Summer's Over?!

Oh my god, where has the time gone?! I cannot believe that summer is over and Holidays such as Halloween, Thanksgiving, and.....ugh, CHRISTMAS are right around the corner. I have not written on here in SO long because work has been a bit nuts, and Denise and I just could not seem to keep our asses in LA this summer.

Some of our highlights included San Francisco Pride, Sacramento, MISSOURI/IOWA (yes, Denise met the family:), Kern River camping, and so much more. Although I probably could go into great detail about all of those trips, I will spare you the blindnees from staring at the computer that long, and instead just place the photo above to show just how beautiful it was in Iowa this summer. I miss green. :(

Anyway, things have finally settled down a bit and we actually had a low key labor day. Saturday night we went to the Hollywood Forever Cemetery to watch the movie "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane." This is a film I had heard so much about and had been wanting to see for awhile. What better way than to watch it in a cemetery under the stars (the few you can see in LA) with good friends, good food (primarily from Trader Joes of course, come on... we're gays), and plenty of wine. It really was a great time, and next weekend we are going to see the Exorcist there!! SO, exciting.

On Sunday Laura, Denise, Shannon, Vince, Justin, and I piled in our cars to make our way to a secret beach Denise knows about in Carpinteria, CA. After 2 hours in the car with traffic not appearing to get any better any time soon, we said fuck it and went to Oxnard. Laura knew of some beaches there. It was a bit crowded, but nothing like the beaches in LA, so it was nice to just chill under an umbrella at the beach and be lazy. The highlight of the day however was in the evening when the waves were breaking on the beach, and right out of the wave jumped 2 dolphins playing. It was AMAZING! They were so close to the shore and it is definitely the best view I have ever had of dolphins in their natural habitat.

On Monday we went over to Vince and Justin's for a bar-b-que, which was nice and low key. Justin and Vince got a new kitten about a month ago, and their dog and the kitty are in love with each other. I put some pictures above of their cuteness.

Denise and I have been watching the Sopranos this summer. I didn't have HBO when it was on, but I heard such great things about it, I decided to add it to my Netflix. We are a bit obsessed. When Denise watches it her Long Island accent comes out (she has repressed it since they moved from there when she was 10;), and she says stuff such as "git atta here," and "hay, hay, hay." Of course she must lift her hands to about waist level, put her palms up, connect her thumb and index finger, and move them up and down when she says this stuff. It is awesome.

So, that is the snapshot of my summer and past weekend. Hopefully I can get back into the habit of writing here more often. Hope all is well!!