LA DOLFINA

Hollywood Forever, Kevin that is! Lucky me, I got to spend a little time with one of my favorite bloggers and friend Kevin Beer over the weekend.   He was in The Bay Area for a family wedding and managed to squeeze me in for a little fun before heading back to his West Hollywood bungalow.   (He looks a little like Richard Gere, doesn't he?) We met last year when we brought our son to UCLA and have developed a wonderful friendship.   The last time we were in LA we met him at his favorite neighborhood flea market, so it was only fair that I took him to an estate sale or two in my neighborhood on Saturday afternoon. He lucked out as there happened to be a pretty good one which is unusual for this time of year.   He found a few things... and if you know Kevin... Yes, one of them was a doll,   a rather scary looking one at that.   I spied it for him, detached and wretched, sitting there on a bookshelf hoping to be noticed and r...

OK, I'll say it... I love LA... I really love it! Before our son attended UCLA I rarely visited southern California.  My whole life I can recall people saying that northern and southern California could be 2 states.  In many ways they are very different and each time I visit I find more and more unique differences between the two. This trip down was special because it was my Birthday Weekend! First stop... The Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity House   When we pulled up to the house, our timing couldn't have been better as new carpet had just been installed 15 minutes earlier. Our son arrived a few minutes later from working out... just in time to help his brothers move this 4 piece behemoth into the house.      Piece by piece they carried it in... and much to our surprise it fit perfectly into the space! Suffice it to say, they were pretty stoked! I on the other hand was a little worried they may never get off it.   Soon... every g...