friends and art- what could be better?

fourth day: john and i started out at shannon and robert's new house. we had brunch and enjoyed the sunshine that poured in through the windows of the dining room. shannon is such a great host- she made pouched eggs, chicken sausage, provided bagels and lox with cucumber, red onion and tomato. Also brie and blueberries which taste absolutely gorg together as we discovered. we discussed furniture options and decorating ideas and peter shin and his little one dropped by, which was a nice surprise. after a leisurely brunch john and i headed over to LACMA for the Vanity Fair exhibit. i love museums and i love art, but it is rare that i actually stop and read each and every placard. it was historical and full of rich images that made me sparkle inside. i was particularly pleased with the amount of women photographers displayed and employed by Vanity Fair, even in the early days. Vanity Fair has been the only fashion magazine i've ever subscribed to- i have always loved their flair for style, art and politics. we had a early supper, late lunch of crispy chicken salad with champagne dressing outside soaking up the son and then headed over to the new building for contemporary art. i love contemporary art and i was not disappointed with the vast and large pieces on display, particularly the Ed Ruscha. we went home and spent some time with mimi, but were in the mood for warm home cooked type food so we went to Kate Mantilini's in beverly hills where i had a chicken pot pie. i crashed that night to my favorite christmas movie, elf.

FG and La Brea Tar Pits

Day three: Spent most of the morning sleeping, one has to recover from sharing a bed with a pushy beagle and snoring gay husband, especially since they both like to get up at 5 am. Eventually i made it out of bed and picked up joy and kimberly who seemed as though they were in goods spirits and hardly hung over- those woman can drink! We went to meet Brandi at her new office- which was super fancy! yay Brandi! Lucky for me i got to swing by the old FG office and see a couple of friends, which is always nice. it was a gorgeous day so the four of us decided to walk over to the La Brea tar pits for lunch. i had a yummy mozz, basil and tomato panini, although i have to admit Tony makes a far superior panini AND he indulges us with balsamic. we then went and picked up the girl's luggage, introduced kimberly to the scientology compound on los feliz and did a little shopping. i dropped them off at the airport and kissed the lovely 40 year old joy goodbye- happy birthday tomorrow joy, she looks fantastic! john and i then went to a "business" dinner at a very trendy little place on doheny and melrose called murano's. indulged in a gorgeous pink sauce penne and enjoyed myself immensely with a few of john's clients. great company, wonderful food- all in all a very nice day three.

and here's a shout out for my friend tony- this song is particularly fitting in this great time of change for our country.

madge

day two brought madonna, but before all that my friend katie invited john and i onto the fox lot where we had a small tour, bought some dvds and ate lunch. it was a really nice time and moments like those always make me miss my friends more.

so on to madonna: it's a long story and not all nice so i will keep it short and concise. it took us almost two hours to get there, the traffic was awful. joy, her friend kimberly and i got out of the car to walk to the stadium. i believe it was just under a mile, which was not awesome in a pair of new (non-walking) shoes. i ended up with six blisters on my right foot. john miraculously ended up getting into our seats before i did. madonna decided to not come on until 10 pm, which really pissed me right off. the show started and it was fun, but i was in such a bad mood it took me until the show was half over to get into it. brittany made an appearance basically to say, i'm brittany bitch (whatev) and then justin sang four minutes and that was really fun. M did this whole thing about barack which was probably the best part of the show cause 50,000 people were on their feet cheering in the stand for our new president elect. it was actually quite momentus and worth being there just for that. took us only about an hour to get out of the parking lot and then it was bed time.
john and i looking much happier then we were.

lalalalalala

day one:
el compadre- oh how i love thee. the last 4 times i have come to l.a. the first place i go- literally from the airport- is to el compadre. shannon, brandi, john, katie and anjel all joined me and they always make me feel so loved. it's at this point in the trip (the earliest part) where i say to myself, hmm....i need to come back here, but then four days later i'm ready to get the hell out.

this is all i have to say...

ladies and gentlemen: Kerli

so my aunt bought these tickets to this show because the artist is estonian and she is sweet and thought of me. i had never heard of her, but was game for a night of family fun! so out comes this teeny, tiny adorable blondie blonde in well, nothing short of a wedding gown. nii armas! tahtsin nii vaga raakida temaga eesti keeles aga ei saanud. phew! who knows what i actually said right there- the estonian is real rusty, real, real rusty. anyway good time out- and a shout out to amber for letting me drag her along and wait in line for an hour to meet kerli which inevitably did not happen.

this is what research does to me

i want to pull out my hair and stomp my feet, but never NEVER go without mascara.