La Quinta to celebrate Vince's 60 birthday

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.  

The Annie Awards Show has arrived!

 After months of watching animated projects, nominating vo actors, voting, the wait is finally over and the Awards Show began.  Royce Hall UCLA is a perfect place to have this event.  Just walking around campus makes you feel creative and you can feel the souls of all who have studied there and then brought their creative skills to our table.  What is that called?  Hallowed Halls?  And...if you have K-Pop Demon Hunters in your project name you probably just won an award - 10 out of 10!  An impressive feat.

Royce Hall is a beautiful place to have this event:

Let the schmoozing begin!  With Jean Thoren, Publisher and President of Animation Magazine.

With Jean Thoren and John Andrews.  John is a producer, writer, actor who has had his hand in many of our favorite animated shows (Beavis and Butthead, Aeon Flux, Rugrats to name a few).  He also produces L.A.F.F. (Los Angeles Animation Festival) and is an all around fabulous guy.

It may have been cold out but our hearts were warm sharing this evening with so many talented, creative people.

I even got a credit!

Breakfast at Mess Hall

 Started our day off at Mess Hall with dear friends Mark, Rick and our guest breakfaster, Carole Superfine.  Good friends and good food, a perfect way to start the day.

A quicky Santa Barbara visit

We always have the best time hanging out with besties Lorie and Gug Bartron.  We cram so much in when we're there - we had lunch on the patio (Lorie made home made poke bowls) and then went to a Protest Art show, got smoothies, took a walk by the boats, played with the dog, went shopping, had dinner - all in a day!  After dinner we hung out by the outdoor fire and chatted as we watched the moon (almost full) come up.  The sky was clear and it looked like you could touch the stars.  Very pretty.

Trying red light therapy:

We stopped in Ventura on our way home and got some yummy munchies at JuiceSwell.

Vegan and yummy