Monday, November 17, 2008
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall
My friend Giacomo gave me this beautiful mirror Saturday. It made my day. It was so large that they couldn't get it in his SUV so they used a friend's truck. I am loving it! It will look great with all my modern furniture in PV and for those who have visited my place here you know I have modern furniture here too. Thank you Giacomo--you rock!
Friday, November 14, 2008
November? Summer?
I have been loving the weather here (hope this doesn't jinx it). It's almost perfect (except that it gets dark early-dang!
Today was swimming pool weather (again) but alas the PLB pool is being upgraded so if I want to swim I have to actually get in my car and drive to the sister-pool that is outside of PLB somewhere on Wilshire!
I did take a great walking tour with Melting Pot Tours this month which I found through Goldstar Events. I wrote a review that you can see on their site. BTW if you haven't discovered this great site go there immediately and sign up (it's free)...simply click this link to join. If you live in or near a major city this is a great place to save money and see some great performances (hint: if they have a "Roar" seal that means it has been very well reviewed)....You'll find bargain priced tickets here (and sometimes free). This is a true find!
My month was unfortunately filled with doctors appointments, scans, lawyers and such which didn't make me a happy camper. I am looking forward to a new year when I hope to finally be finished with lawyers and with a change of medication maybe will get back to a schedule that let's me have less time with doctors and more time with me.
Today was swimming pool weather (again) but alas the PLB pool is being upgraded so if I want to swim I have to actually get in my car and drive to the sister-pool that is outside of PLB somewhere on Wilshire!
I did take a great walking tour with Melting Pot Tours this month which I found through Goldstar Events. I wrote a review that you can see on their site. BTW if you haven't discovered this great site go there immediately and sign up (it's free)...simply click this link to join. If you live in or near a major city this is a great place to save money and see some great performances (hint: if they have a "Roar" seal that means it has been very well reviewed)....You'll find bargain priced tickets here (and sometimes free). This is a true find!
My month was unfortunately filled with doctors appointments, scans, lawyers and such which didn't make me a happy camper. I am looking forward to a new year when I hope to finally be finished with lawyers and with a change of medication maybe will get back to a schedule that let's me have less time with doctors and more time with me.
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
October Update
An email from my friend Joyce reminded me that I hadn't written anything on my blog since August--and here is is October! I am ok but a lot has happened since my last post so this may be a bit long.
One biggie is that I am no longer working at Geni. That caused some adjustment but I am adjusting well (remember I've been doing the dot com's with those l-o-n-g hours for a lot of years so it's time to do something less stressful).
Next is I had a health scare in August which threw me in the hospital for 3 days (my birthday weekend and my sister came to visit and have some LA fun--instead she spent her 3 days visiting me in the hospital!)...things are ok now. Of course that means I continue frequent scans and tests but I am happy that there is no change in my treatment.
Once I got out of the hospital I was home bound for a few weeks (laying in bed for three days was not fun and I think being there made me sicker as once I was released I started to feel better within hours). Oliver was right there to take me to tests after my release and take care of me at his home--don't know what I would have done without him (and Caren who ended up staying up until 3am when I was admitted to St. John's all drugged up on Morphine--she went above and beyond anything I could have asked for--she tells me I was way out of it--I don't remember anything !).
Later in September I spent a few days in Breckenridge with my children, their wives and my adorable grandchild, Kaden--heaven!!! I have to make a comment here that with all that I've gone through I truly appreciate my children and their wives...this is the blessing that warms my heart every day.
In early October I used Priceline.com and took a last minute weekend trip to San Francisco to visit my friend Sue. She and I kicked back, had a fabulous meal (using a $100 gift certificate I had), also a great meal in China Town and acted like tourists. After all that we returned to Sue's charming house in Lafayette and I cooked up a meal of scallops and enjoyed an evening sitting outdoors with her neighbor where we finished off a bottle of wine and had some great conversations--fun!
As for 'the divorce' ...it is still going on (don't ask) :-) Apparently Ed has moved on from his 'first' girlfriend and is now with a stay-at-home mom with two small children (I cannot imagine at age 65+ I would want to be dealing daily with a couple of little kids. He moved into the house in Monterey along with the girlfriend and her child/children and changed the locks (on the exact weekend that I had arranged to be in Monterey). Funny, when I was in Monterey he insisted that I could not change the locks.
