You ask a New Yorker when the last time she's been to the Empire State Building, and she may say never.

You ask an LALA chick when the last time she explored the all-encompassing nature-filled beauty of LA, and she may say last weekend.

I visited the Getty Museum a few weeks ago with my mom who was in town from New York. We explored the many galleries filled with paintings, photographs, and sculptures and wandered the magical secret gardens.

For summer dressing, pairing a mini dress with sneakers is always a must. It's like a fashionable mullet: party on the top, comfort on the bottom! Slang a bottle of wine in a handbag and bask in that picture perfect moment, painting a canvas of an everlasting memory.