…..rounded out the celebrating.  It’s always something I really look forward to and the fun and frivolity is matched only by the great food.  Seems that all the guests are ‘accomplished foodies’ and bring a favorite dish to the party.  (I managed to bring myself!) The...

…..started out with a movie (Exodus)  and dinner at Bar Verde with Laurie Pie. While meeting Flame, this adorable senior Belgium Shepherd along the way. Going home I thought a casting call went out for the largest Santa…..The white area you see is the roof line of the...

……was the best ever…..or do I say that every year?  Everyone brings a special dish for lunch and we all go totally wild. Kc has instructions not to come if she doesn’t bring her smoked salmon specialty that's on sourdough with an amazing cheese spread dotted with...

……no really, I mean that literally.  A loud bang!   The best seats acoustically at Disney Hall are in the nose bleed section but who can tolerate that??? I went back to sitting in my favorite spot at Disney Hall…..facing the conductor.  It’s fun to watch his face and...

…..at the Moss Theatre in Santa Monica was quite the evening! Sweet Lisa B. picked me up at mom’s and we were on our way, stoked to join the maddening crowd on the  freeway to somewhere if it would become a highway and not a parking lot!  We had planned to meet Amy an...

 ……the sky has been ‘blossoming’ since the rain! Calligraphy class with Shantien ‘Tom’ Chow is always a wonderful way to start the month.  He gave the most interesting talk about why Calligraphers like to use those unweilding large ‘Soft’ brushes.  Because they are so...

I can’t believe two weeks have gone by since I entered a blog.  There seems to be a fog of memory that has settled down and that’s why I’m so grateful for all the photos I take.  I know it must drive you all crazy….no eating allowed until a photo has been taken and my...

…… or as Vicki reminded me when at another hospital I demanded….”I want a real doctor!”  Funny story…..not so much at the time.  While waiting eight hours  in ER at Providence Saint Joseph with Charles last Monday we were reminiscing…..eeeeee gads! This Cappachino was...

……started with seeing ’The Trip to Bountiful’ at the Ahmanson with Tomiko.  I had to change the tickets so many times we wound up seeing the last performance which I think is actually a good thing to do.  It’s always bittersweet for the performers and they seem to...

….was planned by lovely Maria Baird.  That meant my shopping for the perfect gift at Bloomingdale’s with tremendous help from Sedik Tarvirdian.  This woman is pure gold! See….. O.K., back to Friday night and the main event.  Evvy, our hostess, was hard at work when I...