As those of you who know me I am doing very, very well and happier than ever--thanks to you my friends. Now that I am not working rediculous hours I have learned that there are some great things to do for free here at Park La Brea (I do Tai Chi Tuesday and Friday mornings) and have met some pretty fun and interesting people--there are 11,000 residence here so it's a town all by itself with a movie theatre with free movies 3 times a week. Two coffee /food places within 2 blocks and a beautiful swimming pool (currently being expanded and remodeled) 1 1/2 blocks away...oh and a gym, free computers and printers (I use the printers since I don't have one but otherwise I don't find the computers that handy), wi fi at the coffee places...wide streets, no traffic...free jazz outside on Friday nights plus lots of event (including elephant rides--really!)
As many of us have discussed one is judged by the company he/she keeps and I can say that I am absolutely surrounded by quality people (you!).
Enough of the musings. I am looking forward to the holidays in Denver with Peter and Kir and New Years in the Bay Area with Sue (and others).
Love all of ya!
J.
One biggie is that I am no longer working at Geni. That caused some adjustment but I am adjusting well (remember I've been doing the dot com's with those l-o-n-g hours for a lot of years so it's time to do something less stressful).
Next is I had a health scare in August which threw me in the hospital for 3 days (my birthday weekend and my sister came to visit and have some LA fun--instead she spent her 3 days visiting me in the hospital!)...things are ok now. Of course that means I continue frequent scans and tests but I am happy that there is no change in my treatment.
Once I got out of the hospital I was home bound for a few weeks (laying in bed for three days was not fun and I think being there made me sicker as once I was released I started to feel better within hours). Oliver was right there to take me to tests after my release and take care of me at his home--don't know what I would have done without him (and Caren who ended up staying up until 3am when I was admitted to St. John's all drugged up on Morphine--she went above and beyond anything I could have asked for--she tells me I was way out of it--I don't remember anything !).
Later in September I spent a few days in Breckenridge with my children, their wives and my adorable grandchild, Kaden--heaven!!! I have to make a comment here that with all that I've gone through I truly appreciate my children and their wives...this is the blessing that warms my heart every day.
In early October I used Priceline.com and took a last minute weekend trip to San Francisco to visit my friend Sue. She and I kicked back, had a fabulous meal (using a $100 gift certificate I had), also a great meal in China Town and acted like tourists. After all that we returned to Sue's charming house in Lafayette and I cooked up a meal of scallops and enjoyed an evening sitting outdoors with her neighbor where we finished off a bottle of wine and had some great conversations--fun!
As for 'the divorce' ...it is still going on (don't ask) :-) Apparently Ed has moved on from his 'first' girlfriend and is now with a stay-at-home mom with two small children (I cannot imagine at age 65+ I would want to be dealing daily with a couple of little kids. He moved into the house in Monterey along with the girlfriend and her child/children and changed the locks (on the exact weekend that I had arranged to be in Monterey). Funny, when I was in Monterey he insisted that I could not change the locks.
As those of you who know me I am doing very, very well and happier than ever--thanks to you my friends. Now that I am not working rediculous hours I have learned that there are some great things to do for free here at Park La Brea (I do Tai Chi Tuesday and Friday mornings) and have met some pretty fun and interesting people--there are 11,000 residence here so it's a town all by itself with a movie theatre with free movies 3 times a week. Two coffee /food places within 2 blocks and a beautiful swimming pool (currently being expanded and remodeled) 1 1/2 blocks away...oh and a gym, free computers and printers (I use the printers since I don't have one but otherwise I don't find the computers that handy), wi fi at the coffee places...wide streets, no traffic...free jazz outside on Friday nights plus lots of event (including elephant rides--really!)
As many of us have discussed one is judged by the company he/she keeps and I can say that I am absolutely surrounded by quality people (you!).
Enough of the musings. I am looking forward to the holidays in Denver with Peter and Kir and New Years in the Bay Area with Sue (and others).
Love all of ya!
J.
Sunday, August 10, 2008
Screenings in LaLa Land
A nice thing about living in LaLa Land is that there are often free screenings. I finally have the time to take advantage of this perk. This week I went to see a preview of Elegy a movie based on a Phillip Roth book staring Penelope Cruz and Ben Kingsley--it opens this week.
Today I saw Trouble The Water which will open in LA and New York on August 22. Danny Glover along with the stars and the filmakers were there to discuss the film and answer questions--it won the Grand Jury Prize: Documentary at Sundance this year--an amazine story.
