Nikki at The Grammy's

Craig and I were in LA for The 50th Anniversary of The Grammy Awards this past weekend as guests of People Magazine. We stayed at The Four Seasons, Beverly Hills. It was an amazing weekend!

First off, we weren't allowed to take pics at any of the events other than the party on Saturday. We don't have alot of pics, but wonderful memories for sure. We enjoyed 80 degree sunny weather, hanging out by the pool, free hour-long massages and mani/pedi's. But onto the good stuff: the celebs!

So, on Friday night we went to the MusicCares Benefit honoring Aretha Franklin. I stood right next to her when she got to the party! I also saw Josh Grobin (nerd), John Stamos (hot), Clive Davis (old but so cool), and Al Sharpton (lol). We saw lots of performances: John Legend, Fantasia, Natalie Cole, Lil' Mama, Corrine Bailey Rae...BIll Cosby did a little stand up, Al Sharpton gave the prayer - it was cool, but a little boring. We were thrilled to leave and head over to Avalon for the People/Verizon party. We got there and only maybe 50 people were there (hundreds later). Miley Cyrus was just arriving with her mom, Timbaland was performing and we stood right near the stage. We saw Flo Rida perform. His song "Low" is the #1 song in the country. We know this because he reminded us of it about 10 times.

Lindsay Lohan was there and she was really messed up. She was for sure on something - ecstacy or coke is my guess. She was like humping walls and other weird things. We were told she was "really pissed off" because she didn't like her outfit.

Paris Hilton was on the other side of the room and she and Lindsay were definitely "obviously not talking." They even had a little dance off from their spots in the balcony! I think Lindsay won, but it's only because Paris wasn't humping the wall. That went over pretty well for ol' Linds.

The club erupted in cheers and crazy dancing when "Gimme More" played.

I spotted Pink who looked SO pretty. So much more feminine in real life. So, I walked past her - put my hand on her shoulder and told her how much I loved her music and then I said, "You look HOT tonight." She smiled really big and said, "Aw, thank you!"

We also saw Heidi Montag (loser chick with the fake boobs from "The Hills" on MTV) at our hotel that day.

On Saturday we were hanging out by the pool and saw John Krazinski from "The Office." He was really cute. We sat next to Corrine Bailey Rae. She was very cute and very sweet. We saw Little Richard (wearing full makeup, sequin get-up and in a wheelchair) coming into the hotel and John Mayer (no kidding, HOT) was also at the pool. Later, when we were in the bar having a drink, Morgan Freeman came in. He is SO COOL. Even in a Coogi sweater. Tucked in.

That night People hosted a private party for all of their weekend guests at S Bar. Craig was able to secure an invite for our good friends Lisa and Des (who live in LA) to come with us. It was a cool party. Every year they have up and coming artists perform a 3-4 song acoustic set. This year it was this awesome guy from Detroit named Ty Stone. He's been touring with Kid Rock. He was GREAT.

Next up was Josh Kelley - better known as "husband of Katherine Heigl." lol He was good and SUPER cool. We talked to him a bit afterwards. Finally, a girl named Chrisette Michelle performed. She was up for a Grammy. She was really good, too.

After the party we went back to the hotel bar where again we saw Pink. I don't know why she was stalking me!!

On Sunday morning a limo picked me up at the hotel and took me to Prive Salon to have my hair and makeup done. It was so fun to get all glammed up. When I got back to the hotel I literally bumped into Usher. I think he might have checked me out! At 2:15 we met up for pics and champagne toasts beforing getting into our limo for the show.

We got there and for about 15 min had to stand around until our People reps managed to get us on the Talent Red Carpet. There are actually 2 red carpets - one for celebs and vips and one for everyone else. I seriously don't know how they managed to get us on the main carpet - but it was awesome. We followed Miley Cyrus the whole way. She was SO cute, SO sweet. Her dress was super cute, too.

Dave Grohl (Nirvana, Foo Fighters) LITERALLY ran into me. Said excuse me and ran again. On the red carpet we also saw: Fantasia, Nelly Furtado, Andrea Boccelli, Tony Bennet was right next to me for awhile, but the best was that when Rhianna got there they rushed her right in. HOWEVER, one of the peeps with us is a bigwig at Cover Girl. Rhianna has a contract with CG. As soon as she saw this guy (who I was walking with), she stopped, kissed him and said 'hello' to all of us!

She is so amazingly beautiful. OMG!! Seriously, she takes your breath away.

We sat in a sky box for the show so we got food and drinks.It was so fun to see the show live! I loved Rhianna with The Time, totally cried when Kanye did "Hey Mama," thought of my friend Ellie when Beyonce and Tina Turner were performing "Proud Mary," loved Josh Grobin (don't think he's as much of a nerd now) and Andrea Bocelli perform and danced real hard to Jerry Lee Lewis! I adored Amy Winehouse. I thought she was amazing.

After the show we went to the Entertainment Weekly party at STK. It was honoring LA Reid, who is a big record producer (for those who don't know). We hung out in the main area for awhile. I saw Joel Madden and congratulated him on the new baby (mama Nicole Richie). I also saw Perez Hilton who was such a tool.

Then we got moved into the VIP section. OMG. I walked in immediately behind Kanye West. Incredible!! My boobs were totally squished on his back! Be still my heart. Seriously.

Sitting right behind me was Rhianna with Chris Brown. They are definitely an item. Chris was dancing all night long. Janet Jackson was also behind us with Jermaine Dupree and Serena Williams. Beyonce was there, Jay Z, Ashanti, Nelly, NeYo, Ludicris, Star Jones (wtf?), Pete Wentz, Nicole richie (tiny), and lots more I'm sure I'll remember later. Oh - and a haggard looking, but not messed up Owen Wilson was there, too. Kanye premeired his "Flashing Lights" video. I didn't get it, but it was pretty.

This was me, all dolled up right before we left for the Grammy's!


This is Aretha Franklin arriving to the MusicCares benefit in her honor. I didn't have the zoom on! This was how close I was to her.


This is Flo Rida performing "Low"


Us with Lisa & Des


Me with Lisa


This is me and Lisa with Josh Kelley, who is married to Katherine Heigl. He was really good and very nice. We chatted for a few minutes!


This is back at the bar at The Four Seasons after the party. THIS is Ty Stone. He is from Detroit and he's working with Kid Rock. He's a really super nice and sweet and funny guy. We hung out with him and his tour manager and his best friend all night back at the bar! They even invited us to go clubbing with them! We decided we shouldn't go since we had such a big day on Sunday.



This is me and Lisa with Sam, Ty's tour manager. lol


And this is us with Ty's best friend. He is Jerry - he was on The Bachelorette! He was one of the guys Jen Scheft rejected at the end. Didn't she reject them both? Anyway, he was pretty hot (and knew it), but in a nice way.


We had a great time and I'm sure I'll have more to report once I have time to reflect on all of the wonderful craziness of the weekend!