Monday, March 31, 2008
Saturday, March 29, 2008
Thursday, March 27, 2008
What I am up to- End of March
Things have been a bit boring on the blog front. I wish I had star sightings to report, but alas I have been a prisoner in my apartment waiting for employers to call. A watched pot never boils, but it seems whenever I am not with my phone it rings. So since Thursday I have been sitting here staring at it. I think when I finally get a job, I will get a new phone because I have grown to loath the thing.
What have I been up to lately?
Wednesday...
night I participated in an anti-war vigil with Asher. It was great and we had a lot of support from passers by. The honking was non-stop and I am sure that it didn't make the diners at Pizzeria Mozza very happy. (I haven't gone there yet and although I like Mario Batali and the Bastianich family, I have heard that the service is not the greatest. Go in ready to spend money, if you aren't they will shame you into leaving.) Anyway, the vigil was a great experience and I hope that in five more years I wont be back at that corner for the 10 year mark.
On the home front.....
I have been getting to some of the art projects that I have wanted to get to. Including finally painting our bedroom. First a disastrous red and finally a nice toasted almond color. Sometimes at Home Depot, people aren't so willing to give out information regarding paint.
Other than that I am preparing for a visit from Asher's friend from France, who will be visiting next week.
I think that is it.
Currently watching: The Tudors Season I
Currently reading: White Teeth by Zadie Smith
What have I been up to lately?
Wednesday...
night I participated in an anti-war vigil with Asher. It was great and we had a lot of support from passers by. The honking was non-stop and I am sure that it didn't make the diners at Pizzeria Mozza very happy. (I haven't gone there yet and although I like Mario Batali and the Bastianich family, I have heard that the service is not the greatest. Go in ready to spend money, if you aren't they will shame you into leaving.) Anyway, the vigil was a great experience and I hope that in five more years I wont be back at that corner for the 10 year mark.
On the home front.....
I have been getting to some of the art projects that I have wanted to get to. Including finally painting our bedroom. First a disastrous red and finally a nice toasted almond color. Sometimes at Home Depot, people aren't so willing to give out information regarding paint.
Other than that I am preparing for a visit from Asher's friend from France, who will be visiting next week.
I think that is it.
Currently watching: The Tudors Season I
Currently reading: White Teeth by Zadie Smith
Saturday, March 22, 2008
Yummyist website ever
If you are cooking for Easter tomorrow and you are looking for something a little different to cook check out The Pioneer Woman Cooks! The most mouthwatering website ever.It includes step by step photo directions as well as the recipe at the end.
Ree, the author of this blog and "Confessions of a Pioneer Woman" was an urban cowgirl in Los Angeles who is now a mother of four living on a cattle ranch somewhere in the middle of no-where, Check out both blogs if you can, but Pioneer Woman Cooks is the only one with recipes.
Note: Don't look when you are hungry.
Monday, March 17, 2008
World Water Week
I am not sure if you knew, but this week is World Water Week.
For more information click here
Find out how you can participate in making clean drinking water for everyone a reality.
200
This is the 200th post of my blog. I hope you like reading it as much as I like writing it.200 posts ago I moved from Minneapolis to Los Angeles and started this little blog to keep you all posted on what I have been up to. Since then I have visited a lot of places, from Larchmont Village to Utah. Took day trips to Seal Beach and Santa Barbara.
Since then I have seen Michael Vartan, David Anders, ?uestlove, Lisa Marie Presley, Kirstie Alley, Jim Belushi, Dave Navarro, Rachel Griffiths, Justin Chambers, Giovanni Ribisi, Nia Vardalos, members of No Doubt, Tony Shaloub, David Krumholz, Paris Hilton and more that I can't remember.
I have brought you a lot of features like Here are the Places in My Neighborhood, What are they wearing and some best of L.A. picks.
Let me know if you are still hanging in and reading this thing. You know where you can always reach me.
Here's to 200 more posts.
Here's to 200 more posts.
I shared one of mine, now you share one of yours
A couple posts ago, I shared one of my top life experiences. I thought it would be fun if you shared one of yours. I would love to have this blog be more interactive w/ the family and I thought this would be a great way to do that.
I will be taking submissions for unforgettable experiences. Please submit them to my email address.
I will be taking submissions for unforgettable experiences. Please submit them to my email address.
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
One of my top 5 experiences in life...and so it goes
Last Sunday my book club met to discuss Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut. I don't usually chat about my book club online, but I will make an exception. The reason why this book club was so different and blog-able is that we met with a bookclubmate's grandparent's book club. Their youngest member was 79 and oldest was 95 years old (and boy was that 95 year old as sharp as a tack) We planned for both of our book clubs to read this book and meet together and discuss.