Today I saw Trouble The Water which will open in LA and New York on August 22. Danny Glover along with the stars and the filmakers were there to discuss the film and answer questions--it won the Grand Jury Prize: Documentary at Sundance this year--an amazine story.
Saturday, July 26, 2008
Good - Not so Good
This has been a tough week for me on many levels. Perhaps later I will blog about the things that made it so yucky but right now things are just too raw to write for the world to read just yet.
The one semi yucky thing that I will mention is that I found my car had a dead battery this morning as I was leaving for my class--and it's a 1 month old battery that is top of the line...I am going to buy one of those portable rechargers this week at Costco (recommendation from a guy--they know these things).
I did have a few good things though which I will write about because they are the best parts of my week and the parts I want to remember:
The one semi yucky thing that I will mention is that I found my car had a dead battery this morning as I was leaving for my class--and it's a 1 month old battery that is top of the line...I am going to buy one of those portable rechargers this week at Costco (recommendation from a guy--they know these things).
I did have a few good things though which I will write about because they are the best parts of my week and the parts I want to remember:
- Dinner with my friend Eric Jackson who never fails to bring wisdom and happiness to me when we share a meal
- A class with The Groundlings on Saturday
- Emotional support from my children and my friends along with some very good advice
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
I Love LA - Who Knew?
I grew up in Northern California and spent much of my time in San Francisco where LA was considered a joke. When I came here I came for my job not expecting to enjoy myself much but looking for something different. Today's when I really appreciated LA. I was sick (really, really sick) and from last night until mid day today I was miserable.
I called an Advice Nurse from my insurance this morning when the pain was intense beyond belief and she said that I should not drink anything and should get myself to the emergency room within the hour as I would probably have to have a MRI or something like that so I should go to a place like a hospital that would have that kind of equipment. Just as I was getting ready to go to Cedars-Sinai a wave of 'feeling better' came over me. I waited it out and voila I felt a LOT better. Not perfect, but better. (I'm getting to the lovin' LA part soon). I napped and read and napped some more to see if the intense (I mean INTENSE pain came back--it didn't) ...then I was hungry and I had no food in my house.
This is why I am lovin' LA: You can have anything delivered within 1/2 hour! For the first time I pulled out the delivery menus I had stashed away and my Yummy.com catalogue and found FOOD. Although I could have had Thai, Chinese, Italian, etc delivered I decided I just wanted some gourmet cheeses, an artisan bread, blueberries and some Mexican fruit frozen bars so I called Yummy and ordered great stuff at reasonable prices and within 20 minutes everything arrived at my front door. I LOVE THIS PLACE! BTW Yummy's is open 24 hours for delivery 364 days a year (they close Christmas day).
So...this is not all that I am loving about LA. As my son mentioned last weekend, there are so many great things to do here and so many invitations to fantastic events that one becomes very, very selective about what one decides to do. And--the weather aint' bad either. (I'll admit it is fun seeing the movie stars too).
BTW after all that my tummy started bothering me again tonight so I may end up at Cedars after all...hopefully not...
I called an Advice Nurse from my insurance this morning when the pain was intense beyond belief and she said that I should not drink anything and should get myself to the emergency room within the hour as I would probably have to have a MRI or something like that so I should go to a place like a hospital that would have that kind of equipment. Just as I was getting ready to go to Cedars-Sinai a wave of 'feeling better' came over me. I waited it out and voila I felt a LOT better. Not perfect, but better. (I'm getting to the lovin' LA part soon). I napped and read and napped some more to see if the intense (I mean INTENSE pain came back--it didn't) ...then I was hungry and I had no food in my house.
This is why I am lovin' LA: You can have anything delivered within 1/2 hour! For the first time I pulled out the delivery menus I had stashed away and my Yummy.com catalogue and found FOOD. Although I could have had Thai, Chinese, Italian, etc delivered I decided I just wanted some gourmet cheeses, an artisan bread, blueberries and some Mexican fruit frozen bars so I called Yummy and ordered great stuff at reasonable prices and within 20 minutes everything arrived at my front door. I LOVE THIS PLACE! BTW Yummy's is open 24 hours for delivery 364 days a year (they close Christmas day).
So...this is not all that I am loving about LA. As my son mentioned last weekend, there are so many great things to do here and so many invitations to fantastic events that one becomes very, very selective about what one decides to do. And--the weather aint' bad either. (I'll admit it is fun seeing the movie stars too).
