Month: September 2010

  • It’s The End Of The World As We Know It

    Today was the hottest day ever recorded (113° F – 45° C) in the history of the city of Los Angeles, and I know why.  Less than 2.5 miles from where I type this, the Devil herself, Sarah Palin, sits in an air conditioned ballroom to watch her evil spawn dance on Dancing With The Stars. (I wasn’t there this time!)  It’s pretty ironic that the moronic Palin doesn’t even believe in climate change.  By the way, for an excellent look at how corporate interests and racist Republican insiders built the teabagging monster, check out Matt Taibbi’s new article:  Tea & Crackers.

    Despite the heat, it was a busy week at The Hotel Careyfornia.  We went to our annual viewing of the Singalong Sound of Music Saturday night, and then Seth and I attended a benefit at the Hollywood Tower (inspiration for the Tower of Terror at Disneyland) for an organization called The Next Family, that supports an “ongoing, open-minded and sincere dialog between urbanite families, adoptive families, in vitro parents, interracial families, same sex parents, single parents and so on. It is a way to remind people that the Next Generation of families already exists in larger numbers than the old model of a “family unit”.”  Sunday, Stuart and I attended the wacky West Hollywood Book Fair, and hung out with Molly Ringwald (who looked great!) and Sarah Silverman.  I also lost my phone! :(  Here are some photos from the past week.  Enjoy!


    Andy will be 5 next week…hard to believe!  More pics here…


    The West Hollywood Book Fair with Sarah Silverman and Molly Ringwald in 110° heat. More pics here…


    Future husband and wife?


    A picnic before the Singalong Sound of Music


    The hills were alive with the sound of music…


    A traditional shot…look how she’s grown….2007…2008


    Cell phones swaying to Edelweiss….and video below


    This gives you an idea of what it’s like with 18,000 people singing in the Hollywood Hills


    More Hollywood Bowl Sound of Music pics here…


    The 101 freeway and downtown Hollywood


    What a great venue for a great event!  More pics here…


    Earlier in the week, we celebrated the Mid Autumn Lantern festival from my rooftop!  More pics here…

  • A Star is Born!

    Recently, I received the following email message from the good folks at the Animal Planet channel:

    Gmail Carey Anthony
    Americas Cutest Dog sent you a message: Animal Planet is interested in your videos for television!
    1 messages
    From: YouTube Service Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 8:25 AM
    To: CareyGLY

    YouTube

    americascutestdog has sent you a message:

    Animal Planet is interested in your video for television!
    Julie Cresswell here, with Animal Planet’s television show, “America’s Cutest Dog.” A team of us are currently searching for the cutest dog videos worldwide to air on our second special. I came across the following videos during my search and absolutely loved them .

  • Death of the Easter Bunny:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b20EuJTBYd8
  • Chazz Coke:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiEGQM2WA9c
  • Dive Dive Birdie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bz32LaQjr9Y
  • Chazz & Daisy:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B97f1gVs0QE
  • Chazz at the Beach: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=me-X3ZiY1lQ
  • Andy & Chazz’s Nature Hike: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkyvJ8f6kv4
  • CJ Teaches Chazz the Rubik’s Cube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1EuJ1oEAEk
  • Chazz & Brockton:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QVPhXExrJA


    • Your videos are really amazing, and perfect for our show.

    I wanted to reach out and see if you would be interested in submitting your video for “America’s Cutest Dog II”. Maybe you have other clips too! Submitting is easy, and can be done online in just a few minutes. Our show will feature the best videos of dogs and puppies doing the most amazing, hilarious and just plain adorable things, and we’d love to have your clips in the line up.

    If interested, please email my Production Assistant Heather Scudellari at hscudellari@xxxxxxxx.net with the information below.
    1. Please title your email ‘America’s Cutest Dog II’ (Attn: Heather)
    2. Please include:
    • Your full name
    • The name of the video(s)
    • The web link(s) of each video
    • Your dog’s name
    • Whether or not you own the rights to the video

    We will reply to your email with instructions on how to upload your video to our server.
    Thank you for your time. I hope to hear from you soon.

    Sincerely,
    Julie Cresswell

    This wasn’t Chazz’s first brush with fame.  Last year at the dog park he was approached by an agent who wanted him to come in for a screen test, LOL:


    It never panned out because Chazz wanted Lassie’s salary…not Rin Tin Tin’s! 
    They probably didn’t know that Chazz was already very close with Oscar winner Dustin Lance Black.

