Walking!

Nov
20

Posted by: Maggie

I finally caught it on tape! 12 good steps! I was actually only attempting to film Eleanor dancing to the sound of some sweet French pop-folk by Carla Bruni-Sarkozy on the Today Show (who knew that she was a singer/songwriter in addition to being a model and First Lady of France!) when she started walking toward the tv!

She’s becoming an excellent walker, much better than her mother. Although I probably only trip and fall about half as much as she does. The last couple of days she has spent most of her time up on her feet. She is starting to learn that walking, although not quite as fast as crawling yet, is a lot more fun.

Engagement Party and Eleanor’s First Pair of Shoes

Nov
19

Posted by: Maggie

We celebrated Josh’s sister Beth’s engagement this weekend with a party hosted by Josh and Beth’s Aunt Diana at Maggiano’s at The Grove.

Because it was a special occasion and because Eleanor is no longer willing to be held the whole time when we are out, we finally bought her a pair of shoes so that she could walk around at the restaurant.  We didn’t want her in bare feet on a floor that we had no way of knowing how clean it was and we thought that shoes would really finish off her very cute outfit.  So I found her a great pair of black patent leather Mary-Janes with little bows on the strap.

I really wanted her first pair to be the Converse I am getting her for her birthday party, but these are pretty cute too. Don’t you love her outfit, we got the dress at Target it is very office to evening. It looks like something I might wear.

Beth and Her “Fiance” Jenny

Although they are actually already married, the ceremony will be held in Las Vegas in February (they were married before the election in case Prop 8 passed which it did, but according to the Attorney General of CA their marriage should remain valid despite the passage of Prop 8 ).  Eleanor will be the flower girl!

Diana giving a toast to Beth and Jenny

Eleanor trying to destroy Beth’s corsage

Eleanor with Grandma Raisa

Eleanor with Grandpa Gross

I made Beth and Jenny a special engagement gift.

I scanned and reprinted the best of Josh and Beth’s parents wedding photos and put them into a Kolo album (I love Kolo!) with some cool copper photo corners.

I think the brown linen cover with the copper photo corners on the cream colored pages gave it a cool 70s feel.

Congrats Beth and Jenny! We love you!

Santa Ana Winds

Nov
17

Posted by: Maggie

I know that most people hate them because they set fire to Southern California every fall. Despite this unfortunate effect, I love the Santa Anas.

“Those hot dry winds that come down through the mountain passes and curl your hair and make your nerves jump and your skin itch. On nights like that every booze party ends in a fight. Meek little wives feel the edge of the carving knife and study their husbands’ necks. Anything can happen.”

— Raymond Chandler, “Red Wind”

“Los Angeles weather is the weather of catastrophe, of apocalypse, and, just as the reliably long and bitter winters of New England determine the way life is lived there, so the violence and the unpredictability of the Santa Ana affect the entire quality of life in Los Angeles, accentuate its impermanence, its unreliability. The wind shows us how close to the edge we are.”

— Joan Didion, “Los Angeles Notebook”

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