BTW after all that my tummy started bothering me again tonight so I may end up at Cedars after all...hopefully not...
Sunday, July 6, 2008
OMG It's July Already!
Just got back from seeing Brad Pitt in The Assasination of Jessie James by the Coward Robert Ford and I absolutely recommend that you add it to your Netflix list if you haven't seen it yet...but I digress.
Wonderful sunny weekend and my tan is coming along nicely (thank you very much) as I finally got some quality pool time.
Finally made it to the Disney Theatre on Hollywood Blvd (El Capitan) went to see Wall-E, the new Disney Pixar movie. OK, so it's a Disney movie but it's way over the heads of most little kids--and first part of the movie had no dialogue. However, the theatre is a trip...there's a guy who plays Disney songs on a Pipe organ before the movie... next lot of Disney dancers and singers put on a show with characters like you'd see walking the streets of Disneyland dancing their little hearts out...then a Pixar cartoon followed by the main movie. The theatre is full of red velvet, gold rococo trim...very old fashioned and VERY Disney.
So, I know Disney is for kids but honestly why do parents insist on bringing crying (screaming) babies to movies (my gripe of the day) when the baby can't even understand (haven't they heard of babysitters?) --even a Disney movie (and the kid next to us pooped in his diaper without the parent changing him-phew!)...and while I'm on the subject of parenting....a pet peeve is parents who bring children to movies that are not age appropriate AND allow the children to talk throughout the movie (not whisper mind you) as if they are in their own livingroom. When I am paying $15+ for the movie +popcorn etc I want them to be quiet if they are allowed to go to a movie (or get a babysitter, see above).
AND babies in the swiming pool...please parents put rubber pants on the kids and try to keep their little voices down once in awhile...the pool this weekend had kids that could only scream at the top of their lungs without a let up and then today our pool had to be shut down as a baby pooped in the pool. The area was very quiet then as all the families left and the left over adults all remarked on how pleasant and serene things were... but.... we couldn't get back in the pool due to cleanliness problems that needed to be solved.
There...I'm off my soapbox. Of course, my grandchild will be perfect :-)
Movie star sighting today: Donald Faison (at The Grove) from the TV show Scrubs.
Wonderful sunny weekend and my tan is coming along nicely (thank you very much) as I finally got some quality pool time.
Finally made it to the Disney Theatre on Hollywood Blvd (El Capitan) went to see Wall-E, the new Disney Pixar movie. OK, so it's a Disney movie but it's way over the heads of most little kids--and first part of the movie had no dialogue. However, the theatre is a trip...there's a guy who plays Disney songs on a Pipe organ before the movie... next lot of Disney dancers and singers put on a show with characters like you'd see walking the streets of Disneyland dancing their little hearts out...then a Pixar cartoon followed by the main movie. The theatre is full of red velvet, gold rococo trim...very old fashioned and VERY Disney.
So, I know Disney is for kids but honestly why do parents insist on bringing crying (screaming) babies to movies (my gripe of the day) when the baby can't even understand (haven't they heard of babysitters?) --even a Disney movie (and the kid next to us pooped in his diaper without the parent changing him-phew!)...and while I'm on the subject of parenting....a pet peeve is parents who bring children to movies that are not age appropriate AND allow the children to talk throughout the movie (not whisper mind you) as if they are in their own livingroom. When I am paying $15+ for the movie +popcorn etc I want them to be quiet if they are allowed to go to a movie (or get a babysitter, see above).
AND babies in the swiming pool...please parents put rubber pants on the kids and try to keep their little voices down once in awhile...the pool this weekend had kids that could only scream at the top of their lungs without a let up and then today our pool had to be shut down as a baby pooped in the pool. The area was very quiet then as all the families left and the left over adults all remarked on how pleasant and serene things were... but.... we couldn't get back in the pool due to cleanliness problems that needed to be solved.
There...I'm off my soapbox. Of course, my grandchild will be perfect :-)
Movie star sighting today: Donald Faison (at The Grove) from the TV show Scrubs.
Sunday, June 22, 2008
Pets
Got two new pets....Siamese fighting fish that Michelle gave to me when she left for Spain a week ago. They look very cool in my living room and I am sure they are good Feng Shui for me. They seem like great pets as they require very little work and look beautiful swimming around their bowls. The photos doesn't capture their beauty so I'll tell you one is peachy colored and the other is a royal-ish blue. Outstanding.
