Recently, my friend Bea from New York came into town to play a show in San Francisco. It was really great to see an old friend, roam around a still unfamiliar city, and jump on hotel beds together!
My I suggest this activity, when you have one of those realizations that unlike Spiderman, pigeons, and balloons, you will probably never be able to fly.
All you need is two beds and a pretty high ceiling!
Being greeted by dinosaurs on my way into San Francisco 
Picture charades. (Can you spy my “Whoopie Gold-Berg” drawing?)
Sheep disguised as dogs 
Being in the Bahamas, where my nails camouflage
and my toes require 3-D glasses!
Knowing that Charlie is taking good care of my family, back in New York
Boats that look like their hands are raised all at once
Seeing how attracted to Alex the jellyfish are, too
Getting my hand messy with bright colors
Bubbly water in nice restaurants
Bubbly air in fancy music halls
Taking walks with friends.
A little while back, I went to the Monterey Bay Aquarium for the very first time. I always hear about it being where all of the cute otters live, so I was very excited to meet a few of them in the fur! Unfortunately, when I got there, I was soon told that the otters were on vacation for a little while.
I came for the otters, but stayed for the fish! I discovered so many silly/ cute/ pretty fish that I never knew existed. They were so fascinating to me that I asked it I could paint their portraits, to which they obliged! 
Okay, so a bufflehead duck isn’t the same as a fish, but he was just so cute that I had to include him. He was a duck, that was black and white and seemed as if he was pretending to be a penguin. A baby duck….pretending to be a penguin. Can you think of anything more adorable?
Perhaps a sunfish who has half a fish body, real life googly eyes, and a permanent smile!
or a needlefish that looks kind of like a miniature swordfish with an eating disorder!
or a flounder who, in real life, is much grumpier and flatter that he was in The Little Mermaid.
I also thought that the leafy seadragon was the prettiest salad/ seahorse that I’ve ever laid eyes on.
Speaking of pretty, the white spotted jellyfish looked like it was wearing a cute polka dot hat and its fanciest tutu that would flutter, every time it started to swim.
Although all of my new ocean dwelling discoveries were appealing in there own way, no one was more excited about life than the skate. You may not think so, by just looking at him, as he slowly shuffles along the bottom of the ocean floor. But if you look at him for long enough, he will swim straight upward and show off he gleaming smile, and does a little dance with his tail. He’s a real camera loving nudist, so it was pretty easy for me to grab this shot of him, while I was there.
Hi blog. I miss you. I have so much to share.
and SO much more
This year has been so exciting, so far and I’ll probably go back to posting soon.
I’ve been having a difficult time trying to find new music I like. I like the sound of old music. Like, really old. Which is why the new Bryan Ferry album is totally incredible! Bryan Ferry is best known for his 70′s band Roxy Music. They did this sexy saxophone song:
That is probably one of my favorite Bryan Ferry songs. And although the older he gets, the more he looks like Gerard Depardieu wishes he did, I still love his music. Especially the new Bryan Ferry Orchestra “Jazz Age” album
If you feel like the song above sounds familiar, its probably because its the same song as the song above it. Confused? Good!
The entire new album is basicly an instrumental 1920′s jazz era album of old Ferry music. Totally fantastic!
