Cats!

 Smokie and Izzy, always amusing me....

Their favorite treat....Churu

Got a little on Izzy's nose :)

Mother's Day 2026

Had a lovely visit with Mom on Mother's Day.  Had to share this story: My mom always cracks me up. She had a doozy on Mother's Day. She told me that she told her doctor that she's in good health considering that she's 86. I took a beat, thought about it and reminded her, "mom, you're 88." Her response, "I am?"

J. Marcell Baker's Animation Demo

Love making demos.  Especially with actors who are exploring their animation side.  It's a different kind of acting and I love helping them find their footing in this field.

Here is J.'s Animation Demo Link to my Soundcloud:

J. Marcell Baker's Animation Demo

Adam Johnson-Ruiz's Animation Demo

Really had a lot of fun making this one.  Adam brought the talent and ideas to make this a stand-out demo.

Click on this link to take a listen:

Demo on my Soundcloud

Recording Nicole Escandon's Animation Demo

 Nicole sang a song for our demo recording and at that point I knew for sure - this is a Disney Princess.  Her voice is so beautiful and her acting is perfect for your next cartoon.

Here's the link to listen:    https://on.soundcloud.com/uInnpKoF9SOcL307Cm

I love how it says "Queens" over our head :)

Here Lies Love at the Taper

We enjoyed the show and even better, I knew one of the cast members, a student (Ryan Salazar) that I taught vo acting to many years ago. That was an extra happy surprise.

My breakfast boys club acting up :)

Love the Mark Taper Forum.  A perfect size for a musical.

Recording Adam Johnson-Ruiz's Animation Demo

 Fun day in the studio with Adam.  He was prepped and ready and had great ideas.

Our trusty Kevin Cleland.  Best engineer in town :)

And then this happened....

I fell off the last step and went flying and bashed my arm and tweaked my neck and back.  Ouch!  I bled all the way home then cleaned up (thanks Dr. Vince).

I can't bear to take a photo of this but believe me when I tell you it wasn't pretty.  I'll be wearing these black and blue marks for a couple of weeks....

La Quinta to celebrate Vince's 60 birthday

This is how I like to see snow - from afar, in 85 degree weather, taken from the car, on our way to Palm Springs :)

Seems like only yesterday we were celebrating Vince's 30th at Tiki Ti but fast forward 30 years to celebrating Vince's 60th!  Whoa.  Time really does fly by too fast.

Lunch at Spencers with Stacy Kravitz, who happened to be in town at the same time as us.

The Legacy Villas in La Quinta didn't disappoint.  The topography was stunning.  And really now, 60?  

Dinner at Los Arcos.  V's first margarita in his new decade.

Sitting on our patio enjoying the view:

Even the bouganvilla is pretty at night:

Tiffany's cupcakes hit the spot.  Six different ones.  Yummy!

Vince contemplating his new decade.

We hung out until we were hungry for lunch.  We drove to Tommy Bahamas at the Paseo in Palm Desert.

The food is tasty and the views the best.  If you look in the background you'll see all the snow on the mountains but it was 90 degrees in the desert.

We stopped in to Chuck Jones Gallery after lunch as well as Olivier and other shops.  Had to buy presents :)

There were the strangest clouds above us:

Circular clouds and shrimp!

After lunch we were going to hike in Henderson Canyon but the parking lot closed at 4:00 and we didn't want to rush so we decided to go back to La Quinta to hike at our leisure. 

Camouflaged lizard sunning itself on the rocks:

Made it to the La Quinta Cove.  The temp finally cooled enough for us to hike.  This area doesn't disappoint:

A happy hiker.

OMG!  A 10 week old Samoyed puppy that just had to play with us (and us with him)  MELT.

The sunset didn't disappoint.  We made our way to the village in La Quinta for dinner at Lola's and Ice Cream at the nitro place - it's so good!

The second night the sky had more haze to it so we didn't see as many stars as the night before but it still made for a fun photo

The next morning, view from the patio.