’04 September

Paul…

and Gretchen.

I didn’t tell them to wear those clothes. They were just wearing those clothes!

September 29

David, Burt, and Charlene on the occasion of Charlene’s delightful (and delicious!) birthday party. Ok, so this photo needs work…but the Weinsteins are still Lookin’ Good!

I’ve been so het-up over the Joy of my days I haven’t taken any pictures except for class. Two of them follow. I’m so lucky.

September 25

Yesterday is turned around here. In the evening Hilda came over and we went to a Persian restaurant to set in motion the plans for our trip to IRAN.

Don’t worry dear friends and relatives. Hilda assures me, she goes every year, many members of her family are still there, her friends are back and forth often, it will be No Problem and more than that, we’ll have an amazing time.

After dinner we went to the Promenade to buy a guide book and have a stroll. Here we are at the make-up playland called Sephora which is also the company Hilda is doing a job for even as we speak.

Is this woman too cute or what!

In front of Nancy A’s office downtown. We met for a nice lunch and then I took a couple of hours to snap pix. I felt like a real tourist mainly because it was Hot and it’s Always HOT when I’m out touring.

I was thinking to try and get the middle-ground shots for the smc project due on Monday.

From one of Nancy’s windows on the 52nd floor.

…and I’ve got a million more. I’ll go through the rest of them and attempt to choose my five favorites. Five of anything is plenty!

September 23

Margaret has been over a few times now and is marginally comfortable on the folding chair. I still don’t have the chair situation under control but other than that visiting at my house is Perfection Itself. Perfection if you don’t give a &*^# about where you sit…

Yesterday was Japanese and today was Mom day but instead of our usual night thing I brought her lunch then took Windy to get her car.

The reason for all this was that Bill was coming over to help me Do Chores, after which we went for dinner and ended up at the pub where a baseball game was raging. This place is Bo-Town West and the Red Sox were losing.

Down three, bottom of the ninth, two out, bases loaded…

He HITs it. A looong fly ball to deeep center field. Going going aaaand – – – – into the mitt of the leaping outfielder.

Three outs. Game over. And the crowd slumped in disappointment.

September 22

Paul and Gretchen, back in CA for a holiday in Vegas and then a few days with Aunt Judy. OK, so they’ve lived in NY, NY their entire adult lives but hey, they’ve got California in their blood!

Judy is in the beginning phase of another course of chemo treatments but she does keep up good spirits and she is an avid fan of Leisure World in Laguna. Really. Even though she allows as she is the only Democrat for Miiiiles around.

Oh goodie, a line’em up opportunity. Can’t miss that.

September 20

Monday out on the Venice Pier for a nice easy chatty walk with Bob and Carol. Oh yeah. And was it, like, a dozen times that one of us would comment on the glory of the day?

HiHi!

Nancy needed plants for her front entry so off we went and while she was looking at plants I was, of course, scanning the horizon for a photo-op. Blue presented itself. And the moose of course.

From a very nice nursery on Sawtelle that used to be a total dump and was recently revived by a family the members of which are no doubt all working day and night to make a go of it.

September 17

Lunch with Cynth. Lucky me! And this picture, it’s all my fault. I made Jose sit there because he was a real pro waiter-wise. This does not actually explain why I made him sit there. He walked by. I guess that was reason enough…

We wandered around csun a bit after Cynthia’s last class and that was cool. We bought me a new pair of flips at the skateboard shop because those buck nineteen babies from Thrifty’s just were not cutting it and getting back to the car was becoming problematic.

Brian, he caught it, he hacked it up, he cooked it, and then we ate it for hours. Yummmmmm-ie.

Dinner in honor of Ljubi’s new job. Hurray! Congratulations!!

Wow! Thank You! What a treat! Congrats from the Hawaii Browns: Trevor, Beth, Christa, Caleb, and Charis.

September 16

Here it is, me, out for lunch with my friend Sandy in the middle of the Day, in the Middle Of The WEEK! I’m breathless!

Yesterday at the office (My Last Day, in case you’ve forgotten) we got a visit from sweet Mirah and baby Ethan. Baby Ethan as in Proud Papa reports ‘I made that’.

September 12

What a-couple-a window crystals can do for a small room. The colorblobs extend all across the wall. Thanks D&A! I’m living in a rainbow life!

Of course the cutest one is the blurriest but still, too cute to miss!

Figuring out the new seating arrangement for rubber band bodies(?!?).

Big yea! Happy Birthday to my dear little sister Windy! It’s your Rite of Passage and the **today is the first day of the rest of your life** Happy Happy Birthday!

After dinner at Acapulco’s we made a quick stop at Trashy Lingerie for a photo-op and then it’s on to see Menopause, The Musical. Windy picked it. She just felt there would be something in it that would speak to her.

And she was the first one up when the cast invited the audience to join in a last song of womanly solidarity. She led the parade and they thanked her!

I snuck the shot, cutting off her head, because we were strongly advised that cameras were strictly forbidden. After I bundled everything back up twenty other women came up to the stage and just flashed away.

Then we went to Canter’s for some coffee and dessert because as we were leaving Mom told us ‘you can bring me a surprise, I won’t object’ and so as not to risk her actually remembering, we brought her pastry for a treat.

September 9

Here are a few more pics from the weekend. Angela and the scooner-bob.

Cynthia was here too and wow-ie man-o-man did they kick IT. The garage is ready for the piano, the lounge for sitting, the studio for working, and the little house is as comfy as a perfect dream.

Hi sweetie, Angela in the butterfly chair at Roger and Sandy’s place.

Sandy, and a little hit of Difuse Glow… I have to be sure and be home in the middle of next month so we can celebrate Sandy’s Big SIX OHH. Knock me over with a feather.

September 6

Starting from Friday this long weekend was too too amazing amazing. Unrelated to this picture is huge hugs and sweet kisses to the kids who get all the credit. You know who you are.

What we’re looking at is Sharon’s new dining room looking out onto her new garden living room, wrapped in the warm comity of a well built home.

Yea Sharon!

Angela is at least going to try!

Last weekend was Althea’s bridal shower. Next weekend is Althea’s bachelorette party. Two weekends later is her wedding.

Althea is getting married! This is her first wedding and her friends are making sure she gets Everything any bride ever desired.

True Love Rocks!

September 3

These guys did some serious heavy lifting! Windy asked if I had a pair of girly pliers, which is how she refers to her little baby box of girly tools. I have pliers, but I have manly pliers.

This cracked up our manly men here and they couldn’t stop discussing the virtues of my manly pliers.

This is my eye-level view!

What to expect when you see a movie at the art theater in Pasadena. It kinda smelled like this too.