Birth of Venus, Venice Style. From the beach it looks even more incredible.
Venice set the tone for the week. I drove Jennie to L.A. to catch a plane and we wanted to fill our morning with something purely Los Angeles. We had thought of going to the Museum of Tolerance, but when traffic and time didn't match up, I searched "Sightseeing around LAX."
Thank goodness for google! We chose to spend the morning beside the ocean in Venice. Great choice.
Jennie must look more country bumpkin for me because this sidewalk CD seller did not accost me to buy his music (though I did!)
Naturally I make friends wherever I go. I could show you a photo of Jennie with Cori - she is standing perfecely in her comfort zone bubble but me, I had to go in for the squeeze.
Emma, Sofi, & Kimberly in the Wilma & Betty spot. Tim and Josh where Fred and Barney would be: meet the "Impressions" cast.
Rehearsal: Tuesday night. Things are taking form - we played Emotional Rollercoaster and laughed ourselves silly. This is the cast of "Impressions" - they're an awesome group of actors, some dear long time theater friends and others, new theater friends. Always fun. It feels good to be back in the performance mode again.
I love this dress. I don't want to return it to Gwynnie Bee but I'm thinking I will... just because. Yikes!
Here I am playing fashion model. I decided I wanted to try the services of Gwynnie Bee and immediately fell in love with this dress. I could have bought it for a very good price if I had done so over the weekend. Now I'm upset because the price has risen, so I'm waiting until Saturday to decide if I want to keep it or send it back. I got a dress yesterday that is too heavy weight for Bakersfield in Summer. I might wear it tonight just for a moment to see how it looks (and get another photo for my "modeling" collection. :-) By the way - the idea of modeling clothes is totally foreign to me. The idea of being an artsy model, I can do because there are not as many expectations size and age wise.
On Friday a friend called and needed me, stat. I went to Dagny's with current project in hand and wrote and listened and painted and swirled. Katherine said, "You really do deserve the friend of the year award, Mom."
When writing playground was cancelled, Kimberly and I decided to go grab a bite at the Padre which we followed up with karaoke. This is a brief sojourn ghosthunting on the upper floors of the hotel. Great wallpaper up there. Very Bakersfieldien.
Beyunca and Cassidy are both winding down in this photo... part of the reason I love it is everyone seems to have forgotten I'm taking photos... except Emma. And I am not sure what caught Jaxon's eye, but I love his expression.
Sunday brunch-ish. I don't include in this photo my race to get there nor do I show (how could I?) the slow service. I did see several people who complimented Katherine - who was off at a barbeque - and I was able to bolt out with the unpictured Samuel who is still at that "don't take my picture!" stage.
This photo is truly the perfect way to say "so long" to the week. Sunset, earlier than I've been seeing it, pointing away from the sun's face. Instead, I see her face reflected in the clouds and I can literally feel her promise of a cool-down on its way.
The other thing I notice here is how beautiful a completely ordinary sky above a completely ordinary street can be. We don't need to go fancy places and take expensive trips to experience wonder and awe.
There - this was my week.
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