Wednesday, December 23, 2009

It's always sunny here...

Aside from the one day of rain here, it is pretty much very sunny....


Dancers practice in the parking lot at the Madison Campus at Santa Monica College - devoted to the arts.















Winter white - camelia


























Dashing through an utterly astounding array of light and clouds....
































Through the greens and complementing reds of the holidays.......


Out to LAX....


























And the rush to get home....

Tuesday, December 22, 2009

It's getting to look a lot like Christmas

Gearing up and getting decorations, presents
and going to the annual Santa Monica College




Student art sale.....




Color stripes
permanent candy canes


















Menorah and plants in sculptured clay...
























































Time for warm and fuzzy...








Ho...Ho...Ho....

Sunday, December 13, 2009

Birthday week - Hollywood Bebel and Cirque du Soleil Kazoom








December is birthday month...got to celebrate for a full week.


From Hollyweird to hear sweet Brazilian music, Bebel Gilberto



























The Capital Records building a glow in red lights.









Rain and then bursts of sun,
brought people out.



















"Kooza" has a 10 year run that Cirque du Soleil performs.














Balancing acts and feats no human can really try at home.






































































































A wickedly funny circus enchantment at Santa Monica Pier....






and I relished the roar of the greasepaint and the smell of the crowd....

albeit one year older.

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Rain hangs



Dreary day.....













Lights on the inside...



Rainy day in LA....



Mall stop



































Pools of light.....ahhhhh

Sunday, December 6, 2009

Downtown - Nickel bites and Panorama bits


Night on the town...downtown LA at the fab Nickel Diner....


Swirl of veges topped off with parsnips strips...
say that fast 5 times.


















Sas vrs. Birch root beer....
I'm partial to Sarsparillo.

A hallmark of theirs, aside from the Cher dessert, is the Bacon-maple donut...A load crunch and sweet, that was not so delish...


Even our waiter, applauded us for leaving off after one bite.






















Wouldn't you know...man stand in at the line up.







Union Theatre for some Georgian enchanting songstress'









with rhapsodic
harmonies and accordian rifts.











Outside in the garden...looking up there's a bit of dachau-looking menace.





But delightful full growth
amidst the sprinkle of winter droplets.
































Our super proficient driver, Suzanna at the helm...careened around downtown like nobody's business....a head for directions that could stifle any GPS.



I liked our final stop to eat up some luscious red velvet cake....


Need I say more.

Thursday, December 3, 2009

Busy....and moving....


Busy all day....

















Kids, rehearsals, buses, birthday parties....ahhhh so busy.





Stopped to watch the sun setting into
a cloud bank....






Newsman said it was fuschia....


I just saw yawns...

Saturday, November 28, 2009

Long days and views - pt. deux

November is the start of the holidays -



chill in the air, starry lights....



full of short days and long on hopeful cheer.
















Always biking weather.

Thankful for the lush greenery














Public Library downtown












Cornicopia of fall colors


















A favorite stop for me is Hashimoto - a garden center on Sawtelle.

It's a little strip of Asian
proprietors...


Buddha busts
pose with serene
and chuckle faces...






















































A bucket load of narcissus


that sweeten
the cool winter air...









A fury of icelandic poppies brilliant in the sun.




























Down in the Playa....







the lagoon has lots of birds, and ebbing tides....























































































Winter slides....and contrasty light....





Sunny cool fun.