Oahu, Hawaii Vacation Part 3: June 8, 2016

Part 3 of my adventures in Oahu, Hawaii takes us to my very first hawaiian luau, which if I might add was quite a pleasant experience. The view was a scene straight out of a movie, oh wait.... it sorta was, considering it was at the Sea Life Park. The back drop of the famous 50 First Dates movie starring Adam Sandler ha! Enjoy.



Until next time...

XOXO,
Melissa May

Oahu, Hawaii Vacation Part 2: June 7, 2016

Come with me on day 2 of my trip to Oahu as we walk the grounds of Pearl Harbor. 

XOXO,

Melissa May

Oahu, Hawaii Vacation Part 1: June 6, 2016

Oahu Day 1: Landed from LAX to Honolulu for the first time and boy was it slighly, or more than slightly humid. We checked into the Hilton Hawaiian Village in Waikiki and well... you can watch the rest. More to come on this trip. 

XOXO,

Melissa May

The Nom-Nom Chronicles: The Mission for Brunch

Located in the heart of North Park, California, right smack in the middle of San Diego is one of my favorite brunch places called The Mission. There are 3 locations; but I have always been loyal to the one in North Park. 

 North Park

2801 University Avenue
San Diego, CA 92104
(619) 220-8992 

Open daily 7am - 3pm

The Mission offers a wide variety of breakfast foods that include a wide variety of pancake selections, roast beef hash & eggs and mixes up the menu with some modern Latino breakfast items that include papa's con chorizo, Mission chilaquiles and breakfast burritos just to name a few. They also offer a lunch menu and gluten free menu that I have yet to try. Today I will be focusing my "nom nom" energy on brunch items, mainly the Mission french toast, which for some reason I always gravitate towards when I end up eating there. 

The Mission French Toast includes; fresh baked cinnamon bread on a palette of berry puree, scattered with some fresh blueberries, strawberries and green apple slices. It's hard to go wrong with french toast, especially on those late mornings when you're craving for something sweet rather than savory and want to avoid doughnuts all together. I love the presentation that the french toast comes in. You can taste the cinnamon bread that isn't so overbearing and tastes just right and you can taste the butter, oh the butter!! The berry puree isn't directly on the french toast which is something I appreciate. I like to be able to manage the amount of puree that goes with each bite. If you are ever in the San Diego area, looking for a new, hip brunch place with a Latin twist, head on over to The Mission in North Park. 

Just a quick review on their bloody Mary's. I am always looking for a really good and unique twist on bloody Mary's and The Mission didn't really offer anything great in that section of their beverage menu. So I would probably give it a C+ in terms of taste, uniqueness and presentation. Nothing fancy over here. Just something more on the mediocre side. 

Word of advice: On the weekends it is always very busy. So if you plan on trying this place out on the weekend, I highly suggest not sleeping in unless you don't mind waiting 1-2.5 hours just to get seated. I don't believe that they take reservations, although you can always call and ask. 

Other Locations: 

Mission Beach

3795 Mission Boulevard 
San Diego, CA 92109
(858) 488-9060

Open daily 7am - 3pm

East Village

1250 J Street 
San Diego, CA 92101
(619) 232-7662

Open daily 7am - 3pm

Until next time,

Melissa May

Three's Company

There's something about stationery goods and planners that make me feel some sort of reminiscent of my childhood past. I suppose it started when I was a kid in the 90's. When Sanrio was all the rage, and buying a brand new Pochacco stationery set on the weekend was something to look forward to at the beginning of the week. I never really mailed anything out with those letter sets, in fact, I really just wrote hello notes to my best friend Tracy who lived up the hill from me. Flash forward to the year 2016, adulthood is HERE! About 7 planners later and here I am, not much to plan but having a home for my "pretty" pens to write in was sort of.... relaxing and put me at ease? I look forward to the days off from work when I can sit in front of my television set, on the living room floor with a circle of stickers that surround me and just.... well... plan. Plan what exactly? Well more like reminders written in a planner. Reminders of when bills are due, when birthdays of friends and family members are, when I'm scheduled to work that week. You know, basically "adult" things. I remember "planning" in my Sanrio planner back in the days. Writing down my next play date with that best friend up the hill. Or when that next book report was due. Life was much simpler then. 

