May 17, 2007

• Spring has Sprung, Vinnie Barbarino’s Gay, Giant Dogs & “Green” Phones

  A lot of people don’t think Los Angeles has “spring”.  Quite to the contrary!  Though we never have “winter” per se and it’s pretty much gorgeous year round, spring does bring a burst of color.  I took all of these photos on the street where I live this afternoon.

  

  I’m not good with flower names (I bet Judi knows)   But these are in my building’s front yard

  

  Looking north to Sunset Boulevard.  That’s the front door to my condo building on the right and the Mondrian Hotel is the white building on the left on Sunset.

  

  

  You can’t really tell in this photo, but the canopy over the front door has a hole in it for this tree.  The base of the tree is on the porch.  We have to redo the bricks every few years as the trees roots grow.

  

  

  Looking south.  That’s Santa Monica Boulevard at the bottom of my street.

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  I’ve decided I need to start exercising more because I’ve gained a lot of weight this year, and the older I get the harder it will be to take off.  Since I hate working out, I’ve decided to try to take Roscoe for long walks a few days a week.  Roscoe is Ann & Jorge’s new Rottweiller “puppy” that they got after “Beast” died.  Incidentally the first entry I ever made in the blog was about “Beast” and what a good dog he was.  Roscoe is not even 6 months old, and he is stronger than almost any dog I’ve ever known.  Trust me, walking him is a total workout.  On our walk today we met Jason & Trey.  Trey was a Great Dane with an amazing bloodline (read, European royalty).  He was only 4 months old, and he was HUGE.  His father stood over SEVEN feet tall when he stood up.  Trey and Roscoe fell in love at first sight.  (This is West Hollywood after all!)   Seriously though, these dogs LOVED each other, and they were so cute playing together.  It’s a pity we weren’t at a dog park, but hopefully we can make a “play date” soon after Roscoe gets his Parvo titers next week.  Jason snapped this photo with his cell phone while the dogs stopped moving for one second:

  

  Look at Trey’s paws!!! He’s only 4 months old, and his feet are bigger than mine!!!  This dog is going to be a giant.  

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  Hairspray

   

  It’s not a very well kept secret here in Hollywood that John Travolta is gay.  But now that he’s playing Edna Turnblad in Hairspray (the role made famous by Divine and later Harvey Fierstein on Broadway), is there any doubt?  LOL

  

  Divine Travolta

       

  Sorry John…………………………………you’re no Harvey!!

  Funny story:  Many years ago before I lived in LA, I was visiting a friend here, who incidentally lived a block from where I live now.  There’s a grocery store on the corner of Santa Monica Blvd. & Kings Road called Gelson’s.  I walked there to buy some sushi.  As I walked back to my friend’s house, I was almost hit by a car that was coming out of the grocery store parking lot.  The car literally had to screech to a stop to avoid me.  It was a black Mercedes with tinted windows, and I gave a dirty look to the driver and walked on.  After I had walked about 5 yards, I heard an automatic window roll down and a voice so unmistakeable, I can still here it now.  He simply said, “Oh my God, I’m so sorry!“  I didn’t even have to turn around.  It was Harvey Fierstein (see above, with thumb up)!  If you’ve never heard Harvey Fierstein’s voice, listen to the song I’ve posted above.  About 2 minutes and 10 seconds into it, you will hear the same voice that almost killed me that day.  Enjoy!

  (Note to self:  Some day you should tell the story of  how Christina Aguilera slept in your bed!  So many stories…so little sleep!)

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  I got an invitation to Vonda & Nate’s wedding today.  The invitation was completely biodegradable, and could actually be planted to grow wildflowers!  I thought that was pretty cool.

  

  These days though, it’s not only wedding invitations that are biodegradable.  Now you can literally plant your cell phone when you’re done with it, and sunflower will grow!  I kid you not.

   

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  Farewell Melinda – You were the best of the bunch.  Now I’m rooting for Blake

  

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  And last but not least, Happy Birthday Youenn!!!

  

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