SPRING TRAINING!!! w00t

I am SOOOO excited!!! Even tho I'm a) mad at the Cubs for dumping Mark DeRosa (DUMBEST. MOVE. EVAR.) and b) mad at the Dodgers for continuing to pursue that asshat Manny Ramirez, thus encouraging him to behave like an egomaniac.

Today, the Cubs play the Dodgers at HoHoKam Park.

This right here is a pic of the new Arizona spring-training digs for the Dodgers. It's called Camelback Ranch (are there camels in AZ?) and is also the home to the stupid White Sox. ::grin:: Looks pretty rad and I'd like to check it out sometime!

Puppeh Park!

Here are some photographic highlights from today's trip to the puppeh park with Kels!

See that puddle? Kelsey *tewtally* laid down in that! Luckily, Dad is in the habit of bringing towels with us.

My boys finally met Maddy!

...oh, and her Dad was there, too. BWAHHAHAAHAHAAH!

Valentine's Day Lunch: Clifton's Cafeteria!

I decided that for Valentine's Day, I wanted to a) go to the jewelry mart in downtown LA and select some bling for myself; and b) eat at Clifton's Cafeteria. Clifton's is one of those truly rad old places in LA that you need to see if you never have; it's bizarre and fabulous and the walls ooze history.

Ev did not want to eat there, as you can see in this first photo. He did end up having some fried chicken, tho, and I think he was ultimately glad he got to check the place out. Besides, there was a legless guy sitting outside on his torso nub! That's not somethin' ya see every day. Thankfully.

Happy Valentine's Day!

I photographed our booty in between Kelsey passing thru to sniff it. (Whoa, that sounded wierd, huh. Heh heh.)

And another tattoo...

This is another pretty one.

But I have been advised by a peep that fairy tatts need to be relatively large in order to capture the detail. Soooo... Not sure this will be a good choice for me... We'll see.

Still just thinkin'!

Looking at tattoo designs...

I'm looking at tattoo designs again...

I want one on my right shoulder, which I would then somehow connect to the butterfly on my upper right arm... I figure if I go with something like this, I could have Julie then do a vine of flowers, or a sprinkling of stars, that would go up and over my shoulder, then connect with the b-fly...

Anyway, at this point I'm just chewin' it over. I do like this art, tho...

Coraline

THIS. MOVIE. IS. RAD.

I wish I could be more specific than that, but that's all I've got for ya at this juncture.

Halfway thru, I thought, "This is the most amazing movie I've seen in a loooong time." And if you are remotely interested in the technicalities of how it was made... well, that just makes it MORE amazing.

Really well-done. I hope y'all see it. Whether or not you have young'uns.

Again, I wish to state unequivocally, we do not let The Boy watch South Park.

But he is fascinated by the show in the abstract, and by the type of animation they do. He took a stab this weekend at creating his own little city of characters. He used little metal brads to make their arms movable. And as you can see, it is a multi-ethnic crowd as well!

SO cute!

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Watch out, Parker & Stone.

My child is also a construction-paper stop-motion animator, and he can KICK. YOUR. SENSE-OF-HUMOR. BUTTS.

Mr. Siegel's B-day Dinner

Guess where we went???

We haven't been here since before The Boy was born! It was super-fun. And yum-o.

Happy Birthday, Mr. Siegel!

Daddy decided he wanted to spend his b-day morning in Santa Monica. They have a lovely Farmer's Market, plus it was a nice day to stroll along the coast and look at the ocean! I could not believe what a pretty day it turned out to be.

Below is the view from the bridge that goes over Pacific Coast Highway.

Ladies & Gentlemen, I give you... The 5th Grade Spelling Bee Champ!!!

The Lost Skeleton Returns Again!

One of my favorite movies EVAR is a little number called "The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra." I had the pleasure of seeing this movie on the big screen during its brief theatrical release several years ago. I took my little boy and we *screamed* with laughter. When the DVD came out, I bought it, then proceeded to make all my friends watch it!

"But Katerz," you ask. "What is this 'Lost Skeleton'? Tell us more." Okay, okay. Settle down! What 'Lost Skeleton' is is a LOVE LETTER -- a valentine, if you will -- to every schlock horror film of the '50s and '60s you've ever seen. It's a real labor of love on the part of the filmmakers and crew, and I hope you'll take a minute to read more about it here (then go buy it!).

Being such a huge fan of this flick, you can imagine my surprise when I learned that a SEQUEL had been made, and SCREENED here in my very TOWN in November! Ohhhhh -- the horror! I can't believe I missed it. ::weeps:: I hope it comes around again so I can see it, but I will certainly buy it when it becomes available on DVD. At least I have these awesome trailers available for viewing on my home computer!

Larry Blamire & Co.: I salute you.

Guess I'll be keepin' all my marrow.

The City of Hope has rejected my request to be a bone-marrow donor. They don't like that I've had boo-boo spine in the past.

I haz a sad. :-(

Yabs & Katerz' "Vegas Or Bust" Tour '09

Me and my peep Yabs decided we'd up and go to Vegas. So, we rented that awesome Chevy Malibu you see there, and off we went.

We were staying at the Luxor -- one of my fave hotels in the LV, mainly cuz they offer an awesome, gigantic suite with an in-room HOTTUB! w00t!

The Luxor also offers guests 3 Starbucks from which to choose. Here is one!

Vegas is soooo pretty at night. This is a view of New York, New York.

And here are Yabs and I, enjoying a beautiful lunch at the Rainforest Café inside the MGM Grand. It was LOVELY! We had the best seat in the house.

After lunch, we checked out this rad exhibit -- I've never been so close to a lion!

Thanks for bein' my partner in crime, Miss Yabs! I had a GREAT time. (((hugs)))

Vegas, Baby!

Hope to have a nice weekend update for y'all come Sunday night. In the meantime... send good travel mojo!

w00t!

Laurel Canyon dog park

We've been getting kind of tired of our usual dog park, so we decided to try out a new one. There's one off Mulholland, near Laurel Canyon; seemed like that might be an interesting one to try.

First of all, it's quirky because of its location in the hills that separate Studio City and Hollywood. You know you're gonna get an interesting crowd, and we did. There was a fair amount of "industry chatter" going on around us, as well as interesting-looking dog owners. There was a guy there fingerpainting dog portraits, some of which were hung all around the park. This stuff alone made it feel more fun than our usual park in Reseda.

One interesting thing we noticed is that there was ALOT more dog poo in this park. I mean, stunningly so. It was downright gross in places. Not sure why this would be the case in Hollywood, and not in Reseda. We've heard the same is true in Runyon Canyon, which is also in the Hollywood Hills. (Undaunted, we'll try that one next.)

Still, Laurel Canyon park is a nice park, and we'll go back. There was even a little play area for kids!