Holiday Happenings

All I got for Christmas is my two front teeth

and a new pool

Some Butterfly Wonderland

 a sweet doggie's first Xmas eating the ornaments

and Zoo Lights with Shawn and these guys

Happy Holidays

Book Club - Time is a River

Louise's. White Elephant. Little Baby Jesus. New cowgirl room. Some Petite Ya Yas. Getting hammy. Pomegranate and Prosecco. Wine glass on a strap. Obscene hand gestures. The Queen wave. The disco hoops. Circle of Life.

Eating Christmas

Eating Christmas
What a bunch of Rock Stars!
The mixed marriages, the bipolar celebrations, the contraband cookies, the Kahlua cocktails - my kind of holiday

Movie Madness - Inside Llewyn Davis

Sunday at Camelview

11:20

Stand-Up Live

Started a new holiday traditions with the Leanne, Carla, Susan, Annie, Audrey and Linda VIP crowd - head to out of the bubble downtown and laugh, laugh, laugh, laugh, laugh...

Singh's Segal Sanctuary Saturday

The Segals don't farm. We shop. We eat out. We order in. We don't even cook, really. Well, one of us cooks and when the Old Wildcat chef and I checked out Singh Farms today, it wasn't even the cookable stuff that was the most impressive. It was the jaw-dropping, Emerald City-likeness of the place. A true sanctuary. The canopy of trees. The clean air. The log cabin market. When you grow up in Phoenix, even back in Old Wildcat's running-around-barefoot-in-the-summer days, there weren't a lot of sanctuaries.  The Phoenix Zoo had its moments. I remember a long-lost place called The Tropical Garden Zoo that had a certain coolness to it. And, not that Old Wildcat knew Abraham Lincoln personally, he told me about a D.C. sanctuary where, back in the day, Honest Abe was just a horseback ride away to a house in the hills, away from the hot, argumentative city where he could stretch out, cool off and breathe a little easier. Just like at Singh Farm.

Top it off with a burrito at the Blind Pig and you've got a not bad kind of Arizona day.

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Wow. Chihuly and crowd outdid themselves again. Dinner with the ladies at the amazing new Gertrude's, then a perfect desert stroll through a burst of color. Incredible.

Fifty Shades of Felt

Oh my...

Christian and Anastasia as their dirtiest selves.

 Nearly Naked Theatre

Pre-theatre din din The Lodge
Shawn, Shana and Heather  :)

Crafeteria - Friday

Lal and Dheena's

"We love you more than you'll ever know."
Pre-Thanksgiving love fest with the amazing Fernandos.

Red Bull Illume

Red Bull Illume at the Scottsdale Waterfront.

Wow. Took a tour around the world.

Stunning.

Book Club - The Goldfinch

Book Club -The Goldfinch

Haven't read it yet, and I'm told book club tomorrow will be an R-rated cloud9 kinda night, so may not hear much about it, either.

XXX

Movie Madness - The Book Thief

It's not often a great book becomes a great movie - but it happened with this one.

Purse Party!

Need a cute new bag?

How about a little bling?

 Some holiday gifts?

Maybe some wine?

You know the drill...

And the crowds went wild...

Hakuna Matata

What a wonderful show down in Tempe

Workin' at the car wash...

A Dog's Life

Turnip the Beet!

Sunday Dinner

Welcome and Cheers!

the appetizers

a mozzarella pulling lesson by a guy from Pizzeria Bianco











Then came the limbo contest, the main course, a big group hug and a cupcake.

We'll definitely be back!

M.M...M.M...good - Movie Madness

Switching to Sundays. So much fun to smoosh in with the girls and Matthew McConaughey for a great madhouse matinee. Save me a seat!

Canal Convergence

Water + Art + Light =
Canal Convergence

and after a couple of Barrio Queen margaritas...

The Bitch Is Back

Awesome group of ladies - hilarious stories, moving poetry, some songs
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Singh Farms

Veggies, meandering paths, citrus spritzers, French pumpkin soup, an accordion player, Leslie, Shana, Maddie, Maurice, Shana and Mr. Singh!

An oasis in the middle of the desert - beautiful.

Jaye and Jill's Biltmore Babe-alicious Birthday Bash

Write this down - 

The birthday girls were ready to celebrate!
Jaye, Jill, Ronnie, Leslie, Maddie and me for

sushi and suds at Stingray, then chocolate and big group snuggle on the lawn
as we laughed with Bridget.
:)

Fair Thee Well

Off to the Fair

Rides, cotton candy, a petting zoo and even a Star Trek exhibition,

so I don't have to go alone

National Cat Day

Just heard it's National Cat Day

All about the cats, special treatment, extra treats, lots of petting

Or, as otherwise known in our house,

 National Just Like Every Other Day Day

Boo!

Maggie's 5th Annual Halloween Party!

Our unbelievably creative and Bewitching hosts - Maggie and Jens.

Party People

I went as

 www.healthcare.gov
and tried to sign up some characters for a little insurance,

but kept running into a bunch of scary "glitches"...