Weekend Observations

Posted on May 14, 2013 by Gigi in Weekend Observations 1 Comment

Mother’s Day weekend was a complicated, logistical nightmare. Everyone and their “mother” must of been driving somewhere, of course at the same moment we were traveling to our destination. I was being whisked away to an unknown place, the only clue I was given is that I had been there before. We picked up Reggie in Carpinteria, and continued north to Santa Barbara to my surprise brunch at San Ysidro Ranch.

San Ysidro Ranch

Love the bouganvillea. We had come to this resort over 20 years ago, I was pleasantly surprised to come again.

Stonehill

Reggie & Reggie

beautiful salad

The freshest food ever…

butterfly

lavender?

This pic is for my friend Gabrielle…you could do this???

Reggie & the Orchids

I love orchids. SantaBarbara has numerous orchid growers, which means good selection and good deals. I was in orchid heaven. We stopped at Gallup & Stribling orchids farm.

Orchids

I selected 8 orchids and $80 later I was a happy Mother. Gallup & Stibling orchid. 3450 Via Real Carpinteria 805 684 1998

Succulents

Next we went to Seaside Gardens to pick up some succulents. I want to do some containers, my yard could use a little facelift.

Gigi-Happy Mother

Another delightful weekend…Hope you had a good weekend as well.

XOXO,

GIGI

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WEEKEND OBSERVATIONS…

Posted on May 6, 2013 by Gigi in Weekend Observations Comments Off

This past weekend was filled with activity. I decided to capture moments that caught my attention with my camera. Doing this helps me to be “quick” with my camera and develop my photojournalistic skills. So my first observation was this man and his puppy. I was watching them for a while and was amazed at how loving he was to this puppy.

Puppy Love

He told me that he recused this puppy from a “crackhead”.

We went to a Photo Show at the convention center.

The Big Photo Show

I found it interesting that at these “photo” shows that they have women posing for the attendees. I wondered what is the purpose and what is one supposed to do with these images? I also wondered where did they find these women and how much did they pay them…

Fela The Musical

Friday night we went to see Fela the Musical with our friends Al & Denise. It was my 3rd time seeing the production, I love Fela. Reggie and I saw Fela at the Greek when we were dating about 25 years ago, but I remember the show like it was yesterday.

Whole Foods Tustin

Love the “resort” feel of this market…Whole Foods is becoming a destination.

Warm Eggplant Salad

We went back to Baco Mercat and had this delicious eggplant salad. When we were leaving we ran into these gentlemen that were blocking the street with their carts…Downtown LA has such a large homeless population, it is unsettling in a way, to leave a “nice” restaurant and a block away you see so many people living on the street. Life is not fair.

Streets of LA

The light coming through the roof at the convention center was beautiful. Everywhere I look I notice light patterns.

Roof At Convention Center

This pit bull was so gentle. I felt as though he was trying to tell me something, like “I know we get a bad rap, but we really are nice dogs”.

Gentle Pit Bull

We went to Orange County so Reggie could pick up his Race number for the Orange County Marathon. Yes, he really did have a stroke a month ago, and he is back to his old routine. They always have “stuff” to buy, and I always come away motivated to start running again. This time the item was these sparkly workout headbands. Tomorrow the running begins!