Rocky Mountain Hi

I was in Boulder for 5 minutes last week. I am very sorry to those of you I didn't get to see. It was a whirlwind of work and play and altitude headaches!

Got to see what appears to be a very somber Lou Perka. Perhaps he just misses having me around for side kick purposes. Or it was just all of those tequila shots....

The illustrious Sarah D.

She was the hostess with the mostest!

B. Cobb! Pretty much the most adorable bartender in Boulder. Also if you ever want to know about the newest and best music, books or documentaries, he is your man. Plus he is SUPER tall.


I don't know this guy but Sarah and I liked his steez. Hankerchief headbands on a Thursday night in Boulder are actually fairly common, but this guy seemed really committed. I didn't look, but I am sure he was wearing mandals of some sort.


The Gyro cart! They are open late and have THE best food in the world.




I don't even want to speculate as to what makes their hot dogs taste so good. This place is the Taco Bell of my 30's.

Made it to the first day of the Monolith Festival at Red Rocks. Again I took zero photos of the place except this one. This is Girl Talk surrounded by dancey fans. I thought I would hate him but ended up liking his set.

Confetti and a Journey mash up? Yes please.

I got to see Zinker, Jesse Q. and Christina, which was awesome even if they were busy with work. I need to create some sort of private island retreat that people who tour can go to to unwind when they are off the road. That way I could catch up with them properly. Naturally it would be clothing optional. Any investors interested?

Also file this one under late in the game once again, but I saw this with Sarah late night and thought it so hilarious I made her play it twice. Double Dutch. Jump rope with your innards.

And someone else instead of me always seems to know the way

This one is a tribute to my bestie, Cara. She deserves some blog space. 'Cause she is pretty great. I just thought I would let you all know. 

I tend to be more times than not rattled about one thing or another. And she is just so. fucking. calm. She has been my best friend since we were 15. We met on the first day of high school in an awfully cliche manner. I thought she was so cool. She had awesome big hair and always lots of frosty lip gloss. 

See?

In all of the years I have known her, I think I can count on one hand the number of times that she has been genuinely worked up. She is neither unreasonable nor pushy and she seems to have been born with the ability to process difficult lessons in a way that is completely composed and frankly, totally foreign to me. Its like she is made of teflon or something. 

Its real mushy, but I think I realize as I get older how important it is to have friends that know you inside and out. And STILL like you! I have always maintained that even though I don't want to get married, I would indeed enter into holy matrimony with any man who likes me as much as she does.

So one other thing, she wrote a small piece about visiting Keats' house in Rome for a new website called Trazzler (same dudes who started Twitter). She is a semi-finalist and if enough people wish list her trip, she could win a trip to NYC and $10,000. That would make her very happy, and believe you me, she is incredibly self-less so she really deserves it. PLEASE HELP HER OUT BY VOTING! 

Here is what you do:

Go to http://www.trazzler.com/signup

1) Select "Sign in or sign up" from the top right corner

2) Select "No Facebook account? Sign up" (also on the right)

3) Create a username and password

4) Find my entry. The easiest way to do this is to look under "Your Browsing Mode" in the right column. At the bottom of the box, there's a search window that says "trip search." Put in a few words of my title:Communing with Keats over the Spanish Steps in Rome, Italy.

5) Add to your wishlist

She just came out here for a visit, which was rad. We are both tight on the benjamins right now, so it wasn't really a crazy, jam packed time. Just a lot of chilling and drinking of wine. Plus its been so gross near my house because of the big fire that you aren't really supposed to be outside anyway. 

We did get our hands on the best board game ever though. 

 

We had a good laugh, but really these are the types of guys that would have made me feel funny "down there" in 1989 for sure. 

Still Life

My sister gave me a little box of Trouble Dolls the other day. An old Guatemalan tradition of ridding yourself of worry. I can take a hint. I know I worry too much! And lately it seems to have reached the heights of waking me up from deep sleep. What's the matter you ask? Nothing really. Just all of the little things that tug at most people. But when you are as vigilant with worry as I am, its very easy to let it become more bothersome than it should be. So to sum up, I should probably just stop worrying.

And in case you were wondering, it hurts a lot more as an adult to fall down when roller skating on a side walk than it did when you were 8. But its still hilarious.

Spent an afternoon at the Getty the other day.


Not bad.




LJ had a melt down inside the museum. As I distanced myself from the screaming child I told my sister that this must be really embarrassing for her. I am such a good aunt.

They had a children's room that kept me busy for awhile. I colored a lot and read some books.

