hello, agian

Blogging is a commitment! I just haven't had the time. Let's give this another go, what do you say?

March was a hectic month for me.
My bestie Jules came into town. A complete surprise. He called me up one morning and wanted to have breakfast at an old spot of our in silver lake. I, of course agreed and met him asap. It was awesome. Just like no time had passed at all. Like always.
We had a few weeks of amazingness and he and our friend Haddin drove cross country to visit his grandparents in New Hampshire.



Then in the 1st few hours of March 24th my world came temporarily crashing down.
Gabe was at home up late working like always ( a self proclaimed night owl) when he cut his arm. His cousin called the paramedics because he was freaked out about the fact that it wouldn't stop bleeding....but when the emt's arrived they did not go in to help him. Instead 2 sheriff's deputies ran into his house no questions asked & shot Gabe. Those retards shot my love of almost 6 years, my better half, my EVERYTHING. I wasn't there when it happened but his mom & cousin Josh were standing WITHIN ARMS REACH OF HIM when he was shot (three times) & they called me right away.
Needless to say I was never more scared in my life & I got there withing 10minutes MAYBE. By the time I got there he had already been rushed to the hospital (obvi) & it would be hours before I'd be able to just find out if he was alive, It happened so fast. Nobody was sure where he had been shot.
I thank my lucky stars that he's ok. He lost his left kidney & part of his small intestines but it's a couple of months later & he's almost back to %100. He's looking at a HUGE check from the county. My good friend Catey referred us to a colleague of her mother's and he's LEGIT.



My Dad w/ Gabe






This year for 4/20 my cousin Rene & I flew out to visit our awesome family in San Antonio, Tx Liz, Josie, their awesome parents, our aunt and uncle, & my grandpa too!! I was ready to get out of town for a few days & relax after all that trauma.

It was basically a week of insanely good times. So much laughing & toking & boozing



Liz HOOKED IT UP with a rad haircut. She's my savior. no, joke,



In May my younger brother Alex & I drove up to the Bay area to see our little bro Esteban graduate from Berkeley. We stayed in San Fran, hung out in Berkeley & Oakland a bit too. Haddin has a place in Berk & we caught Jules on his way back from New Hamp. It was perfect. We lost our minds, saw God, & found ourselves hahaha




Esteban and Sophie

Now I'm back and have trips to Chicago, France, and Spain lined up. 2010 has been a rollercoaster so far but all in all it's been fun!

We've only just begun...

Moving day 1 is officially here. You'd think I would have started packing before today...

I'm relunctant to leave but anxious to go. I love this house so so much.

This house used to belong to a man I know as Mr. James Pringle. Pringle built most of the house. He worked for the city and made everything up to code. He was really into jazz and architecture. After he passed, Mrs. Pringle sold the house to my Mama and that is where my love affair with this little bit of property nuzzled atop Altadena began...this 1960's foothill home is full of treasures.

1st there's the recording studio with the built in bar. Aside from the awesomeness of having a recording studio in your house, the carpet is this super cool pattern of red and orange hues.

The stuido has two doors that lead to 2 different parts of the yard.

Before I go on I should explain that the house has 3 different yards and one of them, the biggest of them all, is divided into 3...

Ok so the studio had 2 doors that leads to two different sections. There's a sliding glass door that leads to a side yard.

The side yard has a apple tree that house been bountiful to say the least. I've made Apple butter, Apple marmalade, and Apple pies using it's generosity.

Then there's the seperate little house that sits in the back corner of this side yard. We use it as a laundry room. We also have a second refrigerator in there. It's got an intercom and a doorbell and if I had lived here when I was little I imagine I would have made that little house into my personal playpen.

Next is an area Pringle aptly named SINATRA LAND. It's got a refigerator, neon beer signs, and speakers. Surrounded but trees and vines. A great place to sit and relax and escape.

The second door leads to the backyard. This is the yard that's divided in two.

One seciton has a giant built in grill and a fireplace and the second section has built in benches and a shed that looks like another little house. This second section also has a grill and a little staircase that leads to another part of the house....my favorite part of the house! The Sunroom!

The sunroom is awesome. My cousin Liz once used it as her bedroom and we currently use it to keep the dogs confined when we're not home.

The best part of the sunroom is the ladder that takes you to the artists loft. The loft is to die for. It's got shelves, windows, and a drafting table. There's even a tiny little door that leads to the roof!

I spent countless nights up there painting, drawing, just hanging out. Sneaking out onto the roof for midnight smoking sessions and star gazing. I'll miss this part of the house the most.

The front of the house has an adorable little bench and portable fireplace and a cute fountain with a little statue of a woman pouring water.

When I leave here I will take Pringles legacy with me. I will take his black and white photos, his swinger party flyers, his poems, journals, and of course my many memories of being here.

Here's a photo of the front of the house I found on the realtors website.

Doesn't do it justice...

anyway, I have a LOT more packing to do and then I'll be headed to Highland Park where I'll be living with my brother in a cute little 2 bed, 2 bath house with a white picket fence!

Here's a picture I found of it on Google:

I blurred out the address and street name haha