EliseVu: Fun in the Sun

Bring food, snacks and your loved ones to picnic and enjoy some great wine at the Malibu Winery. Its off Muholland Drive and about 50 minutes away from L.A. It gets really crowded on Saturdays so remember to bring blankets and sheets to sit on. My girlfriends and I just sprawled out on the soft dry grass.

Let the fun begin! They provide you with a bucket of ice to chill the wine

Asian people taking pictures of other asian people taking pictures of food. A toast to..graduation (yes its been 2 months old), life, new friends and a damn good time.

We were so inspired by the henna tattoos last time in Venice that we made a trip to an Indian Market to buy henna (only 2 bucks per tube) & made our own body art...

We spend the entire afternoon drawing on each other and being a bit obsessive with henna. The henna comes from a grinding the henna plant and a mixture of other herbs. Ours came conveniently prepackaged in something similar to a frosting/icing tool. To keep the formula from being goopy, we kept it in our handy ice bucket.

After drawing the design, you wait for about 45 minutes for it to dry (depending on the size). Yes we had to sit still with our hands opened. The henna flakes off and gives a redish brown stain on your hands.

You can find henna products to dye your hair and nails too. Henna is traditionally used in various festivals and celebrations.

You know its Summer in California when your feet becomes dry and crusty.

Jean and Tuyen took it up a notch...

You only live once... (Please stop saying this Tuyen it really gets on my nerves hahah)

The girlies.

The far left hand was the first to flake off. The other girls are still waiting. The longer you leave the product on your hands, the deeper the tone will turn out.