tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34582952010-03-11T15:00:15.621-08:00Hello everyone. I'm going to use this space to post my art, photos, and random scribblings. Everyone is welcome and I don't track who reads this blog. If you wish to comment on something please email me a "Letter to the blog" at jasexton@shaw.caJanicenoreply@blogger.comBlogger2181125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458295.post-44403710454787801582010-03-11T14:58:00.000-08:002010-03-11T15:00:15.627-08:00Maureen sent me this photo today of Venice...still crazy weather in Europe.<br /><br /><img src="http://www.whypop.net/janices/venice.jpg"/><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3458295-4440371045478780158?l=www.whypop.net%2Fjanices' alt='' /></div>Janicenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458295.post-43535022510390533012010-03-08T10:35:00.001-08:002010-03-08T10:35:57.481-08:00<object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/x2e93_yHtKc&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/x2e93_yHtKc&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3458295-4353502251039053301?l=www.whypop.net%2Fjanices' alt='' /></div>Janicenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458295.post-79789628127599301602010-03-08T09:57:00.000-08:002010-03-08T10:03:22.876-08:00Ian now has a cat he got from the SPCA. Seems she was in a cage for 6 months there so she's happy to have a home I'm sure. Quite a beauty!<br /><br /><img src="http://www.whypop.net/janices/binky.jpg"/><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3458295-7978962812759930160?l=www.whypop.net%2Fjanices' alt='' /></div>Janicenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458295.post-62386370145432459942010-03-08T07:53:00.000-08:002010-03-08T08:06:44.191-08:00Our old friend, Oscar, turned up this morning! Were we ever glad to see him. Another surprise...hail on the ground. A touch of the desert in one photo...my cactus survived the winter.<br /><br /><img src="http://www.whypop.net/janices/o1.jpg"/><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.whypop.net/janices/o2.jpg"/><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.whypop.net/janices/o3.jpg"/><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.whypop.net/janices/hail.jpg"/><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3458295-6238637014543245994?l=www.whypop.net%2Fjanices' alt='' /></div>Janicenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458295.post-23333694057811864512010-03-08T04:19:00.000-08:002010-03-08T04:19:00.366-08:00I thought this was rather amazing to see in the midst of downtown LA.<br /><br /><img src="http://www.whypop.net/janices/trunk.jpg"/><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3458295-2333369405781186451?l=www.whypop.net%2Fjanices' alt='' /></div>Janicenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458295.post-869071412978129612010-03-07T16:07:00.000-08:002010-03-07T16:18:46.268-08:00We hadn't visited this before and were really glad we did this time. Of course, I love Frank Gehry architecture. It was a neat part of LA to visit and they offer free self-guided audio tours so a good deal. Disney's widow, Dorothy, donated 50 million towards it and apparently wanted it to look like a little brick church with vines. Gehry took this to mean an intimate and friendly space and took artistic licence...obviously! She didn't live to see the finished product.<br /><br /><img src="http://www.whypop.net/janices/gehry.jpg"/><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.whypop.net/janices/hall1.jpg"/><br />This is a photo I got off the internet as mine had traffic lights in it. Guess they photoshopped them out.<br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.whypop.net/janices/hall2.jpg"/><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.whypop.net/janices/hall3.jpg"/><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.whypop.net/janices/hall5.jpg"/><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.whypop.net/janices/hall6.jpg"/><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3458295-86907141297812961?l=www.whypop.net%2Fjanices' alt='' /></div>Janicenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458295.post-27695883985210014392010-03-06T12:31:00.001-08:002010-03-06T13:31:36.564-08:00Well, we certainly came home to some great weather...warm and sunny and everything in the gardens are about 3 weeks early. These cherry blossom trees across the street are beginning to fade and many around the city have already had their blooming time. Daffodils and crocus out in my garden and an azelea is beginning early than normal. <br /><br />1:20 pm...just finished having lunch outside. Must be about 70 F on our deck at the moment. Now, out for a drive along the ocean in the convertible with the top down. We do live in a great place.<br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.whypop.net/janices/spring1.jpg"/><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.whypop.net/janices/spring2.jpg"/><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.whypop.net/janices/spring3.jpg"/><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3458295-2769588398521001439?l=www.whypop.net%2Fjanices' alt='' /></div>Janicenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458295.post-84833825794480126342010-03-05T17:23:00.000-08:002010-03-05T17:27:27.266-08:00Arrived home to this fabulous sunshine and weather..wow! And our plane from San Francisco was a half an hour early. And even more importantly our plane from LA was early by about 20min. We kind of needed that since I realized we only had half an our to make our connection. How lucky can you get. A pretty easy travelling day after all. You just never know what you might face these days flying but things went smoothly.