April Ordonez in San Diego

Wasn't this a song by Belinda Carlisle?

It took 500 years to build it...

And now it's here!!

New Hair, New House

now have blonde highlights in my hair.  Big, chunky pieces that my colorist, Vinnie, called "fun".  This is the lightest color my hair has ever had and I love it because it's toned down, not too yellow and not brassy and orange, which usually equals cheap, "Hi, I'm a skank ho" hair.  Yeah, high school girl-bad-bleach-job hair.  I even have some special Bumble & Bumble violet shampoo stuff that's supposed to lighten and maintain the color of my hair.

Where did I go to get my hair colored you ask?  An awesome salon in Kensington called Diesel.  I love this place.  It's set to look like an artsy urban garage, complete with Craftsman rolling tool boxes housing all of the Loreal and B&B product, dirty, gritty and gasoline-looking oil-splattered floor (continuously swept by the salon assistant).  Rogina is my stylist and Vinnie from Sacramento is my colorist.  Both are Vidal Sassoon-educated and from out of town.

Also visited my mom's new 1.something-million dollar home in Scripps Ranch.  It's part of the Warmington Collection, about 4,000 square feet and has a backyard that's bigger than my condo.  It's not finished yet... In fact, it looks like this:

A closer look at the house,

More pictures found here.