“Galentine’s Day?”, you may be asking. What exactly is Galentine’s Day? Well that’s the same question I had when I noticed that hash tag trending in IG – so I looked it up!

Season 2 of Parks and Recs can be credited for starting the trend. Galentine’s Day is celebrated on February 13th, the day before Valentine’s. According to Wikia, Galentine’s Day is the best day of the year. It is a day to celebrate your female friendships and it’s basically an excuse to pamper yourselves and have a girls day out.

Armed with excessive FOMO (fear of missing out), my cousin and I set up our Galentine’s date and set out to explore Pasadena.

We started out the day with intentions to do brunch at Urth Caffe. If you checked out my ‘Breakfast in Southern California’ post, you probably have a good idea of just how amazing breakfast at Urth Caffe is.

Well, things didn’t turn out quite as planned and we missed the breakfast menu. But that didn’t stop us from enjoying our “brunch”. We ordered a green tea boba, morrocan tea boba (which tastes like a minty green tea), a chicken pesto salad, and sprout sandwich.

Our lunch options did not disappoint. The lunch at Urth Caffe is just as good as the breakfast.

Did I mention it was my cousin’s birthday? The main reason for celebration of course! (Although a Galentine’s Day celebration is also a good excuse.)

Following our lunch, we ventured out to old town Pasadena, one of my favorite places for people watching and window shopping. We were pleasantly surprised to find an interactive art installation in One Colorado. It was entitled “Heart Strings”. Guests were encouraged to take a heart and write a message of love or declaration for an admirer and pin it to strings that were hung from wooden posts.

I was so excited when @EnjoyPasadena re-posted my photo on their Instagram account!

Following our stroll we decided to stop by POP Champagne & Dessert Bar for some bubbly. It’s not a true brunch unless champagne is involved. 😉

We wrapped up our day with milky buns from AFTERS ice cream. What is a milky bun you may ask? Only the most amazing deliciousness wrapped in a donut!