Oldest Fort in U.S. - Castillo de San Marcos

I know it has taken me a little while, but I do want to give you a glimpse at my trip to St. Augustine, FL for the 4th of July weekend. St. Augustine is definitely a beautiful city and I was happy I was able to enjoy it with my friends, new friends, and hubby dearest. I also got to share some beautiful fireworks in the oldest city in the continental U.S. It is one of the most beautiful fireworks show in Florida and YES you must go see fireworks here!

Below is a photo tour of Castillo de San Marcos, the oldest masonry fort in the U.S.

It was a little bit BLAZING hot and we learned it the hard way. If it was up to me, I probably should have worn my bikini (not that you would want to see me in it) instead of shorts and a tank! 

The flags below represent the countries that took hold of Castillo de San Marcos and St. Augustine. The first one on the left being Spain.

And yeah, it was so hot, we had to ration the water and would run to anyone selling it at all times! 

Before food, we needed water!! And that's what we drank while viewing the fireworks. Oh yes, and make sure you grab a spot early on behind the Castillo, because it is just a sight to have the fireworks light up the sky just behind it.

Weekend photo dump: St. Augustine, FL

I've had a pretty good weekend even if my friend Claudia had to twist my arm to go with her. I wanted to save some money before leaving to Peru in a few weeks and she assured me we'd keep the budget low!

I had always wanted to visit St. Augustine. The oldest city in the United States. The idea was to leave early on Friday so we could walk around the city a bit and then watch the fireworks while sitting next to the Castillo de San Marcos. I will leave you with some pics taken on my iPhone, but I'll introduce you to my cannon photos in the near future!

Little did we know it would be HOT as BALLS in a brick oven! 

Luckily, this helped me sweat off all of the calories I ingested!

We ended up at the Mill Top restaurant for lunch since it was the only restaurant with covered seating for the six of us. And it was good!

Too bad we didn't see the list of drinks until after we had ordered! My favorite one was "Sand In Your Butt!"

We cheered on and cried for Colombia while they played against Brazil. All in all, it was a great game! 

That night, we watched one of the top most beautiful fireworks displays in Florida! 

I saw letters, stars, and stripes light up the sky!

 On our second day we did some more walking around in hot and humid weather. 

Below is proof that I got him on Love Lockdown!

We continued our stroll through St. Augustine the following day and stopped for some chicken wings and beer.

I had the most amazing Lasagna pizza here at Pizza Time!

Had some coffee and ate the most delicious desserts at "The Chocolate Turtle". The cafe shop is named after the dessert on the bottom right. SCRUMPTIOUS!!

But then the rain came and we just wished for it to go away so that we could enjoy a calm stroll through the rest of the city.

Where did you go on your most recent vacation?

My Milkshake Brings all the Boys to the Berry Farm

The best thing in my life are strawberries.

The fact that we can go to the Strawberry farm pick up fresh berries and have a delicious strawberry sundae or milkshake on a beautiful weekend afternoon...priceless....

Below are some random pictures from my visits to Burrs Berry Farm in the Redlands.

Doesn't this look all kinds of wonderful and deliciousness!?!

My cousins visiting from Peru. Not only do they love the Biebs...but they also love strawberries!

Just a couple of cute kids that I  get to hug every now and then..

Uber cute bird houses!

I Think I Can Dance....errr Drink

Oh My Lyrical and Contemporary Gaaahhhh! 

It's Nick Lazzarini and Travis Wall from So You Think You Can Dance and All The Right Moves!

Ok...now deep breath in....out....

These boys are as beautiful in person as they are funny and sweet :)

I love meeting "famous" people, and by "famous" I mean those individuals that people other than my close friends recognize, haha! I tend to play 6 degrees of separation, and therefore, everyone's got a bit of fame in my book! Maybe I'll even take a picture with these celebrities if I'm looking halfway decent! Don't get me wrong, I am no paparazzo nor do I chase stars down Ocean Drive on South Beach. However, if the right amount of liquid courage is poured (a.k.a. lots of liquor is inhaled), I can become so uber ballzy, that I will even talk to you like if I'm your new BFF!!

Trust me, I have no business striking up a conversation with you unless I've had a few. Yeah, I know they are regular people, however, I'm somewhat nervously shy and hate small talk because it makes me feel awkward! I know...I'm a little crazy. Therefore tons of liquid courage is highly suggested!

I had already "met" Travis last year at the same club and around the time "Step Up Revolution" was being filmed in Miami, although he was not on set when I was filming scenes in the movie (click HERE to read more on my "movie stardom", totally kidding...but its pretty funny actually). At the moment when my friend Kelly spotted him while dancing, I was like..."SSQQUUUEEEEEEEE!!!!! They are herrrrreeee!!!!!!! *HICCUP* Travis is awesome! But I want Nick!!!! *mini hiccup* He is an amazing dancer too!" So after 4 glasses of wine and 2 vodka drinks just like that, I made BFF's with Nick because I recognized him! He was so hilariously funny the whole time, and I don't recall him ever giving me the "Get this drunk b!tch off of me" look. The tragic part of it all, is that hubby got more out of Travis than I did. So...yeah...maybe I should cool off on the drinks, but we had had wine and tapas earlier that night, and the club drinks were just the icing on the drunky cake...how did I not wake up with a hangover the next day...not sure but it was funny and a super fun night! 

I even heard JLo's dancers were at the club...too bad I can't play 6 degrees with them! ha!

Have you ever met a celebrity? 

Who was it and how did it go?

Hellloooooo Monday!

Ciao lovelies!

I hope your weekend was great and amazing. I certainly had one of the best weeks in a very long time. It was full of love, laughter, sun, car rides, dancing, and some libations ;) I can't wait to tell you all about the days I spent in the Florida Keys last week! 

Some other things I'm dying to tell you about...

* Movie Stars

* Workouts and Smoothies

* Style Fixings!

I hope you make today an amazing start to your week!

What are some of the fun things you have planned for yourself this week?