#37 - Big Bear Snow Summit

I just adjusted the size of pics my camera takes because these are TINY! Here is the end of the Log Chute (the middle section is black diamond, the rest was blue). There is one double black diamond I didn't try - The Wall. It's seriously a straight down drop.
Here's a pic I snapped of myself before the last leg of the Log Chute. Was in Big Bear with the IESMC, which I am a board member of - we went on one ski trip last year and I got to be "President" of this year's ski trip. :) Unfortunately we were only able to ski 1/2 day; it was so rainy by noon that the slopes were slushy and everyone was getting drenched.

On the drive home the next day, we almost had to have chains (thank goodness Lui had 4-wheel drive!). We came up on a recent mudslide that blocked 1/2 the street (I would have taken a pic if I wasn't about to throw up - it's a windy road!!).

#36 - Snow Capped Mountains

Snapped this lovely picture while heading down from the high desert yesterday. The mountains have lots of snow (you should see the view heading up to the high desert!). Going on a one day ski trip to Big Bear this Friday, can't wait!!

#35 - Rainbow

Most amazing rainbow on my way in to work today - I've never seen anything like this! It spanned the entire sky and was so bright in color. Almost drove into two other lanes trying to get a picture of the entire thing. Will think twice before taking a picture again while driving.

#34 - Storm System #4

Carefully snapped this one on the drive in this morning. We're getting our 4th storm system of the week today - it's suppose to be the worst! Even had a couple of tornados the other day flipping cars and picking up boats. 9 times out of 10 I'd say nothing compares to the great SoCal weather, just don't ask me this week!

#33 - Dinner w/ The Phelps

Had dinner last night w/ Glenn, Heather and Hudson - hadn't seen them since my b-day! We had bruchetta, pita & hummus and cranberry/brie "purses" - delicious! Also had a couple glasses of wine - pinot grigio and cabernet (that helped keep us warm during this crazy, cold weather!!). Hudson is SO big and so much fun. Below is a pic of him on my lap playing "bumpity, bump."
Here is a pic from when Hudson crawled up to me - look at those teeth! He loves books and kept bringing them over for us to read to him. Such a sweet boy!

#32 - EXTREME weather

Flashes of lightning, rolls of thunder - this is pretty intense for southern California! Even heard there is a tornado warning!! This pic is a view from outside my office window. Check out the run-off from the roof (pooled up on the grass - in real life it's shooting onto the grass and into the parking lot). Supposedly a few more days of this...it's reported we'll get 5" of rain on Thursday alone.

#31 - Habana in Costa Mesa

I don't know if all Cuban food is this good but MAN this is a great place to have dinner! For appetizers we shared veggie empanadas and calamari. For dinner I got plantain crusted chicken breast on garlic mashed potatoes - phenomenal! Lui and his niece, Samantha, shared paella. Sasha and Sham shared a lamb dish. But it didn't stop there...we split flan and banana fritters, too. Ambiance is fabulous - it was a super night all around! No website but you can see pics of the food and read reviews on yelp: http://www.yelp.com/biz/habana-costa-mesa (LOVE Lui's face in this one! If that's not convincing and indicative of the fun we were having I don't know what is!!)