Day one of our staycation

Had a fun day tooling around L.A. today.  Me & Jimi

We went to LACMA for Friday night jazz

Played in the art

I said a prayer to the cat gods that my kitty would get better soon (the reason we're having a staycation).

Bollywood Night at The Music Center

One of my all time favorite things to do - dance at The Music Center!  Last night was Bollywood night.  Love the music and great vibes as hundreds of Angelino's dance the night away.

Kid's Character Development Class

Had a blast with these talented writer/voiceover artists.

On the last day of class we had a special guest.  Dee Bradley Baker joined us to teach the kids how to do monster and animal sounds. The kids went nuts!  I can't express the joy I felt as their eyes lit up watching Dee teach them how to make monster sounds.

Our thank you video to Dee:

First draft finished!

Oh, that wonderful feeling of finishing a script, buying our .com and registering with the WGA.

The Harkness Family Comes To L.A.!!!

It was beyond awesome to visit with my cousins from New Jersey. Even though we did the tourist thing (Grauman's, Hollywood Sign, Griffith Park, LACMA, The Grove) I still enjoyed every minute hanging out with them.

4th of July

Spent a beautiful day with friends celebrating the 4th of July at LACMA's Latin Music concert.  The weather was perfect and the music got us shaking our booties.

I love this picture because I made homemade chocolate chip cookies and the kids loved them.  Sophie is trying to negotiate another cookie from her mom and I think Eiko wants to keep one for herself :)

The rock:

Instead of BBQing we opted for an Italian feast: