Michelle Rozzen
Photographer . Writer . Editor
Massage Therapist

Today I turned 28, oy vey I am getting old, but I feel amazing today, seriously I do! I realized that I am so behind in blogging, it's been over a month since my last post. I've been super busy, for once. HA! So what a better way to begin a new year, with a new blog =) I will rewind back a month and start from there...

One of my best friends made a surprise visit to the California coast. Jamie lives in Arizona, so we don't see each other often. But she is one of my dearest friends who I treasure very much in my life. We have been friends since the first grade and I love her to pieces. She camped out in Malibu with her friend Joe, so I went down to visit them for the night. We spent the afternoon with our feet in the sand, talking and catching up. Then later in the evening we roasted marshmallows, Jamie played some guitar and we sang some tunes.

My cousin Rochelle announced that she is pregnant with a boy! Congrats to Rochelle and Tim. I can't wait to be an Auntie!

In the beginning of April, my cousin Andy and my brothers Brian and Daniel cruised to the opening day Dodger Vs. Angels baseball game! Fun times were had in the $2 seats!

Throughout February, March and April I bugged my friends on Facebook daily, to vote for this beautiful photo of Adam standing nude on the Bow River. I want to thank ALL of my friends who voted for this photo everyday. It's because of your support that we WON the contest. I'm now $1,000 richer and super stoked to have won the Samesun Backpackers Photo Contest. CHEERS for your support!

Last Friday my brother Brian, his girlfriend Brandice and I took a road trip to the Bay Area. We stayed at my best friend Christine's apartment in San Jose. I went to San Jose State University, so I often miss the NorCal lifestlye. Friday night we walked around downtown and started drinking early in the evening. Then, we met up with my friend Eric for sushi dinner in Japan Town in downtown San Jose, then went on a pub crawl in Campbell and somehow ended back in San Jose.

Saturday we all headed up to Hayward, to make a surprise visit to my cousins house. We planned to meet there for lunch, where we met up with my Grandparents, brother Daniel and my Mom. My cousins had no idea we were coming up, so when they opened the door they were pretty excited to say the least! We enjoyed a delicious lunch, thanks Lisa! We cruised around Castro Valley, and had an amazing dinner at this Thai food joint. We got 3 tofu dishes and they were all amazing. So delicious, the tofu just melted in my mouth. Later that night we met up with the family at a theater, where my cousins were performing at the Hayward Idol. They are both singers and both had great performance! *Pictures will be up soon. * Afterward, we all went out for dessert to the largest ice cream parlor i've ever been to. But since I'm not eating dairy right now, I got the best sweet potato fries, with marshmellow topping, soooooooo good! You gotta try it.

Sunday we went to the Farmers Market in Campbell, it's by far the best market i've been to yet. After walking around we went to a vegan restaurant in downtown San Jose called Good Karma. It's one of my new favorite restaurants in San Jose and I will be a regular customer when I go back to visit. After lunch before heading back to SoCal, we went back to Christine's and my good friend Tito stopped by to say hello. It was great seeing him, he always puts a smile on my face. He was wearing custom Nike shoes and they read NEVER GIVE UP on them, so I was stoked to see that.

Thanks to Christine and Dave for hosting us this weekend. Hope to be back in the Bay Area soon! xo

Hope you all had a great week! Mine has been pretty hectic. I am kid sitting/house sitting for my cousins, who are having an amazing paid vacation at The Four Seasons in Costa Rica.  Yah I'm a bit jealous, but I am spending quality time with their 2 girls Bailey and Dayle. The house is in Ventura, so it's near the beach and it's pretty sweet. Yesterday after Bailey's dance class we went to Ventura Harbor and played arcade games. I used to go there when I was her age, she is 11. Such fun times!

As most of you know, I am the US News Writer for 71 Mag, an interactive bodyboarding mag based in AUS. Anyway we have been re-designing the website and I wanted to share with you the new design, yeeew! And also my photog profile is up, so check it out, you can link to it from the article on the homepage by clicking here! Spread the love.