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3458295-8483382579448012634?l=www.whypop.net%2Fjanices' alt='' /></div>Janicenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458295.post-58724104969536532702010-03-04T21:01:00.000-08:002010-03-04T21:07:38.964-08:00A view scenes from Santa Monica and the pier...dogs, parrots, and pelicans.<br /><br /><img src="http://www.whypop.net/janices/sm1.jpg"/><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.whypop.net/janices/sm3.jpg"/><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.whypop.net/janices/sm4.jpg"/><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.whypop.net/janices/sm6.jpg"/><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.whypop.net/janices/sm7.jpg"/><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.whypop.net/janices/sm5.jpg"/><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.whypop.net/janices/sm8.jpg"/><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3458295-5872410496953653270?l=www.whypop.net%2Fjanices' alt='' /></div>Janicenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458295.post-71089915971281821042010-03-03T10:15:00.000-08:002010-03-03T15:31:16.049-08:00I'm having trouble uploading the photos so more later. Westwood Village is such a perfect place to be in LA. I love the buildings and atmosphere and of course all the restaurants. This vintage FOX theatre is probably the most iconic of them all. We went and saw Shutter Island there last night. Pretty good movie. I see there's a big Trader Joe's in the Village since we were last here. And of course Whole Foods is a great place to browse.<br /><br />Off to Santa Monica today.<br /><br /><img src="http://www.whypop.net/janices/west1.jpg"/><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.whypop.net/janices/west2.jpg"/><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.whypop.net/janices/west3.jpg"/><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.whypop.net/janices/west4.jpg"/><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.whypop.net/janices/west5.jpg"/><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.whypop.net/janices/west6.jpg"/><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.whypop.net/janices/west7.jpg"/><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.whypop.net/janices/west8.jpg"/><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3458295-7108991597128182104?l=www.whypop.net%2Fjanices' alt='' /></div>Janicenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458295.post-68347933153617311962010-03-02T16:26:00.000-08:002010-03-02T17:03:33.293-08:00<a href="http://www.yamatorestaurants.com/index.html">Yamato Restaurant</a><br /><br />For dinner last night we went to this very cool Japanese Restaurant. We began with various sushi like tempura salmon, baked lobster (fabulous) , spicy tuna (too spicy for me and although the tuna was wonderful Jim had to eat most of it), and then I saw tempura calamari on the menu so we had to try that. It was great and was served with two dipping sauces. Then we split a combo dinner (good thing because the portions were large) of teriyaki chicken and sukiyaki beef...excellent. As is typical Jim commented that he couldn't really finish all the rice since he "wasn't really that hungry"...not surprising at this point! All washed down with lots of great saki. They had loads of different varieties.<br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.whypop.net/janices/yam1.jpg"/><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.whypop.net/janices/yam2.jpg"/><br />Baked lobster sushi in front.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3458295-6834793315361731196?l=www.whypop.net%2Fjanices' alt='' /></div>Janicenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458295.post-38972157744172366312010-03-02T13:27:00.000-08:002010-03-02T16:54:03.184-08:00We left PS yesterday for LA and are settled in now until Friday when we leave for home.<br />We filled up the car with gas at our faithful ACRO gas station (cheapest always...somehow the US manages to avoid price fixing with their gas) and said goodbye to our Mazda 5 that we have really enjoyed driving.<br /><br />We had dropped off our luggage at the hotel before dropping off the car so had the taxi driver drop us off in Westwood Village so we could have a late lunch. There was a movie being shot right where we were and that began the big city buzz which felt kind of good after laid back PS. We went into the California Pizza Kitchen since it was right there and we know it. We started with Buffalo wings then shared a fabulous pear and gorgonzola pizza...really garlicky taste and the salad on top was great too.<br /><br />P.S. If my blog goes dark you'll know it's because I'm having some weird blank out thing going on. Glad I have Applecare...<br /><br />P.P.S. Now blogger isn't uploading so have to wait on the rest of the photos...hope it posts what I have.<br /><br /><img src="http://www.whypop.net/janices/bye1.jpg"/><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.whypop.net/janices/bye2.jpg"/><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.whypop.net/janices/by3.jpg"/><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3458295-3897215774417236631?l=www.whypop.net%2Fjanices' alt='' /></div>Janicenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458295.post-19989427218744146842010-03-01T01:41:00.000-08:002010-03-01T01:41:00.843-08:00We had fun looking at this funky hotel.