Karen

Hi, guys! Just wanted to pop by and say hello. I’ve been away from the computer because I spent the day in San Francisco with friends from school. We met for afternoon tea at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel and did some much needed catching up!

Despite 3-inch heels, I’m the short one in the middle…

Feed me, Seymore

The Royal Tea service ($49 per person) includes:

• Champagne “Ritz” Cocktail
• Selection of Tea
• Smoked Salmon with Pickled Onion & Caviar on Dark Rye
• Cucumber, Roquefort and Walnuts on White Bread
• Prosciutto with Melon on Light Rye Bread
• Egg and Chive Sandwich
• Freshly Baked Scone with Devonshire cream, Lemon Curd and Strawberry Preserves
• English Tea Cakes, Chef’s Choice of Tea Pastries
• Chocolate Mignardises
• Fresh Strawberries with Vanilla Cream

Select Ritz-Carlton hotels worldwide offer afternoon tea service.

I’m not wearing any lipstick in the picture above, but this is what the lips looked like before I munched on cucumber sandwiches and downed 10 cups of darjeeling tea (with lots of cream and sugar).

Yes, you read that correctly. That’s 10 cups of tea. I’m so hyper right now, WHEEE!

Anyway, I hope you had a good day too. 🙂

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

I didn’t think it was possible before last night, but apparently a venue does exist that I hate even more than the dreaded Container Store, and its name is P.F. Chang’s China Bistro.

P.F. Chang’s is a chain of Chinese restaurants. We have one here in Marin. You can’t miss ’em because out front they hang a red neon sign beside a life-size stone statue of a Medieval Chinese warrior’s horse. Not the warrior, just the horse. The horse stares your ass down when you enter the restaurant. It’s kinda freaky but in a cool way.

I went there for dinner last night to celebrate the blog’s birthday (before the party =), and I was soooo excited to go because a friend recommended the place, saying the food and service were great.

I worked on my cardio before dinner, so I was starving when I got to the restaurant and extra excited when the waiter warned me of their “huge, family style portions.” BRING IT, said my tummy.

Twenty minutes later, the friendly waiter brought out our food. Sadly, the portions were … not huge. There was barely enough to feed my right thigh! The kicker happened when he set down a teeny, tiny bowl of white rice in front of me — seriously, the little scoop of rice was the size of my eyeball. I wanted to say, “Um… sir, what am I supposed to do with this?” How do you stiff someone on rice at a Chinese restaurant?! It goes against all laws of nature.

I’d like to give P.F. Chang’s the benefit of the doubt in this catastrophe. Maybe last night was an exception. Perhaps they were running low on rice and had to cut back. I don’t know, but as far as blog birthday dinners go, that dinner so did not count! I think I’ll have to go to at least two more celebratory dinners to ease the pain. 🙂

What did you do before the blog’s birthday party last night? I hope it involved adequate amounts of rice, LOL!

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

Hey ya’ll,

Makeup and Beauty Blog turns one today! I’d love to throw a raging birthday party (complete with keg) for all of us here in my little apartment, but then readers from across the globe wouldn’t be able to attend. I don’t want anyone to feel left out, so since we can’t all be together in real life this time, let’s have an online birthday party instead! This party is strictly B.Y.O.B. — that’s bring your own beauty.

There will be plenty o’ dessert…

And, of course, the DJ will be off the hook because what’s the point of a party without dancing?

DJ Meow Mix is taking party song requests! Mine is Get Into the Groove by Madonna because it always makes me feel like shaking my booty.

How about a little eye candy?

Last, but not least, there’s party favors (my favorite part, woo hoo!)…

Let’s rock it out!

For the party, let me know…

1. What makeup you’ll be rockin’
2. What your party outfit looks like
3. What food/drink you’re bringing (it’s a potluck, haaay!)
4. Your favorite party song (DJ Meow Mix will play *anything*)
5. Who you’re bringing (significant other, friend, cat, dog, iguana, etc.)

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen