a bit of a recovery day. We took Sierra to Cactus, still our #1 Mexican spot, and hung out for a while until she had to leave. It was so, so great hanging out with her! Just like old times!! The afternoon was a quiet one and in the evening Luce went out on a lovely date - and brought Han back some delicious Indian food afterwards! #twinning

-- Han & Luce --

Today Han's doing background on a new show called Transparent (where she saw this sign, kinda cool..!)

and Luce is going to the doctor and dermatologist. Han's hoping for a short day and planning on stopping by the most amaaazing donut place nearby the shooting location - where you can get a "wownut" (a waffle + a donut) - we've been craving it SO badly and can't wait to try it! 

Ahhh, very exciting!! Fingers crossed it'll be a wrap soon!

Bronzed Aussies

Our Friday night ended up being heaps of fun! Although not exactly as planned... Han's date was lovely, but Luce's "party" ended up being really sketchy so she bailed on it and when Han got home the two of us, with no shame whatsoever, had a great little party for two!

Saturday was our first day working at Bronzed Aussie... Aaaand we had to be there at 8:00am, which meant very little sleep for us! We made it there on time and actually felt completely fine - built up some tolerance in Austria perhaps.. Anyway, we were only on for a 4 hour shift and it went really well! We started to learn the basics and get familiar with everything. It was actually surprisingly fun and refreshing to just a have a simple, straightforward job without the pressure and high stakes that seem to surround everything acting related. That and we looked really cute in the apron and caps!

We also got rockin perks like great coffee, caramel slice, and sausage rolls to go.
To go because we were headed out to Mum and Q's for an early Easter dinner! We stopped by Disney on the way and met them in the park for a signle ride - Splash Mountain. We. Got. SOAKED!!!

It was hilarious, but we were so wet - and tired after working in the morning - that we went straight back to Mum and Q's for a sit in the new spa, margaritas, and a delicious Easter feast!!

We couldn't stay long though, as we'd been called in to work at Bronzed Aussie on Sunday too! It was the bakery's 1 year anniversary so Samantha needed all hands on deck - including two cute, young Aussie lads, yay! Luce made the best batch of lamingtons ever and Han charmed some stellar tips out of customers - and besides that, Samantha asked us at the end of the day if we'd like to start working for her officially! Total success!

Monday was a more restful day, although we still kept busy! Han worked out in the morning - first time in three weeks, didn't go amazingly well.. - then we went on our hike and walked to Ralphs to grab groceries for the week. We're really committing to this whole active lifestyle thing and it feels great! When we got home Luce baked a batch of muffins and we went over to watch Game of Thrones with Nick (who we ran into at Central Casting the other day) and his roommates. It was so much fun!! We're hoping to make a bit of a tradition out of it. They were all so easy to get along with and we couldn't ask for better GoT viewing partners! We called it a night fairly early though because Han was starting at Bronzed Aussie at 6:30 the next morning and Luce had been booked for background!

-- Han --
I had a great day at the bakery, learning the ropes and working my butt off. My 4 hour shift turned into a 7 1/2 hour shift and I ended up being there from 6:30 until after 2:00!! It was a pretty quiet day though, so Samantha had me cleaning, then I learned how to make various foods (still haven't graduated to coffees, but hopefully today!), and THEN she sent me to Restaurant Depot to do some shopping!! Eeeeek! My domestic blindness was NOT instantly cured and it took me ages - and quite a bit of help - to find everything.

I managed to wrangle everything into Samantha's car (that I was driving, also terrifying) and made it back to the bakery for the lunchtime rush! It was a great day and when I got home it was still only 3:00! Such a good feeling! It really is nice to be making regular money again.
I had planned on going for a hike or working out but I was buggered so I just sat in the hot tub (which became very eventful upon the arrival of a man who allegedly had just pulled his groin. Lucky for me he didn't attempt to show me the injury!) and snacked more than I should've while I waited for Luce to get home. 

-- Luce --
It was an uneventful but fun day of background for me! I was on the set of a new MTV show and the setting was a theme park on the 4th of July which made for some interesting costumes..! I wore jeans, a patriotic crop top, and a backwards cap and was feeling pretty badass! I walked around with some extra swagger in my step and said things like "Word" and "fo shizzle" hahaha... And despite me acting like a total idiot, I actually made friends with a few really nice girls! So fun. The scenes took a pretty long time to film though, and by 6:00 I just wanted to go home and have dinner! We were fed around 7:30 and we're finally wrapped at 10:30..! Such a long day! I was completely exhausted and not looking forward to waking up at 5:00 to do the morning shift at Bronzed Aussie!! My mood improved a lot when I got home, though, because Han and I split a delicious custard tart and filled each other in on what we'd been up to! Then it was off to bed to try to get some sleep before work in the morning.

-- Han & Luce -- Today Luce had the early Bronzed Aussie shift and Han's working the closing shift tonight! Looking forward to being all trained and on payroll - then it'll be easy to pick up shifts here and there working around our background and auditioning schedules. Lovin it!