No really, LJ loved it. She kept trying to steal crayons from bigger kids. Hilarious.

Also, LA is on fire, FYI. The air is smokey and heavy everywhere! 

One more

Major nerd crush. 

MB

What is up, Ava?

Wee ones like this can't really be bothered to stay awake while being burped. Or photographed


Proud pa


Mark has this in his living room. Its antique so wasn't killed recently. Its weird though in this PC age of animal rights to see something like this. Its like people who smoke indoors. But I like it.


Because I was in Manhattan Beach, I decided to stop by and see my old friend Patrick from Boulder at the bar he works at. Little did I know it was the worst place on Earth. Even if I was 21 I think I would have cringed at the sight of it. Its pretty much Spring Break in there every night! There was a definite air of date rape and steroids.

Anyone for a little karaoke?



Its true, we all do like to see ass and titties.

I am sure you can only imagine the white boy douche contingent. The above number was followed by two dudes singing "The Thong Song" and then drunk girls singing many, many No Doubt songs.



Nice Bermuda shorts, dude


Patrick told me he was tired of the bar and was looking for something different and I said "Like pants?"

He really is a very adorable nice boy. Next time I will take photos of his face. (ATTENTION COUGARS)

So, I am known for jumping on bandwagons late and in this case, I am about 10 years behind the times. But I recently fell in love with 'Freaks and Geeks'! I don't know why I never watched it when it was on TV. I attribute the renewed attention to the series to all of the Judd Apatow hype from the last few years. Its pretty much the best thing ever. When I was in high school, I wish I would have had a real life Bill Haverchuck to hang out with. He is so loveable and real and awkward. It will be a sad day when I get through all of the dvds.

Take the bus but don't get in

We should probably start this post off by making sure that LJ is still cute.


Check.

I love this photo. My sister looks all bougie as if she is thinking something like "Oh where is that waiter with my water with no ice? Its so hard to get good service these days." and LJ looks like she is about to make a break for it. hoohoohoo.



I know I know. This isn't Celebrity Baby Blog. But my niece is one of those kids that everybody loves. She is like a tiny person with an hilarious personality.

So I am finally settled in my new place. And its great. With the exception of two things. One, it is WAY too close to a delicious taco truck that I eat at every day which subsequently is going to make me all rotund. And second, the neighbor I share a wall with is a DJ. A fucking techno DJ. Its like summer in Ibiza in my apartment. All of the time. I think I could handle it if the music was decent. Although the other night I came home and he was spinning Good Vibrations by Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch. Plus they are actually super nice and its obvious he is trying to keep the sound low.

Also, I watched "Help!" the other day. Its wildly enjoyable and silly. Especially since the band was smoking copious amounts of weed during the filming. Apparently they would only ever make it through half a day of filming before they would get too blazed and giggly to go on.

I love this part.



I also finally got my new bike!


I am going to call her Ali Greenburg in honor of the poor girl that was ostracized by the children of my elementary school. Someone decided she had cooties, so she was therefore constantly made fun of. Her nickname was Ali Greenbooger, and the whole situation was made even more brutal by the fact that she had been held back a grade. I was, by no means her biggest tormentor (I mean with a first name like Hariani, you endure a few digs), but I didnt rise above it all and befriend the the girl either. So this one is for you, Ali Greenburg, wherever you are.

50 cent mustaches? Take that shitty economy!
>

The lovers, the dreamers and me.

Its scorchy around here. Like back of your knees and ass sweat hot. Thank the lord for AC.

Went out to a SHOW the other night. Can't remember the last time I did that on purpose. Pit er Pat played. They are amazing. Aaaaannnd they rap.

And Matteah Baim. She is so delicate and quiet and mellow that it just makes the rest of us seem brash.


Then a few days later, The Muppet Movie at the Hollywood Cemetary


Champers and KFC.

Sarah so happy.


I had a little chicken and I am downright ashamed to say it was fucking good. But then it made me feel dirty and greasy on the inside. That will learn me.





It really is a beautiful place. I didnt look for any famous people in there though. This is around the time in the night when you realize you are surrounded by dead bodies and it gets spooky for a minute.


But then this happens and its all ok.






The guy who introduced the movie said that The Muppets in his opinion were "the most important people in the United States today". Cant argue with that.

Then Sunday with LJ!

Seriously. She is like professionally cute.




She is in a very kissy phase. She kisses legs and ankles. And also likes to take the credit cards out of my sister's wallet and kiss those. She also likes to lay on your extended leg when you sit on the ground. Like a wee possum.

I think that was my first weekend in LA in awhile. I forgot what those can be like!