He has family in New York and while he was over visiting them in August he took the time to pop down to Hollywood to see me for a few days :) We stayed in a great suite at a Ramada hotel not far from my rehearsal studios - was a nice change of scenery from the apartments!
I wanted to share what we got up to during our time together here!
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On our first evening together we took a cab to Hollywood Beach for a stroll and some food...
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| The moon was HUGE and looked beautiful against the clouds and sea! I wish my camera could have caught it in all it's glory but you get the idea from the above photo! |
After dipping our toes in the Atlantic we found a mexican restaurant called Mamacitas and decided to order food and cocktails! As often happens with me, I got serious cocktail envy after I realised that MJ's tasted much nicer than mine but my food was awesome...
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| I ordered enchiladas with rice and refried beans! Yum! |
I have to say that I was rather tipsy after my cocktail (that thing was strong!) and I did end up demonstrating some of the Jellicle Ball to MJ on the beach... My balance wasn't great and I am pretty sure I looked a right sight as my silly brain was attempting to remember and execute the steps! No doubt MJ found it all hilarious... oops!
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On our second evening we took a trip to Aventura Mall for a spot of shopping and to grab ourselves some more scrummy food... I am a food fiend! Yikes.
So the reason that MJ was over in the States was to celebrate his niece's Christening so we had ourselves a bit of a shopping mission to accomplish in the hour and a half of opening hours that were available to us! We had to find a suit for MJ and a Christening gift for his niece, especially seeing as he was to become her godparent :) very exciting!
Suit shopping was fun! We spent a long time in Calvin Klein finding the correct sizes and matching up suits with shirts and ties etc before MJ settled on the combination he preferred and which looked great :) One thing down, one to go! Neither of us had a certain idea of what gift to buy for his niece; but after a bit of thought we decided that a piece of jewellery to remind her of the day would be a lovely keepsake and will hopefully last as she grows up! We opted for a teeny tiny silver Pandora bracelet with a cross pendant charm, so pretty! Mission accomplished :D
After our shopping spree we sat down to eat at The Cheesecake Factory where yet again the food was just delicious :) as was the Oreo Cheesecake that we took back to the hotel for dessert (an obvious choice for us as we are both addicted to Oreos!)
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| I ordered a lovely fruity Mango cocktail to accompany my food! |
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It seems that my week with MJ is turning into another food blog... oops! That might be partly due to the fact that mealtimes were my only free times during the week where I wasn't prancing around as a Cat, but probably also due to the fact that we love our food!
We got up early one morning and had breakfast at ihop! Of all the times I have been to America, ihop was one restaurant chain that I had never experienced so I was excited to see what all the fuss is about!
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| I went for a Chocolate Milk to make my brother jealous, it's one of our favourite breakfast beverages over here! |
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| And we both went for a big breakfast that offered eggs, bacon, sausages, hash browns with a side of pancakes each to top it off! So worth the wait, I felt more than ready for a day of rehearsals after this :) |
MJ likes surprises. No wait... Correction! He likes to organise surprises! Not so much on the receiving them ;) So after being told to dress up, being given a beautiful silver Swarovski star pendant necklace (so beautiful, thank you again!), hopping in a taxi with no idea where I was going while being told that where we were headed came highly recommended I knew he was up to his usual tricks!
Where we ended up was GG's Bar and Grill near Hollywood Beach, but situated adjacent to a stunning lake. His brother had dined there before and suggested we gave it a try too! We had a table outside right next to the lake (you can kind of see in the picture below!) and it was so beautiful!
The mojitos we ordered were gorgeous, the food we ordered (steak with garlic and herb mash for me, tuna with some fancy accompaniments for MJ) was soooooo beyond delicious and the whole evening was just wonderful :) I think I can speak for both of us when I say that we both thoroughly enjoyed our evening!
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So that pretty much sums up our time together in Miami! MJ flew up to New York the following morning and I followed him up there after my week of rehearsals had finished for the Christening! Will tell you all about my time in New York in my next post, coming very soon!
Until then, meow! xx
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