take my picture by the pool
I'm in California, visiting the lovely Renae Abbate! I slept maybe an hour the night before as most of Friday afternoon I was in the hospital waiting for Jenny to give birth to the gorgeous Kaliah Rose (congratulations, darling!!), then I had to pack and finish coloring a butterfly for Renae's graduation present. Plus, I had to get up at 1:30 to take a shower and pour myself in the car. My plane left BWI at 6:30 in the morning yesterday, and thanks to the brilliant time difference, I arrived at LAX at 11:30. I had a layover in Atlanta (don't ask me how I ended up in that evil airport, when it's not even on the way to my destination) and then I had a window seat on the way to Los Angeles. The earth really does look perfect from far away. It's full of such neat designs, especially over the desert where there's not much but land and lines.
Anyway, what a full, splendid day it was after I landed! Renae lives in Marina Del Rey, so we took the bus there to drop my stuff off and then went walking to Venice Beach to eat lunch outside at a mexican restaurant. The architecture is so different here and there are flowers everywhere. It's so pretty, and the weather is so nice...not humid at all and I haven't seen a mosquito yet. After eating, we took another bus to Santa Monica and went to a bead show so she could look for jewelry for her models for her portfolio fashion show. It was inside these huge white tents and there was strings of beads and all sort of neat jewelry everywhere. Everything was so sparkly. I was practically drooling. I bought a strand of glittery square beads, plus two glass jar beads with japanese style birds and flowers painted on them. Then we walked down to the beach and around on the boardwalk. We rode the ferris wheel, and the view was absolutely amazing. Then we walked down the Promenade and looked at all the neat shops. She showed me the coolest thrift store ever, named Wasteland, which was nothing like any I've ever been in before. Wow, I love it here and I've only been here a day.
Right now I'm at Renae's school, while she's finishing up some stuff for her portfolio. She showed me her resort wear that she designed and it's beautiful. The fabric is mostly tropical and flowery and she hand beaded accents on it. Her show is going to be awesome, that's Thursday night at the Beverly Hilton hotel. I probably won't be around another computer until I get home, so I'll write again next week and babble about the rest of the seven days I have left. Have a lovely week, all!
Anyway, what a full, splendid day it was after I landed! Renae lives in Marina Del Rey, so we took the bus there to drop my stuff off and then went walking to Venice Beach to eat lunch outside at a mexican restaurant. The architecture is so different here and there are flowers everywhere. It's so pretty, and the weather is so nice...not humid at all and I haven't seen a mosquito yet. After eating, we took another bus to Santa Monica and went to a bead show so she could look for jewelry for her models for her portfolio fashion show. It was inside these huge white tents and there was strings of beads and all sort of neat jewelry everywhere. Everything was so sparkly. I was practically drooling. I bought a strand of glittery square beads, plus two glass jar beads with japanese style birds and flowers painted on them. Then we walked down to the beach and around on the boardwalk. We rode the ferris wheel, and the view was absolutely amazing. Then we walked down the Promenade and looked at all the neat shops. She showed me the coolest thrift store ever, named Wasteland, which was nothing like any I've ever been in before. Wow, I love it here and I've only been here a day.
Right now I'm at Renae's school, while she's finishing up some stuff for her portfolio. She showed me her resort wear that she designed and it's beautiful. The fabric is mostly tropical and flowery and she hand beaded accents on it. Her show is going to be awesome, that's Thursday night at the Beverly Hilton hotel. I probably won't be around another computer until I get home, so I'll write again next week and babble about the rest of the seven days I have left. Have a lovely week, all!