So my last few blogs have featured drugs, boobs, embarrassing-photos-of-the-night-before and snippets of advice that I have shared along the tumultuous path of what has become my blogging career. With all this knowledge imparted, I now do not feel guilty about asking for your help, advice and insights on an upcoming excursion I am undertaking….

This week I learnt….

…..that I am going to LA!!

Yes, you heard it here first – in preparation for my blog (amongst other things) I have planned a trip to LA. So far my itinerary is as follows;

• Depart London Heathrow

• Arrive in LA X

• Visit amazingly witty, clever and talented actor-brother

• Depart LA for the Grand Canyon (it’s on my bucket list)

• Depart the Grand Canyon for San Francisco

• Visit amazingly intellectual, long-standing friend from Ireland who has a very big and important job

• Return to LA to see brother for an update on his (undoubtedly multiple) successes

• Depart LA X

• Arrive in London Heathrow

• Recover

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Interesting? Yes.

Detailed? Not really.

And that’s where you come in. In true ‘Idiot Abroad’ style, I want your hints, tips and advice on what I should do and how I should do it. So please leave your comments and recommendations below and I’ll report back upon my return!

2 flights + 10 days + 3 cities + 1 best friend + 1 brother = 1 trip to remember (with your help)

………..that bubbles make everything ok – just ask Winston Churchill.

One of my highlights over the last week was catching up with my champagne-loving partner in crime. We have a long-standing appreciation for sipping bubbles but last week that appreciation hit a pinnacle whilst we sat in Selfridges, watching Chanel bags be put to bed from the Champagne bar on the first floor.

Now that, is what I call a Friday night to remember.

Here are a few of our favourite London champagne haunts for you to check out…

• Mews of Mayfair

• Searcys, particularly at the National Portrait Gallery

Here, here Winston.

• Claridges for afternoon Champagne tea

……….presenting to over 300 people can make you forget to breathe

Unless you have a great team to help you raise your game and get through it (lucky me)!

If you don’t already know, last week was the 2012 National Placement & Internship Awards (NPIA’s). It was a great day, with a great crowd and a great team of organisers behind it. As my first NPIA event, I was hugely impressed at the work put in by everyone here at RMP Enterprise, the guest list of industry experts, Steve Backley’s inspirational speech and the results of all this hard work combined. Good job. Go Team!

……….exactly what Chinese New Year means (other than free calendars with your takeout)

Happy Chinese New Year! In case you didn’t know, the year of the dragon has been celebrated this week, and with the amount of posts and tweets wishing me a happy a new year I felt nothing short of an obligation to send similar well-wishes on to my friends and followers (of which I would love to say there are many, but are probably better described as a ‘select few’).

In Chinese astrology the animal signs assigned by year represent what others perceive you as being or how you present yourself. According to the Wiki-fountain of on-line knowledge, those born in the year of the Dragon are described as follows;

Dragon – 龍 / 龙 (辰) (Yang, 1st Trine, Fixed Element Wood): Magnanimous, stately, vigorous, strong, self-assured, proud, noble, direct, dignified, eccentric, intellectual, fiery, passionate, decisive, pioneering, artistic, generous, loyal. Can be tactless, arrogant, imperious, tyrannical, demanding, intolerant, dogmatic, violent, impetuous, brash.

Seemingly, quite the split personality.

Amber’s advice of the week….

Tick things off your bucket list.

Drink champagne.

Raise your game.

Order a takeout and get a free calendar.