Saturday, June 14, 2008
Updates
Got to Denver last weekend and loved seeing Peter, Kirstin and Kaden (and, of course, the animals). Nice to have a quiet weekend.
Saw 'Sex and the City' and it was everything I hoped it would be. The story reaffirms that girlfriends are THE BEST!
Living next to The Grove is a real trip. I walked over to see SATC this afternoon and walked straight into a Hollywood Movie Premier (red carpet and all). It was the opening for 'American Girl' which stars the kid who was in 'Little Miss Sunshine'. They had a line up of signs for all the various broadcast folks to stand in front of and interview stars and give their news...I imagine I'll see this in People, The Star, and all the other celebrity magazines. When I left the movie I noticed that Starbucks had set up a free coffee stand as a promotion on the side of the big lawn...they had set up livingroom furniture all over the lawn (couches, footstools, coffee tables, etc...it looked pretty cool). I love that place as there is always something going on and it only takes me 15 minutes to walk over there.
Saw 'Sex and the City' and it was everything I hoped it would be. The story reaffirms that girlfriends are THE BEST!
Living next to The Grove is a real trip. I walked over to see SATC this afternoon and walked straight into a Hollywood Movie Premier (red carpet and all). It was the opening for 'American Girl' which stars the kid who was in 'Little Miss Sunshine'. They had a line up of signs for all the various broadcast folks to stand in front of and interview stars and give their news...I imagine I'll see this in People, The Star, and all the other celebrity magazines. When I left the movie I noticed that Starbucks had set up a free coffee stand as a promotion on the side of the big lawn...they had set up livingroom furniture all over the lawn (couches, footstools, coffee tables, etc...it looked pretty cool). I love that place as there is always something going on and it only takes me 15 minutes to walk over there.
Saturday, May 24, 2008
I'm not in Kansas Anymore
I stopped blogging in London when I changed hotels and the new one (Hilton Olympia) charged $30 per day for internet connection. Came back from London for a few days and then off to Kansas City for another genealogy show for www.geni.com. Finally have a whole weekend here in LA.
Am catching up on paperwork, TV shows, magazines that have been piling up, and enjoying chats with friends.
Got word that my place in Puerto Vallarta will be ready on November 26 so am happily looking forward to spending a little time there. Right now after so much activity I am feeling a bit boring so will leave blogging until I can sound a little more cleaver or brighter or can write something interesting.....ciao for now
Am catching up on paperwork, TV shows, magazines that have been piling up, and enjoying chats with friends.
Got word that my place in Puerto Vallarta will be ready on November 26 so am happily looking forward to spending a little time there. Right now after so much activity I am feeling a bit boring so will leave blogging until I can sound a little more cleaver or brighter or can write something interesting.....ciao for now
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
New Places New People
Monday: Slept in...went to British Museum and took a guided tour...lost the tour group but found them again (me: busy taking photos)....went to Starbucks where I met a very interesting woman (Ph.D from Boston) and we ended up talking for a couple of hours...back to hotel...shower...change of clothes...tube to Victoria to see Elton John's 'Billy Elliot' musical..met some people from Chicago...had a glass of wine during intermission which I had preordered and there it was waiting for me with my #3 receipt !!!(they let you bring it back to your seat if you pour it in a plastic cup)...phone call from the USA at midnight....tired...slept....
Funny observation: Bundled trash on the street left for garbage pick up but apparently on the wrong day...garbage collection people have yellow tape (like the police 'do not cross' type) that says 'wrong date for your trash. Your date is ___'. This tape was neatly wrapped around the trash bundles and was just sitting on the street waiting patiently for the right day!
Interesting to me: How easy it is to meet people when you are traveling alone. I now have addresses and names of two people in two days who were both really interesting...
Tuesday: taking it easy today. Will walk to the Sainsbury Starbucks and read the paper. Getting together with Lulu and Geoff for dinner...not sure what else I'll do...think a nice quiet day will be just fine.
