Time - World's 100 Most Influential People

There's his picture, smack in the middle under the "M" - it's Chris Colfer from "Glee". Our little Kurt is sure in the big leagues, making the cover with the likes of Angela Merkel, Joe Biden, and hell, even Oprah has one of the smallest pics on the cover. Congrats Chris! Long way out of Clovis, you did it!

Many of the 100 only got an article with a drawing (Prince William & Kate Middleton) or maybe a small pic ('eff you Zuckerberg), but Chris? Full page, baby!

Wishful Drinking

Just finished Carrie Fisher's book. Well, I say book but running at 151 pages, double spaced with pictures, I managed to finish it in 3 lunches at work. It's more of a script from her 1-woman show. Regardless, it's a scream.
Some memorable bits:

"You know what’s funny about death? I mean other than absolutely nothing at all? You’d think we could remember finding out we weren’t immortal. Sometime I see children sobbing in airports and I think, 'Aww. They’ve just been told.'”

"I have a very loud voice. I used to say that my voice was designed to wrest people from dreams."

"You know I saw yet another Princess Leia figurine recently at one of those comic book conventions – which yes, I go to when I’m lonely. Anyway, this doll was on a turnstile. And when it got to a particular place on the turnstile, you could see up my dress, to my anatomically correct – though shaved – galaxy snatch. Well, as you can imagine, because this probably happens to you all the time, I was a bit taken aback by this, so I called George Lucas and I said, 'You know what man? Owning my likeness does not include owning my lagoon of mystery.'”

Historic City Cemetery

During the Open Gardens event at the Old City Cemetery, we took the tour of the cemetery. It's quite impressive on 28 acres.

Beautiful day for the event

The Crocker plot is impressive, but sadly, it's been vandalized over the years and earns have been stolen.

I didn't take the Brewer's Tour last year, but they guide did point out this famous pioneer brewer:

I couldn't get over the lovely flowers in bloom - the iris patches were breath-taking.

Lunch at Magpie Catering - in a word: Amazing! (that's the BLT)

And of course, "The Italian"


A lovely morning in the sun. I got some color on my face and burnt my neck a bit. I'm now a redneck (but not that kind).

k.d. lang "I Confess"

New Band: Siss Boom Bang
New Album: "Sing It Loud"
New Tour: (click here)
New Single: "I Confess"
New Video: (and all it's sapphic goodness)



Holy crap, I'm excited now!

UC Davis Arboretum

The tag said this is called "Coahuila artichoke agave". I still think of it as a penis cactus...nuff said.
Yellow balls...um, bells.

Notice the bee in the 2nd flower below gettin' it on.

I heart the splatter of color on this gem.

I guess I have a thing for yellow and weird shaped nobs.

Random Weekend Food Pictures

My phone has been bulking up this weekend with food pictures. Not sure why (wink), so I thought I'd dump a few here. Even though the new Windows phone takes some decent snaps, it still gets referred to as SWP (Stupid Windows Phone).

Carnitas tostadas at home for dinner. I prepared, L assembled. Deliciouso!


The "make your own" sunrise special at a tried and true greasy spoon. Yep, that's just my meal. "Pour some syrup on meeeeee"


Not just any bento box, but amazing tempura with ultra thin batter, enhancing the veg not covering it up. Oh and the appetizer? Deep fried tofu (no picture, sorry). Sounds creepy, but with a nifty Japanese name like "Agedashi Tofu", it tasted wonderful!

Renée Fleming in "Capriccio"

Renée gets another lovely review (read it here). This time for the Met performance of "Capriccio"

"Ms. Fleming, looking radiant, brought verbal crispness and coy charm to the Countess’s conversational singing but grabbed every chance to let her voice bloom in the fleeting melodic bits."

(picture: Renée Fleming and Joseph Kaiser)