<br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.whypop.net/janices/hot1.jpg"/><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.whypop.net/janices/hot2.jpg"/><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.whypop.net/janices/hot3.jpg"/><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.whypop.net/janices/hot4.jpg"/><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3458295-1998942721874414684?l=www.whypop.net%2Fjanices' alt='' /></div>Janicenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458295.post-52184972475112045112010-02-28T15:20:00.000-08:002010-02-28T19:55:10.532-08:00Wow...olympic gold for hockey!<br /><br /><img src="http://www.whypop.net/janices/hockey.jpg"/><br /><br />I can imagine the scene in Vancouver right now. Richard is downtown in a pub somewhere. Enjoy the moment (are you wearing the red mittens we put in your stocking?)!<br /><br />Fans in Robson Square, Vancouver.<br /><br /><img src="http://www.whypop.net/janices/fans.jpg"/><br /><br />From the Washington Post later on:<br /><br />"And the Canadians? They celebrated into the night and the morning that followed, content in the knowledge that they beat the United States in gold medals, hockey and top eight finishes. Oh, and health care. Well done, Canada. Now turn out the light."<br /><br />Right on!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3458295-5218497247511204511?l=www.whypop.net%2Fjanices' alt='' /></div>Janicenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458295.post-85032648564380830332010-02-28T08:52:00.000-08:002010-02-28T08:52:00.246-08:00The Movie Colony is a neighbourhood in Palm Springs named after the many famous movie stars who owned homes between the 1930's and 1960's. Some movie stars who had a home in TMC are Cary Grant, Dinah Shore, Jack Benny, Marilyn Monroe and Al Jolson.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.themoviecolony.org/history.php">The Movie Colony Neighborhood Organization - History &amp; Description</a><br /><br />We went wandering around and I took some photos...of course!<br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.whypop.net/janices/tmc6.jpg"/><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.whypop.net/janices/tmc1.jpg"/><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.whypop.net/janices/tmc3.jpg"/><br /><br />I love the cactus mailbox.<br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.whypop.net/janices/tmc2.jpg"/><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.whypop.net/janices/tmc4.jpg"/><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.whypop.net/janices/tmc5.jpg"/><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3458295-8503264856438083033?l=www.whypop.net%2Fjanices' alt='' /></div>Janicenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458295.post-92046406081768767952010-02-28T08:13:00.000-08:002010-02-28T08:16:28.241-08:00We had a fun evening and a good meal at Red Robin last night with Erna and Marvin. Excellent tortilla soup and great burgers!<br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.whypop.net/janices/redrobin.jpg"/><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3458295-9204640608176876795?l=www.whypop.net%2Fjanices' alt='' /></div>Janicenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458295.post-51477658156111918032010-02-27T13:30:00.000-08:002010-02-27T13:34:57.861-08:00Jim played his last round at Tahquitz yesterday and we started with the two free beer. It's really been great to be on this course and we've enjoyed watching the golfers while sipping a drink. Jim bought a used Calloway driver...one of the big headed ones for $20. He's really liking it.<br /><br /> <img src="http://www.whypop.net/janices/tah1.jpg"/><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.whypop.net/janices/tah2.jpg"/><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.whypop.net/janices/tah3.jpg"/><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.whypop.net/janices/tah4.jpg"/><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3458295-5147765815611191803?l=www.whypop.net%2Fjanices' alt='' /></div>Janicenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458295.post-50586483724495829752010-02-27T10:32:00.000-08:002010-02-27T10:37:38.041-08:00We had an excellent dinner at this restaurant last night with Tom and Claire (except for the tortilla soup which was disappointing). Great ambiance and decor and very festive with the mariachi band but a little difficult to talk!<br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.whypop.net/janices/mex.jpg"/><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3458295-5058648372449582975?l=www.whypop.net%2Fjanices' alt='' /></div>Janicenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458295.post-35724015686523801502010-02-27T09:53:00.000-08:002010-02-27T09:53:00.228-08:00It seems some of the British newspapers especially The Guardian are really trashing the Olympics in Vancouver. Down here, we are getting incredibly positive coverage from NBC. Over the past year their Mary Carillo travelled around Canada doing special reports on Canadian life and culture and it's been great to watch her enthusiastic participation in logging, dog mushing, and observing polar bears. Those are the ones we've caught so far.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/blog/2010/feb/20/why-british-hate-winter-olympics">Why do the British hate the Winter Olympics so much? | Andy Bull | Sport | guardian.co.uk</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3458295-3572401568652380150?l=www.whypop.net%2Fjanices' alt='' /></div>Janicenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458295.post-18252624764825326262010-02-26T05:49:00.000-08:002010-02-26T05:49:00.475-08:00A few photos from our favourite food and wine shopping place. I had been rather disappointed with the peanut butter selection up to now but it seems they just got a big shipment in and I found a new one for Don.