Katia: Raven and his Bros!

My Baby Brother and His Friends

The Wildlyfe Crew

Looks like a fun little road trip/excursion! I am counting down the days until we leave for Mexico. I really need to get the passports done by next week and the plane tickets booked. Time's a wasting.

Wedding Bells "Somewhere Over the Rainbow"!

Sweet Virginia, Mountain Mama, Take Me Home!

A Country Road in Sandbridge!

This is my middle brother, Ian and his new wife, Brittany Kippes Lundy, 9/25/11! Congrats! Welcome to the family! My hubby and I traveled back east to VA. Beach for four days filled with family fun and I have the mosquito bights to prove it. It was a hot, humid, sticky, little adventure and rained the whole trip, but it was well worth it! At the wedding I got to bust out some awesome expired, 669 film and play! It rained through the entire ceremony & most of the reception, but it cleared for a few pics! There were two double rainbows on two separate days before the wedding. I even saw a cricket! This couple has luck with them in their marriage for numerous years into their old age! I executed the rehearsal dinner and there are pictures coming soon (Dad put me in charge). I also manned the Mojito station with much assistance from, Cort, who knows how to do math and make drinks for the masses! I was kind of not so good in the math department. It's good to be back in LA, but I will always hold a soft spot in my heart for my home, VA! xo

 This is what airport x-rays do to perfectly good expired film. Lame high powered scanners! ;p

See what I mean?

Aren't they cute? I love little kids at weddings. I always hand them props and fun things happen! They're so darn adorable! Love!

The Desert

Joshua Tree

A couple of lovely girls and I decided to head to the desert to camp over the fourth of July weekend! It was quite lovely. I am naturally a very hot blooded person, but the food, rabbits and lizards made it work. I also scored a cool cow hide rug and endure a lavish spa treatment at the Ace hotel after downing a few cocktails. Ixchel, as always made the desert into a freaking party, a trip! 

  Jasmin is enjoying the sun and the pool.

Snuggling on a tuft.

 Ixchel's  bourbon face in lukewarm water

My new friend

This is the only time of day to really do anything active besides water related fun since it feels nice and breezy out at sundown and you can explore without feeling like you are sweltering in hell itself! Plam Springs and Joshua Tree are two lovely places that I'll be visiting soonish, like fall or winter. I want to be there when it actually cools down to normal temperatures and gets really cold at night! I love that! 

The Redwood Forest: Trinidad, Orick, Eureka back home

We Have Found Paradise at a Lovely Little Cottage Where We Spent a Couple of Days, Exploring the Awe Inspiring Redwood National Forest.

A very cool dugout canoe makes me smile.

The Cathedral of Redwoods and Big Tree Hike

Isn't this such a beautiful place to play? It makes me want to pretend I'm an elf or fairy and make the toadstools and clover my home so I can fly amongst the trees.

Play Date with Meg All Over the City: Haight St., The Mission District and back to Meg and her husband's apartment in the Richmond District

Traveling by Bus and Taxi: girls night out festivities!

Ice Cream and Grilled Cheese 

  

 We went out for ice cream, my favorite food group and apparently this shop makes customized, homemade ice cream flavors that ROCK! Better yet, is that ice cream is Meg's favorite dairy food group too! The chandeliers were absolutely lovely and totally glitzed up the otherwise drab interior in this establishment, pushing the envelope to a whole new level of Glam!

The Bus Stop to Haight

A found feather made Meg's look for the evening (tucked sweetly into her crocheted skull cap) and then she gifted the feather to another sweet girl we met much later into the night!

Meg's demonstrating a bit of her glorious take upon hobo chic at the bus stop! Yes, there was a broken television to sit upon and Meg made it into her stool. Also, she blows fantastic bubble gum bubbles that make me slightly envious of her skill set.

This dive bar on Haight was an after thought that we found enjoyable even after we incited drama and the bar tender removed a total punk. This fun began once Meg got her lost nose ring all sorted. Her shag carpet ate it and now it's replaced.

   

We played dress up and did a mini photo shoot in the dive bar! 

Rad Graffiti and One Mural Included my Love, Jerry Garcia

Then, I headed outside to see the awesome graffiti, caricatures, local characters and to smoke. I had a lot of fun taking pictures of strangers all night long!

Onward We Went to the Mission District to Visit The Beauty Bar

 
This shot was taken a little bit hastily and I missed the giant breathe of fire that he let out immediately after borrowing Meg's lighter. He is probably one of the coolest, most laid-back, chill bar tenders I have ever met and it always helps when your friend is already good pals with a bar tender. Right? 

Meg and I modeled for pictures even though we were missing our personal paparazzi, Cort. Fortunately, we met a lot of very sweet and charming people this evening, but these are some of the most fascinating people at the Beauty Bar. We played a bit with them for some time before we were whisked away in our Prius cab ride to meet my husband and to eat pizza at home. Unfortunately, we didn't make it back until after 1:30 a.m. and I passed out directly after gorging on pizza. Cort and Meg watched The Dave Chappelle Show. 

Music and Cigarettes

This was and is the extraordinary, little, stylish DJ who was spinning the 1950s and 1960s tunes that evening and probably numerous other upcoming engagements, so we could dance in contentment. I am in love with her large, graphic, polka dotted dress and that adorable hair cut with a pea coat! 

The Cab is Waiting Outside and We're on Our Way!

The previous night, we had an original Nintendo Super Mario Brother's tournament until roughly 5:30 a.m. so I think we did a little better with the whole we're grown ups and we're going to go to bed at a decent hour thing. 

Our Journey From San Francisco to the Redwood Forest = Exquisite

The vistas were worth freezing to the bone with the chills to experience from a special vantage point!