Nonetheless, I am currently using three different planners. With all of them "reminding" me of the same exact things. I often get the question, "what exactly do you use each planner for?" and the answer to that is; I use them for all the same reasons. One might think that's a waste of time. To jot down the same information three times, on three different planners. Well, there's some what of a joy factor in doing so. And although most people will never get it, thats perfectly fine. It makes me happy and well, I don't give a damn what you think.

Currently using the Webster's Pages in personal size and A5 size in the color Walnut. 

You can purchase them here: http://websterspages.com/shop/color-crush-personal-planners.html

As my on the go mini planner/wallet; I am using the Louis Vuitton PM agenda (Trunks and Bags collection) no longer available for purchase. 

Until next time,

XOXO,

Melissa May

Louis Vuitton PM Agenda & Happy Mail

 Happy mail at it's finest. Recently I had to get my hands on some limited edition "things." I mean lets be real, "things" are always better when they are limited edition. So, with that being said, I managed to get my hands on the LE Harajuku 2 Tsum Tsum set and of course my very first Louis Vuitton agenda PM size, which is similar to the Filofax pocket planner.  With the exception of the R2D2 and Shelly Mae, which aren't limited edition, they just needed to be apart of my Tsum Tsum collection, so don't mind them. 

Let's move on to the point of this post and thats to introduce to you my very first Louis Vuitton PM agenda. Not only is it my first agenda from LV, but of course in leu of limited editions, I searched high and low for the 2007 Trunks and Bags PM agenda edition. I absolutely love the look of the screen print of the different texts of countries, and really thats what caught my eye to this agenda. I could have just gotten the basic LV monogram agenda, but again, I'm no "basic bitch" for lack of a better word haha, and I wanted to be just a tad bit different than everyone else. I am very pleased with this purchase and plan to use it as a wallet as well. This one mark my very first pocket agenda, since I am used to using personal size and A5/large size. 

The interior is of a tan color with gold hardware. Currently I am trying to set it up for planner use. I managed to make my own dashboard and it turned out so well. I am currently waiting on my inserts to come, as I have ordered them from an etsy seller. I will save the LV PM agenda set up for another post, but I did want to show you all what I managed to do to it so far. With Spring in season, it was only fitting to go with a floral print. 

Until next time!

XOXO,

Melissa May

Happy Post V-Day!

Happy Post Valentines Day to everyone. Currently I am in my A5 Large Lilac Kikki-K with mini gold diamonds on the front. This planner was my very first leather, ring bound planner when I was first getting into the planner world. A year ago this month I purchased this beauty and it still brings me such joy when I use it. My dashboard currently is something I made. I took a multi-color heart print card stock paper, cut it down to size, laminated it and punched holes and voila! a DIY dashboard for my planner. The Minnie and Mickey image is actually from the Disney Gallery at Downtown Disney, and it's actually a postcard that I also laminated so that it last's quite some time. Add a bit of washi tape and that's that.... my Valentine dashboard.

I hope everyone had a sweet Valentine weekend, I know I did. Until next time!

XOXO,

Melissa May

Planner Pouch Love

I recently received a gift from one of my planner besties and it was this amazingly structured planner pouch from Nena Paz Luv shop on etsy (NenaPazLuv.etsy.com). It fits my Cobalt blue personal size Kikki K just perfectly. 

The outer fabric is that I received is this adorable Hello Kitty doctor print and the interior is the pink and white polka dot, the same with the front pockets. The zipper is a lavender color, which ties the color scheme together perfectly. The inner pouch can hold my personal size planner, a couple of pens/markers along with 3 washi tapes perfectly. The pouch has 4 front pockets which can hold paperclips, stickers amongst many other thin planner trinkets. 

As I mentioned before, the planner pouch is well structured and has a interior interfacing fabric that allows the pouch to keep its structure without being flimsy when it is empty, which is detail that I definitely appreciate in an item. I always try and ask myself; is this item cute, is it well structured, and is it functional? And the answer is YES! This planner pouch hits all those high points with me. Thank you to my planner bestie Bethany for introducing me to this adorable and functional pouch. I look forward to purchasing one for my A5 Large Kikki K planners. Nena has many fabric prints to choose from and always welcomes custom orders. Until next time...

XOXO,

Melissa May