WATCHING a MIRACLE in SLOW MOTION

…is quite a fascinating thing to do!

Felicia (daughter of Dee Dee, my sweet and precious friend from grade school) and her sister-in-law flew in from Pleasanton for a one day Brush painting class and brought a captivating scroll !!!

Mary and Felicia

Me and Dee Dee

The Insightful Scroll

I couldn’t get the words out of my head and then one day I noticed a branch starting to appear from a Cymbidium that has bloomed months ago.

 

Each day the branch grew farther & farther and then buds started to appear then slowly, one by one, they unraveled their beauty.

When I can fully wrap my mind around this I’ll let you know…in the meantime…

 

CALIFORNIA SUSTAINABLE plus MEDITERRANEAN…

…is how our server described the cuisine at ‘PALATE’ the most amazing Glendale restaurant (on Brand) we stumbled upon.  (Octavio Becerra is the chef/owner and you might remember him from Splichal’s Patina Group.)

We suspected we were in for a real treat upon hearing that the butter was churned ‘in house’ as well as the meats being cured there.  Every element of the meal was truly sublime and an added treat was going to the back room (also crowded) to check out the communal dining area with it’s marvelous wine store.  You can also buy some really yummy cheese as well!

 

In case your wondering, the service was impeccable right down to the attentive valet service.

 

For More Information: Palate Food Wine

HOW I WISHED I HAD A CAMERA…

…because you really had to see this one.

Mom and I were  going to see ‘Monty Python’s SPAMALOT’ at the Ahmanson Theatre and I was surprised and delighted to find a wonderful parking spot right next to the 3rd level escalator.  Well, the surprise was on me as the escalator was out of order!  What to do…people were milling about and most climbed the stairs.

“Wait mom…I have an idea…let’s ask one of the parking attendants to get a wheel chair for you.”  Better than that, we commandeered a little cart that sat two plus driver (tightly) and off we went when out of the corner of my eye I spotted a real gem.  You know, the sort of contraption you see people riding around the golf courses  that seat at least four!  Hey, let’s take that one… and off we went.  One driver, mom, one attendant and myself sailed out of the parking lot onto the main street, drove to the corner turned right…up a block and right again to the valet section of the Music Center.  What should await us but two young men with wheelchairs!  With mom safely ensconced in her chair I’m thinking…it’s 101 degrees and we’re still a block away, the show starts in three minutes and so into the second chair I plopped.  Off we went and I shouted “Let’s race…come on…we’ll win!”  Do you know we were not only wheeled into the Ahmanson but taken to the elevator…real red carpet treatment!  It was amazing and the funniest thing ever (well almost.)

Oh…back to Spamalot…it’s the most irreverent hysterical show ever and we were seated the moment it started!

For More Information:

www.centertheatregroup.org