Ummmm....what?: February 2008

UCLA Hospital Tour

Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center Tour from gwen78 on Vimeo.

Here's a quick look inside the new UCLA replacement hospital. It'll open sometime this spring.

O'Brigado, Luciano!

Went out last night with Rache, Randy, James and Larnie to Pink Taco in Century City...cool, kinda bad ass place. The wait to be seated was an hour so we went to Borders to kill time and ended up at the bar where we met a really fun, Brazilian Bartender, Luciano. The rest of the night was sort of a blur for me.

FYI- My camera is out of order for the moment. Cameras and Vegas with me aren't a good thing. Anyway, in the meantime, I have to use my cell phone to capture the insanity.

30 Vegas

There's no place like it to party, really...Vegas! For Anna and James' 30th birthdays, we celebrated High Roller style with bottle service at LAX in Luxor, but first Randy and I made a stop at my cousin's house to play with the kiddies.

Vegas with Family

Dylan Rocks from gwen78 on Vimeo.

Vegas with Friends

30 Vegas- Randy, Riann, Leia, Jeff, Tin, Bev, Anna, Ja, James, Cile, Steve, Jaime, Rache, Me, Andrew, Larnie, Joe and friends that met up with us at the club

Here are a few pics from both nights.

@CatHouse Friday night

Loved the speed clubbing.

Love it, Ate Tin in her element!

What!- Riann and Jaime

@LAX Saturday night

In our own VIP lounge- 7 bottles, 2 bartenders, 1 bouncer and 1 accidental drink over the ledge that almost got us into trouble. Oops!

Riann and Joe- Reyonce and Joedy Jenner in the house!

Living it up- Jaime, James, Me and Randy

Oh, Anna! Please don't stop the music!!!

What!- Leia and Joe

What started out as a party of 20+ ended with 8 people left standing. The rest...well, the rest wanted to die the next day. Haha. Oh, and congrats to Miss Riann! She got to meet and take a picture with DJ Vice. Fun Times all around!

More about Vegas on Cile's blog and Anna's blog.

Last 7 standing from Rachey on Vimeo.

We'll miss you

Since the new hospital that we are moving into is smaller than the one we work in now, we're sort of "downsizing" in our staffing. It basically means we're saying goodbye to some really cool people.

A few weeks ago we had Megan, Debbie and Ashley's goodbye party at Tony's house. Alcohol plus off duty nurses equals loads of fun. Randy's Lychee drink was a hit. That stuff...deliciously dangerous. There were some other interesting alcoholic inventions to wonder about there, too. Check out the beer stick.

RNs- Corina, Megan, Stephanie, Ashley, Debbie, me, Bisrat

RNs- Leah, Tony, Camille and Megan. Camille and Megan were double fisting early in the evening, beer in one hand and lychee drink in the other.

There was more than one beer stick at the party. No, I did not have one.

Yesterday was Marlo's farewell dinner and a movie night out. Who knew finding the Beverly Center was difficult? We finally got everyone in the right place and enjoyed some Todai eats.

RNs- Julie, Marlo, Allan, Me, Michel, Anna

East coast and island girl- LA livin'.

Sorry, Marlo. Couldn't get a good jumping shot. We try again some other time, yeah?

No popcorn for the nurses. Julie's 5150 took it all. Haha!

Mammoth '08...

...last dragon...speeding ticket...kickers...natural jump...helmet...13 degrees...sleds...ate tin...aches and pains...oreos...tomato soup...patch adams...freaks and geeks...korean bbq...uno...'til next time, mammoth