<br /><br /><img src="http://www.whypop.net/janices/trad5.jpg"/><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.whypop.net/janices/trad1.jpg"/><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.whypop.net/janices/trad2.jpg"/><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.whypop.net/janices/trad3.jpg"/><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.whypop.net/janices/trad4.jpg"/><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3458295-1825262476482532626?l=www.whypop.net%2Fjanices' alt='' /></div>Janicenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458295.post-34052667322798472242010-02-25T08:58:00.000-08:002010-02-25T09:02:43.163-08:00Jim got me these great roses. All the roses we saw around Valentines didn't seem very good quality. <br /><br /> <img src="http://www.whypop.net/janices/rose.jpg"/><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3458295-3405266732279847224?l=www.whypop.net%2Fjanices' alt='' /></div>Janicenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458295.post-27223639682739089322010-02-22T08:31:00.000-08:002010-02-22T08:31:00.198-08:00Well, we spent most of the day at the pool even though a "storm" was predicted. Clouds did come round but we still were in the sunshine on our patio while we enjoyed our Calvados to "warm up".<br /><br />Then off to the Hilton Terrace Restaurant to join Claire and Tom. An absolutely fabulous steak and lobster dinner. Wow!<br /><br /><img src="http://www.whypop.net/janices/cal.jpg"/><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.whypop.net/janices/cal2.jpg"/><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.whypop.net/janices/cal3.jpg"/><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.whypop.net/janices/cal4.jpg"/><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3458295-2722363968273908932?l=www.whypop.net%2Fjanices' alt='' /></div>Janicenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458295.post-56021402039352931832010-02-21T20:17:00.000-08:002010-02-21T20:24:58.285-08:00This was a very cool exhibit at the Ace Hotel and Swim Club. Very neat to see the trailers but also the hotel. Lots of interesting rooms as well as outdoor fireplaces in the private patios and also public areas. Neat bikes and motos to rent as well.<br /><br /><img src="http://www.whypop.net/janices/ace1.jpg"/><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.whypop.net/janices/ace2.jpg"/><br />View from the hotel.<br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.whypop.net/janices/ace3.jpg"/><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.whypop.net/janices/ace4.jpg"/><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.whypop.net/janices/ace5.jpg"/><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.whypop.net/janices/ace6.jpg"/><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.whypop.net/janices/ace7.jpg"/><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.whypop.net/janices/ace8.jpg"/><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.whypop.net/janices/ace9.jpg"/><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.whypop.net/janices/ace10.jpg"/><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3458295-5602140203935293183?l=www.whypop.net%2Fjanices' alt='' /></div>Janicenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458295.post-70341817263757559512010-02-21T06:14:00.000-08:002010-02-21T06:14:00.906-08:00This was one great museum...super collection of stuff.<br /><br /><img src="http://www.whypop.net/janices/air7.jpg"/><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.whypop.net/janices/air8.jpg"/><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.whypop.net/janices/air9.jpg"/><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.whypop.net/janices/air12.jpg"/><br />What a super idea...a "Red Baron" for the kids to have their photo taken in.<br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.whypop.net/janices/air10.jpg"/><br />I was really thrilled to get this to add to my bag collection especially since it was the B-17 that Marvin showed us around.<br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.whypop.net/janices/air11.jpg"/><br />While in the gift shop we couldn't resist these flashlight (on the feet) lego keychains.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3458295-7034181726375755951?l=www.whypop.net%2Fjanices' alt='' /></div>Janicenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458295.post-29863854123028524332010-02-20T18:10:00.000-08:002010-02-20T18:14:38.992-08:00<img src="http://www.whypop.net/janices/air1.jpg"/><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.whypop.net/janices/air2.jpg"/><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.whypop.net/janices/air3.jpg"/><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.whypop.net/janices/air4.jpg"/><br />It was great to see this MASH unit.<br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.whypop.net/janices/air5.jpg"/><br />Can't you just imagine BJ and Hawkeye here...only thing missing is the gin still.<br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.whypop.net/janices/air6.jpg"/><br />The telegraph station...I think I just saw Radar pass by...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3458295-2986385412302852433?l=www.whypop.net%2Fjanices' alt='' /></div>Janicenoreply@blogger.com