A Little Bit of This, A Little Bit of That

Today's post is appropriately titled, as I have a very random list of updates...

You may remember from my last post that we taped The Doctors Thursday, Dec. 13 at 9AM. It went really well, and we had a lot of fun! The guests that were on before us had a very touching story to tell. I don't want to give anything away, but let's just say there wasn't a dry eye in the studio. We still haven't heard when the episode will air, but I will be sure to let you know! Here are a few pictures from the day:

Our very own dressing room!

Paramount Pictures

The parking lot can be filled with water for filming!

That big backdrop to the right is painted to look like the sky.

Post-taping lunch at ROFL Cafe.

(No, I did not wear my puffy North Face vest for the show.)

Last Thursday, Dec. 13, Kelly, Jennifer, Marisa, Hannah and I went to a holiday party hosted by a producer of the show 'The Bachelor'. (I'm surprised we made it considering we were all up early for The Doctors.) Hannah and I happen to be huge fans of the show (one of my guilty pleasures), so it was fun to see people we recognized. We ended up meeting Chris Harrison and Ali Fedotowsky, which was probably the highlight of our night. (Who am I kidding, it was definitely the highlight of the night!)

We had a little too much fun in the photo booth.

Dec. 14th was Roxie's last day at KMA, so we went to Duplex for lunch to celebrate the bittersweet occasion.

(L to R) Kelly, Sylva, Roxie, myself and Hannah

(Kip was unable to join us.)

Saturday night, Sydney and I decided we needed to "get out of the house." We often joke about being little grandmas (no offense to any grammys out there), because we stay in more often than not. I mean, after a long, busy week at work, who doesn't want to just put their feet up and relax? Anyways, we "put on our boogie shoes" and had a lot of fun dancing the night away.

Right before we headed out the door!

AV Nightclub in Hollywood

Sunday, we were back to being low-key. Matt and I ran a few errands during the day, and Sydney and I joined her aunt and uncle for dinner that night. The perfect way to end the weekend.

Standing in front of the Christmas tree at The Grove.

A bird's eye view of The Grove

Yesterday was Matt's birthday! He and Keenan met me at work, and we walked to a restaurant called 'Lemonade' for lunch. Last night, I invited a few people over at the apartment for a casual little birthday celebration. It wasn't anything crazy, but we had fun! It was also Hannah's last night in LA, so that made the evening a little bittersweet. She is from San Francisco and plans to go abroad for a couple months, so she's moving home in the meantime. I know she'll be back before I know it, but I'm still sad to see her go. We've become such great friends over the past few months!

Hannah and I

Birthday lunch at Lemonade

 Make a wish!

On a more exciting note, Cassadee Pope wore Shail K on 'The Voice' Finale Tuesday night! The pop-rocker from Florida wore the platinum dress during her performance of 'I'm With You' with none other than her idol, Avril Lavigne. At the end of the show, Blake Shelton's mentee was crowned the NBC hit show's third winner! Not only did she wear one of our client's dresses, she also won! As a big fan of the show, I could not have been more excited!

In case you missed it, here's Cassadee's duet with Avril.

Cassadee wearing Shail K for her last performance on 'The Voice'

A better look at the dress she was wearing.

The last, and most exciting, thing I have to share is that I'm headed home to Iowa tomorrow afternoon! I cannot wait!! Moving away definitely makes you appreciate home and family that much more. I'm so thankful I get to spend Christmas with my family. 

My picture perfect Iowa home.

Looks like my dreams about a white Christmas are coming true!

Merry Christmas!

xx

Mallorie

Happy 12/12/12!

It's crazy to think we won't see another day like 12/12/12 in our lifetime! I feel as though I should really be taking this in.

While I get ready in the mornings, I always have the TODAY Show playing in the background. (It's a good way for me to stay current on what's happening in the world, and it helps spark ideas I can use at work.) Today, they were discussing 12/12/12 (obviously), and I heard them talking about a boy who turned 12 on 12/12/12 at exactly 12:12PM. Now how amazing is that?! And what are the chances? He's bound to have extra good luck today!

Anyways...

The last couple weeks have been really busy at work. One of the accounts I handle, Shail K, had an event to celebrate the 2013 collection last Thursday night. Duplex on Third (another one of our clients) hosted the event in its upstairs lounge. I'm happy to say the event was a success, and everyone had a really great time!

Step and repeat in front of Duplex.

A little blurry... Sydney, Hannah and I.

Hannah and I are wearing Shail K :)

 Matt and I at the party.

Iowa State Alum in front (Colin, Anna, myself and Morgan)

A couple "lost boys" in back (Keenan and Matt) :)

Exciting news! Last Friday, Hannah (intern at KMA, but more importantly a great new friend of mine) and I delivered footage from the jump to the producers at The Doctors. Later that night I received the email stating the good news: they wanted us for filming on Thursday, Dec. 13th! I'm so excited that the producers support what we are doing and want to share our story.

You have to have a pass to get onto the lot. Sadly the man at the gate managed to spell my name wrong, even though he was looking at my photo I.D. How is that possible?

The Paramount Pictures Christmas tree.

For those of you who aren't aware, The Doctors is filmed at Paramount Pictures. I drive past the studios on a regular basis, so it was really neat to be able to go behind those mysterious gates. Ironically, the show had just finished finished taping when we were leaving, so we saw The Doctors (Dr. Travis Stork, Dr. Lisa Masterson, Dr. Andrew Ordon and Dr. James Sears) leaving the studio. If you've never seen the show, here's a photo for your reference :)

Meet The Doctors!

The Doctors films on Stage 30. Their offices are in the building to the right.

We have to be at Paramount tomorrow morning at 6:45AM (Yikes! That's early for us non-morning people!) Filming begins at 9AM, and we'll be finished around 11AM. I'll be sure to let you know how the taping goes, and of course keep you posted on when the episode will air!

Unfortunately, I don't have any other major/exciting updates to share. By the time the weekend comes around, I'm usually so tired and worn out that all I want to do is relax and watch movies. Right now I'm just counting down the days until I get to go home for Christmas... 9 more days! (I can hardly contain my excitement!) Speaking of Christmas, I do have some pictures to share from The Grove. Remember when I was talking about the tree lighting? Well Matt and I went to see "Killing Them Softly" last week, so I took a few snapshots of all the lights. Enjoy!

Not sure what I love more...

The palm trees wrapped in lights or that Topshop is opening this Spring :)

 It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

Do you see Santa and his reindeer flying over The Grove?

 

Lots of lights!

Tallest Christmas tree in SoCal.

I couldn't fit the entire thing in the picture.

I had to cut off the entire base, which is taller than me!

I'll leave you with a great quote I found the other day...

A good reminder.

xx
Mallorie