Sunday, April 27, 2008
Sunday in London
Made it to the half priced ticket booth in Leicester Square but found that there were only 3 plays to see (Stomp, Jump and the one I went to) --all matinees because it is SUNDAY. I chose to go see Noel Coward's 'Brief Encounter' which turned out to be a perfect choice. I am sure it will make it to Broadway and be up for a Tony in a few years....it is a mixture of movie (with people going in and out of the screen and movie into real life--hard to describe--you have to see it--amazingly clever)...also the actors go from their parts to playing in the band to singing...the actors served us food during the intermission. (cucumber sandwiches and as the woman from the play said "with the crusts removed")...it was really really amazing. I sat next to Gerald from Houston who was a perfect person to sit next to (and he was cute and fun to talk with to boot!)...he runs a Houston Theatre company and is going home tomorrow--he clued me in on what to see theatre-wise here as he's been here watching lots of them (he said Billy Elliot was great and that I must see Blood Brothers and that there are always 1/2 priced tickets for it...also recommended 39 steps as a really funny play). We laughed all the way through this one...of course there was the romance to it too which was bittersweet and made me long for the old time mushy romance that I (probably all women) dream about.....a really wonderful production.
In between purchasing my tixs and the opening of the play/musical I made it to Piccadilly Circus and Covent Garden. Had a great cup of coffee in a Italian type bistro and after the theatre went for fish and chips...also had 'mushy peas' which I ordered just to see what it was...it was peas mushed up.
Tomorrow I see Billy Elliot and continue my adventures here.
Saturday, April 26, 2008
I'm in LONDON!!!
Im here!!! After going to San Francisco for The PayPal Mafia Party Thursday night (fabulous--but another story for another time) I got back to L.A. in time to transfer suitcases and go to LAX and take off for London.
I was lucky enough to get a whole row to myself in the back of the plane where I slept 9 hours straight, missing dinner and all the movies and TV that Virgin Atlantic has on their fights...they really do have a huge wonderful selection...maybe on the way home....
The hotel I found is soooo English. I am loving it. Very small room but great decor and a very modern bathroom (quite nice) and in a great neighborhood in Knightsbridge (or is it Knightsbury...it's late and I can't remember). Anyway I am just a block away from a great Sainsbury's (grocery) where I got some great Indian take out from the Deli along with some fruit, sodas (Ginger Beer which often hard to find in the U.S.), and local cheeses. AND...there is a nice large Starbucks in it so I am happy, happy, happy.
Tomorrow I'm going to try to get some half price theatre tickets at Leiscester Square for tomorrow night and then go to either the Speakers Corner in Hyde Park (this is where people get up on their soapboxes-yes, literally...and spout off about any topic they feel like talking about...people can yell or shout back at them...this is going on with dozens or more speakers going at the same time in the same area of the park...hilarious) or the British Museum or the Victoria and Albert Museum.
I have tickets for Elton John's Billy Elliot musical for Monday night and then Tuesday I have plans with friends, Lulu and Geoff...not sure what we're doing yet...more later...
Friday, March 21, 2008
Weekend March 21
Last weekend was spent in Provo, Utah at a genealogy event. Came back Sunday and worked all through the week. *sigh* I am so looking forward to a weekend of naps...
Did go to St. Patricks benefit at (my favorite place) The Groundlings Improv on Melrose. Free beer and fun improvs provided by Michael McDonald (MadTV), Mindy Sterling (Austin Powers), Mike Hitchcock (Best in Show), Ted Michaels (And God Spoke) and Jeremy Rowley (Reno 911).
This weeks celeb sighting: some current rock star guy that I'd never heard of which means absolutely nothing....everyone else knew who he was....missed seeing Brad Pitt...dang...Michele and Scott saw him crossing the street by our office and they said he was indeed 'hot'. Now that these sightings have become weekly (if not daily) I'm not as excited.
Monday I am going with Kerry and Emma to a Mad TV taping. ...after the Dancing With The Stars taping I decided that would be enough but I am a huge Mad TV fan so I will go this one last time....then probably no more tapings unless they are really, really, really huge stars and hard to get tixs.
Have a great week!
Did go to St. Patricks benefit at (my favorite place) The Groundlings Improv on Melrose. Free beer and fun improvs provided by Michael McDonald (MadTV), Mindy Sterling (Austin Powers), Mike Hitchcock (Best in Show), Ted Michaels (And God Spoke) and Jeremy Rowley (Reno 911).
This weeks celeb sighting: some current rock star guy that I'd never heard of which means absolutely nothing....everyone else knew who he was....missed seeing Brad Pitt...dang...Michele and Scott saw him crossing the street by our office and they said he was indeed 'hot'. Now that these sightings have become weekly (if not daily) I'm not as excited.