    Here now, for your viewing pleasure, are the videos you may be seeing on TV soon!

    Chazz certainly loves adventure!  He’s had a busy life! 

    Here are some photos from the past few days.  Have a good week everyone!


    Xangalebrity Chris, aka Cakalusa, paid a visit to The Hotel Careyfornia and even got to meet Elvis!  More here…


    Din Tai Fung with Jon!  More here…


    Thursday Family Dinner!  More here…


    Another exciting edition of Clouds & Sunsets From My Sunroof!  More here…


    Dinner with Dennis at Phil’s new restaurant in West Hollywood, UnPhoGettable!  More here…

  • There’s Honestly Not A Single Day I Haven’t Thought About It

    I’m reposting this today because it’s simply still true.  I’m thinking of you today David, and all of my other friends so profoundly affected by what happened nine years ago today.  And for those of you reading this around the world, who think America can be summed up by one religious nutjob who wants to burn a Quran; please don’t:


    The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c
    Weekend at Burnies
    www.thedailyshow.com

    I have so many fond memories of New York City. One of my favorites though, was in 1997 when my boss took me sailing on his yacht around the entire island of Manhattan.  It was one of those picture perfect New York days. As we sailed under the Brooklyn Bridge and around the Statue of Liberty, I took these shots with my old Canon SLR.  If the world would have stopped then, it would have been just perfect.

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    My next most memorable trip to NYC was September 11, 2002.  I went with Cindy, Kimberly and Ken (who’s first trip it was to NYC).  I spent the morning alone, in Times Square and in Battery Park taking pictures.  It was a bittersweet anniversary.  On one hand the city was still grieving immensely.  On the other, they had reached the one year mark and survived.  Everyone was on edge though.  Diane, Hugo and I were having lunch at the outdoor cafe at St. Bart’s.  It was an extremely windy day.  At one point, the wind picked up a huge pile of pamphlets from an open window of a fairly tall building.  A few people in the crowded cafe started screaming and that’s all it took.  People began running and leaping under tables.  It only lasted seconds, but it still gives me goose bumps to think about.  Imagine….paper flying through the air.  Later that afternoon Cindy and I tried to keep it light by attending a matinee of Hairspray.  After the show, Harvey Fierstein and the rest of the cast related their stories about that day.  There were many notables in the audience (Larry King and his wife were directly in front of us), and suddenly this huge Broadway theater filled with strangers, some famous, some not, became an intimate storytelling venue.  It connected us all.  The images from that day were moving.

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  • Life on the 45

    Thanks to everyone who made my 45th birthday yesterday, so special.  The festivities actually started Thursday night when I had dinner with my family and then drove up to Oxnard to celebrate Claudio’s birthday.  This is our 20th year celebrating our birthdays together.  Last year I made him sit through the Rodger’s & Hammerstein retrospective at the Hollywood Bowl on my birthday.  This year, we celebrated in Santa Barbara on Friday and had a big Brazilian barbecue on Saturday.  The parties continued through yesterday, and I must say I am exhausted…and so is Chazz and his friend Blanca:

    Of all the many birthday greetings I received on facebook and on cards and emails, a few really stood out:

    This one referenced, one of my favorite songs, “Brimful of Asha” by Cornershop.

    There’s a good breakdown of the lyrics here and a short documentary here; but basically, “on the 45″ refers to old fashioned record albums that played records at 45 rpm instead of the standard 33 rpm (rotations per minute).  A life on the 45 may be faster paced and generally more exciting??  That’s what I’ll go with anyway!  I’ve always loved the song…and now I’m 45 years old.  So bring it on life!  Here are more photos from the weekend:


    Celebrating with Andy & Tommy!


    Beautiful Santa Barbara, CA


    The Santa Barbara Farmer’s Market


    The dogs had a blast!


    Ryan & Eva


    The Gang


    Claudio the grill master


    A Bavarian Bretzel with Nutella!  Nom nom!


    Dinner with Meghan, Roberto, their new baby Daniela, Eva, Bassam, & Ken


    Ryan framed some of my Chazz photos!

    Here are the best of the rest: