Ricky answer your phone! It's scary when...

 ...your friend doesn't answer his phone and he was supposed to have breakfast with us.  We all know that he hates being chained to his cel phone but when we couldn't get ahold of Rick when it was time to go to breakfast the worst scenarios start going through my head so after breakfast we decided to go to Rick's home and do a Wellness Check.

When we pulled up there was a fire truck and ambulance outside.  My heart sunk.  I tried calling Rick but there wasn't an answer.  I tried calling the manager to ask if they'd let me in the building but I got their answering machine.  I was getting scared.  I asked one of the firemen - "did you take a man out of this building?"  Luckily the fire fighter said, "no, we're just doing a mock situation for practice."  Whew!  I was happy to hear that.  Then I said that I was trying to do a wellness check on a friend and I couldn't get in touch with him or the manager."  The fire fighter says, "I'll help you" and proceeded to climb over the fence of the building and let me in.  Be still my heart!  A gorgeous fire fighter helped me!!!

I got in to the apartment building and knocked on Rick's door.  I heard faint music but no answer so the second time I pounded on the door and yelled, "Rick, it's Donna!"   Thank God Rick answered the door.  "Dude, where have you been, we were supposed to have breakfast this morning and you didn't answer our texts and calls."  "Oh, I turned my phone off yesterday and forgot to put it back on."  "Holy shit, I thought something happened to you!"

We went downstairs and met with Vince and Mark.  The ambulance was still there so we took a selfie.  You can see by my smile that I was damn happy that Ricky was alive and well.

Kristen Paul's Demo Record

 Another fun day at the studio.  This time recording Kristen Paul's Animation Demo.

Here's her demo:

Kristen Pauls Demo on My Soundcloud

We're working on our selfies

 Topaz is so big that I think he makes me look small.  Ha!

Still working on the selfies...

He found a cool place to hang out.

Demos - Dariany Santana and Conner Wharton

 Love spending hot summer days in the studio.  You forget it's a million degrees out when you're recording demos.

Kevin said I actually got him to smile so I had to post this one too :)

Click here:  Conner Wharton's Demo

Click here: Dariany Santana Animation Demo

My Boys

I love these two so much.

Uncle Bob's 81st Birthday Celebration

 This whole weekend was devoted to family and celebrating Uncle Bob's 81st birthday.  My mom even spent the weekend with us.  The weather was perfect, lots of great food, swimming and hanging with the fam.

Friday started with wine tasting at Mark's house and then a delicious dinner at Edendale:

Then the birthday celebrations began.  I got up early to make a blueberry raspberry crumble with homemade whipped cream.  So good!  It's one of those desserts that everyone loves:

Time to swim, eat and celebrate!

The next morning we had danish from Bea's Bakery - yuummmy then drove Mom home.  It was a long day but we stopped in Santa Barbara and had an early dinner at Lure.   It was a very sociable weekend.

Mochi and Baby Girl and Lizzy's Bubble Shoot

The end of the photo shoot and Vince was firing off a few more photos of Baby Girl.  She loved Vince as you can see by these photos.  He was blowing in her face and that really got her going:

Perch - Downtown L.A.

 Our breakfast club ventured downtown for brunch at Perch today.  I love eating outdoors with a view.  We walked to the Apple Store afterwards.  It was a fun adventure.

After brunch we walked to the new Apple Store which was converted from an old theatre.  It was gorgeous.

Dinner from heaven

 Moans after every bite...this is our last dinner on our vacation.  Why not end it with a bang?

Last Day of Vacation 7/16/21

 I couldn't let this day pass without doing something stay-cation-like so we got in the car and drove to Malibu.  Had lunch at Kristy's and then parked at the beach and took a long walk.   It was so cool and crisp out, gotta love a beach day trip.

A Day At The Getty 7/15/21

 It was a lovely day to hit the Getty, see some art, eat some lunch, hang out in the garden.  

Santa Barbara 7/13/21

 So happy to spend the day with Lorie and Gug in Santa Barbara.

I always want a picture with the "Blue Dolphins" in the background.  I used to meet my sister and mom there so there are a lot of memories of us hanging out in SB.

After lunch we went to an enjoyable piano and viola Masterclass Concert at the Music Academy.    

And then to Lorie's house to hang out and have dinner al fresco in her gorgeous garden: