….is just about the most glamorous, red carpet event in Los Angeles.

  Nikka had a choice of three things to do for her birthday and picked this event!  It was so much fun seeing everyone glammed up and intermission in the Founders Room gave us a chance to fully take it all in.

 The one and only  Placido Domingo starred as Macbeth and it was opera at it’s finest!

 I think one of my favorite things to do is have dinner on the patio with Sandie Girl and just do our foodie best, relax and catch up.

 Teaching brings me such great joy and a new student in the Huntington Botanical Gardens class asked, “Do you always have so much fun?”  Of course the answer was a resounding YES!

 I’m so proud of Jeannie.  She had a major breakthrough and I  loved her painting. Yes, lots of JOY!

 Time for dinner and Bobbas at Din Tai Fung at Americana and then Nikka and I went birthday shopping for mom at Nordstrom.  WOW, what a long day! Good thing we had the Bobbas!!!

 Having the windows washed was on the list for getting ready for the Lissi Kaplan book signing in the studio.  This corner window area in the office is rather tricky.

 Jimmy put this bamboo covering up to hid our neighbors all too messy area. Thank you Jimmy for the perfect solution!

 This must be birthday month.  Even though Kc would rather keep it mum we had to get a cake and celebrate!

 Congrats to Kayleen for her beautiful painting!

 O.K., here’s the birthday girl with Sir Charles whose special day is coming up this Friday.

Kristine relieves Nikka with mom so Nikka can be in the office at least two days a week and also get a much needed day off.

 Charles is always up for a good party!

 Nikka is borderline TOO cute!  She got these balloons at Party City!

 And have you ever seen a more beautiful cake????

 That’s correct. 104 years of living on our beautiful blue planet! Happy Birthday dear mom!!!  We celebrate you.

 May you have many, many years of joyful celebrations!