Monday I am going with Kerry and Emma to a Mad TV taping. ...after the Dancing With The Stars taping I decided that would be enough but I am a huge Mad TV fan so I will go this one last time....then probably no more tapings unless they are really, really, really huge stars and hard to get tixs.
Have a great week!
Monday, March 10, 2008
Kathmandu Dreamin'
Puerto Vallarta has been on my mind more and more recently--must be time to take a trip back. Same for Nepal. I'm haven't been in contact with my Sherpa friends for awhile so I think I'll see what's up over in Kathmandu. London in May. More later....
Sunday, February 24, 2008
Travelin' and Restin'
Haven't been home for several weekends so loved staying home this one! Had genealogy shows in San Luis Obispo and St. Cloud (Utah) followed by some personal time in Monterey. That meant that I was away 3 weekends in a row and I was wiped out.
When I returned from Montery I did a tiny slip (not even a fall) but broke my FireKing glass nesting bowls and they broke cutting two gashes in my right arm--gushing blood--trip to Cedars Sinai Emergency Room--7 stitches. As I sat waiting to get the x-rays of my arm back I thought about what I was supposed to learn from this experience and what I think it was to s-l-o-w down. Second lesson was that I probably shouldn't be cooking--that was why I'd brought the mixing bowls back...some crazy idea that I might do some creative stuff in the kitchen--silly me.
I think I there are some additional lessons I am supposed to learn --I'll share those when I am ready to go in to the details. In the meantime: are you intrigued?
This was Academy Awards day/night in Los Angeles which means parties around town. For the past week I had been passing a sign warning that one of the major streets I drive on was going to be closed today from 3pm on so I decided to stay in for the afternoon. Had breakfast (Kantors) with a friend followed by a manicure and pedicure (always a feel good experience) and home to do some tidying up. Gal Pal Jennifer came over and we critiqued the clothes and anything else we felt compelled to comment on for the awards show. Winner of Best Song, Falling Slowly, from the movie "Once", had us almost in tears....imagine, $100K, 2 mini cams, and 3 weeks to make that small teriffic movie and the acceptance speech was the best of the night....I can't get that song out of my head (just had to download it to my ipod immediately). Oddly last night they had played the song as I was waiting for the movie I had gone to see (The Savages in case you were wondering) and I asked my friend what movie that was from...just couldn't remember but it was sooo good! Well, there it was tonight, winner of best song!
As a California Cosmic Cookie kid I guess I can say the Universe is giving me answers.
When I returned from Montery I did a tiny slip (not even a fall) but broke my FireKing glass nesting bowls and they broke cutting two gashes in my right arm--gushing blood--trip to Cedars Sinai Emergency Room--7 stitches. As I sat waiting to get the x-rays of my arm back I thought about what I was supposed to learn from this experience and what I think it was to s-l-o-w down. Second lesson was that I probably shouldn't be cooking--that was why I'd brought the mixing bowls back...some crazy idea that I might do some creative stuff in the kitchen--silly me.
I think I there are some additional lessons I am supposed to learn --I'll share those when I am ready to go in to the details. In the meantime: are you intrigued?
This was Academy Awards day/night in Los Angeles which means parties around town. For the past week I had been passing a sign warning that one of the major streets I drive on was going to be closed today from 3pm on so I decided to stay in for the afternoon. Had breakfast (Kantors) with a friend followed by a manicure and pedicure (always a feel good experience) and home to do some tidying up. Gal Pal Jennifer came over and we critiqued the clothes and anything else we felt compelled to comment on for the awards show. Winner of Best Song, Falling Slowly, from the movie "Once", had us almost in tears....imagine, $100K, 2 mini cams, and 3 weeks to make that small teriffic movie and the acceptance speech was the best of the night....I can't get that song out of my head (just had to download it to my ipod immediately). Oddly last night they had played the song as I was waiting for the movie I had gone to see (The Savages in case you were wondering) and I asked my friend what movie that was from...just couldn't remember but it was sooo good! Well, there it was tonight, winner of best song!
As a California Cosmic Cookie kid I guess I can say the Universe is giving me answers.
Sunday, January 6, 2008
Welcome 2008
Spent a few days in Denver visiting #1 son Peter and daughter-in-law Kirstin. Snowed fiercely the night I arrived and the one I left--otherwise beautiful. Spent the time there visiting, playing Wii games and (tah-da) sitting for a photo shoot (I'm posting the photos).
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