Santa Monica Trip

I was back in Santa Monica hanging out with Lauren this past weekend. We went to the Ivy and STK restaurants, the Getty Museum and the Rose Bowl Antique market. We had a quality "star sighting" as we saw Emile Hirsch (Into the Wilderness, Lords of Dogtown) walking in downtown Santa Monica. The Getty Museum was wonderful - we saw this Van Gogh painting there called the Irises. Lauren had that same print on her wall for years, so that was fun. I will be back there again later this week to move her home to AZ.... that probably won't be as much fun! But I am looking forward to having her return. She did enjoy her internship with MTV.

And still more from Cayman

On our drive around the island - look at the colors in the water!

Nancy S. on the beach.

This picture is of the beach at Nancy's condo at sunset.

Here I am snorkeling with the stingrays.

The stingrays swim up to the boat waiting for food. They were so friendly!

Here I am with marine biologist/videographer Jim - I was trying to fix him up with Lauren. He said he would love to meet her, so now we have to go back...

Nancy and me on the boat to Stingray City.

So I am back and had a great time. Here are some more pictures of my trip. I am off this weekend to Santa Monica to spend more time with Lauren and will probably post some pictures from that trip. I am sorry that my posts have been a bit sporadic! I have included two short videos of me and the stingrays... I look pretty goofy :)

More from Cayman

Yesterday, I had a great time kissing and swimming with the Stingrays. If you kiss them you have seven year of good luck, so of course I had to try. They seem to enjoy rubbing their bodies along your legs like a big slimey cat - it was very weird. Snorkeling is awesome here and I love Cayman's beautiful hues of blue water. It is just incredible. I will be snorkeling out front tomorrow and then I will be heading home. I took some underwater video that I will work on posting when I return.

Caymans

I'm in the Cayman Islands with my friend Nancy. She has a great condo down here - it is very sunny and I bought a hat and am wearing tons of sunscreen. We are going to swim with the stingrays tomorrow. I will post more pictures next week when I get back...

Tribute to My Rocky

My good companion and friend Rocky passed away this week after 13 years of devotion, love and lots of barking! He was a great dog, who brought me a lot of joy. He will definately be missed.

New Painting

This is a mixed media attempt - I used felt tip pens to do the detail in the umbrella.

Santa Monica Trip

My sister and I went to Santa Monica for the 4th. We walked around quite a bit and went to some antique/flea markets. Here are some pictures from the trip.

Sandy at a cool bookstore with the resident cat...
Me at the beach with my Starbucks...
At the flea market in need of Starbucks...
A cool tree with orange blossoms...
Some bodybuilders in Venice Beach...