Sandra Cinthya Colantonio: Memorial Day Weekend 2007 in Palm Desert

This past Memorial Day weekend, the Three Graces decided to take a little reunion trip and make the most out of a long 3 day weekend. Needless to say, when Cameron, Christine and I get together, times are never short of being eventful. Each day was filled with new laughs, and the making of fabulous new memories. It's after one spends a weekend like this as 'just the girls' that makes it evident that girlfriends are the most important thing in one's life, along with family.

Saturday, bright and early, we headed out to the desert. Cameron had just gotten off a shift in the ER and drove directly up to Orange County and Christine and I had naively stayed out till 4 am. But I must add, being tired, with your 2 best girlfriends, and knowing you are going on a mini vacation just makes the drive that much better.

the usual, first shot, Cameron sleeping while we drive

Ronnie and Betty

this is how we hoped we would be driving...

but,ummm, not with this traffic.

self portrait, traffic = boredom

oh Veronica...

Who knew that it would be over 90 in May at noon!!!

The moment we got to the house, we unloaded the car, went grocery shopping, and then the clothes just needed to be taken off....

Best Times Ever!

the before shot (we are quite white)

And of course, while at the store we had to get our margarita mix so that we could stay well hydrated while laying out pool-side.

a classic "Three Graces" pose

Ok, now if you ever are at a pool and need to lay out, always having flotation devices such as these, I must admit they are life-saving!

After having darkened one notch, and mostly not being able to stand the heat anymore, we decided to do what girls do best....hit up the mall and act crazy. Never did we know we would find the best clothes ever! And just to reminisce from times in Paris and finding the most hideous shoes, we had to reenact it!

The styles were splendid, I just don't understand why people don't go out to the desert to find fashion...

'gangsta' belt fetishes?

I guess it works as an over shirt, but it's gotta stay open

nerdy teamwork, woohoo

she always did want one of those 'Big Wheels' bikes...

After the mall, and the exhausting time spent trying to find the great deals and the amazing clothing wear, we headed home. With pizza, salads, wine, what more could anyone want to just wind down a long fun day. Then Sunday rolled in. After having spent a very restful night, with the A/C humming (oh the sound of summertime) , we decided maybe it would be a good idea to get up at 11 am and make breakfast. No time to waste, we ate then headed straight for the pool. While laying out, a golf ball decided to join the party. Swimming around we see a white ball fly over to our area and bounce around. Then the owner of the ball comes over and makes small talk...'strategically' hitting his ball over to our area....right. So after he retrieves the ball and walks off, I feel a stabbing pain in my chin. Now mind you, there are plenty of bees to go around. And yes, I was stung by a bee on my chin!! I've never been through that, let alone getting stung on the face. Luckily, with my two medical friends we limited the damage and I didn't even swell.

more sad that I had to leave the pool than the fact that my chin is hurting

that's more like it

After the bee sting, we decided that since we were going to see Pirates of the Carribbean that night, that we should get dressed, go rent the second movie to refresh our memories while we have lunch.

yes, we did drink half of that bottle over the weekend

after the movie, we felt kinda silly, and I just had to steam roll Christine...

can't leave one person out of the fun!

so I now realize that I have two "Cousin It" friends...

After we freshened up, the three of use headed over to Cheesecake Factory! Of course, we had to start off with a nice yummy drink!

Then things got weird....the service was really lagging, and by this time we had finished our plates and all we wanted was a slice of cheesecake, but the waiter seemed to be avoiding us. And this is what happens when we have to wait for a long long time....

the march of the spoons??

After dinner we went to the movies and saw Pirates. As we all admit that we were so tired and practically fell asleep. That is rather sad since we are 22, but it was a 10:20pm showing so that counts for something. Leaving the theater at 1 am, the weather had cooled off and it was a comfortable 80. Unfortunately, Monday had to come. But that didn't stop us from getting up just a little earlier and still get some rays at the pool. Sure enough, we did sneak in a couple hours of tanning.

quick little candid shot by Christine