Lifestyle Photography

To the love of my life . . .

You’re the man I long for throughout the day, the friend that I miss when the gossip’s a gushin, and the element of fun that I always crave at a party . . . all of that and a bag of hot!

I am very thankful for you and am so looking forward to celebrating your day with you.

I love ya baby, Happy Birthday!!!

Now I ask ya, what better way to kick off the celebration then with some home made personalized cookies and a singing cat? . . . . .

My good friend Emily is starting to become my favorite bucket buddy . . .

When she says “jump?” I say “yes please.”  and vice versa.  We are always finding new adventures to go out on.

Last night she informed me that she had won tickets on KCRW to the “Angus and Julia Stone” concert, performed at the Hollywood Forever Cemetary (yes, you read that right) and would I like to go?  I of course said yes!! . . . and then quickly followed with, “who the hell is “Agnus and Julia Stone?”  Despite my ignorance, I decided not to look them up.  I felt it’d be more fun to leave it as a surprise.  So I packed my little black Canon G11 point n shoot and headed for the cemetary.

I’m so glad I went.  See I’m a bit of a hippie when it comes to music.  Yup, I have a folk side.  Always have and I’m not ashamed.  I embrace my inner folkdom and once this band began it’s first note, I knew I had a new crush.  The two primary musicians (you know, the ones mentioned in the band name) are brother and sister and instead of eating cornflakes every morning while growing up, I believe their parents fed them sheet music with cups of soul.  First of all they play a ridiculous amount of instruments!  During the coarse of the show, Julia played the guitar, piano, harmonica, and the trumpet, oh and she sings.  Her brother Angus stuck to the guitar as his primary instrument but he also played a bit of the trumpet during the set, also sings, and is rumored to play a mean trombone.  What!?  My god.  I feel so inadequate.  And their lyrics . . . haunting.

They were amazing.  Even if you don’t like folk, you cannot deny their talent and love for music.  It was a pleasure to watch them play as well as interact with each other.  They truly love what they do and that kind of passion is always intoxicating.

Of course, in this technological age, I can always count on an eager stranger to record and then immediately post to you tube.

So here is one of the many songs from their set last night.

He went out to get me a splint for my finger (cause I’m a giant klutz) and came back with these.  He’s always buying me impromptu flowers.  It’s one of the many reasons why I love him.  Thanks baby . . . this blog’s for you.

I love you too!