For those of you who have not read the book, briefly, it is about an author who wants to write a book about his experiences in WWII, especially the Bombing of Dresden. The book becomes a book about war, coping with life after the war, with a bit of science fiction thrown in.
What was great is that all of the people in the other book club lived through WWII, we had three people who fought in the Pacific Theater and many of them shared their stories. From what it was like to be there, to getting letters from soldiers that had sections blacked out by censors. Some of the stories were difficult to hear and because we talked for almost 3 hours straight hard to repeat every one. One of our members works for a radio show and we hope that it will be a segment that will be on air. I will keep you posted.
I really don't think I will forget this ever.
We decided to meet every few months to discuss a book. I can't wait for the next meeting.
and so it goes...
For those of you who have not read the book, briefly, it is about an author who wants to write a book about his experiences in WWII, especially the Bombing of Dresden. The book becomes a book about war, coping with life after the war, with a bit of science fiction thrown in.
What was great is that all of the people in the other book club lived through WWII, we had three people who fought in the Pacific Theater and many of them shared their stories. From what it was like to be there, to getting letters from soldiers that had sections blacked out by censors. Some of the stories were difficult to hear and because we talked for almost 3 hours straight hard to repeat every one. One of our members works for a radio show and we hope that it will be a segment that will be on air. I will keep you posted.
I really don't think I will forget this ever.
We decided to meet every few months to discuss a book. I can't wait for the next meeting.
and so it goes...
What I am up to again
I have been submitting to a lot of jobs and haven't had too much luck, which has got me a bit frustrated. To keep my mind off of being frustrated, I have been doing more to explore Los Angeles and its surrounding areas.
Huntington Gardens:
The Huntington was founded in 1919 by Henry E. Huntington when he signed away his San Marino estate for non-profit use. It is now home to gardens, a gallery and Library. It is a beautiful place and is so expansive that you couldn't possibly see it in one day.
Here are some photos.
Chinatown:
I finally went to Chinatown and had dim sum, something I have wanted to do for a long time. It was a lot of fun and I ate too much. I left my camera at home unfortunately. Having dim sum is a strange, but great experience. Having a team of people stroll around with carts that you can pick food off of, is a great invention. You eat instantly.
Another LA institution that I had the chance to eat at is the Apple Pan I think I just had that the best burger I have had in LA. It reminded me of my Lion's Tap days in Minneapolis. I didn't have room for pie, but I am definitely going back.
Still reading the books and I can say that the only movie I liked recently is Annie Hall, which I had never seen.
Huntington Gardens:
The Huntington was founded in 1919 by Henry E. Huntington when he signed away his San Marino estate for non-profit use. It is now home to gardens, a gallery and Library. It is a beautiful place and is so expansive that you couldn't possibly see it in one day.
Here are some photos.
Chinatown:
I finally went to Chinatown and had dim sum, something I have wanted to do for a long time. It was a lot of fun and I ate too much. I left my camera at home unfortunately. Having dim sum is a strange, but great experience. Having a team of people stroll around with carts that you can pick food off of, is a great invention. You eat instantly.
Another LA institution that I had the chance to eat at is the Apple Pan I think I just had that the best burger I have had in LA. It reminded me of my Lion's Tap days in Minneapolis. I didn't have room for pie, but I am definitely going back.
Still reading the books and I can say that the only movie I liked recently is Annie Hall, which I had never seen.
Friday, March 07, 2008
Day 6- Cabo San Lucas
We didn't really get to explore Cabo like we did the other ports. We met up with mom's friends and I got to use more Spanish in this port than the others. All I can offer you in the way of pictures are these pictures of the sunrise.
Wednesday, March 05, 2008
Quick notes
Just a quick note to let you know two things:
1) If you happen to read the comments on my blog, be very careful. People are using comments as a way to spread nasty computer viruses. I am doing my best to block or erase comments that are potentially dangerous.
2) Start sightings in the last week are:
Alex Kingston
Jennifer Coolidge
Think good thoughts, I am waiting to hear from a few jobs.
1) If you happen to read the comments on my blog, be very careful. People are using comments as a way to spread nasty computer viruses. I am doing my best to block or erase comments that are potentially dangerous.
2) Start sightings in the last week are:
Alex Kingston
Jennifer Coolidge
Think good thoughts, I am waiting to hear from a few jobs.