In February, Jackie won us tickets to go to the Oprah Show after many years of trying! We had a 2 week notice to fly to L.A. for her After Oscar taping. We jumped on it as quickly as possible and invited Bobby to meet us there!
Saturday - The three of us flew in and met at LAX. We got checked into our room in Beverly Hills and went out for lunch at The Farmers Market. We were starving, thanks to the poor treatment we received by the flight industry.
Jackie and Bobby
We shopped a little in the 90210 and then drove over to the Hills at sunset to see the city light up at night.
Sunday - Now y'all know that I am a Real Housewives of Beverly Hills addict. Well now I am a stalker - oops I mean fan. I googled several addresses from last seasons show, including the 60,000 square foot home of Lisa Vanderpump's friend Mohammad Hadid, a real estate developer. So... we found some nice neighborhoods.
Beautiful background - with so many climates in California, you could see the snow-capped mountains behind the lush green trees.
Enough stalking - I mean touring. We headed off to Santa Barbara and Montecito for the day.
We lunched in Santa Barbara at Pierre Lafond's, the brother of a friend of Jackie's from Nashville. We later shopped at Pierre's wife's store, where I bought a beautiful cashmere sweater.
Jackie invited a local acquaintance, Liz, to meet us and tell us about the area - well she was sooo much more than that! She gave us an unbelievable tour of Montecito.
Situated overlooking the beautiful Pacific Ocean, is the Four Seasons. Liz took us on a tour as if she owned it. A gorgeous property with Spanish influence, it is definitely a place I would travel back. http://www.fourseasons.com/santabarbara/But, the best was yet to come...
OMG... http://www.sanysidroranch.com/ For the discriminating traveler, which I completely identify with. The grounds are breath taking.
Do not plan to do anything here but get plenty of R & R.
Actually it and many more of Montecito's fabulous must-see's are owned by the Beanie Baby creator, Ty Warner.
Now you didn't think I would come to Montecito without stalking Oprah did you? Here is her Service Entry... Sorry, we couldn't see the main gate.
A fantastic day!!!
Monday - The Oprah Show Experience.
Jackie and I got up around 4 am to get ready as we had to be at the parking lot at.... okay, I am not going to go into the details. I can't bare to relive it. Let's summarize: We went, we stood in line, Oprah was sick, we left and went to The Beverly Hills Hotel to drown our sorrows in $30 a glass Veuve!
We had the most amazing lunch and sat by Valentino. That's right.
All in all, an amazing trip.
We had so much fun and laughed til we cried. What a blessed life we live!
